As evidenced by his debut Nighttiming Jason Schwartzman's Coconut Records is in the grand tradition of one-man band pop albums, a largely solitary affair in the spirit of Todd Rundgren, Stevie Wonder, and Prince that doesn't necessarily sound like any of those rockers yet shares a similar sense of eccentricity and, more importantly, melodicism. Schwartzman's gift for a persuasive hook is what ties Nighttiming together when it teeters between incandescent pop and halting introspection, but that flittering incoherence is its charm: Nighttiming has both sides of the one-man band mad genius, the pop maverick and the sensitive diarist spilling his soul onto the page. When things gets slower, Schwartzman can sound like a less haunted Elliott Smith, capturing a shimmering gorgeous sadness but never quite sliding deeply into sullenness, but he shows more imagination when he swaps an acoustic for an electric guitar or a piano, knocking out terrific power pop like "Back to You," where the guitars are loud enough to earn the cheekily overdubbed applause that concludes the song. Schwartzman also reveals a knack for re-creating certain '70s sounds -- "West Coast" floats on a warm melancholy evoking latter-day Beach Boys, "Nighttiming" cleverly reworks disco-rock, "Minding My Own Business" has the big, open spaces of ELO -- but these aren't exercises in clever hipster revivalism, there's a real joy in these songs, helping to buoy Nighttiming through its melancholy moments and indicating the depth and skill Schwartzman has a pop songwriter.
Jason Schwartzman will always be Albert Markovski to me, but boy, is this kid trendy or what. Everyone knows it's the hip thing to like Wes Anderson films, well he stars in them. You can't really beat that. and now he's doing his own music project called Coconut Records. I think it's sweet, catchy, and easy to like.
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OH MAN. I have been itching for some new tunes and by golly i have found them! So Jason Schwartzman's solo project Coconut Records is AMAZING. It is cute and folksy at times and right up my alley. You would really like it especially if you like stuff like Ben Kweller. "Mama," "Slowly," and "West Coast" are some favorites right now. The album came out today, go find it and listen because i...
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The new Jason Schwartzman project, 'Coconut Records' is turning out to be one of the most pleasant surprises for me of 2007. I love this record a little more with every spin...So here is another cut off of 'Nightiming'
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missing someone today who feels farther away than miles would show on a map. lucy.
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but taking a two month hiatus from mogging is probably inexcusable. what can i say folks? school has gotten tough, i jetted off to italy, and have just basically been going NONSTOP. so now here is my newest musical obsession... coconut records, jason schwartzman's band. LOVE THEM. love them, looooooooove them :] i found them and have been addicted ever since. its that kind of mellow yet upbeat ...
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It's a very nice spring night outside, encapsulated in a globe of stars made possible due to the fact that my college is a good distance from a major city. Slight breeze. The campus is almost its own arboretum, so rustling leaves send their little whispers scattering out in all directions. The occasional group of Tuesday-night party-goers meander by on various walkways.The nice weather has m...
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My Coconut Records CD has finally arrived in the mail after some delays, and an incredibly lazy, slow mail[wo]man.I'm on track 6, and thus far I am loving it. Worth the wait! The CD comes with 12 songs, plus a bunch of alternative versions and other goodies for a total of 26 delightful tracks. Not too shabby for the price of about 11 bucks [plus S&H though] it also comes with a one of a kind...
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OH MAN. I have been itching for some new tunes and by golly i have found them! So Jason Schwartzman's solo project Coconut Records is AMAZING. It is cute and folksy at times and right up my alley. You would really like it especially if you like stuff like Ben Kweller. "Mama," "Slowly," and "West Coast" are some favorites right now. The album came out today, go find it and listen because i...
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i've kind of been neglecting my mog...again...but here i am to tell you about my newest favouritest song:west coast, by coconut records--fronted by none other than jason schwartzman (who was also the drummer for phantom planet).now...if you've ever seen "i ♥ huckabees" you'll know how wonderful he is. or, if you didn't like that movie, you'll disagree with me.anyway, this is the first single of.
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Jason Schwartzman will always be Albert Markovski to me, but boy, is this kid trendy or what. Everyone knows it's the hip thing to like Wes Anderson films, well he stars in them. You can't really beat that. and now he's doing his own music project called Coconut Records. I think it's sweet, catchy, and easy to like.
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Here is the lead song off of Coconut Records "Nighttiming". Coconut Records is Jason Schwartzman.
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| 1 This Old Machine |
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| 2 West Coast |
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| 3 Back to You |
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| 4 Summer Day |
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| 5 Nighttiming |
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| 6 Minding My Own Business |
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| 7 Slowly |
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| 8 Mama |
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| 9 The Thanks I Get |
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| 10 Its Not You It's Me |
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| 11 Easy Girl |
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| 12 Ask Her to Dance |
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| 13 West Coast [Video Clip] |
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