Flogging Molly’s album Float has been on heavy repeat since Lollapalooza.
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I love music mashups more than mashed potatoes and corn.
I know when my taste in music is hitting the deep end (I think it’s about right now), but I guess I’ve listened to one too many Decemberists - Eric Hutchison’s - Death Cab for Cutie’s. My latest iPod entries have been on the opposite side of the spectrum of your Death Cabs with Justice, Massive Attack, and F Buttons on my Last.fm profile for the Top Artists of the Week.
So it doesn’t surprise me when I come across a white boy group that raps over heavy electronic-crunk beats titled 3OH!3 (Three-Oh-Three) that I am immediately drawn in. Even better, they’re from the land of hippies Boulder, Colorado. I don’t know what it is about groups like Atmosphere, The Beastie Boys, (here’s one out of left field) Two Skinny J’s but I immediately want to crank it up and act like I have rhythm.
From the YouTube videos I’ve watched the guys look like nothing but a good time and have really heavy beats. Definitely something Mrs. Shoo will be yelling at me to turn it down.
This may be an iTunes purchase, but for now I am going to listen to Myspace tracks.
Okay, if you could wear out MP3’s my Arcade Fire and Silversun Pickups tracks would be worn down to the 1’s and 0’s. That was a computer joke for the rest of you. I have been scouring the net looking for something new. I checked out Pitchfork, but out of their top reviews, I either had the album or didn’t care for the music. It’s usually a hit or miss with their reviews.
Through a link, I was digging Bon Iver, but I don’t know I could stand the guy’s falsetto voice for more than 15 minutes.
So internets, give me some recommendations. I don’t want any clunkers and don’t try to sell me the extended warranty.
A totally cool kids show that has awesome indie rock bands, say what? I am still investigating this show, but if anyone out there has kids, I believe you should be showing this to your kids.
How about some Tegan and Sara?
Jenny Lewis!?
Arcade Fire!
The Mrs. and I were talking at lunch about how she played ‘Name that tune’ with her high school students the other day, and they couldn’t name the “Sweater Song” by Weezer. The holiest of holy 90’s anthems… ranking slightly under Nirvana’s “Teen Spirit.” Then she went into horrific detail about how no one knew about Micro-Machines and the Micro-Machine man. I threw my Chili’s Honey Chipolte Chicken Strips to the ground, and demanded she take back the false truths… Okay, I’d never throw away perfectly good food, but I still demanded she take back the false truths.
Doing the math they were born around 90-93. I was born in 81′, yet I know about U2, The Cars, Devo, Stripper, and Bon Jovi. How can they not have a grasp of a decade of Seattle music? Has VH1 not made enough episodes of Behind The Music? Yet, they know Sir Mix A-Lot’s butt anthem. Trust me, I’ve chaperoned a dance.
I like lists, so I’ve been thinking of 5 ULTIMATE 90’s 92′-96′ Rock songs that represent my decade of coming of age that I would introduce to gen-I[nternet]. Feel free to compose your own list using a decade of your choice. I feel like this could be another one of those music memes.
1. Weezer - The Sweater Song (1994): Before Emo was Emo, there was Rivers Cuomo and the Blue Album. Not to be confused by Nada Surf’s “Popular” (1996), “The Sweater Song” predated Nada Surf with all the teen angst and featured dialog during the song. Revolutionary at the time. It was required to have at least one copy of Weezer’s Blue album.
2. Pearl Jam - Jeremy (1992): Pearl Jam was the sh!t of the 90’s. Well, before Eddie Vedder became all Mr. Environment. Jeremy was based on a school suicide shooting. Vedder belts the song with emotion in a range that every dude with long hair could sing “OOOOhhh ooooohhh, Jeremy spoken.”
3. Soundgarden - “Blow Up the Outside World” (1996): Check out the drummers haircut in this video. It was kind of the mullet of the 90’s. Long, but still short enough not to look like your mom. A lot of dudes sported this haircut.
4. The Toadies - Possum Kingdom (1995): At the heart of my 90’s rock out songs… I rocked out to this song many different times. Throw in a hard bass guitar and a nasty lead singer and you’ve got Korn.
5. Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline(1994): This says it all, a comment from the YouTube Video: “another hidden treasure of 90’s music kids today should get to know. art. - wojtek0000.” I don’t know how to describe STP, but it was a staple of my 90’s rock diet.
So, did I miss any truly great 90’s rock songs? By chance, has anyone picked a new band? I’m curious to hear back on this one.
The last few days I’ve come across several of renditions of the Foo Fighter’s song Pretender, couldn’t figure out until today.
First some of the renditions:
Violin:
Trumpet”
Mandolin:
Sax:
Piano:
The reason why:
Pretty cool. I would watch the Grammy just to see the performance.
and I don’t want to clean the house and act like a real adult, so here’s what I’ve been listening to lately.
Black Mountain
In the Future
Shoo Rating 7.7 out of 10.
This is my second purchase using my iPod touch. It’s just too scary how much debt you could rack up by hitting the “Buy Now” button. I came across Black Mountain while browsing the featured sections on iTunes. I’ve been in an Arcade Fire / Silver Sun Pickups mood the last few months and this album fits that niche.
It sounds like what you get if you put Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, and Queens of the Stone Age all together in a room and told them jam. The songs build up with a lot of drums, guitars, organs effervescent of 60’s and 70’s rock, and then switch completely into jam mode. Vocals are soft and fit the mood of the music.
I wouldn’t say there is a distinctive track that represents the album because all the songs transition seamlessly. It’s a complete album, something that’s not commonly found in music anymore. This is an album that you can put on in the background and not be interrupted while working or reading.
BFS started it. Anon Com continued it.
Here’s my addition with my favorite songs of 2007 which were all from 2007. Go ahead, continue this meme. These are usually fun. You don’t have to post all YouTube videos like I did.
5. Data Rock - Data Rock - Fa Fa Fa
This song is fun with the funky beat and the simple guitar riff.
4. John Butler Trio - Grand Nationals - Funky Tonight
JBT has been close to my musical tone def ear for some time now. I had Sunrise Over Sea before it was released in the states. Grand Nationals is a great, but I favor Sunrise more. Still, this is a great album.
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows - Nude
Radiohead is one of those bands that when someone says I’ve got Kid A or Amnesiac… You do? Well do you like these bands… umm who? Well, everyone in my experience likes Radiohead. In Rainbows did not disappoint this year.
2. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism - Die Die Die
These guys are just freak’n incredible and I can’t believe I saw them play live in Springfield - friggin’ - Illinoise. Thanks goes out to Dennydeaton who pointed me in the direction of these fellows.
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - No Cars Go
This is an album that I can listen to start to end, and then hit repeat. It’s a full album of great material. This is one band that I’d like to see live.
So, there you have it. My songs for 2007.
Just got the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows. It’s being distributed directly from the band from their website: http://www.inrainbows.com/. The band is asking their fans to name a price on the album. If you think it’s worth 10 bucks, you pay them 10 bucks. If you think it’s worth 2.50, you pay 2.50. You get the picture.
I’ve tried logging into the site to download it, but it’s down right now. I finally ended up downloading from a third party for free. I believe they are going to release a CD version, I’ll buy it then.
I think you need to be a little crazy to be considered a musical genius, or any other field/career.
I came across Ronald Jenkees over on BoingBoing, he creates beats on a Korg Triton, but looks like Harry Caray with his huge Coke bottle glasses and squinty eyes. Even kinds of sounds like him. From the few videos I’ve watched, he is extremely talented and just seems like a guy that enjoys what he is doing. From his description on his website, he is self taught and plays by ear.
Just amazing.
One of those people you would more than likely never come across unless for the inter-tubes.
He even has a CD for sale. Might have to get this one.
Update: Too good to be true. Ronald Jenkees is the alter ego of a guy that use to go by the Big Cheez. Still dig the act though.
Anon Com has got me on a Ween kick this afternoon, so with no further a-do I give him All of My Love, the YouTube video.
What do you when no one is home?
Crank it up!
It’s a good thing the dogs don’t care.
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