Sorry this is late, but better than never. The Knocks are a electro duo that I have become very fond in the last few months. They write great dance tunes, perform live, and make great remixes. This is their 2nd or 3rd single (not sure what actually clarifies a song as a single anymore) after the epic, “Dancing With The DJ.” Wham, bam I blacked out. The song is about selective memory after an epic night. L’chaim.
The Knocks: “Blackout”
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More traditional tonight. One thing I can’t understand, though–how did this song not blow up? Chris Brown beatin up the beat (oh!), Yeezy with a above average verse and a killer hook. I guess Jive just doesn’t have the distribution to get this in the hands of radio DJs and the oh so important bloggers…totally possible. This is indie major, man.
Chris Brown (feat. Kayne West): “Down”
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Day 2 of the countdown: maybe not your traditional bump and grind but…I just feel a little dirty when I listen to this cut from Sound of Silver. The chunk of muted guitars and that subterranean bass line can drive you crazy, man.
…at least he’s relaxed.
LCD Soundsystem: “North American Scum”
“I know you wouldn’t touch us with a ten foot pole.”
Yea, that dirty.
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Every day from here to 2011, we will be featuring a unique party track. This is a way for me to both get my head screwed on straight for a special NYE/NYD trip and to possibly create the mix of all mixes. This will be meticulously curated and I hope you have the time to appreciate our selections. We are going to start with a pretty dusty record from MC Breed.
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So the acclaim for MBDTF has spiraled out of control. The amount of praise of Kanye West’s latest album has become a national epidemic for which there is nor will be a vaccine (check Muzjiks in the coming days for more on that). What hasn’t been mentioned enough, in my opinion, is the structural formation of some of these album tracks and tracks included in Yeezy’s “Good Friday” series. I have personally never seen anything like this. These are hip-hop jazz epics. The man has collected what he has dubbed the best in his genre at the given time (or what he has access to) and allowed them to take free reign over a melodic idea. Please listen to John Coltrane’s “Moment’s Notice” and note the melody that begins at :39. This is the nugget that drives the piece, but John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Chris Fuller (trombone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Paul Chambers (D Bass), and Kenny Drew (keys) all get their hacks before the whole thing is bookended by the piece’s outro.
http://www.youtube.com/v/gocGlRuW1bw?fs=1&hl=en_US
Listen to “Monster” and “So Appalled” and tell me you don’t feel the same thing. Kanye grabs a melodic idea, flushes it out, and lets his friends shit all over it. Listen to “Christian Dior Denim Flow” and the new single, “Christmas in Harlem” and dismiss them as b-sides; I dare you. Now you have no excuse, the latter two are featured below in down-loadable MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format.
Enjoy yourselves, now you can say you listen to jazz.
Kanye West: “Christmas in Harlem”
Kanye West: “Christian Dior Denim Flow”
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So the site is a little rusty. Everyone is done with finals, I have two arms to work with and I figure we should start throwing up some music. Dream pop baby–picked this up from the G vs. B November mix and just cannot stop spinning. Young Galaxy is signed to Arts&Crafts (good for them, they seem to know what they’re doing). I hope you enjoy the song. Look for more soon. We loooove you.
Young Galaxy: “Peripheral Visionaries”
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The last two weeks of writing/posting on this blog has been hectic to say the least. Its been full of covers, mash-ups, and remixes–none of which I am honestly proud to put my name behind. So to right the ship, I thought we would go back to where indie, arguably, began–the movement of the Velvet Underground, Nico, and Andy Warhol.
After Andy Warhol took the reigns of PR for the Velvet Underground, he suggested a musical/cultural partnership with Christa Päffgen (AKA Nico). The band was hesitant, but the partnership ultimatley led to the band’s reformation and subsequent debut The Velvet Underground and Nico– need I say more? Following her work with Lou Reed, Nico moved on to a solo career and a partnership with some of the most important American songwriters in our musical history. That’s what leads me to today’s post.
Nico: “I’ll Keep it With Mine” [Buy]
Bob Dylan penned this song for the beautiful, talented Christa Päffgen and she grabbs it by the balls. The string arrangements and the vocal cadences make the song–oh and the writing isn’t bad either.
It feels good to be human again.
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“Where Burial finds romance in the darkest night, Salem’s dubstep-drenched electro exists in a world of prostitution, violence and abuse, employing bizarre half-tempo rap sections that growl like burst exhausts.”
So we’re pretty into dubstep around here, but what Salem brings is almost sacrificial, sacrilegious dubstep–you immediatley know whose violenlty distorted bass is blaring through the speakers and you shiver. Let’s see what happens when they get a hold of one of the Boss’ greatest darkly tinged pop tunes. Both are provided for reference and clarity’s sake.
edit: my bad, this is “Witch-House”–just for iTunes library. Everyone can breathe now.
Salem: “Streets of Philadelphia”
Bruce Springsteen: “Streets of Philadelphia”
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