Audio Absinthe

I’ve wanted to share these songs for a while now but I didn’t have too much to say about them all.  I think they’re all awesome remixes and covers of great tracks but check them out and decide for yourself…

The xx – “You’ve Got The Love” (Florence and the Machine) (Download)

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Washed Out – “Feel It All Around (Toro y Moi Remix)” (Download)

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Taken By Trees – “My Boys” (Animal Collective) (Download)

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Florence and the Machine – “Drumming Song (Boy 8-bit Remix)” (Download)

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Phoenix – “Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)” (Download)

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Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String Band – “Kids” (MGMT) (Download)

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Mayer Hawthorne – “Green Eyed Love (Waajeed Remix)” (Download)

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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
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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”

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.

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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

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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)