Fifteen Randoms
I saw one of those classic posts on the book of faces today: put your iPod on shuffle and list the first fifteen songs that play. Talk about presumptuous. I know they have a fairly large market share, but I’m still holding out on Apple products. More to the point, I was curious to see what would turn up if I shuffled the current musical contents of my hard drive and decided I should post the results here since I update so infrequently. I think the results are pretty indicative of my music listening habits: all over the place.
- Stardeath and White Dwarf – Smoking Pot Makes Me Not Want to Kill Myself
- St. Vincent – Black Rainbow
- Battles – Race: In
- Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
- Fabulous Diamonds – LP4
- Iron & Wine – Homeward These Shoes
- George Williams Aingo – Akiko Nu Bonto
- Kings of Leon – Notion
- Karl Blau – 2 Becomes 1
- Dananananaykroyd – Infinity Milk
- Murs – Me and This Jawn
- Wild Beasts – Woeboegone Wanderers
- Ladytron – Another Breakfast with You
- Kings of Convenience – The Build-Up
- Paul Desmond – Embarcadero (alternate take)
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Summer fun.
Buy/Preview
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix on Amazon
Listen
Phoenix on Myspace
Hot Panda – Volcano…Bloody Volcano
This is good, fun music.
Go read about it elsewhere.
Go listen to it on myspace.
Rap Chop
This is amazing. My mind is blown. This may even hit heavy rotation soon.
Something Ridiculous
In case you missed it.
Sexton – plus phrough live!
Watch this video full screen with your volume way up. This is a promo video Duane put together for the art show we’ll be hosting this Friday at LFP.
If that’s not awesome enough, and I know it is, I will be playing some wicked bass riffs with some friends. We’ll be winging it. We’re not polished. We’re not pretty. But we’re not afraid. Things kick off at 7. Don’t be fashionably late or you’ll miss something.
Download Code: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
First come, first serve. I’m nice enough to post this. If you are the one to download, be nice enough to comment so my other reader doesn’t waste time trying to download, too. Go here and follow instructions.
You’ll need the code: R5ESAG53
Enjoy!
Paul Desmond – Take Ten
Paul Desmond. Old school sexy jazz saxophone. You need this. Go order Paul Desmond’s Take Ten right now.
The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
The Decemberists have a new album on the way (March 24th), and from the sound of things it’s going to be amazing.
In an age when singles rule and the death of the album has been pronounced by many, The Decemberists have fashioned an anomaly: a record that demands to be listened to from start to finish and reveals more with each subsequent play. The 17-song suite, recorded with the band’s longtime producer, Tucker Martine, is rooted in ancient language and imagery, yet entirely modern and accessible.
The Hazards Of Love tells the tale of a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William; a forest queen; and a cold-blooded, lascivious rake, who recounts with spine-tingling ease how he came “to be living so easy and free.” Lavender Diamond’s Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden deliver the lead vocals for the female characters, while My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Robyn Hitchcock and the Spinanes’ Rebecca Gates appear in supporting roles. The range of sounds reflects the characters’ arcs, from the accordion’s singsong lilt in “Isn’t it a Lovely Night?” to the heavy metal thunder of “The Queen’s Rebuke/The Crossing.”
Get The Hazards of Love on Amazon.
Listen to some songs on The Decemberists myspace.
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
I’m not afraid to type it. I’m a Franz Ferdinand fan. I am afraid to say it five times fast though. Their music is fun! Get this album. When the weather is nice, take a cruise with the windows down and make sure this album is blaring. It’ll be perfect. I promise.
Look out for that truck!!!
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand on amazon.
Franz Ferdinand on myspace.
