women
After several listens I found this album to be one of my favorites of this year. Each track is pretty different from one another so you should listen to the whole album.
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[flemish eye records]
Women // Black Rice (Women, 2008)
Women // Group Transport Hall (Women, 2008)
Women // Shaking Hand (Women, 2008)
vivian girls
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Vivian Girls are a recent favorite of mine. Really good garagey girl group sounds.
Vivian Girls // Never See Me Again (Vivian Girls LP, 2008)
Vivian Girls // Snack Attack (Demo)
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Here is some other music I’ve been liking:
The Dovers // What Am I Going To Do
I heard The Dovers on one of Bradford Cox’s micromixes that he posts on his blog. He has really good taste in music. The Animal Collective put together some mixes for him too and it was also posted on there. Geologist and Panda Bear’s are my favorite. I think they were taken down already though.
summer muxtapeHere is a new summer muxtape for all your aural needs
brent.muxtape.com
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outoftouchOops, no updates in a while.
Here’s some songs I’ve been liking recently:
Julianna Barwick // Dancing With Friends Panda Bearesque sounds
Julia Shammas Holter // Don’t Dream It’s Over
This song was actually Holter’s submission to Miranda July’s project Learning to Love You More in reply to an assignment to cover the track by Crowded House
Funkadelic // Can You Get To That Maggot Brain, 1971
Souley Kanté // Fanga African funk.
brent.muxtape.com
Muxtape is pretty much the exact idea I had right before I started this mp3 blog a few years ago. It’s really exactly what I wanted to do to begin with.
I’ll try and update it again soon.
In regards to the last post -
sxsw shorthand recap:
-upset the rhythm showcase(John Maus, others I can’t remember) - I was watching the show standing next to El Guincho. He seemed really happy to be there. I took some video.
-Mess With Texas showcase (Paul F. Thompkins, Brian Posehn, Eugene Mirman, Hard n Phirm, Janeane Garofalo, Human Giant, Aziz Ansari, Reggie Watts, Todd Barry) - I saw pretty much this entire comedy showcase, didn’t see David Cross, Jon Glaser, or Jon Benjamin :/ I’ve uploaded some videos on my vimeo of Aziz Ansari, Eugene Miraman, and Brian Posehn. There’s more footage but I thought most people wouldn’t be interested to see it.
-Cool Kids
-Atlas Sound(last set ever), White Rainbow, Kimya Dawson
-8bitpeoples showcase (Anamanaguchi, Aonami) - Totally legit w/ real nintendo’s and gameboys + gameboy camera projections
That’s pretty much it - all that I can remember.
water curses
The Animal Collective - Water Curses EP is very good.
It comes out May 5th on Domino so check it out.
Here is one song from it that you probably already have if you’re a fan or if you don’t it’s going to be your favorite song.
Animal Collective // Water Curses, Water Curses EP
Another notable cool release “Music For Videogames V.1″ coming from Asthmatic Kitty.
This compilation was created for a game called Audiosurf and includes artists such as Dosh, Sufjan, and Son Lux. You can stream or download the whole thing here.
Ero Gray (aka Papa Alabaster) // Entrances, Ends of Trails, and Entrails
Sufjan Stevens // Year of the Boar
Coming up next, SXSW 2008 coverage…
dj boucheAndrew Lim is an American guy living in Australia who makes dance music I think, but what’s most interested me in him has been this 8-bit version of a Super Mario Galaxy song that he composed. Here it is in youtube:
I guess you would get more out of it if you’ve play Super Mario Galaxy but I think it’s pretty nice to listen to even you haven’t, maybe, probably. He’s announced (in youtube video descriptions) plans for more SMG chiptunes so if you want to keep updated I guess the best way to do that would be to subscribe to his youtube channel.
he actually just uploaded another one today
He also did this Donkey Kong Country 2 song that I hadn’t previously heard but I think his arrangement is pretty much one of the most beautiful things ever.
listening post #11Hi, people of the internet. Here are some choice picks of the week. Listen with gusto.
Ghost // Hazy Paradise
Japanese psyche rock band, Ghost, does a take on Earth & Fire’s “Hazy Paradise” with more of a down tempo and melancholic sound. If you like Boris + Kurihara “Rainbow” you should probably check it out. From their 2004 album Hypnotic Underworld. [Drag City]
Miracle Fortress // Digital Love
Daft Punk cover by a Canadian pop band.
Kiiiiiii // (The World According To) Carp & Sheep
K and 7 i’s is a weird cutesy performance art duo, Lakin and U.t. This track is really hilarious. [kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]
Uoki-Toki // Smells Like Teen Spirit (gameboy)
An 8-bit person from Moscow. nintendo nirvana. [uoki-toki]
Masato Nakamura(Sonic the Hedgehog) // Labyrinth Zone
Yeah, this is from the first Sonic on Sega Genesis. Pretty much all the songs from that game are badass - no joke. Play it at your next party please.
the honeydrips
Swedish revivalist sounds. Nods to the Joy Division and New Order bands. I’m now filled with fake nostalgia because I never grew up with those bands truly. I never made mixtapes on cassettes and gave them to girls like in the movies. Now all I do is hear about stuff on internet blogs and forums. I’m trying to imagine in 20 years when we start remembering bands now that we would have grown up with. It would be like “oh yeah, I remember reading MusicGuy28’s blog and hearing The Honeydrips for the first time.” Not really as cool.
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I Wouldn’t Know What To Do // The Honeydrips - Here Comes The Future, 2007
Ah, Karoline // The Honeydrips, YOURS0020 Åh Karolin (Sincerely Yours)
chinese restaurant in the forest’s favorites 2007 list
This list was revised a few times and I took some recommendations from other blogs and many of those albums ended up being really good and were added to my top 10. I left out lots of things but it’s all old news already so I’ll leave it at that. Also I made a playlist for you. okayyyyy, yeah.
*****Fav. Albums of 07*****
1. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam & Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. A Place To Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers
3. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
4. The Go - Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride
5. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit
6. Om - Pilgramage
7. King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
8. Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
9. No Age - Weirdo Rippers
10. Blonde Redhead - 23
Others (in no order):
- Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
- A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
- John Maus - Love Is Real
- The Ohsees - Sucks Blood
- Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
- Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
- Melt Banana - Bambi’s Dilemma
- The Horrors - Strange House
- Caribou - Andorra
- Radiohead - In Rainbows
- World’s End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
*****Favorite 2007 track playlist*****
1. Chrysta Bell, David Lynch - Polish Poem (Inland Empire Soundtrack)
2. The Go - Caroline
3. Jens Lekman - I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You
4. King Khan & the Shrines - 69 Faces of Love
5. M83 - Coloring The Void
6. John Maus - Green Bouzard
7. Animal Collective - #1
8. The Ohsees - It Killed Mom
9. The Go! Team - Flashlight Fight
10. Chromatics - In the City
11. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - 5:15 Train
12. Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills
13. Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon - Don’t Don’t (Fabriclive .36)
*****Favorite Live Clips Taken*****
To recount many great memories of last year here are my favorite video clips I’ve taken from selected shows. Sorry if I crash your browser, this post is going to be flash heavy.
Blonde Redhead - 23 @ Granada from brikka on Vimeo.
World’s End Girlfriend @ Haileys from brikka on Vimeo.
Sunset Rubdown - Us Ones In Between @ Hailey’s from brikka on Vimeo.
battles live from brikka on Vimeo.
Luminous Orange - What You’ve Done @ Basement Bar, Tokyo from brikka on Vimeo.
Melt Banana covers Heart of Glass from brikka on Vimeo.
Do Make Say Think - The Universe from brikka on Vimeo.
I am also adding in my favorite movies from 2007 because I didn’t know where else to put them.
*****Favorite Movies 2007*****
1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. The Savages
4. Superbad
5. Knocked Up
6. Ratatouille
7. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
8. Eastern Promises
9. Juno
10. Sunshine
Others:
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Smiley Face
- Hot Rod
- Margot at the Wedding
Didn’t really come out in 2007 but great:
- Paprika
- Inland Empire
- The Host
- Paris, Je T’aime
Still want to see:
- Persopolis
- I’m Not There
- Hannah Takes The Stairs
christmas music by javierjavier alberto morales is a really cool artist with a really cool website
http://www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com
recently i found out he also was a really cool musician. he did really cool versions of christmas songs and put them on his site for free
1. do you hear what i hear?
2. god rest ye merry gentlemen
3. sleigh ride
4. silver bells
5. let it snow
6. little drummer boy
7. oh little town of bethlehem
8. jingle bells
here’s the video he and his friend made for “sleigh ride” which should probably inspire you to like him a lot
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