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ANDREYA TRIANA – “Lost Where I Belong”

Spencer — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:38:50 +0000

I first heard Andreya Triana on Bonobo’s latest album, Black Sands back in March of this year. Just about a month ago, Triana released her debut album Lost Where I Belong. The album is produced by Bonobo and features guest production from Fink on the title track and 2 others.

Lost Where I Belong (Ninja Tune, October 2010)

ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE – “They Don’t Want”

Spencer — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:31:21 +0000

Electric Wire Hustle (BBE, July 2010)

QUADRON – “Herfra Hvor Vi Star”

Spencer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:46:12 +0000

QUADRON – “Herfra Hvor Vi Star”

Favorites from 2009 (so far)

Spencer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:41:31 +0000

It took me a while but I finally got around to posting them all. In no particular order, here are my favorites from 2009, so far…

Phoenix MP3: “1901” MP3: “Lisztomania”

Dan Auerbach MP3: “When The Night Comes”

Grizzly Bear MP3: “Two Weeks”

Wilco MP3: “Solitaire” MP3: “One Wing” MP3: “I’ll Fight”

Quantic and His Combo Barbaro Amazon: “The Dreaming Mind”

Andrew Bird MP3: “Oh No”

Franz Ferdinand MP3: “No You Girls”

Doves MP3: “Jetstream” MP3: “Kingdom of Rust”

Yeah Yeah Yeahs MP3: “Hysteric”

Black Crowes MP3: “I Ain’t Hiding”

White Rabbits MP3: “Percussion Gun”

K’naan MP3: “Take A Minute”

Manchester Orchestra MP3: “I’ve Got Friends”

Mocky MP3: “Birds Of A Feather”

Kutiman http://thru-you.com/

Black Moth Super Rainbow MP3: “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise” MP3: “Twin Of Myself” MP3: “Fields Are Breathing”

Animal Collective MP3: “My Girls”

Matt and Kim MP3: “Daylight”

Silversun Pickups MP3: “Panic Switch”

Curumin MP3: “Compacto” MP3: “Salto No Vacuo Con Joelhada”

Emiliani Torrini MP3: “Me and Armini”

Zion I MP3: “Coastin”

Junior Boys MP3: “Parallel Lines”

General Elektriks MP3: “You Don’t Listen”

St Vincent MP3: “Strangers”

Coconut Records MP3: “Any Fun”

Matisyahu “One Day”

Method Man and Redman MP3: “A Yo”

Tosca MP3 Link: “Joe Si Ha” MP3: “Fondue”

The BPA MP3: “Toe Jam” MP3: “He’s Frank”

Bishop Allen MP3: “The Ancient Commonsense of Things”

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Newer acts:

Band of Skulls MP3 Link: “Death By Diamonds and Pearls” MP3: “I Know What I Am”

Empire of the Sun MP3: “Walking On A Dream”

One eskimO Link to listen: “Given Up” MP3: “Givin Up (Don Diablo remix)”

Nickel Eye MP3: “Brandy of the Damned featuring Wale (Mark Ronson remix)” MySpace link to listen: “Bonnie and Clyde”

Mayer Hawthorne MP3: “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”

Zee Avi MP3: “Bitter Heart” MP3: “The Story”

Passion Pit MP3: “Moth’s Wings” MP3 link: “The Reeling” MP3: “Little Secrets”

Fight From Above MP3: “Between The Curves”

Vosotros Presents: The Years MP3 link: “Lose My Number” MP3 link: “Heartbreaker”

Daniel Merriweather MP3: “Change” featuring Wale

The Big Pink MP3: “Velvet”

The Temper Trap MP3: Sweet Disposition

Thenewno2 MP3 link: “Yomp” MP3 link: “Give You Love” MP3: “Crazy Tuesday”

Asa MP3: “Jailer” MP3: “Subway”

The Very Best MP3: “Warm Heart of Africa”

St Motel MP3: “Dear Dictator”

Danny Chaimson MySpace link to listen: “This Is Life”

Hey Champ MP3: “Cold Dust Girl”

Jaydiohead by Minty Fresh Productions MP3: “Wrong Prayer”

Asher Roth feat. Busta Rhymes and New Kingdom MP3: “Lion’s Roar” produced by Oren Yoel

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Mixtapes:

Wale & 9th Wonder - Back To The Feature

TiRon – Ketchup Miguel featuring TiRon – “Go”

So many more- Covers, Remixes, and Mash Ups

Spencer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:11:24 +0000

Everyone loves covers, remixes, and mash ups. Here are some of my recent favorites and some I just haven’t posted until now…

MP3: Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck – Five Step
MP3: Kings of Leon – Use Somebody (RAC Remix)
MP3: Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (Trentmoller Remix)
MP3: Phoenix – 1901 (Build Remix)
MP3: Daft Punk VS Does It Offend You, Yeah – We Are Technologic (LightsoverLA mash up)
MP3: Major Lazer – Hold The Line (LehtMoJoe Remix)
MP3: Slum Village – Fall In Love (Remix)
MP3 Link: Cara Robinson – California Soul (acoustic -Marlena Shaw cover)
MP3: Camp Lo – Coolie High (Remix) – (got this from djnodj.com, Michael Jackson sample was never cleared so it may be the first you’re hearing this)

Daniel Merriweather – Change (Gigamesh Remix)

Blips N Beats (3/30/09)

Little — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:56:36 +0000

- Posted by Little -

Spoon – Monkey Feelings This is a semi-unreleased song ( I say semi because it was put on a companion CD/Single to was a limited release.) The song was released at the same time as the Gimmie Fiction album and has that same sound but is better then most any of the songs on the album in my opinion. Spoon always comes with the hits and this song is no exception. Daniel Merriweather ft Wale – Change Daniel Merriweather is a Mark Ronson produced artist along with Wale. Ronson has been doing a lot of work with these two individually and Merriweather appeared on Wale’s Mixtape About Nothing (which is excellent if you haven’t heard it.) The song has Ronson written all over it with the horns and big band sound. Wale comes in with a brief yet solid verse near the end. If you haven’t heard of Wale check him out for sure, I have both his mixtapes if interested. He’s the best rapper out there right now in my opinion that hasn’t blown up huge. Check it out…

More Covers, Remixes, and Mash Ups

Spencer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:10:25 +0000

I know I’ve already posted a bunch of different covers, remixes, and mash ups but… doesn’t everybody love them? I think when people hear a song they recognize combined with something they haven’t heard before- something new and unfamiliar- it makes the experience more memorable and sometimes even more enjoyable. Here are some more covers, remixes, and mash ups for you to enjoy… Remixes Radiohead - Reckoner (James Merriweather Remix) Franz Ferdinand -Ulysses (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix) Jamiroquai - Canned Heat (Calvin Harris Remix) Beck - Where It’s At (Lloyd Price Express Remix) Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Beatnik and K-Salaam remix) Zero 7 - Somersault (Dangermouse / MF Doom remix) Click here to play in Hype Machine Covers Dan Black - Hypnotize (Notorious BIG) Adele - Black & Gold (Sam Sparro) Katy Perry - Black and Gold Klaxons - No Diggity (Blackstreet /Dr. Dre) Glasvegas - Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (The Korgis) Click here to play in Hype Machine Mash Ups Soulwax - No Diggity (Blackstreet / Grandmaster Flash / Latyrx) The Arbiters - Sure Side of Fame (David Bowie / Lou Reed / Notorious BIG / Tupac) Notorious BIG / Michael Jackson - Billy Jean Click here to play in Hype Machine

Chuck’s Corner (1/28/09)

Charles K — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:28:25 +0000

Silk Degrees Album Review By Charles K Boz Skaggs’ 1976 break through album, Silk Degrees is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest R&B crossover albums in the rock genre. At the time of the album’s release, most rock fans had previously known Boz as simply a great sideman guitarist for the 1960’s version of the Steve Miller Band (pre-Miller becoming a fixture on Top 40 CHR radio). Boz left the Miller band to pursue a solo career, stepping up to the mike and becoming a lead vocalist extraordinaire for the next decade.

By the mid-70s he had released a handful of highly praised solo albums that were pretty much straight ahead R&B efforts heavily dosed with a heavy blues influence. Silk Degrees was a radical departure. The trip began when Boz headed down to LA from San Francisco to record with great session musicians including the then relatively obscure David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate. The future Toto rhythm section were among many first class players who contributed to what would soon be hailed as a landmark opus. The rhythm track is incredibly well executed by the stellar trio: with Paich on keyboards, David on bass, and Jeff laying down a soulful and at times blistering foundation on the drums. Porcaro was, at the time, the only and last touring drummer with Steely Dan in the early and mid seventies.

At the ripe old age of 21, he had become the West Coast session drummer par excellence with an incredible range drawing on a variety of rock, jazz, blues, R&B and Caribbean influences. David Hungate plucks so funky and finds a groove that works so well with the sublime melodies giving the base lines a downright poetic sensibility. Most significant is the singular contribution of David Paich who co wrote 6 of the 10 tracks. Paich (his dad Marty played and arranged for Sinatra and everyone else who was anyone on the L.A. recording scene from the 50’s thru the 80s) really flexes his songwriting muscles on this album, a precursor of so many more timeless classics that were yet to come from one of the great pop songsmiths of the last quarter of the 20^th century. No question: if you’re a huge Toto fan like me Silk Degrees is the precursor to their unmistakable sound that come soon thereafter. In fact I would suggest that it was the success of Silk Degrees that paved the way for Toto to get their own deal. And why not! Truly this was an earth-shaking release…smooth but funky…cool but powerful. Boz as talented a pop-R&B cross over vocalist as you are going to find couldn’t have done it without David Paich who brings a sublime nuance to this or any project into which his unmatched talent is insinuated. Silk Degrees is fresh energetic and sophisticated with touch of silky (pardon the pun) style. Let’s not forget that Joe Wissert was the perfect producer to make such a record possible. Wissert was responsible for shaping such other noteworthy bands as Earth, Wind and Fire. He was well grounded in the blues, a quality shared with Boz Skaggs. Silk Degrees is one of those few albums in respect of which I have no favorite song. The overall quality of the project speaks for itself: opening up with the rhythmic “What Can I Say?” a killer up tempo, stomp your feet and clap your hands jam. Boz’ “too cool for school” sweet vocals really carry strong throughout and “Harbor Lights” still gives me chills every time I hear it. Every song from start to finish is the definition of recorded perfection and the listener will enjoy this timeless classic for a long time. So now let this silken effort transport you back to a time when blue eyed soul was given a big time dance beat and CHR, smooth rock, R&B and album oriented radio all converged in a single matchless effort….Ladies & Gentlemen: indulge yourself, I bring you: SILK DEGREES!

Weekly Dose (1/25/09)

Spencer — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:30:00 +0000

First song is “Any Fun” by Coconut Records which, aside from being a great song, would seem to beg this question- why do so many movie stars want to be rock stars and so many rock stars want to be movie stars? In Jason Schwartzman’s case, it really could have gone either way. Schwartzman started his music and acting careers at almost the same time- Phantom Planet’s debut album was released around the same time as when the film Rushmore was released. He quit the band to pursue acting only to find himself back in the music scene in 2007 with the release of his solo project, Coconut Records’ debut album, Nighttiming. Now, in 2009, “Any Fun” is the most popular song off the sophomore album Davy, released this last week. With Phantom Planet we saw Schwartzman as the drummer (which he sings about in “Drummer”) but, to me, Coconut Records is a little more enjoyable. There’s something I like about songs and albums which have all or most of the elements written and produced by one person. I think it just impresses me more… Although, I do feel like listening to the Beatles everytime I listen to Davy. Coconut Records – Any Fun Here’s a clip from the movie Slackers where Schwartzman is singing in the film’s last scene. I loved this movie.

- Second song is the kind of song that isn’t usually my style. But there’s something so Curtis Mayfield-y about the way Raheem DeVaughn sings on “Bulletproof featuring Ludacris“ that I am kind of into the track. Plus, with the horns, it’s sounds like it should be the theme for some “b” film starring Jim Brown as an old school gangster trying to get out of the business and clean up his neighborhood. You know I love the cinematic tracks. DeVaughn does sound a lot like he’s trying to sing like Curtis Mayfield on the track and, whether it’s coincidental or not, on his myspace page he’s got a track with The Game where Curtis Mayfield’s “Right On For The Darkness” is sampled for the beat. Raheem DeVaughn – Bulletproof featuring Ludacris - Third song is “My Girls” (video below) from the new album Merriweather Post Pavilion from Animal Collective. To be honest, the first couple of times I heard the song (and I listened more than once because so many people I know are really into this track) I thought the track was pretty anticlimactic and boring- underwhelming. It’s grown on me a little since I first heard it, but I’m clearly not as into it as everyone else. The song just builds and builds and finally when the payoff comes it’s kind of a let down because of how long it took to get there… Supposedly the album is great so I gotta check that out. Either way, sweet album cover. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to download Jan 20 and 21, 2009 live shows in mp3 format. Animal Collective – My Girls

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Here are two blogs that give you access to download mp3’s of two full, live shows -Live at Manhattan Center Ballroom (1/20/09) and Bowery Ballroom (1/21/09)