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Inverness - Tongueling Video

2010-03-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

Last Week, We listened to some tunes. Vol. 5

2010-02-22T10:01:00.001-08:00

Caribou - Odessa Video

2010-02-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

Caribou - Odessa from video marsh on Vimeo.

Hmmm.... Caribou album details here

Vinyl Sunday

2010-02-21T16:34:00.000-08:00

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - 2010 - Drag City

It's Damn good...Review coming soon.

Vinyl Sunday

Liars - Scissor - Video

2010-02-17T11:57:00.000-08:00

Sasquatch 2010 - Official Lineup

2010-02-15T23:05:00.001-08:00

It's official! The Sasquatch Music Festival lineup for 2010 in Quincy, Washington at the Gorge Amphitheater. Artist will include:

Pavement, My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Band of Horses, The National, LCD Soundsystem, Tegan & Sara, Broken Social Scene, Passion Pit, Deadmau5, She & Him, Public Enemy, Nada Surf, The New Pornographers, The Hold Steady, The xx, Dirty Projectors, OK Go, Drive By Truckers, Kid Cudi, The Long Winters, Minus the Bear, The Mountain Goats, Quasi, Camera Obscura, Fruit Bats, Brother Ali, Midlake, Dr. Dog, Caribou, Simian Mobile Disco, City & Colour, No Age, The Temper Trap,Vetiver, Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Telekinesis, Mayer Hawthorne, Why?, Girls, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Wale, The Lonely Forest, Japandroids, Boys Noize, YACHT, Freelance Whales, Laura Marling, Patrick Watson, Past Lives, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Low Anthem, The Very Best/Phantogram, Neon Indian, Nurses, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fresh Espresso, Mumford & Sons, Jets Overhead, tUnE-YarD, Shabazz Palace, Fool’s Gold, Morning Teleportation, Z-Trip, Dam-Funk, Hudson Mohawke, The Middle East, Local Natives, Avi Buffalo, Booka Shade, A-Trak, Yes Giantess, Craig Robinson, Rob Riggle, Garfunkel & Oates, Luke Burbank

I got my ticket. Did you?

Last week, we listened to some tunes. Vol. 4

2010-02-15T09:19:00.000-08:00

Local Natives have some really good tunes.

Really diggin' Small Back. Too bad they only have an EP and a couple of 7"s out.

Dosh. Enough said.

Vinyl Sunday

2010-02-14T15:20:00.000-08:00

Les McCann - Invitation To Openness - 1972, Water Records

Read the Dusted review here

This weeks submission to http://vinylsunday.tumblr.com/

Spoon - Trouble Comes Running

2010-02-13T16:04:00.001-08:00

It's stupid crazy how many times I've listened to this track off Transference in the last few days. Enjoy.

Small Black - Despicable Dogs

2010-02-13T09:54:00.000-08:00

Small Black: Despicable Dogs from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.

Here's a weekend jammer for ya..
7" Available here

No Age do Daytrotter

2010-02-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

Check out the latest over on Daytrotter. No Age playing three brand new tracks! Hard Trash flips the samples used on You're a Target with great results, sounding very reminiscent of the multi-track-bleeding-theme of Weirdo Rippers. The new album from these guys due sometime in 2010. Can't wait.

UPDATE:
Straight from the No Age blog:

Randy and I turned into weird 11 year old cartoon characters for Daytrotter and recorded a couple songs. HERE is the link to the 3 songs we did. Also, we are in the studio as i write this finishing up bits and pieces of our new LP. YYYYYYYYYYEAH! I should get back to work

Nice! Looks like a Nouns follow up may be closer than we think!

Last week, we listened to some tunes Vol. 3

2010-02-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

Listened to a lot of vinyl this week. So the digital plays were pretty slim..

Discovered the genius that is Climax Golden Twins

This Dosh track got a lot of play. This one too..

Where's Stoney got some play

Vinyl Sunday

2010-02-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance

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Podcast of the Week

2010-02-06T10:17:00.000-08:00

Stones Throw Podcast #55 Where's Stoney?
DJs House Shoes & J.Rocc mix Strong Arm Steady & Madlib.

Free download here

Strong Arm Steady In Search of Stoney Jackson. out now.

Last week, we listened to some tunes Vol. 2

2010-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

Couple days late for #MM but were on vacation. Give us a damn break...

Diggin' on that WU/Beatles collabo

The Birthquake dudes got some good jams

Still back Animal Collective fully, But ODDSAC is another story...

Been down with Four Tet. Still down with Four Tet.

Four Tet - There is love in you

2010-01-29T08:01:00.000-08:00

Favorite track of the new Four Tet album There Is Love In You.

Four Tet - This Unfolds

This Unfolds - Four Tet

DOSH - Subtractions

2010-01-28T10:30:00.000-08:00

New jam from Mr. Martin DOSH. Album #5 titled Tommy drops April 13th on Anticon

Tracklist:
1 Subtractions
2 Yer Face
3 Number 41
4 Town Mouse
5 Loud
6 Airlift
7 Country Road X
8 Call the Kettle
9 Nevermet
10 Gare de Lyon

More info from Anticon here

Grab the MP3

ODDSAC...at Sundance - REVIEW

2010-01-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

Rarely does a new filmmaker have a built-in audience. An audience so rabid yet loyal, they would venture to a venue teeming with puffy coats, Uggs, and D-list celebrity to see a project connected to one of, as the purple-velvet-sport-coated announcer put it last night, "the hottest" bands today. Yes, I'm talking about the Sundance Film Festival.

Director Danny Perez lucked out. As a roadie for the Black Dice, an oft favorite opener for the aforementioned "hot" Animal Collective, he became friends with the Collective and together embarked on a four-year long process of collaboration to create ODDSAC. Luck seems to cut both ways: Perez pairing with Animal Collective clearly got his first film a world premiere at Sundance, but when not backed by the sometimes brilliant soundtrack created by the band, the movie comes off as a disjointed film school project.

The movie opened with a young woman pacing a room with fire dancers visibly outside the window, she is then occupied by black tar oozing out of a crack in the wall of the room. Perez should have saved this montage for the end, since it was the strongest and most beautiful of the film and it proved to be a tough act to follow.

Unfortunately, it was all down hill from there. Heavily influenced by Matthew Barney of the Cremaster Cycle, the audience was forced into a disjointed journey that included a sad vampire, marshmallows eating a family, a food fight with a glittered man (straight from the Barney playbook), and a midnight canoe ride, to mention a few. The bright points in the film were strictly auditory. The first line from Panda Bear's honeyed voice had audience members unclenching their armrests and settling back in their seats to listen to why he wishes he "wouldn't feel so drained, if he could only keep his hands away." Beautiful and pared down, this song was an oasis of calm after what seemed like an eternity of stylized TV snow and feedback.

It was clear who had filled the seats of Prospector Square Theatre. The Q and A was directed mostly at Deacon, the Geologist, and Avey Tare (Panda Bear was sadly absent), while Danny Perez nervously swayed side-to-side. Questions about the collaborative process, where the band would be playing after the screening, and favorite films dominated over technical questions regarding ODDSAC. When one audience member directed a question at Perez in regards to the editing process and what tools he used, he answered candidly that you need, "...black curtains to block out the light and your girlfriend...leaves for the day and you spend five hours on YouTube..." Bless this lucky schmuck's heart.

A part of me realizes that Danny Perez didn't expect his film to be graced by a world premiere at Sundance. This film would have fit better at Tromadance or Slamdance. Had the film been cut into shorts and peddled as music videos, it would have been easier to handle. Understanding that when this process began, Animal Collective had yet to create their more accessible albums Strawberry Jam and Merriweather Post Pavilion. This seems a better explanation for the "tweaked," less "songy" soundtrack, as explained by Avey Tare.

When questioned about the meaning or plot of the film, Perez wanted to "leave it to you" to figure out what it means. I think he may not have known, either.

ODDSAC

2010-01-26T11:26:00.000-08:00

At Sundance tonight! We'll be there!

http://oddsac.com/

Caribou - Odessa

2010-01-26T10:40:00.000-08:00

It's been far too long since Andorra But Dan Snaith is back with Swim droppin 4/20 on Merge Head over to Caribous website for a download of the track.

Swim Tracklist
01. Odessa
02. Sun
03. Kaili
04. Found Out
05. Bowls
06. Leave House
07. Hannibal
08. Lalibela
09. Jamelia

Last week, we listened to some tunes Vol. 1

2010-01-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

Every Monday well be letting you know our top artist of the week. #MM yo!

A few selections:

Sugar Hiccup - Cocteau Twins

Lovin' Man - Eugene McDaniels

There's Always Room On The Bro...

Toro Y Moi - Blessa

2010-01-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

Animal Collective - Brothersport

2010-01-09T10:27:00.000-08:00

Atlas Sound - Untitled

2010-01-07T10:22:00.000-08:00

Say what you will about the fork but this Surveillance series is coming correct with some jams.
Bradford Cox has gone and done it again with this beautiful looped out piece. Check it out

(via P4K)

The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons

2010-01-06T10:20:00.000-08:00

Lets get nuts for a few minutes...
In Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock

Colouring of Pigeons by The Knife
Grab the MP3 over here