Hey,
Formed in London in 1968, Free rocked the scene until they broke up several years later in 1973. The lead singer (Paul Rogers) and drummer (Simon Kirke) moved on to form Bad Company, another famous rock band. Even though short-lived, anyone who listened to rock music in the late sixties and seventies knows them well. Songs like All Right Now and Come Together in the Morning were chart toppers and this next song ain't bad either. From their album "Highway", here's Ride on a Pony. Enjoy.
5.30.2011
5.27.2011
Oh baby, baby, baby please. 5.27.11
Hey,
I first got introduced to this band on the David Letterman Show in '08. I loved how they incorporated the cello and violin into indie rock song arrangements. Sort of a more folky and down to earth Arcade Fire but without the edginess. I then learned that in 2007 their original drummer had drowned under unusual circumstances and the band had decided to continue on and find a replacement. They're first major album, The Rhumb Line, is sprinkled with songs paying tribute to him and anyone listening to that album can feel the raw emotion that they were feeling at the time. Besides those songs paying tribute, there are some rock solid tunes that don't go in that same category. Can You Tell is a cute little boy-girl love song of sorts that is pretty damn catchy. Enjoy.
I first got introduced to this band on the David Letterman Show in '08. I loved how they incorporated the cello and violin into indie rock song arrangements. Sort of a more folky and down to earth Arcade Fire but without the edginess. I then learned that in 2007 their original drummer had drowned under unusual circumstances and the band had decided to continue on and find a replacement. They're first major album, The Rhumb Line, is sprinkled with songs paying tribute to him and anyone listening to that album can feel the raw emotion that they were feeling at the time. Besides those songs paying tribute, there are some rock solid tunes that don't go in that same category. Can You Tell is a cute little boy-girl love song of sorts that is pretty damn catchy. Enjoy.
5.25.2011
Playa Playa. 5.25.11
Whaddup,
There once was a time when rappers were emcees, actually telling stories over a minimal beat and catchy lick here or there. I had to dig deep, MTV Jams style for this one.
Representing the Yay Area, Rappin 4 Tay made the follow-up to his debut album in 1994. "Don't Fight the Feelin'" was a hit with songs like Playa's Club, Dank Season and I'll Be Around. Playa's Club went as far as #36 on the Billboard charts that year. Out of nowhere and pretty nifty for a young rapper from the Fillmore district in San Francisco.
Like a thief in the night, here's Playa's Club. Enjoy.
There once was a time when rappers were emcees, actually telling stories over a minimal beat and catchy lick here or there. I had to dig deep, MTV Jams style for this one.
Representing the Yay Area, Rappin 4 Tay made the follow-up to his debut album in 1994. "Don't Fight the Feelin'" was a hit with songs like Playa's Club, Dank Season and I'll Be Around. Playa's Club went as far as #36 on the Billboard charts that year. Out of nowhere and pretty nifty for a young rapper from the Fillmore district in San Francisco.
Like a thief in the night, here's Playa's Club. Enjoy.
5.20.2011
Euphoric Love. 5.20.11
Hey,
Today it's all about the music. No video. I thought a change from the ordinary posting habit was appropriate.
Hailing from Texas, Love Inks has a minimalist spacey sound with plenty of punch. They fully financed their album "E.S.P", and it is starting to gain attention in the US and UK. Pay attention to them!
This song is called Skeleton Key and it lifts you away on a euphoric cloud. Enjoy.
Today it's all about the music. No video. I thought a change from the ordinary posting habit was appropriate.
Hailing from Texas, Love Inks has a minimalist spacey sound with plenty of punch. They fully financed their album "E.S.P", and it is starting to gain attention in the US and UK. Pay attention to them!
This song is called Skeleton Key and it lifts you away on a euphoric cloud. Enjoy.
5.15.2011
You don't need to win it. 5.15.11
Hey all,
Took a bit of a much needed break but I'm back.
This song grabbed my attention right away. I'm a huge fan of Antony and the Johnsons and of Ray Lemontagne. I think a voice can make or break a song. Not necessarily because of how on pitch one is or how high someone can go but of something innately unique that can only be passed down through the genes. Some people you can listen to and hear their soul. That doesn't just come from a lot of training. It comes from upbringing, DNA, and most importantly the amount of love inside of the body. Patrick Watson has one hell of a voice.
Born in California but raised in Quebec, Canada, Watson released his first album in 2001. He has a lot of cabaret and classical music influences and has worked alongside such artists as Philip Glass and James Brown.
The song is The Great Escape. I'll post the wonderful lyrics below it. Enjoy.
Bad day, looking for a way,
home, looking for the great escape.
Gets in his car and drives away,
far from all the things that we are.
Puts on a smile and breathes it in
and breathes it out, he says,
bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Oh, he says, bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo
Hey child, things are looking down.
That’s okay, you don’t need to win anyways.
Don’t be afraid, just eat up all the gray
and it will fade all away.
Don’t let yourself fall down.
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo
Bad day, looking for the great escape.
He says, bad day, looking for the great escape.
On a bad day, looking for the great escape,
the great escape.
Took a bit of a much needed break but I'm back.
This song grabbed my attention right away. I'm a huge fan of Antony and the Johnsons and of Ray Lemontagne. I think a voice can make or break a song. Not necessarily because of how on pitch one is or how high someone can go but of something innately unique that can only be passed down through the genes. Some people you can listen to and hear their soul. That doesn't just come from a lot of training. It comes from upbringing, DNA, and most importantly the amount of love inside of the body. Patrick Watson has one hell of a voice.
Born in California but raised in Quebec, Canada, Watson released his first album in 2001. He has a lot of cabaret and classical music influences and has worked alongside such artists as Philip Glass and James Brown.
The song is The Great Escape. I'll post the wonderful lyrics below it. Enjoy.
Bad day, looking for a way,
home, looking for the great escape.
Gets in his car and drives away,
far from all the things that we are.
Puts on a smile and breathes it in
and breathes it out, he says,
bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Oh, he says, bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo
Hey child, things are looking down.
That’s okay, you don’t need to win anyways.
Don’t be afraid, just eat up all the gray
and it will fade all away.
Don’t let yourself fall down.
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo
Bad day, looking for the great escape.
He says, bad day, looking for the great escape.
On a bad day, looking for the great escape,
the great escape.
5.09.2011
Time is a crooked bow. 5.9.11
Back on the westside!
Andrew Bird's music hits very close to home. He was trained classically and always carries that training around with him in all of his recordings and performances. He started his first non-classical group in 1996 called the Bowl of Fire and they went on to release multiple records. After they disbanded in 2003, he was signed to Ani Difranco's Righteous Babe Records as a solo artist and he reinvented his image and sound.
His sound is very sophisticated but it doesn't take a high-brow being to catch on to his stuff. He always incorporates his violin into almost every song, while also playing guitar and singing as well.
This song is off of his "Armchair Apocrypha" album. This was the first album I got hooked on by him and it will always be my favorite. From the first song to the last, all have different vibes but they all fit into perfect place like a jigsaw puzzle. Here's Armchairs- Enjoy!
Lyrics:
I dreamed you were a cosmonaut
of the space between our chairs
And I was a cartographer
of the tangles in your hair
I sang the song that silence sings
It's the one that everybody knows, everybody knows
The song that silence sings
And this is how it goes
These looms that weave apocrypha
they're hanging from a strand
The dark and empty rooms were full
of incandescent hands
The awkward pause
The fatal flaw
Time, it's a crooked bow
Time is a crooked bow
In time you need to learn, to love
The ebb just like the flow
Grab hold of your bootstraps, and pull like hell
until gravity feels sorry for you, and lets you go
As if you lack the proper chemicals to know
the way it felt the last time you let yourself fall this low
Time's a crooked bow
Time's a crooked bow
Time, it's a crooked bow
Fifty-five and three-eighths years later
At the bottom of a gigantic crater
An armchair calls to you
Yeah, and armchair calls to you
It says, someday, we'll get back at them all
With epoxy and a pair of pliers
As ancient sea slugs begin to crawl
through the ragweed and barbed wire
You didn't write
You didn't call
It didn't cross your mind at all
Through the waves
waves of hay and straw
You couldn't feel a thing at all
Fifty-five and three-eighths
Time
Fifty-five and three-eighths
Time
Time
Andrew Bird's music hits very close to home. He was trained classically and always carries that training around with him in all of his recordings and performances. He started his first non-classical group in 1996 called the Bowl of Fire and they went on to release multiple records. After they disbanded in 2003, he was signed to Ani Difranco's Righteous Babe Records as a solo artist and he reinvented his image and sound.
His sound is very sophisticated but it doesn't take a high-brow being to catch on to his stuff. He always incorporates his violin into almost every song, while also playing guitar and singing as well.
This song is off of his "Armchair Apocrypha" album. This was the first album I got hooked on by him and it will always be my favorite. From the first song to the last, all have different vibes but they all fit into perfect place like a jigsaw puzzle. Here's Armchairs- Enjoy!
Lyrics:
I dreamed you were a cosmonaut
of the space between our chairs
And I was a cartographer
of the tangles in your hair
I sang the song that silence sings
It's the one that everybody knows, everybody knows
The song that silence sings
And this is how it goes
These looms that weave apocrypha
they're hanging from a strand
The dark and empty rooms were full
of incandescent hands
The awkward pause
The fatal flaw
Time, it's a crooked bow
Time is a crooked bow
In time you need to learn, to love
The ebb just like the flow
Grab hold of your bootstraps, and pull like hell
until gravity feels sorry for you, and lets you go
As if you lack the proper chemicals to know
the way it felt the last time you let yourself fall this low
Time's a crooked bow
Time's a crooked bow
Time, it's a crooked bow
Fifty-five and three-eighths years later
At the bottom of a gigantic crater
An armchair calls to you
Yeah, and armchair calls to you
It says, someday, we'll get back at them all
With epoxy and a pair of pliers
As ancient sea slugs begin to crawl
through the ragweed and barbed wire
You didn't write
You didn't call
It didn't cross your mind at all
Through the waves
waves of hay and straw
You couldn't feel a thing at all
Fifty-five and three-eighths
Time
Fifty-five and three-eighths
Time
Time
5.05.2011
Dj cam. 5.5.11
Whaddup,
I'm bringing you a very different sound today so keep your ears and eyes in an open state of mind.
Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is an extremely rare talent. Being a multi-genre experimental producer and laptop artist DJ, that sort of comes with the turf. He released his first album in 2006 called "1983" and has since released two more, with the latest in 2010. He is always on the big-ticket summer festival line-up list (ie. Coachella) and is definitely a crowd favorite. The first album that I bought of his was "Los Angeles" and I have to admit it took me a good while to warm up to his sounds. Now that I'm on the other side looking back, I can say that he is one of the most sophisticated producers in the experimental- electronic genre and anyone who has seen him live is truly blessed. The way he coordinates his mixes and further remixes them (with a boat load of MIDI equipment surrounding him) is incredible, and he never misses a beat.
This video caught my eye because it gives the viewer a very seldom seen shot of what it's like to be the DJ at the concert, NOT the crowd. How he uses his technology, fuels the crowd, and soaks up the moment are really fascinating. Even if you don't care for his type of music, just watching him and his craft make one appreciate it in the very least. This is a live clip from a set of his at the Reset Festival in San Diego. Enjoy.
I'm bringing you a very different sound today so keep your ears and eyes in an open state of mind.
Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is an extremely rare talent. Being a multi-genre experimental producer and laptop artist DJ, that sort of comes with the turf. He released his first album in 2006 called "1983" and has since released two more, with the latest in 2010. He is always on the big-ticket summer festival line-up list (ie. Coachella) and is definitely a crowd favorite. The first album that I bought of his was "Los Angeles" and I have to admit it took me a good while to warm up to his sounds. Now that I'm on the other side looking back, I can say that he is one of the most sophisticated producers in the experimental- electronic genre and anyone who has seen him live is truly blessed. The way he coordinates his mixes and further remixes them (with a boat load of MIDI equipment surrounding him) is incredible, and he never misses a beat.
This video caught my eye because it gives the viewer a very seldom seen shot of what it's like to be the DJ at the concert, NOT the crowd. How he uses his technology, fuels the crowd, and soaks up the moment are really fascinating. Even if you don't care for his type of music, just watching him and his craft make one appreciate it in the very least. This is a live clip from a set of his at the Reset Festival in San Diego. Enjoy.
5.01.2011
Moving McAlister. 5.1.11
Hello hello,
For the first time since writing this blog I'm actually posting a band that I know hardly anything about.
The Format formed in 2002, hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. They have a sort of indie, punk and folky sound with lots of 1960's influences. They chose their name to make fun of "the format" that major record companies look for when deciding on the next major hit single of the month. Unfortunately,
the band decided to call it quits in 2008 after just two albums.
I had not even heard of these guys until I saw the movie "Moving McAlister" (which I highly, highly recommend-it's even on Netflix). I immediately searched for the movie's soundtrack online and found out this was one of the song's I had loved. The Format wrote this song specifically for this movie, as you will find it's not on any of their studio albums. The song is called Swans and I think you'll dig it. Enjoy.
For the first time since writing this blog I'm actually posting a band that I know hardly anything about.
The Format formed in 2002, hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. They have a sort of indie, punk and folky sound with lots of 1960's influences. They chose their name to make fun of "the format" that major record companies look for when deciding on the next major hit single of the month. Unfortunately,
the band decided to call it quits in 2008 after just two albums.
I had not even heard of these guys until I saw the movie "Moving McAlister" (which I highly, highly recommend-it's even on Netflix). I immediately searched for the movie's soundtrack online and found out this was one of the song's I had loved. The Format wrote this song specifically for this movie, as you will find it's not on any of their studio albums. The song is called Swans and I think you'll dig it. Enjoy.
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