Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
whiskey primer
gq.com gave a nice little "whiskey 101" crash course. very glad to see rye finally getting its well-deserved recognition. check it out.
NOTE: rye whiskey is allegedly harder to find, but any good liquor shop should stock old overholt.
letters of note : slash
born ruffians : sole brother
sunset rubdown : dragon's lair (video)
a great song off of a seemingly overlooked album from this summer. few do musical catharsis as well as spencer krug.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
karen elson : the ghost who walks (video)
jack white directed this video of his wife performing the title track off of her soon to be released debut.
sort of digging this. love the way she sings "with a knife in his hand" at about the 50 second mark. you can grab an mp3 of the song for the price of an e-mail over here.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
bettye swann : my heart is closed for the season
recommended if you like sharon jones & the dap kings.
beach house do spinner's interface
"take care" embedded below. you can watch all of them here. but seriously though, if you haven't bought this album by now, you're a jerk.
bowerbirds : northern lights (video)
sometimes videos make songs sound better.
Bowerbirds "Northern Lights" from matt amato on Vimeo.
joanna newsom : have one on me (album stream)
Monday, February 22, 2010
birdman (ft. drake, lil wayne) : money to blow (video)
realize i've been giving y'all alot more rap than usual, but a good song is a good song. and although this is technically a birdman song featuring drake, it might as well just be a drake song featuring birdman. lil wayne is absolutely right when he sings, "we'd be alright if we put drake on every hook."
thanks to lindsay for wising me up to this one.
frugan living
sort of infatuated with this blog, frugan living. the long and short of it is that this young woman dives through dumpsters for groceries. she gets all the nonperishables that stores throw out (which actually makes pretty good sense) but she'll also snag the produce that hasn't necessarily gone bad, but that the store throws out after a certain amount of time on the shelves. so, my gut instinct tells me that's probably not very healthy/sanitary. or is it the pervasiveness and entrenchment of throwaway culture combined with the general germaphobia present in our society that makes us dismissive of a totally economical (and safe?) way to live and eat? i dunno. i'm too germaphobic to try.
this guy knows what i'm talking about.
snoop dogg ft. kid cudi : that tree
in lyrical content/beat/melody, verse is typical of snoop, chorus is typical of cudi. chorus is great, though. stream over here.
tegan and sara : alligator (video)
i enjoyed t&s's last album, the con, quite a bit, but i unfortunately didn't find too much in their latest album, sainthood, that i liked. this song being an exception. kewt video, too.
feist : he was free (video)
i don't usually post crummy youtubes of live unreleased songs, because they're, well, crummy. and because they're also unreleased, the listener has no real point of reference, making the listening more of a strain than a joy. HOWEVER, this is feist, who always holds a place in my heart as she was one of the early discoveries in my burgeoning indie days. also, the song seems like it's going to be a real winner on that new album, whenever it comes out.
caribou : odessa
owen pallett : lewis take action
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
the-dream : love king
the-dream is the-bomb. responsible for rihanna's "umbrella" and beyonce's "single ladies" as well as his own super-legit r&b killers "rockin' that shit" and "mr. yeah," the dude's pretty flawless at laying down big-beat r&b radio-ready anthems. check out the title track to his alleged final album over here.
Friday, February 19, 2010
passion pit do amsterdam acoustics : the reeling
Amsterdam Acoustics - passion pit from Mokummercials on Vimeo.
this is pretty lovely. michael has a nice non-falsetto voice.
vampire weekend : giving up the gun (video)
the much buzzed-about video from the much buzzed-about band for a great80s-aping track featuring RZA, lil jon, jake gyllenal, and joe jonas.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
morning benders : excuses
the band is giving away another song from their sure to be great sophomore effort. all it costs is an e-mail. head over here.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
kate nash : i just love you more
grab the new jam from kate nash for the price of an e-mail over here.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
brown bear favorites ra ra riot talk to rs about their upcoming sophomore effort, slated for a summer release.
antlers : bear (video)
another beautiful video for another beautfiul song off an awfully beautiful album.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
new strokes in september
strokes drummer fab moretti tells spin that the strokes' fourth studio album is tentatively due this september.
the last airbender trailer
realize this is probably for kids, but i still feel like i could get behind this one.
morning benders : excuses (live w/ guests)
that breakdown is AMAZING. i've been a benders fan since their first little ep, and between this and "promises" i'm beyond psyched for this record.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
stream local natives' "gorilla manor"
you can stream local natives' excellent debut gorilla manor in its entirety over here.
joanna newsom : kingfisher
drag city has posted yet another new tune from jonew's upcoming album, have one on me. and, like the others, it is just beautiful. i am just real excited about all of this. give it a listen over here (upper right corner).
one of the freshest men's clothing brands (band of outsiders) showcasing its spring gear with one of the freshest comedians (donald glover [derrick comedy, mystery team, "30 rock" writer, "community" star]) and the little brother (dave franco) of one of my favorite actors (james franco). check it here.
Monday, February 8, 2010
i think we're going to call it come around sundown. so far it's some of the saddest courtry soungs you've ever heard, but mixed with some of the hippest melodies we've ever done. it's beat-driven and heavy, but then there'll be a country song that'll tear your heart out. and no pop.
- kings of leon's caleb followill to spin magazine on the band's next lp.
amazon daily deal: yeasayer's "odd blood"
grab yeasayer's thoroughly enjoyable new album odd blood a day early and for just under four bucks over here.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
them crooked vultures do snl
you can watch the other performance, "mind eraser," here.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
XHA1 Test video HD Success! from Mike None on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
sharon jones and the dap-kings : i learned the hard way
sooo good. sharon jones and the dap-kings have always been a song-to-song type of band for me. some of the songs don't do anything for me. but some songs i love hard. this is one that i love hard.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
in 1956, buddy holly taped a phone conversation he had with his label in which he asked (with an almost painful amount of politeness and courtesy) his label head to release the rights to some of his songs that he felt the label recorded/arranged poorly/failed to push to radio. buddy believed the tracks, if arranged and promoted properly, could be successful.
buddy's version of "that'll be the day" became a massive hit.
the day the music died
on february 3, 61 years ago, a plane carrying buddy holly, ritchie valens, and the big bopper crashed near clear lake iowa, killing them as well as the pilot.
joanna newsom : good intentions paving company
was always a "casual newsom fan," but i'm getting the feeling that this album might push me into the "enthusiastic newsom fan" category. stream the newest offering from have one on me over here (in the upper right hand corner).
Monday, February 1, 2010
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