03/03/2008
A Faulty Chromosome's Tiny Kaleidoscopes of Melodic Noise
Equal parts Caribou and Suicide, Austin's A Faulty Chromosome create minimal electronic music that, if they were physical objects, would fit comfortably in your pocket. "Jackie-O" and "Them Pleasures Of The Flesh" from their self-released As An ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/03/2008 4:01 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, YouTube | Permalink
02/28/2008
Our Brother The Native, Dr. Dog and Peter, Bjorn and John Songs Set to a Creepy 1963 Bicycle Training Video!
Ok this is just bizarre. Pitchfork posted the strange Our Brother The Native video that adopts footage from a 1963 bicycle training video (watch the original.) Finding it rather fascinating, (the video, not the fact that Pitchfork posted it) I p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 02/28/2008 9:11 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Experimental, WTF?, YouTube | Permalink
The Sky Is the Limit When it Comes To Loving Children
Robin's post from yesterday inspired me to seek out my all-time favorite kids video. Spike Jonze's directorial classic of Biggie Smalls single "The Sky is the Limit," off Smalls' posthumous Life After Death album is brilliant. I totally underst ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/28/2008 5:33 PM EST in Hip-Hop, YouTube | Permalink
Iggy Pop Rocks David Bowie's Head Off
Like downing a bag of Pop Rocks and chugging a Coke, Iggy is well versed in the art of explosive music. This weekend I was stuck in an airport for a number of hours and went through a couple of my favorite Iggy albums. After listening to The Id ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/28/2008 3:40 PM EST in Rock, YouTube, 80's Pop, 70's Rock, Punk | Permalink
02/27/2008
Young Marble Giants are Masters of Minimalism
Every so often I am caught off guard by how comprehensive Youtube is as a music resource. More than a couple Young Marble Giants videos from the early 80s can be found on the site. For those unfamiliar with YMG, this ragtag bunch of musicians ar ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/27/2008 4:48 PM EST in Post-Punk, YouTube | Permalink
02/26/2008
Serge Gainsbourg, Whitney Houston and The Delicate, Drunken Language of Love
This Youtube video should have been a prophetic red flag for Whitney Houston, warning her about the perils of the music industry. It only goes to show how the longer one stays in the entertainment business, the better the chances one has of show ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/26/2008 4:21 PM EST in WTF?, YouTube | Permalink
02/23/2008
Pete and The Pirates Fight Off The Blues With New Single "Knots"
Despite his lyrical melancholy Thomas Sanders, lead singer of two awesome English indie bands Pete and the Pirates and Tap Tap, likes to maintain some optimism. Case in point, the Bloc Party/Kinks-esque first single "Knots" from the new Pete and ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 02/23/2008 12:09 PM EST in YouTube, Indie-Rock | Permalink
02/22/2008
Athens, GA Rockabilly Legends, Flat Duo Jets' Documentary Soundtrack, "Two Headed Cow"!
I received a promotional disc of Two Headed Cow, the soundtrack to the Flat Duo Jets' 2006 documentary in the mail yesterday. I have never heard of these guys before, and I must say that I was blown away! Dexter Romweber, frontman of Flat Duo ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 02/22/2008 11:44 AM EST in Rock, YouTube, Blues, 80's Punk | Permalink
02/21/2008
Hoodoo Gurus Wonder, "What's My Scene?"
Australians are awesome. Hoodoo Gurus is another great group hailing from the country that brought us AC/DC, The Go-Betweens, Nick Cave and Olivia Newton John. Hoodoo Gurus are just normal rock n roll dudes who don't hesistate spliffing out a go ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 02/21/2008 12:19 PM EST in Rock, YouTube, 80's Pop, Power-Pop | Permalink
02/20/2008
Merry Clayton, The Epic Voice Behind the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"
The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed album begins with the political tune, "Gimme Shelter". But who is that massive voice belting it out under Jagger's cocksure mumbles?
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