The prolific and mysterious Weird Tapes keeps sending me his newest cinematic/hypnotic late night jams, so I'll keep posting them.mp3:weird tapes :: tv romanceDownload both Nightstalking tracks at Weird Tapes' blog. And, if you neglected to grab the Gram Parsons-sampling "Home" the first time around:mp3:weird tapes :: home*****************************************
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Love Is All posted this new video for A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night's lead single "Wishing Well," shot by Josephine Olausson and crew on the beaches of Ravenna, Italy. Josephine is even more adorable than normal, thanks to a huge band-aid on her nose "from hitting the wall the previous day."***********************************************elsewhere:Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs t...
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delia derbyshireThanks to ISO50 for posting this amazing recording of Delia Derbyshire's utterly haunting 1964 sound collage, "Dreams," in which Derbyshire set "a collection of spliced/reassembled interviews" of people relating details about their recurring dreams (or nightmares) against her own "dissonant, often terrifying musique concrete soundbeds..." Listen alone/in the dark for the full ef...
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Seems like everything Montreal's CFCF touches lately turns to gold. The kid is currently making some of the most authentic, classiest, exquisitely executed disco around, as evidenced by his rad forthcoming You Hear Colours // Invitation to Love 7", which is due out soon on Acephale. Here's "Invitation to Love," his dreamy edit of the Alan Parsons Project's "Voyager," which is the same tune feat...
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If you're in Dallas this weekend, come see White Denim on Saturday night at Pastime Tavern , before they head off to Iceland . Opening the show will be North TX locals and good friends of WD, PVC Street Gang . I've yet to catch the group's live show, but the extremely taut urgency in the vocals and overall sense of tension these two create on the super tight new song "Cutlass " should be ...
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I think we can all agree that Department of Eagles' "No One Does It Like You" is one of the best songs of '08, but we haven't yet heard it quite the way it was performed last night on Conan, with Dan Fred expanding the group to a 5-piece, with Dan's vocals complemented beautifully by female harmonizing from an unknown singer (EDIT: that's Angel Deradoorian from Dirty Projectors. Thanks Stereo...
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After taking songs from Burial and Invisible Conga People to uncharted depths, London's bedroom pop antihero Alessio Natalizia (aka Banjo or Freakout) strips "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" of its "upper west side soweto" affect and exposes Vampire Weekend's dark heart:mp3:banjo or freakout :: cape cod kwassa kwassa (vampire weekend cover)[thanks to jheri for the heads up]
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Here are a couple of songs that have nothing to do with each other, aside from the fact that they're both catchy, decidedly lo-fi garage-punk ditties that would've made good jams for skating around in your backyard in like '91, on a homemade ramp of questionable structural integrity, just like that kid up there (photo also happens to be Wavves' album cover). That, and they've both been alternat...
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esau mwamwayaRemember that Esau Mwamwaya Radioclit collab project I've been going on and on about for the last six months or so? Well it is now officially called The Very Best, and the dudes have dropped a little 3-song sampler in advance of their upcoming mixtape/bootleg album, which will be made available for free download on November 1. I've posted all 3 of these in various forms before, b...
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Radiohead posts tend to come in bunches, I guess. Here's the finished version of Clement Picon's winning animated video for "Reckoner," chosen by the band as the song's official video. Thom says of the video:"...here is one of my favourite video things that has ever happened...for Reckoner it is, the result of somebody entering a competition to make an animation to one of the tunes on IN RAINbo...
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Cadence Weapon has joined Diplo Flying Lotus as the latest respected producer to throw an entry into the fray for Radiohead's "Reckoner" Remix Project. Cadence Weapon's brooding, atmospheric remix is perhaps the most straightforward of the three, but I love his subtly ominous re-working of the original piano part. Vote for Cadence Weapon's remix here, and download it here:mp3:radiohead :: rec...
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I understand that Lykke Li has a bit of a crush on Bon Iver, so apparently she asked Justin Vernon and crew to lend their talents to this impromptu version of "Dance Dance Dance," shot Take Away Show-style around a fountain in L.A. Featuring some nice sunny harmonies and never-before-seen dance moves from Ms. Li:mp3:lykke li :: dance dance dance
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nite jewelOur weekly GvsB Sirius radio show aired today at noon and will replay at midnight EST on Left of Center. Brand new stuff this week from Nite Jewel, Little Joy, Crystal Stilts, White Hinterland, Amadou & Mariam, and more. You can listen right here, for free. Full playlist for this week some mp3s after the jump...********************************************gorilla vs. bear sirius blo...
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Empire of the Sun's forthcoming Walking on a Dream LP is one of my most anticipated albums that's still left to be released in '08, based solely on the strength of the sublime title track. Until now. Luke Steele Nick Littlemore are streaming 5 album tracks on their myspace page, and despite the totally annoying new myspace music interface, they're definitely worth a listen. "Standing on the S...
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Fab Moretti, Rodrigo Amarante, Binki Shapiro // Little Joy :: San FranciscoWe might've mentioned a time or two that we fell in love instantly with Little Joy's irresistible debut LP. Unfortunately, the group has no immediate plans to visit Texas, but our good friends Hobi Zach hit up the band's show last night at the Indie in San Francisco, Polaroid machine in hand. They report that the eve...
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As usual, this year's Austin City Limits Festival was a laid back affair, made even more pleasant than normal by the relatively balmy weather -- we were blessed with a nice steady breeze, and even a few occasional clouds this year -- but I spent most of the fest running around trying to see as much as possible. Here are some highlights: david byrneIn addition to being the nicest dudes, Fleet Fo...
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Our friends at Funeral Pudding recently put up a rad post detailing Barcelona's thriving, vibrant music scene (and more specifically, the adventurous DC/Luv Luv label). The highlight for me was this colorful, swirling new tropical pop jam from El Guincho's other project, Coconot, taken from the band's forthcoming record, Cosa Astral (due in November). Okay, I'll concede that this sounds vaguely...
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We leave you for the weekend with this tight cover of the Daisy Chain's "Blind Spot" by Vivian Girls. Although none of us can claim to be even remotely familiar with the original, their waltzing, narcotic stab at the jam is more than fine for now. mp3:vivian girls :: blind spot (the daisy chain cover)
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We leave you for the weekend with this tight cover of Daisy Chain's "Blind Spot" by Vivian Girls. Although none of us can claim to be even remotely familiar with the original, their waltzing, narcotic stab at the jam is more than fine for now. mp3:vivian girls :: blind spot (daisy chain cover)
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In the latest installment from our friends at La Blogotheque, The Walkmen play one of my favorite songs from You & Me, "Four Provinces" -- apparently once called "Hey Leah" -- while taking a late-night, possibly drunken stroll through the streets of San Francisco earlier this spring. After you watch this clip, play around with La Blogotheque's fancy new player there to view another clip of the ...
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