If there's one thing there's a dearth of here on TSRE, it's wonderful female vocalists. Sure, we post the occasional M.I.A. track, or some Britney every now and then. But it's rare that a female vocalist struts her stuff across these here pages. So here are some long overdue lady props.This first track has been playing over and over on my work computer for a couple weeks now, and I absolutel...
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Eclectic (adj): Composed of diverse parts School of Sevens Bells is made up of the guitarist from Secret Machines and a set of female twins. Like a good deal of my favorite music, their songs involve complex rhythms, a dash of electro and layered vocals that become another instrument in the composition. On my new jam Iamundernodisguse, two distinct female vocal strings twist and intertwine ...
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Has anyone seen that new State Farm commercial where LeBron signs with the Browns to play football? Its like he's already practicing to hold up that Knicks jerseys in a couple of years... but more to the point this commercial really reinforces the fact that Lebron would dominate any sport that he could play. Can you image him just toasting some flatfooted DB or skying the shit out of some dude ...
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So we here at TSRE had, once upon a time, the privilege of attending Dartmouth College, best known for Dr. Seuss, Drinking Time, and being referenced in Superbad/Gossip Girl. It is a small college, but there are those who love it. Anywho, at said institution, we were often graced with a capella singing. For the non-collegers among us, a capella singing is when you take normally good songs, r...
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For Brooklyn Duo Matt & Kim life is about to be. Following up a raucously fun, albeit slightly repetitive, self titled debut last year, Grand, the forthcoming second album from Matt & Kim shows signs of musical maturation. Keeping with their battle-tested blueprint of playing the keyboard and drums literally as hard as humanly possible, Matt & Kim deliver an album that is extraordinarily catchy...
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So I just saw them make a meatball cake on Ace of Cakes. Pretty cool, but not nearly as ambitious as a cake actually made of meat, rather than fondant. An actual meat cake would probably taste better as well.This mash-up is from Gorilla Vs. Bear (a personal favorite) and combines Animal Collective's My Girls and Frankie Knuckle's Your Love to great effect. My Girls apparently is something of a ...
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Over the course of "being a music blogger" lots of "bands" send you "music" in the hopes that you'll like their "innovative style" and "rich sound". They want you to "give their tunes a listen" because, their promoters promise, they're "the next best thing". Watch more Saturday Night Live videos on AOL VideoSome of the time this music is awful. Most of the time it's mediocre, and sometimes i
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Paper Planes was such a ubiquitous song in the last year that I'm always a little hesitant to touch on it for fear of overwhelming backlash against what went from obscure gem to popular song to beating a dead horse over the course of about 4 days. So when I first heard the Pale Young Gentlemen covering the track, I wasn't sure what to do. I figured I'd let it ruminate for a couple days before...
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2009 is going to be the year of world music and pianos for hipsters. I listen to music all day at work and as a consequence I get tired of music pretty quickly. I am currently devouring the new Animal Collective and somewhat unexpectedly I can't get enough of the album Ferndorf by Hauschka. Hauschka's brilliant compositions draw the listener in and then some 45 minutes later, he or she is relea.
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Sometimes I stumble across songs via some other blogs that are just so good they can't be ignored. The riffs and hooks get stuck in my head, and I walk around for the next few days telling everyone in earshot "you HAVE to listen to this song. N.A.S.A.'s "Whachadoin?", which features Spank Rock, M.I.A., and apparently Santogold, is one such track.I'm not going to lie, I wasn't totally captured...
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Its pretty weird how all the old styles from the 80s and early 90s are suddenly hip again. Clothes, glasses, the Lakers-Celtics rivalry, foreign conflicts etc. I'm guilty along with most everyone else on enjoying the trend and I don't mind. Just thought I'd point it out using this video by Armand Van Helden as demonstration.While a little bit later, remember when Powerman 5000, Papa Roach and t...
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What up. Back with another chapter of the Stu Reid Sampler, where we trace the samples of contemporary music back to their originals. I love uncovering great samples, especially when the original hook is recontextualized in a completely new way.This one only sort of counts as an uncovered sample, since technically the "sample" portion of this Kanye tune is Jamie Foxx covering Ray Charles' "I'...
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Is not back. Michael Olowokandi, the former number 1 draft pick still remains a free agent with no NBA opportunities in sight. He was so bad with the Celtics a few years ago. SOOOOO BAD. Well here's the new song that Nike is using in their Lebron ads right now. Candyman by Cornershop is a throwback and is perfect for the commercials. I absolutely love it. List of Demands by Saul Williams, used ...
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But I do enjoy a glass of delicious lemonade on occasion. So does Pitchfork apparently with their stellar review Lemonade's Self-Titled EP. I posted a remix of their track Real Slime a while back and since then the multi-talented outfit has only grown on me. Big Weekend begins the EP by emphaticaly ripping off your pants and by pants I mean any dearth of fun you might be experiencing. If the pu...
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Get ready for one CHUNKY MUNKY post, because here it is: The Better Late Than Never The Stu Reid Experiment's Favorite Albums of 2008, or as we like to call it around these parts, TBLTNTSREFA of 2008. Now that you have all those iTunes gift cards from your Aunts and Uncles who don't really know you all that well, and your itchy little fingers are looking to legally download some pay-for-music ..
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