Passive me, Aggressive you!

Album of the summer: The Naked and Famous
Check out: Young Blood, Punching in a dream and Girls like you.

Also happy fun summer song by Thomas Tantrum (RAC mix)


(Not Temper Trap!)

The Elected's new album

There's some news that after a release of some B-sides at the end of this year, Rilo Kiley is going to call it quits. That is a huge bummer. However, as long as the members of the band keep making music like the Elected and Jenny & Johnny, then I'm a happy camper not at camp. (There's a Salute your Shorts reference in here somewhere, because the lead singer of the Elected used to be on the show... DONKEY LIPS!)

Anyhoodles, the Elected's new album is awesome. Listen and enjoy!

The Elected by VagrantRecords

And Rilo Kiley...
Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining by Ted Mraz

Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter by nickprince

People should listen to Foster the People

They are pretty darn good.

Houdini by Foster The People

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (Nicademass Remix) by Nicademass

Hold up- heyyyy

lazy continued

http://www.playlist.com/playlist/21907276811

Lazy Post. Awesome Possum Songs

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Rill-Rill-Clique-NewTrends-Remix.mp3

http://neongoldrecords.com/blog/jams/fosterthepeople_kicks.mp3

http://files2.earmilk.com/upload/mp3/2011-04/Pon%20De%20G6%20Kicks%20-%20(Major%20Lazer%20vs%20Far%20East%20Movement%20vs%20Foster%20the%20People%20vs%20The%20Highweights).mp3

http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Down-in-the-Valley.mp3

http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/05-Rivers-And-Roads.mp3

http://whaleinacubicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/01-Cats-and-Dogs.mp3

http://kickkicksnare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/How-Glad-I-Am.mp3

Music and movies

Such a fun art form... combining such epic footage of world traveling!

This was written about by my friend Stephen Greenwood at Gadling...

"Before watching this video, I was unaware that it's possible to intentionally be inverted or airborne in a kayak, let alone both at once.

If you love river sports and/or beautiful cinematography, then settle in for three and half pulse-raising minutes and check out this trailer for River Root's kayaking film dubbed Frontier.

Featuring scenes from Mexico, China, Iceland, Norway, the U.S., and Canada, Frontier follows a group of kayakers as they explore some of the world's most powerful rivers and seemingly impassable whitewater. The full length film is due out on DVD this month and is available for pre-order on the River Roots website. Needless to say, if the full film features more scenes like the final clip of the video, then I'll definitely be ordering a copy."

Stephen also deserves credit for getting me hooked on this other epic adventure video... 2 more things on the bucketlist!

This guy will be all over the radio in a couple months

No typo "The Weeknd" is one of the most catchy slow jamz album i've heard in a while! This guy is going to be mixed in to all kinds of tracks coming up. Free mixtape can be downloaded at http://www.the-weeknd.com/ (slightly NSFW mix-tape art... boobie!)



Allegedly “shrouded in mystery” despite social media presence (with accompanying photos) on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Soundcloud, and YouTube, as well as major support from fellow Torontonian Drake, alternative R&B act the Weeknd -- a solo outlet for vocalist Abel Tesfaye... filled with drug references (and vid and pics) and lyrics longing for sexy time. Overall a great little album that is kind of "like 4am drunk face dance lounge music".



Also Robocop remix?! Slightly disturbing, but surprisingly well edited. And we all love that 70's show.



Although probably left best for a new post (we all know Russell Brand is a lucky guy) so is BB! Before you wind the party down, Benny has released a fun new REEEEEmix! (Warning, its no satisfaction distraction)

01 E.T. (Futuristic Lover) (Benny Benassi Remix) by revofive

Yes, the Bruce Dickenson

I haven't a clue why this band sounds so familiar... only 1 song really hit numero uno in the US (as I recall, it was in 1976). Oh wait, its Don't Fear the Reaper, a perfect credit song to a Six Feet Under episode... The band Blue Oyster Cult was thankfully already on my itunes, and I realized that I also loved the hook from Burning for You.... I'm pretty sure it must have come up on my Journey pandora station a few times.

Blue Oyster Cult - I'm Burning For You by killaayla

This band is still around apparently since 1967, and originally was called Soft White Underbelly (named after a WWII zing from Winston Churchill describing Italy), a name they still used occasionally when playing small gigs during the 70's and 80's. The band originally formed in Long Island, NY and after one fateful bad review of the 1969 Filmore east, the manager decided to change their name. And pretty much every time they released a poorly received album: first to Oaxaca, then to the Stalk-Forrest Group, and finally the Santos Sisters before settling with BOC.

Here is a new band I was referred to by one of our dedicated fans.. and new up and coming band that is surprisingly catchy... and almost a modern twist of Blue Oyster mixed with a bit of Third Eye Blind vs. Silversun Pickups.


Classy ending... let the credits roll (sorry, no gay dexter in this one!)


I put my pants on just like the rest of you, one leg at a time. Except when my pants are on, I make gold records

songs that might sound like other songs

great fun new song by the strokes reminds me of a song I used to listen to as a kid! (internetz ftw!)

Here is the strokes song first... who just released this album after a second round of recording to make sounds more inspired by bands like MGMT, Crystal Casteles, Arctic Monkeys by experimenting with different production techniques.



Here is one of ottmar lieberts best known instrumentals... (one of my nostagically inclined favorite songs of all time)


I know the above two songs are only vaguely similar... but girl talk got me confused with which song he sampled from! You decide: smashing pumpkins vs. layla... rod steward vs. shakira... but seriously, i still can't believe queen copied vanilla ice.

Check 3:10 of this:


with beginning of this:

Jazzy Funktastic thanks to Youtube

The creation of Ophir Kutiel, a.k.a. Kutiman.



Youtubular.

Yelle's New CD

As they say in France, "hit it hard".

Everybody loves French female pop-rap.

Not sure if the embed player will work below, so here is a link to where you can hear the cd: http://hypem.com/#!/artist/Yelle

Cults - You Know What I Mean

Ooooh the Cults are here! I am looking forward to their album... (appropriately called "Cults"). Here is another song from it... Cults - You Know What I Mean by weallwantsome1

Who is more popular...

Firstly, here's a cool remix to a Hoodie Allen song, here

Now to some writing that has something to do with the title of this post. Sometimes I wonder if a band I like is more famous than Justin Bieber. And then I wake up from that nightmare! Of course the band isn't. Justin Bieber is the coolest and most famous, so suck it rest of the world.

When I'm not thinking of Justice Beaver, a crime-fighting beaver, I like to think about other music, like say, Phoenix, Chromeo, Cut Copy, and Hot Chip. Four bands that don't necessarily have the same listeners, but are all somewhere between pretty cool and really cool.

Who do you think has the most listeners? Take a moment. Think about it. Now go here!

I love charts.

To celebrate Phoenix, here's a cool remix to a cool song of theirs:



Phoenix - Lisztomania (Shook Remix) by Shook (Official)

Gaga for Gaga

Who doesn't love fashion shows?!

Lady Gaga put the music together for this one and it has clips of her new song "Government Hooker". You heard it here first! Or like 74,000th!

Is Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard actually Russell Brand?

First the music.
Consequence of Sound (a very nifty music blog): "Via the adorably-titled Fuck Yeah Death Cab For Cutie Tumblr, enjoy two new songs as performed by frontman Ben Gibbard during his recent gig at the Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco, CA." I'm pretty pumped that there is a tumblr with that name. Anyway, check out the songs here!

I was lucky enough to see Ben Gibbard pop into Zooey Deschanel's Christmas Spectacular at the Largo in December and his fantastic witty banter with his wife was literally laugh out loud (LLOL?) funny. His charm doesn't seem to pop during Death Cab shows - maybe because the music isn't the happiest stuff in the world - but he's funny. And he's made a song for a potentially funny movie called Arthur starring Russell Brand. Ben Gibbard & Russell Brand - two stars married to two ladies that look like each other and make gosh darn catchy music! Coincidence? Ummm.... yeah probably.

Here are some awesome She & Him songs and photos for COMPARATIVE PURPOSES:


She and Him by lachanchita

Pointy Shoulders Alert

I had my pointy shoulders implanted, so I wasn't really born this way, but now I'm cool.

GaGA! Trippy and hip.

Cults - Go Outside

It might be a little cold outside, but cmon outside is still outside.

Sometimes it's cool to be on the inside - especially with jokes. Right?! Juice is loose, I just pee'd in my eye! See, you don't understand that joke. Outside joke = no good.

Anyway, go outside. High five a stranger. Dance to this lovely song. But dance slowly and cheerfully.

Song!

Let's have a toast for the douchebags

This is pretty amazing.... I think its such a cool concept to put all of his best songs on the album together like this in such a powerful concept. I have to say, he is an extraordinary artist... I just wish I didn't know about his life outside of his albums... whats with douchebags like him and chris brown making such powerful songs that I can't resist. This video is really worth your time if you love his album... but it might make you you like it regardless! Watch in HD full screen.



I found this through just watching the vid of runaway (which is an excerpt of the movie), and had already found an incredible vid of all of the lights. The 2 different interpretations in the film below, and the epilepsy causing single vid are incredible! I'm actually really interested if anyone else has seen the full length and how it was received.

Also, I realized today that receipt is a hard word to spell.

Amor!

It has been too long, and although I've been listening to some good music recently (Ray LaMontagne, Radiohead, Jonsi, and some new "girl talk" aka E-603) I found a song that has been pretty catchy... I just don't know any of the words. 2010 made me go a little more pop then i've ever been, but I love a good dance song!

Boner jam 2011, sarge attack!

Dare I say the dunkacrew's hero graced us with the best gift in the world, a signed sling shot! Although this is not strictly music related, I don't think I am the only one whose heart was singing : )

A new boner jam was realized last night, congrats Sarge.

One day i'm gonna whistle?

Empire of the Whiz!



Let our dearest blog viewers come to know, I will learn how to mash beautiful songs like this. Whiz is doing great things, including a nice cross over segment, but i'll be honest i didn't know anything until girl talks Triple Double "black and yellow vs. paint it black"....



also, its so cute, we have to post

Know when the goodies are coming out...

New music is like Christmas for my ears or a burrito for my mouth. And http://www.albumreminder.com/ helps you keep track of all your favorite artists when they have sassy new stuff coming right for your face, especially the ear part of the face.

If you have a lastfm account then it is especially easy as the site can quickly know more about you than a creepy facebook stalker.

BOOM! Music!

And now, one of my favorite songs of the past month, Miike Snow - Animal. Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!!!!

Miike Snow - Animal by gpferrero

Music 2010

Cool chart showing what happened when!
http://crowdfusion.myspacecdn.com/media/2010/12/28/2010yearinmusic-full.jpg