Posts tagged Music
The Mottram Program
Tumbls worth tumbln about.
Father John Misty :: “Only Son of the Ladiesman” (via Stereogum)
The War on Drugs :: “Come to the City”
Love how Paul Shaffer gets in on the jam.
The girl from Alabama Shakes sounds so much like the guy from Kings of Leon here. It’s a tidy little rocker, though (via I Guess I’m Floating).
Sgt. Pepper’s cover recreated for the designer’s 80th birthday
Wilco, Nick Lowe & Mavis Staples rehearse “The Weight” (via @jondenunzio)
Best Songs of 2011 for Real
Here’s the annual mix CD I make for people. It’s my favorite songs from the year that was, and what’s nice about this year is Spotify lets me link to the playlist for everyone to listen to. Technology!
Spotify: Best of 2011 | Best of 2011 (EXTENDED EDITION)
1. Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”
2. Charles Bradley, “The World (Is Going Up In Flames)”
3. Jay-Z and Kanye West, “Ni**as in Paris” — I would enjoy seeing this live.
4. Alexander, “Truth” — Used masterfully to kick off a masterful season of Breaking Bad.
5. Cults, “Abducted” — My wife and I danced to a Cults song at a bar this year. That was strange, and nice.
6. The War on Drugs, “Come to the City”
7. My Morning Jacket, “Circuital” — Sundtrack to my brother’s bachelor party.
8. Bodies of Water, “Open Rhythms”
9. Tyler the Creator, “Yonkers” — Odd Future on Jimmy Fallon was the best.
10. Youth Lagoon, “Posters” — Last time I was with my friend Brian he was hanging around with his iPhone like a boombox, playing Youth Lagoon.
11. Real Estate, “Green Aisles”
12. Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
13. Bon Iver, “Calgary”
14. Kurt Vile, “Jesus Fever” — Love that his band’s name is the Violators.
15. TV on the Radio, “Will Do”
16. White Denim, “Keys”
17. Thurston Moore, “Benediction”
18. Ben Howard, “The Wolves” — My friend Sean used this to soundtrack a video of me attempting to surf heavy seas, and failing. It worked.
John Lennon and Miles Davis were not good at basketball. (via BDL)
Sam Cooke :: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan cover)
The National: Steal Our Music.
“I loved the names like The The and The Smiths and The Clean. I remember those were the kind of names that were so boring they were great. That was what was amazing about them, you know.
I didn’t want any name like the Arctic Monkeys or something that’s like clever, you know. So the National seemed as boring as I could come up with.
It turned out to be a problem, because it’s really hard to Google and it’s one of the reasons why it’s taken us 10 years to get anywhere. But now it’s awesome.”
(Source: CNN)
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31 Plays
Alexander
Truth (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Side Project)
The indie song du jour.
