Audio Absinthe - Music » Air http://audioabsinthe.com/blog Mon, 07 May 2012 22:41:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 AIR – Love 2 http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/10/air-love-2/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/10/air-love-2/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:14:23 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=2201 AIR‘s new album, Love 2, will be released in just a couple of days.  The French duo wrote, performed, and produced the album and are joined by drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, REM, Thom Yorke’s new band) for 9 of the 12 tracks.  The ethereal guitar pop wins me over for several songs but not throughout the entire album.  ”Love” and “African Velvet” are two that stand out for me, along with “So Light Is Her Footfall” which has a fuzzy, psychedelic feel.  All of the songs on the album have that warm, ambient pop sound AIR is well known for, but some of the tracks are just too soft for me.  ”Heaven’s Light” and “Sing Sang Sung” are two examples; they are great electronic pop tracks but a little too sweet sounding for my taste.  Love 2 has lot of fun, cool parts that I enjoy but for the most part, it stays too clean and too light for me to really love it. MP3: AIR – “So Light Is Her Footfall” (Download) [See post to listen to audio] MP3: AIR – “African Velvet” (Download) [See post to listen to audio] Love 2 (October 2009) air-love-2]]> http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/10/air-love-2/feed/ 1 Weekly Dose (7/11/09) http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/07/weekly-dose-71109/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/07/weekly-dose-71109/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:49:32 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=1722 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 The Black Keys; edgy, bluesy hard rock at it’s best.  At first, I only really liked these tracks.  Now I like the whole album, a lot.  The album as a whole is original and progressive and that’s what makes Band of Skulls great.  ”Patterns,” Hollywood Bowl,” “Impossible,” and “Blood” are all great, distinctive songs.  ”Dull Gold Heart” is a great track that, like the album, took me a couple of listens to realize how much I truly enjoy it.  It’s definitely going to be considered one of the best albums of 2009. MP3: Band Of Skulls – “I Know What I Am” MP3 Link: Band of Skulls – “Death By Diamonds and Pearls”

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Mocky – Saskamodie

I liked to check out the KCRW DJ picks of the month.  I usually find something I didn’t know about before like Saskamodie, the new album from Mocky released back in April.  The variety of genres and eras of music blended together on this album is seriously impressive and even more enjoyable. MP3: Mocky – “Birds Of A Feather”

- Nickodemus – Sun People Nickodemus’ new album Sun People was released last month.  You can listen to the whole album for free at Nickodemus.com where I got the cool widget below.  They’re letting people embed the widget so now you can listen to the album right here. MP3: Nickodemus – “Sun Children (Ft. The Real Live Show)”

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Air – Love 2 Air‘s upcoming album, Love 2 is due October 6th.  The band released the track below, “Do The Joy” via their website, Aircheology.com.  Check it out here: MP3: Air – “Do The Joy”

]]> http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/07/weekly-dose-71109/feed/ 0 Remixes from SoundCloud.com http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/06/remixes-from-soundcloudcom/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/06/remixes-from-soundcloudcom/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:01:51 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=1559 SoundCloud.com.  I’ve used the file sharing website to embed songs in a bunch of different posts.  I really love the design and the content.  I even wrote a post entirely about SoundCloud.  If you like internet radio, try searching SoundCloud.com and listening to some artists you may or may not have heard of.  Check out the playlist of remixes below that I found through SoundCloud.com.  These were posted and put together by Mr. Squirrel. ]]> http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/06/remixes-from-soundcloudcom/feed/ 0 Epic Nightscapes http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/05/epic-nightscapes/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/05/epic-nightscapes/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 08:56:37 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=1257 iLike Playlist Editor let’s you make and share your playlists with anyone.  You can send a link for your playlist to your friends or you can put your playlist on any website page like facebook and myspace or like I did below.  Unfortunately, you can only choose up to 8 tracks and you can only play 30 second samples of each song.  But it is a fun way to share mixes you’ve made.  The one I did below is 6 tracks from an old mix I used to fall asleep to, Epic Nightscapes. _mg_1366 MP3: Billy Cobham – Heather]]> http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/05/epic-nightscapes/feed/ 1 Even More Covers, Remixes, and Mash Ups http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/02/even-more-covers-remixes-and-mash-ups/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/02/even-more-covers-remixes-and-mash-ups/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:29:18 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=278 remix2 privat-bash-flyer1

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Nina Simone - Rich Girl (Hall and Oates) Karima Francis - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon) Kay Pettigrew - Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Will Smith) Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Whip It (Devo) The Decembrists - Your Love (Outfield) Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder) Duffy - Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney) The Bird and The Bee - How Deep Is Your Love (Beegees) Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat LIVE (Bob Dylan)  Radiohead vs Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful Surprise Air and Rhymefest- Alpha Beta Gaga (Mark Ronson remix) Pharcyde / Ghostland Observatory - Passin Me By (Dave Wrangler remix) 

NERD – Provider (Zero 7 remix)

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