Into the Spotlight

After being reminded of this song yesterday, i dugg it out of my library and wished i would have posted it on here earlier. The Constantines and our favorite Canadian, Feist, giving their take of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' 'Islands In The Stream'

I think i heard it first at Amoeba, on some shitty 7" with some guy who was talking about the Bee Gees, and this beautiful song they wrote...box of tissues needed

[Mp3] The Constantines and Feist - Islands In The Stream

Updated Links

Just wanted to let you know past links have been updated and they should all work now. If they don't its because "there is a glitch in the system"
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Cinco de Musico

I know its been a while, but for all you loyal fans (<10)
Heres 5 for the 5th of May...Adios

[Mp3] Throw Me The Statue - About To Walk
[Mp3] The Ting Tings - Great Dj
[Mp3] Charlotte Sometimes - How I Could Just Kill A Man {Recommended because its feminine}
[Mp3] The Kooks - No Longer
[Mp3] Foals - Dearth

and here is more, because i'm in the mood...

[Mp3] Sparkadia - Kiss of Death
[Mp3] Mont Mardie - Set Sail (I like this, but i wish i had a boat or a beach house)
[Mp3] Coldplay - Violet Hill
[Mp3] Yael Naim - New Soul
[Mp3] Deathcab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
[Mp3] The Young Knives - Turn Tail
[Mp3] The Teenagers - Homecoming (Gentelmen Drivers Rave Mix)

I'm Back (Part 2) - Girl Talk

To continue where i left off last time...

We all know Girl Talk, after review and review of pure sunday dinner mash-up, this is more of an helping hand to those of you in the dark. The formula is pretty easy: Take one good part of any mildly good song, and another good part from a mediocre song --> You then Slice, Dice, Mix, Mash, fader, Reverb, level, clean, sharpen, contrast --> two becomes one. This is for b-boys, gypsies, school girls and Canadians (not the racist variety) If you're looking for an alt cuz this shit ain't new, check out Sunderland, i have a few other up my sleeve...Girl Talk has sampled enough Rick Dees and Tito together to bring together you from all walks out musical ambiguiity...i don't know if he's jewish...probably not

[Mp3] Girl Talk - Ask About Me
[Mp3] Girl Talk - Bounce That

More to come...I'm on Deadline

I'm Back (Part 1)

Back from hiatus. Its been a week or so since the last post, but don't worry, you haven't missed that much. I took a quick trip back to the west coast to see some family and friends and i had a great time. But, i won't bore you with my own monologue, so let me make up and break in some beats and help you welcome in the warm summer weather with some tracks to define your summer. Didn't really think this one through, just what was in my head and on my pod, some are a little upbeat and some cry for indie emo mascara, but as they say...the punks jump up. Rewind selector...

Metro Station are a hometown group from Hollywood, adhereing to the synth indie rock genre that all of you with Ray Bans (Real or fake, mostly fake) have come to love and hate. The emo foundation in their music may give you dashboard chills, while the shiney toy guns beats makes you turn the notch to 11 (Spinal) This group is in good speed growing on me as well as on all those corba snake's alike. These two tracks are from their newly released self-titled album, If you want more just drop a comment...

[Mp3] Metro Station - Kelsey
[Mp3] Metro Station - Shake It


Product of South Carolina, but now bi-city Los Angeles and Stockholm based group is Carolina Liar. Don't really know too much of this band, read about them a couple times on the blogosphere and they popped up once or twince on twitter, but by my own opinion (if thats worth anything) they resemble a Killers in the Shsdowplay meets U2 with the E-Street Band coming up the rear. I may and do think that i am totally off though. Wish this recording was better, im still looking for higher quality, ill post an update when i find it. I like these guys a lot...so does Joe Escalante...

[Mp3] Carolina Liar - I'm Not Over

One of my deepest unfulfilled desires is to be a proto-punk G*D a la the rebirth Iggy made last summer with his collaborative project with the Teddy Bears (Punk-rocker) this what my goal...I'm still obsessed with "The Passenger...But something to maybe contrast the blue skies of summer with something just as intense, joy envoking and spirt lifting is something a little darker to set the a priori mood of these summer nights. London Dungeon by This Misfits always reminds me why i dance to Joy Division and have an eternal lingering in my bloood that once, just once i turn on the radio or show up at a bar and am blessed with Echo and The Bunnymen on the 1's and 2's. Put on your leather...

[Mp3] The Misfits - London Dungeon




Does It Offend You, Yeah?...{Awkward Pause}...thats what i thought too the first time i heard of this band. The repeated thought of a presumptuous indie pop band hailing from the U.K. (or anywhere for that matter) trying to stand out in a crowd full of "The _ _ _ _" as the ubiquitous standard to create a unique band name. Has it finally gone to far? Apparently not... But aside from the constant tug of war i have with the gagillion new bands coming and going like simplex 2, like Herpes i don't see a cure or a treatment. So best is too protect ourselves from the myriad of new bands and let the poor weave their way through and pull out the junk that shouldn't be thrown away. Thankfuly, Does It Offend You, Yeah? were good enough to get a second listen and i am impressed. This is DEFINATLY NOT for everyone, and usually i would only listen to this if i was awake at 4 in the morning for other reasons then not being tired, but i know some of you have a few screws loose, so enjoy because like the title of their new cd...You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into...

[Mp3] Does it Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars
[Mp3] Does it Offend You, Yeah? - With A Heavy Heart (I regret to inform you)


If Alice In Wonderland was ever remade into a real life film (hopefully that doesn't happen) Portishead would headline the soundtrack and this song The Rip from her new album Third would be the Theme song. This album is such a great departure from her more famous record Dummy, but its been growing on me everyday, and doesnt put you into a sour depressed mood upon completion of track 4. I first learned of her new album after it went viral and somehow the video ended up playing right in front of me in class, but for being a minor fan of trip-hop, Portishead and this song do enough to satisfy my needs until she releases some more work. This album is overly indulgent and extremely complex both in form and in vocals, but i like this one and i'm and idiot.

[Mp3] Portishead - The Rip


I'm gonna continue this...Part 2 soon

Tuesday Twilight Mix

In no particular order for no particular reason...

[Mp3] Cursive - Bad Sects
[Mp3] Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle - Don't Kiss Me Goodbye (Highly Recommended)
[Mp3] Coconut Records - West Coast
[Mp3] Concrete Blonde - Joey
[Mp3] Matt Nathanson - Gone

Fleetwood Mac - Never Forget (Cut Copy Lifelike Remix)

This Track has been ripping up the blogosphere lately, very popular on Hype Machine (which i will be explaining later this week in Social Networking --> Not FaceBook (Part 2)) and also making big moves on Last.Fm
I have always been a huge Fleetwood fan, maybe it was the love square thing, or something along those lines, but this rendition of Never Forget makes my toes tingle

[Mp3] Fleetwood Mac - Never Forget (Cut Copy Lifelike Mix)

Britt Daniel Does a Remix

Spoon have always held their own and have perpetually shown that they are a imaginative and multitalented group. Listening to Gimme Fiction, or moving over to Ga Ga Ga, Spoon have been able to reinvent themselves many times with emotionally charged tones that can lift the spirits of any indie popper. When looking for a guaranteed good remix, i usually tend to look for titles that have groups like the Teenagers, M83, Diplo or Four Tet in the title, but i may have to add Britt to that list. He's put together a couple tracks that could quite possibly crossover his genius to the realm of the dub...The beauty of Feist's Canadian Voice and Interpol (one of my top 5 bands) with Spoon...Enjoy

[Mp3] Feist - I Feel It All (Britt From Spoon Remix)

[Mp3] Interpol - Slow Hands (Britt Daniel Remix)

MGMT - Time To Pretend

Another Indie synth-pop group hailing from Brooklyn (duhh) MGMT manage to infuse a plethora of disconnected
beats and instruments to create some truly remarkable work. The cynicism and sense of hopelessness conveyed by the simple yet inspirational lyrics, portrays an almost Arcade Fire like sentiment after every rotation on the table.
Don't Pass this one up...

[Mp3] MGMT - Time To Pretend

To Be or Not To Be: Remixed (Numero Uno)

We all love our remixes, whether its the Walk the Dog around the Block Saturday Mix, or the Dance Remix to Baby One More Time, sometimes remixes just take the best elements of a track and translate that into something equally creative and unique. But if John Tejada butchers another great song my brain will implode (i will never post anything by Tejada, i promise)

Out of Reims, France manage to take lots of polaroids, while also dabbling in a remix here or there. You may have heard some of their remixes with bands like Hard-Fi, Wiley, Primary One and maybe Just A Band. But their New remix of the Mystery Jets' Young Love has been on infinite rotation for the past few weeks. While i can only admit that i enjoy a handful of remixes better then the originals...I think The Shoes won this battle, bar none.

The Shoes are going to be in New York from May 7th - 9th, check out their Myspace page for details

Leave a comment and let me know what you think...

[Mp3] Mystery Jets - Young Love

[Mp3] Mystery Jets - Young Love (Shoes Mix)