Category Archive Soul

AM – Future Sons and Daughters

A couple of weeks ago, I saw AM at the Hotel Cafe and it was an awesome show.  His music reaches across a number of genres from psychedelic rock and folk to soul and classic rock, even jazz.  AM’s new album, Future Sons & Daughters, draws on an eclectic variety of musical influences to create a [...] Read More…

Vosotros Presents: The Years

Vosotros is exactly what it’s motto proclaims, “Vosotros is music for you all.”  The latest project from the hyper-prolific crew is called The Years and each track sounds like it’s from a different decade while the album as a whole manages to retain a solid, unifying theme of soulful, funky jam music for everyone.  ”Let’s [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (8/1/09)

A little over a week ago, I heard a great, new Thom Yorke track on the radio.  The song Yorke’s version of Miracle Legion’s “All For The Best” that he recorded and contributed to the album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.  The album is a tribute to Mark Mulcahy who lost [...] Read More…

Favorites from 2009 (so far)

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 [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (7/11/09)

Band of Skulls‘ debut album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey ias released in April on iTunes.  My friend got me a copy last week and I now can’t stop playing the 2nd and 3rd tracks, “Death By Diamonds and Pearls” and ”I Know What I Am.”  The songs combine the qualities of the White Stripes and [...] Read More…

Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro

There are only a handful of albums I have ever really anticipated like Quantic‘s upcoming album, Tradition In Transition, due July 14th.  This album could be truly amazing.  ”The Dreaming Mind” is the song in the video teaser for the album below and it’s featured on Quantic’s myspace page as well.  It might be one [...] Read More…

So many more- Covers, Remixes, and Mash Ups

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: [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (4/26/09)

About a month ago, a great remix album was released- Nat King Cole: Re: Generations.  It features classic Nat King Cole songs remixed by a number of great artists like The Roots, Cee-Lo, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, Cut Chemist, Brazilian Girls, Nas & Salaam Remi, and TV on the Radio.  It’s an unbelievable remix [...] Read More…

Blips N Beats (3/30/09)

- 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 [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (3/9/09)

Kutiman Mixes YouTube <—–Click that.  It’s amazing.  It’s the brand new project from Kutiman and, to date, it’s one of the greatest things that exists on the internet.  I know it’s a bold statement, and I stand by it… one of the greatest things.  He takes random YouTube clibs of people playing different instruments, or people doing [...] Read More…