(from fakeneverland)
Two red birds
high on a wire
One said love
One said fire
Two black birds
deep in a tree
one said you
one said me
But wind came up
and tossed them away
no one hears
what they say
("Ill Wind" - Michael Ryan)
Some bleak and beautiful songs for you kids.
The best of the holidays to you (and yours),
Hallz
Winter Songs.zip
"Put the Lights on the Tree" Sufjan Stevens
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Chris Martin
"Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" Feist
"Silent Night" Lisa Hannigan
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel" Sufjan Stevens
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" Pedro the Lion
"White Christmas" Maria Taylor
"What Child is This Anyway?" Sufjan Stevens
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Bright Eyes
"The Christmas Song" The Raveonettes
"That Was the Worst Christmas Ever" Sufjan Stevens
"Sister Winter" Sufjan Stevens
"Happy Christmas (War is Over)" John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Dr. Cutright
Tripping over mountains of molecules and metronomes, Dr. Cutright climbs the winding staircase up and away forever toward the morning glory falling through the open window. The doorway reveals: a blinding field of oranges and lemons, an Arizonian kitchen in a daisy grove. a flip of the electric switch and Cutright is retreating into himself, stepping back into his hole, like the brain-warped automata of some ancient sci-fi flick. restless the machine pours whispers upon voices of Vapors that tussle and rise up toward the golden ceiling caressing human skin swirling in the nostrils like the winds that flow through seas of leaves and light. (damnit)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Ramma
-Bruno Dayan
I've been eatin' with a good friend, who said
"A genie made me out of the earth's skin."
But in spite of her, she is my birth kin.
She spits me out of her surly blood rivers.- Animal Collective
Mixtape:
Ramma (Part 1)
Ramma (Part 2)
"Comfy in Nautica"
-Panda Bear
"something"
-The Microphones
"Egowar"/"Untitled (Piano)"
-Gang Gang Dance
"Cobwebs"
-Animal Collective
"Kid Klimax"
-Atlas Sound
"The Floodlight Collective"
-Lotus Plaza
"Fireworks"
-Animal Collective
"Italian Shoes Continuum"
-Stereolab
"There is a Number of Small Things"
-Múm
"window #14"
-The Microphones
"Trance Doll"
-Pictureplane
"Boatfriend"
-Black Moth Super Rainbow
"Seagull's Flight"
-Ducktails
"Backyards"
-Broken Social Scene
"Search for Delicious"
-Panda Bear
Samples from Kristin Oppenheim's sound poem, "Tickle"
-Panda Bear
"something"
-The Microphones
"Egowar"/"Untitled (Piano)"
-Gang Gang Dance
"Cobwebs"
-Animal Collective
"Kid Klimax"
-Atlas Sound
"The Floodlight Collective"
-Lotus Plaza
"Fireworks"
-Animal Collective
"Italian Shoes Continuum"
-Stereolab
"There is a Number of Small Things"
-Múm
"window #14"
-The Microphones
"Trance Doll"
-Pictureplane
"Boatfriend"
-Black Moth Super Rainbow
"Seagull's Flight"
-Ducktails
"Backyards"
-Broken Social Scene
"Search for Delicious"
-Panda Bear
Samples from Kristin Oppenheim's sound poem, "Tickle"
Saturday, August 1, 2009
This isn't any new album. It's a multiplayer video game, seemingly unrelated to the 'music blog' we have going on here. But on the contrary, Bit Trip is a series of games for the Nintendo Wii, drawing the player into audiovisual ecstasy--ok, maybe a little overspoken--by a continuous flow of lights and intuition. Bit Trip Beat looks and feels like some evolved descendant of pong, which may be why Descent, the title of the second of three levels, may be fitting. Or maybe, the name's justified by the self-generated, musical extravaganza that calms the clambering surface of the spontaneous mind. Actually, its not all that soothing. I don't know what it is. I guess you just have to check it out or something . .
Oh, this video feels kinda slow if you aren't really playing, so you might want to like fast forward, to see how it changes.
Monday, July 13, 2009
I want to taste the futility.
01 Flume - Bon Iver
02 Ethics is the Esthetics of the Few-Ture - Laurie Anderson
03 I Play It Off Legit - Ween
04 Mensforth Hill - The Clash
05 New Orthophony - Stereolab
06 Atlas - Battles
07 Bad Crumbs - Animal Collective
08 Satan is Boring - Sonic Youth
09 Dawn of the Age of Tomorrow - The Black Lips
02 Ethics is the Esthetics of the Few-Ture - Laurie Anderson
03 I Play It Off Legit - Ween
04 Mensforth Hill - The Clash
05 New Orthophony - Stereolab
06 Atlas - Battles
07 Bad Crumbs - Animal Collective
08 Satan is Boring - Sonic Youth
09 Dawn of the Age of Tomorrow - The Black Lips
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Local Flavor
A little lo-fi from some developing artists, living and creating in central Arkansas.
Your Daughter is Filing Photographs of Planets - Ryan Gaston
Heavens - Payton Clark
Ever Again - Crazy Diamonds
Four Keys - Payton Clark
Theremine I - Ryan Gaston
When The Sun Shines - Crazy Diamonds
Your Daughter is Filing Photographs of Planets - Ryan Gaston
Heavens - Payton Clark
Ever Again - Crazy Diamonds
Four Keys - Payton Clark
Theremine I - Ryan Gaston
When The Sun Shines - Crazy Diamonds
Labels:
local
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Bryce, dude, Gang Gang Dance is sweet.
Sporting dancey, spacey, experimental music that has a tinge of tribal and eastern, Brooklyn quartet Gang Gang Dance's fourth full-length effort, St. Dymphna, is one of the most innovative things I've heard all year. It's albums like this that make me think that all those "Best of 2008" list makers should've done their research more.-Bryce
Tell 'em how it is, man. For your subversive insight and their fucking spiritual jam, here's a tribute to the both of you . . .
01 EEEAAASSSEEE BAAACCCCKKKKKK - Black Octopus Lipstick Project
02 Neon Beanbag (Atlas Sound Southern Baptist Remix) - Stereolab
03 Fluffy (I Want You) - Polar Bear
04 Blue Nile - Gang Gang Dance
05 Vacuum - Gang Gang Dance
06 Cristobal - Devendra Banhart
07 #1 - Animal Collective
08 Lana Turner (Peel Session) - Magoo
09 Fight this Generation - Pavement
10 Joy! Joy! Joy! - Sufjan Stevens
11 Black Heroes - Ratatat
12 The F**ked Jam - Ween
13 Let's Go Away For a While - The Beach Boys
14 Circulation - Deerhunter
15 (The F**ked Retort) - Ween
16 Dust - Gang Gang Dance
Thanks for existing, guys!
Labels:
mixtape
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Medicine for your consumerist quandary . . .
First off, thanks to Eric for introducing me to the Black Lips. Basically, they're fucking sweet. Second off, if you haven't heard Pavement, it's time you did. The coolest American band of the last decade.
These Black Lips songs are from Let it Bloom (2005), their third studio album, but I can't wait to hear more. Apparently, they've been crankin' out the toons for a few years now. And Pavement is just one of those bands that is impossible to introduce with a hand full of songs, so enjoy this fairly early selection and then frolic to amazon or a cool album shop and listen to some more. Terror Twilight, their final album, is a gem, but, then, they all are. It's cool, though, to see where the band took their sound before starting from the beginning and experiencing it through to the conclusion. (If any former members of Pavement ever read this, I just want to say Thank You).
Perfect Depth - Pavement
Feeling Gay - Black Lips
Cataracts - Pavement
Dirty Hands - Black Lips
Fame Throwa - Pavement
Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah - Black Lips
Peace easy.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Another mixtape: Subtle Catharsis
"Black Eye" by Sally Mann
This mix is less forcibly engaging but more reflective than my last mix, Free. It's meant for gapless playback, so burn it or load it up in any decent media player, kick back, and enjoy.
Mixtape:
01 Moon Moon Moon - The Microphones
02 Grave Architecture - Pavement
03 Birthday Boy - Ween
04 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 - Bach, Academy of St. Martin
05 Her Disappearing Theme - Broken Social Scene
06 Death is a Star - The Clash
07 To Bits (and Pieces) - Mr. Bear
08 [unknown, edited] - Mr. David
09 Plastic Jesus - The Flaming Lips
10 Red Ink - Deerhunter
11 1 2 3 of Me [noise sampled from Ginsu Wives album] - Black Moth Super Rainbow
12 In Limbo - Radiohead
13 Safer - Animal Collective
14 Fan #2 [cut] - Ronez
15 I Don't Wanna Die [cut] - The Unicorns
16 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
17 Spring Hall Convert - Deerhunter
18 Ocean - The Microphones
19 In the Singing Box - Animal Collective
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This mix is less forcibly engaging but more reflective than my last mix, Free. It's meant for gapless playback, so burn it or load it up in any decent media player, kick back, and enjoy.
Mother, skew my designs.
I need to escape.
01 Moon Moon Moon - The Microphones
02 Grave Architecture - Pavement
03 Birthday Boy - Ween
04 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 - Bach, Academy of St. Martin
05 Her Disappearing Theme - Broken Social Scene
06 Death is a Star - The Clash
07 To Bits (and Pieces) - Mr. Bear
08 [unknown, edited] - Mr. David
09 Plastic Jesus - The Flaming Lips
10 Red Ink - Deerhunter
11 1 2 3 of Me [noise sampled from Ginsu Wives album] - Black Moth Super Rainbow
12 In Limbo - Radiohead
13 Safer - Animal Collective
14 Fan #2 [cut] - Ronez
15 I Don't Wanna Die [cut] - The Unicorns
16 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
17 Spring Hall Convert - Deerhunter
18 Ocean - The Microphones
19 In the Singing Box - Animal Collective
Share the love.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Mysteryfunk EP
This is an uncut, completely improvised stream of musical genius. Garage à Trois is mind blowing. I can't describe it better than some girl named Gina:
All I have to say is, if my mom caught me listening to this, I think I'd be grounded. This is some of the sexiest music I have ever heard in my life.Side A:
Mysteryfunk
Chupa Cadabra
Side B:
Bwami
FCR Theme
Mysteryfunk is the band's first release, and its a fantastic introduction to one fantastic jazz project. These tunes are infectious, so if you need the alalog experience, get the vinyl.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Super Rainbow Quest
Here's a little mix: A Tribe Called Quest (Midnight Marauders 1993) and Black Moth Super Rainbow (Falling Through a Field 2003, Start a People 2004). Keep it real.
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) - TCQ
Season for Blooming - BMSR
Sucka Nigga - TCQ
Boatfriend - BMSR
Electric Relaxation - TCQ
Smile Heavy - BMSR
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) - TCQ
Season for Blooming - BMSR
Sucka Nigga - TCQ
Boatfriend - BMSR
Electric Relaxation - TCQ
Smile Heavy - BMSR
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Be safe while driving.
This mix is a bit of a journey. It's called Free. Enjoy.
Sample: (EB Prologue + After Class)
Mixtape:
Freee (Part 1)
Freee (Part 2)
01 Tender Situation - Ween
02 Throwin the Round Ball - AC
03 Tropicana- Ratatat
04 Prologue (Earthbound) - Keiichi Suzuki
05 After Class - Atlas Sound
06 Final Battle - Keiichi Suzuki
07 Mourning Glory - Ween
08 Map - The Microphones
09 Doko Doko Desert - Keiichi Suzuki
10 Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel - Atlas Sound
11 Sadhanipa - Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass
12 I'm Not - Panda Bear
13 Sand (Eric's Trip) - The Microphones
14 Small Horror - Atlas Sound
15 Ready Set Glow - Atlas Sound
16 We Have a Map of the Piano - Múm
17 Twilight at Carbon Lake - Deerhunter
Take it easy.
Sample: (EB Prologue + After Class)
Mixtape:
Freee (Part 1)
Freee (Part 2)
State this ache as the final break.Track list:
Tender situation--create a good illusion.
Feel the grip of your salvation.
This is, indeed, a tender situation.
Make a move, man. State your case.
Taste the waste, man. Taste the waste.
What is your place in my glorification.
Yeah, this is really a tender situation.
Get off the pot, man. Shake and Bake.
Taste the waste, man. Taste the waste.
Pump it up or stray from that old station.
Yeah, dude, this is really a tender situation.- Ween
Go to the shore and pray for the sea.
Go towards the mirror and pray that you'll see
someone else.
Downtown. Go downtown.
Go to the waves of grain in the center of the state.
Go away.
Go to a parking lot, sit on the ground and cry.
You'll never know why.
Start over. Start over.
Go to the ocean on a ship.
Wave goodbye to the waves and the frozen shit that was in your heart.
So long.
Time slows when it goes away.
Go away.
Time Slows.
So long.-Deerhunter
01 Tender Situation - Ween
02 Throwin the Round Ball - AC
03 Tropicana- Ratatat
04 Prologue (Earthbound) - Keiichi Suzuki
05 After Class - Atlas Sound
06 Final Battle - Keiichi Suzuki
07 Mourning Glory - Ween
08 Map - The Microphones
09 Doko Doko Desert - Keiichi Suzuki
10 Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel - Atlas Sound
11 Sadhanipa - Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass
12 I'm Not - Panda Bear
13 Sand (Eric's Trip) - The Microphones
14 Small Horror - Atlas Sound
15 Ready Set Glow - Atlas Sound
16 We Have a Map of the Piano - Múm
17 Twilight at Carbon Lake - Deerhunter
Take it easy.
Labels:
Animal Collective,
Atlas Sound,
Deerhunter,
Free,
Keiichi Suzuki,
mixtape,
Múm,
Panda Bear,
Philip Glass,
Ratatat,
Ravi Shankar,
The Microphones,
Ween
Friday, April 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Shows This Week
What a great week for music! This Thursday, Girl Talk is playing at the Rev Room in Little Rock, and on Sunday The Felice Brothers are playing with Old Crow Medicine Show at Minglewood Hall in Memphis. If you don't already have your Girl Talk ticket, the Rev Room will be releasing 100 extra tickets for sale when the doors open at 7:00 PM. As far as I know, the Felice Brothers/Old Crow show isn't sold out yet and tickets are available at the door. I've never seen Old Crow Medicine Show live before, so I can't vouch for them, but I can tell you that The Felice Brothers put on the most hardcore live folk show in existence. So round up some cash, drive your ass to Memphis, buy a 40, and watch The Felice Brothers tear some shit up.
Girl Talk -- Friday Night
The Felice Brothers -- Helen Fry
The Felice Brothers -- Whiskey in My Whiskey
The Felice Brothers -- Ballad of Lou the Welterweight
Labels:
Girl Talk,
The Felice Brothers
Thursday, February 5, 2009
I Got Stripes
I've been on a White Stripes kick today. Here are some sweet B-sides and rarities.
The White Stripes -- Let's Shake Hands
The White Stripes -- Hand Springs
The White Stripes -- Party of Special Things to Do (Captain Beefheart cover)
The White Stripes -- Conquista
Labels:
B-Sides,
Rarities,
The White Stripes
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Flaming Lips Covers
I got the Fight Test EP for Christmas and I thought these covers were pretty nifty.
The Flaming Lips -- Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue cover)
The Flaming Lips -- The Golden Age (Beck cover)
The Flaming Lips -- Knives Out (Radiohead cover)
Labels:
Beck,
Covers,
Kylie Minogue,
Radiohead,
The Flaming Lips
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
More Live Animal Collective, New Song
Animal Collective played a few dates after their recent release of MPP, two of which were at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. Nyctaper recorded both nights, which are available here and here. Also, on a recent BBC session, AC put down a great version of what's being referred to in the blogosphere as "What Would I Want Sky," which is either a new song or an MPP outtake. AC has indicated that they have no intentions of releasing an MPP B-Sides EP, so this may be the closest we get to a recorded version of this great song.
Labels:
Animal Collective,
Live
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Beer and Bob
It's nice outside. Drink some beer and listen to Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan -- Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
Bob Dylan -- I Shall Be Free
Bob Dylan -- Corrina, Corrina
Labels:
Bob Dylan
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Animal Collective Live at the Malta Festival 7/1/06
The mix on this video is a little off in parts and whoever made it cut off what was shaping up to be an amazing version of "The Purple Bottle." But all things aside, this a pretty damn good video of one of the greatest bands on the planet. And from what recent concert-goers have said about their MPP tour dates, they've gotten a million times better live. Oh we have so much to look forward to...
Animal Collective Live at the Malta Festival 7/1/06
Labels:
Animal Collective,
Live,
Video
Monday, January 26, 2009
Coffee and Dylan
It's cold outside. Drink some coffee and listen to Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash -- Girl from the North Country
Bob Dylan -- Nashville Skyline Rag
Bob Dylan -- Tell Me That It Isn't True
Labels:
Bob Dylan
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Some Shit to Freak to
What a great week. Here's some shit to freak to.
Cadence Weapon -- Sharks
The Flaming Lips -- Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)
The Felice Brothers -- Glory
Cadence Weapon -- Sharks
The Flaming Lips -- Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)
The Felice Brothers -- Glory
Labels:
Cadence Weapon,
Live,
The Felice Brothers,
The Flaming Lips,
Video
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Best Band You've Never Heard Of
We Are Good Friends. Yep, that's the band name. They're from LA/Oklahoma City and man do they make great folkish experimental music. The band features Dustin Sanchez and Mickey Reese (El Paso Hot Button), but I'm pretty sure their live group is expanded to include several members. I picked up their self-titled debut at an El Paso Hot Button show last May and I'm convinced it's the best $5 I've ever spent. Imagine Flaming Lips meets Neil Young meets Bright Eyes. It's great.
We Are Good Friends -- The Hole Inside the House
We Are Good Friends -- Simon Killed Garfunkel
We Are Good Friends -- Malcolm X vs. The Lochness Monster
We Are Good Friends -- Long Live Magdelena
Labels:
We Are Good Friends
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Best of 2009 List
#1 -- Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Yep. It's that good.
Animal Collective -- My Girls
Animal Collective -- Daily Routine
Animal Collective -- Bluish
Labels:
Animal Collective
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Shows This Weekend
Hey bitches and ho's. I figured I should start trying to keep you guys up on sweet shows that are going on in and around the great damn state of Arkansas. First of all, Mr. Bear and my band, May the Peace of the Sea Be With You, are playing a FREE show at The Brewery in Conway Friday night and you should all be there. I'd post some mp3's from Mr. Bear's newly re-released masterpiece, These Machines, but sadly, I don't yet own a copy. The songs below are from his first full length album, Mr. Bear Music, which is available here for free download.
Secondly, on Saturday night at Low Key Arts in Hot Springs, 7 bands, including Church of the Snake, Androids of Ex-Lovers, Itinerant Locals, and Blue-Screen Skyline, will create a circle on the floor of the venue and provide almost 2 hours of non-stop rock, one band right after the other. If that's not cool, I don't know what is. It's called "Spikes All You Can Eat Deep Fried Rock n Roll Birthday Party" and all the proceeds go towards supporting this year's Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival.
Mr. Bear -- Sleepwalking
Mr. Bear -- Bunny Hole
May the Peace of the Sea Be With You -- Helltown River Blues
May the Peace of the Sea Be With You -- If I Were a Bird
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Gang Gang Dance
Sporting dancey, spacey, experimental music that has a tinge of tribal and eastern, Brooklyn quartet Gang Gang Dance's fourth full-length effort, St. Dymphna, is one of the most innovative things I've heard all year. It's albums like this that make me think that all those "Best of 2008" list makers should've done their research more.
Gang Gang Dance -- First Communion
Gang Gang Dance ft. Tinchy Stryder -- Princes
Gang Gang Dance -- Inners Pace
Gang Gang Dance -- House Jam
Gang Gang Dance -- First Communion
Gang Gang Dance ft. Tinchy Stryder -- Princes
Gang Gang Dance -- Inners Pace
Gang Gang Dance -- House Jam
Labels:
Gang Gang Dance
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Mustafa Ozkent....hell yeah
Every now and then I'll be in a record shop and listen to a random album based solely on how bitchin' the cover looks. Well this is exactly what happened yesterday in Barnes & Noble with Mustafa Ozkent's "Genclik Ile Elele," which was an insta-buy after discovering that the music contained within was every bit as funky as the album cover. Listen to the tracks below and be instantly transported back to the seventies.
Mustafa Ozkent -- Uskudar
Mustafa Ozkent -- Burcak
Mustafa Ozkent -- Dolana
Labels:
funk,
Mustafa Ozkent
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