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Catchy indie pop with a Swedish touch.
While all the other blogs are reminiscing on this year’s past music adventures, do yourself a favor and listen to the first few segments of Chris Douridas’s program from Saturday. Lots of new tunes!
1. Landon Pigg - Young Heart
2. Lucy Schwartz - Life in Letters * (highly recommended)
3. Vampire Weekend - Taxi Cab * (highly recommended)
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Do You Want It All *
5. Say Hi - One, Two…One
6. Ariel Westberg - Carousel Moonbreak: Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile
7. Jamie Cullum - Wheels
8. Groove Armada - Shameless (feat. Bryan Ferry)
9. Holden - La Fin Drune Manche
10. Ólöf Arnalds - Klara
11. Broadcast 2000 - The Outsider Steps Inside *break: Detektivbyrån - NatPpet [featured in “Adventure Glue”]
12. Corinne Bailey Rae - Are You Here *
13. Laura Veirs - July Flame *
14. Robert Francis - Junebug *
[plus a random video for your daily musings made better by jason mraz and brett dennen]
One thing I love about returning home to sunny socal for winter break is cruising around listening to KCRW. It makes me happy =)
* = more recent (?)
sayCet playlist (via Fairtilizer)
Lisa Mitchell - Clean White Love
I like the red accents here. I also like her bow and the colored accents in Coin Laundry, though that one is bordering both cute and creeper status.
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Goldfrapp - Eat Yourself (Yeasayer Remix)
Just one of the tracks I applied the Amazon promotion to.
[Psst..don’t forget to ask others with an account if they’re not using theirs]
This is a semi-reblog via dalryaug. He caught the announcement from the hypem blog and I caught this via the consumerist.
What’s the deal? Get $3 in credit towards mp3s. Unfortunately it’s only open to those in the US, so I guess the European and Canadian folks will have to sit this one out. Aside from the food and family gatherings, Thanksgiving also gives the American folks a reason to rifle through the ads and go shopping. Oh, the holidays.
P.S. Offer expires Nov. 30 11:59pm PST
Yes, I finally found a theme that gives me more bang for my buck, so to speak, which means more versatility with the least amount of work (very suitable for a non code monkey like me). Also, comments are enabled with this theme…not like anybody leaves any, but at least it’s there. =)
Btw, Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t you love holidays that give you a reason to stuff yourselves? I do!
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Arms and Sleepers - The Architekt
via FensePost:
Ethereal, shrouded in a mysterious darkness, “The Architekt” by Arms And Sleepers enters a world fit for the Tim Burtons and Michel Gondrys of the world. There’s a special abstract reality to the song that truly defies description. Like a dream, there’s a lot going on and much of it is hazy, just out of your limited vision which in itself jumps from one point in time to another without hesitation. There’s electronic elements that border both folk and trip hop. The vocals are split between the two cast members, Ben Shepard and Catherine Worsham of Uzi and Ari, while the music is provided by the Arms And Sleepers duo Mizra Ramic and Max Lewis. It’s moody but not depressing, hypnotic but borderline anxious, dreamy but with a clear direction forward.
“The Architekt” is off Arms And Sleepers latest LP Matador, out now on Fake Chapter Records.
Line-up: Friendly Fires | The xx | Holly Miranda
Venue: The Independent in San Francisco, CA
Although Friendly Fires was the main act (which I didn’t really get into), I’m extremely glad they had a fantastic line up for their openers, which often ends up being the reason I go to most shows it seems.
First up: Holly Miranda
I didn’t know she was performing until a few days ago when my brother reminded me of the concert he bought tickets for back in September. My thought was…cool, the girl from The Jealous Girlfriends…since I used to only listen to tracks with the female vocals anyway. So yes, it was a delight to hear her live. It’s really amazing how her vocals could both be so vulnerable and powerful at the same time. Furthermore, the stirring and emotive sound created just between two people was quite impressive.
Next up: The xx
In spite of losing a member and now only being a trio of 20 yr olds, their sound stood strong and their pulsating dub/trip-hop-like beats definitely got the crowd going. I have to say, this is easily one of my favorite concert sets I’ve seen. I love it when I’m familiar with all the songs. My only complaint is that I wish they could’ve played more since they left out “Heart Skipped a Beat”. At the end, they walked off the stage with their remix of Florence and the Machine’s “You’ve Got the Love” playing in the background which seriously sounded awesome in the venue. Loved the bass.
To give you a glimpse of what last night’s opening acts were like, check out youtube clips from other shows below:
p.s. The Independent plays really cool tracks before and in between sets and it’s a cool intimate venue (like The Echo in LA but twice as big)
for a lazy sunday morning
here’s my song of the day. it’s featured on a video for HP, but apparently it’s been withdrawn from vimeo.
p.s. her song “demolition” reminds me of lily allen and lenka
(thanks, don!)
The Orphanage - End of a Love Affair (via thesixtyone)
[Billie Holiday cover]
