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.
5.20.2011
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.
4.26.2011
Second skin for you. 4.26.11
Hey again,
I've always held the highest regard for musicians and bands that do their own thing, unconcerned with radio-friendly tracks or star-studded earrings.
Belle and Sebastian were formed in the most unlikely of ways. In 1996, Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David (the founding members) decided to record a few demos for fun with their professor at Stow College and those demos wound up being selected by the Music Business department's student-run record label, Electric Honey. The label and school were so impressed that they urged both Stuarts to record a full-length album. After it's completion, the album "Tigermilk" was a hit within most of Scotland and the original vinyl copies (only 900 were made) now sell for more than 900 dollars. Stuart Murdoch decided to recruit artists to form a proper band and within months Belle and Sebastian as we know it came to exist.
In 2008, the band released the BBC sessions, which features an overview of their past and present songs. I was originally going to post the BBC live version of the song Mornington Crescent from the album "The Life Pursuit" but I thought the vocals were too shabby for consideration. While searching for that song I came across this one. It's from the same album but the vocals and overall performance is much, much better. I think the lyrics are artful and really love the fact that the video initially seems like it's form the 60's or something (yes! for poor video quality). This is the kind of song you can cruise to, bop to and feel stable with. Enjoy.
I've always held the highest regard for musicians and bands that do their own thing, unconcerned with radio-friendly tracks or star-studded earrings.
Belle and Sebastian were formed in the most unlikely of ways. In 1996, Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David (the founding members) decided to record a few demos for fun with their professor at Stow College and those demos wound up being selected by the Music Business department's student-run record label, Electric Honey. The label and school were so impressed that they urged both Stuarts to record a full-length album. After it's completion, the album "Tigermilk" was a hit within most of Scotland and the original vinyl copies (only 900 were made) now sell for more than 900 dollars. Stuart Murdoch decided to recruit artists to form a proper band and within months Belle and Sebastian as we know it came to exist.
In 2008, the band released the BBC sessions, which features an overview of their past and present songs. I was originally going to post the BBC live version of the song Mornington Crescent from the album "The Life Pursuit" but I thought the vocals were too shabby for consideration. While searching for that song I came across this one. It's from the same album but the vocals and overall performance is much, much better. I think the lyrics are artful and really love the fact that the video initially seems like it's form the 60's or something (yes! for poor video quality). This is the kind of song you can cruise to, bop to and feel stable with. Enjoy.
4.24.2011
Sing to me darling. 4.24.11
Bonjour,
There's something about the french language that's so darn appealing to me. Add a beautiful woman and a catchy melody and I'm sold.
Francoise Hardy was one of the original pioneers of the ye-ye music movement in France in the 1960's. Young, sexy, and confident she signed on with Vogue records in 1961 and went on to release her first major hit, Tous le garcons et les filles, that same year. Throughout the 60's and 70's, she released chart-topping hits and further cemented her status among the elite French-pop artists of our time. Hardy was also very influential in the early french couture fashion scene, and was seen as a public fashion icon.
Comment Te Dire Adieu (How Can I Tell You Goodbye) is a catchy song with simple, meaningful lyrics:
"I don't want to react badly without any pretext. You need to explain to me how to tell you goodbye.
My silex heart is flammable, my pyrex heart is fire-resistant. I'm so confused; I don't want to get used to goodbyes."
It's no wonder this song was a hit. Everyone can relate to what's being said. What's more, the lyrics are put to music with a constant, driving beat and an almost naively upbeat musical accompaniment. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
There's something about the french language that's so darn appealing to me. Add a beautiful woman and a catchy melody and I'm sold.
Francoise Hardy was one of the original pioneers of the ye-ye music movement in France in the 1960's. Young, sexy, and confident she signed on with Vogue records in 1961 and went on to release her first major hit, Tous le garcons et les filles, that same year. Throughout the 60's and 70's, she released chart-topping hits and further cemented her status among the elite French-pop artists of our time. Hardy was also very influential in the early french couture fashion scene, and was seen as a public fashion icon.
Comment Te Dire Adieu (How Can I Tell You Goodbye) is a catchy song with simple, meaningful lyrics:
"I don't want to react badly without any pretext. You need to explain to me how to tell you goodbye.
My silex heart is flammable, my pyrex heart is fire-resistant. I'm so confused; I don't want to get used to goodbyes."
It's no wonder this song was a hit. Everyone can relate to what's being said. What's more, the lyrics are put to music with a constant, driving beat and an almost naively upbeat musical accompaniment. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
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