another f.a.k. song

Postiljonen - How Will I Know / All That We Had Is Lost

sounds sigur ros-y as w/an english speaking female vocalist and an 80s vibe

alt-J feat. Mountain Man – Buffalo Man

i've posted alt-J before.. this is just such a cool song as well!

Smokestacks by Balto

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

she has a nice voice/sound



&

Peace – California Daze

sorta reminds me of the shins... sorta... can you hear it?

New Navy – Regular Town

ahhh kinda lovin' this -- it has a vampire weekend-y vibe

A.C. Newman – Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns

GOLD MOTEL - BRAND NEW KIND OF BLUE

The Little Ones - Argonauts

magic man

HUGE thanks to lower frequencies for introducing me to this AMAZING song (below) and PHENOMENAL album. wahhhhh i'm the most musically excited that i've been in a while!

it's just SO GOOD!



GEMS! ALL OF 'EM:

a sweet homage by first aid kit

another by you won't

soooooo greattttttt

young wonder - "to you"

starts out sounds like something you're not quite sure about but pretty quickly developed into AMAZING

Dark Dark Dark--How It Went Down

who knew - you won't

rocket & the ghost

IN THE STUDIO // ROCKET & THE GHOST // GOLD from Little Lou Productions on Vimeo.

i wish there was somewhere i could download this. very annoyed.

thanks l.f.

Pianist Nils Frahm

beautiful.

contrakids

love their sound

luluc - i found you

head & the heart

great acoustic recording & video

from "silver & gold" - sufjan stevens

new sufjan christmas songs! listen-able all year round!

also this one:

to be alone with you

love the original - love the cover

desert noises

good ole utah boys

love is wasted on lovers - jessie baylin

my roommates were singing this - so we listened to it a few times

sleeping at last - emphasis

the sweetest thing i've ever heard is that i don't have all the answers

this is halloween by panic! at the disco

midnight city - m83

delightful

nelly furtado "maneater"

an old fav

too close -- alex clare

this is a good one for running

Sleeping at last - January White

another one of theirs that i like

piano version (bon iver)

i always love a piano version

new local natives song

new album isn't 'til january tho :(

waiting for superman

iron & wine cover of the flaming lips

here's the original:

a fine frenzy

these are my favorites from the new album:

choice notes

an amazing version of one of alex winston's best songs

music video for new grizzly bear song

RAC remix of foster the people

right away great captain

rediscovered! forgot i like this, glad i found it.

CLAIRE DE LUNE – DECLARATION

go to Lower Frequencies and listen!

Man, I haven’t heard a piano riff this good in a long, long time. “Declaration” off Claire de Lune’s New Lion is ultra-sexy and swanky. The track is so accessible, so immediately catchy, that it is hard to turn away. The whole album is full of great R&B hooks and bluesy riffs, but here is where it really all comes together. It’s a simple formula: put an emotional voice on top of a piano looped beat. But hell, if the formula works, it works.

un-extraordinary man

cool new one thanks to marla

Rudimental‘s ‘Feel the Love’

great song, even greater music video!

(the video takes a look at the lives of members of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club – a youth group that has been running in the community for over 100 years.)

jonsi - sticks & stones

yesterday was wall-e so today is how to train your dragon. i'm on a kids movie kick. plus jonsi kills it.

Down To Earth - Peter Gabriel

I like Wall-E a lot. And I like Peter Gabriel. And I like this song.

THE Bryan Adams Ballad

Baby you're all that I want...

It'll come --- Belleruche

another smooth one

Ohm Guru- Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want

bet you weren't expecting this soft smooth number

nico

her voice slays me in every song she sings

animal collective

even though i respect their music and i know a lot of people love the band, there aren't a lot of animal collective songs that i really love. here's the exception (be advised the video is freaky-weird)

Drive - Matt Costa

good ol' matt

part of the reason i haven't been posting lately is because i have been listening to a lot of pop and mainstream music. which feels redundant to post on this blog. but heck, you like this crap too so here ya go :)

old 97's

i have a love-hate relationship with this song. it's so corny and reminiscent of being 18 and listening to Dashboard Confessional. Plus it gets played AT EVERY WEDDING/RECEPTION I'VE EVER BEEN TO. so it sucks. but it's still kinda awesome. oh well.

an old passion pit

that i heard for the first time and loved

jack white covers U2

heard this on the great gatsby trailer and am obsessed with it now

The Watson Twins “How Am I To Be”

Most know these two as the backing players on Jenny Lewis’s (of Rilo Kiley and the Postal Service) debut solo album but they are sooooo good on their own!

matt & kim

new album coming soon (or already out? not sure...)

Jessie J & M.I.A. & Le Tigre

time for some girl-time tunes. you've heard this first two before, but the last maybe not?



&\


&

Grizzly Bear - Yet Again (from 'Shields')

one of my favs from the new grizzly bear album

new band of horses on the 18th!!

here's one new song...

national anthem video

i love all her songs but this video is really interesting too!

Egyptian - Fade

imagine dragon frontman side project w/his wife

on top of the world

new imagine dragons album "night visions" is out! i love every song...except 2 of them which kinda suck... but CHECK IT OUT 'cause the rest are bomb!

jens lekman

sorry for the month long break. just got busy.

anyways, this song is fun.

broken bells - the high road

cool. my sis has really been on it lately, finding great tunes



reminiscent of the early shins?

the xx

the salon i get my hair cut at always plays the xx so it's about time this blog did too





(thanks for the reminder shar)

wilson - dusk

go to l.f. to listen. it's marvelous.

another RAC MIX

OMG. yum!

RAC MIX

this one of sweet disposition is so great (thanks shar)
i especially love what it starts doing at 3:14

brandon flowers is such a vegas boy

i love the new & old school las vegas feel of this video

tom waits

From the youtube comments:

Tom Waits has got to be one of the most unusual people on the planet. When you see him like this, awkwardness personified during the interview, you wonder what he's all about. But then he sits down at that piano and something magical occurs. He starts to sing in that gravelly voiced rasp, piano keys tinkling, and you get the feeling that he is penetrating into some fundamental realities, tapping into things we know and feel but can barely touch, and pulling them out for us to see.

Drew Danburry - The Train Has A Family

shar is right. this is a CUTE song.

Kavinsky - Nightcall

got this from liz who said she loved the 80s feel of the song. yum.
(thanks liz!)

eve, the apple of my eye

so this is a favorite from wayyyyyy back that i rediscovered while on vacation.

try to ignore the video. i just wanted a studio version of the song.

azure ray

i forgot how wonderful azure ray is. i can't stop listening to this one!

sleeping at last

the initial strumming and oohs really got me right from the start.
then the chorus just sealed the deal.
oh my.

Daughter, Youth

lovely voice. lovely song.

Seryn - We Will All Be Changed

just has that familiar sound ya know?

lost in the light

mmm. bahamas.

twin shadow - golden light

listened to this yesterday for the first time and a whole bunch of times since then

Future Islands - Cotton Flower

I've already posted about future islands here and here but after hearing this on lower frequencies i knew i had to post about them again.

In For The Kill - La Roux (Skrillex Remix)

so i like la roux (as i mentioned in yesterday's post) and this = a super fun remix

la roux

i know this song is old news for a lot of people but i still enjoy it

The new pornographers cover fleetwood mac

just one more...

Antony covers fleetwood mac

another delicious cover

lykke li covers fleetwood mac

and it's everything you could hope for

matt elliott

I was first introduced to Matt Elliot by this video:


Time, Again from Defne Enç on Vimeo.


which is pretty cool too.

anyhow, the song really grabbed me so if you like it as well -- check out this one from his bandcamp:

pretty great huh?

cat stevens "Wild World"

just an old favorite from an old favorite

"criminals" TMOE

I have already posted about tallest man on earth five times. but here's another because he's THAT good

middle brother... again.

every summer i fall in love with them again

rescue song

i've always like mr. little jeans and the covers are great.
so of course this is no exception:

Vacationer - Good As New

this has the sound of summer to it

Son Lux - Betray

I love the ethereal quality to this Son Lux song.

new cat power

new album due in sept!

jack white

he's a rock classic

Piero Umiliani - Crepuscolo sul mare

some fancy playin' for your enjoyment

a lil hank williams sr

yep.

Justice - ON'N'ON

this is a pretty freaking rad video. flashback to the early 80s and pink floyd. enjoy.

If I Were A Fish - Mum

I love this song for it's sweetness (and all the percussion/rhythmic sounds)

Peter Sarstedt

i know you've heard it lots of times, but i bet you never knew what he looked like!

an old lovely favorite

Flight Facilities - Crave you (Feat. Giselle)

didn't love this at first, but i've heard a few times over the last few months and it has grown on me.

Givers - Noche Nada

wow! what a great song! how come i have never heard this before today?!

Kate Bush - L'Amour looks something like you

what a crazy voice

JJAMZ

still making up my mind on this one

Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing

an old fav.

Alt-J ∆ - Tessellate

i really love this one. reminds me of something i would have listened to in the early 2000s.




thanks l.f.

new coldplay song

have you seen this yet?

...an interesting direction...?

spectrum

florence!

the echo-friendly

cool. i like the lyrics too. not anything way deep but relatable.

Gregory Alan Isakov - If I Go, I'm Going

downloaded his daytrotter stuff and remembered why i love him

MS MR

another cool one from lower frequencies

Young Excursion

love this one i heard on lower frequencies (there was no youtube version so click the link!)

Gun Lake "Stormy Country"

singer songwriters; nothing drastically new but i like this one:

Shugo Tokumaru - Lovely Allen

i love the way this repeats itself and builds and builds.

Le Chevalier - Monte Carlo

so beach-y sounding

a madonna cover

just because



p.s. how about that video eh?

sufjan stevens cover

i love sufjan stevens so much and this cover does him justice -- it's so pretty

Dozens "Forget Me"

they have a great chill electronic sound

Está Vivo - African Run

i don't know anything about this group but i like this song and the percussion (drums/snaps/etc) is cool

RAC - Hollywood (featuring Penguin Prison)

been finding lots of new summer songs these days...

purity ring

some great electronic sounds in this




thanks l.f.

jj – Beautiful Life

The description by the user who posted this song seems pretty apt to me:

It's a sunny tropical pop number and I respect the band for finding a balance between making a pop song loose enough to make it sounds so natural.

Kindness - House

the piano in there... mixed with that beat... ahhhhhhhh pretty cool.

beatenburg "echoes"

this builds into something really really cool. give it time. wow.

Dent May - Best Friend

this feels really 70s to me. abba-like.

LP - Into the Wild

I listened to the her live album and didn't love it so much... which is too bad because THIS SONG KILLS ME.

the mix of vocals and instrumentations is interesting and the whistling is sooooo good.



can't get enough.

new passion pit

i'm into it. like a LOT.
yum.

Stepdad - Must Land Running

more fun summer tunes

whoops. sorries.

Sorry for not posting anything for a few days. Things got busy unexpectedly and I didn't have a backlog of drafts to use.

Here's something new and fun to makeup for it:

MGMT - This Must be the Place (Talking Heads)

coooooool

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS (OTIS REDDING COVER)

i have loved the otis redding song "try a little tenderness" ever since i first heard/saw it in pretty in pink:


(p.s. how she chose the duchebag over ducky is STILL beyond me...)

so this cover by florence and the machine (heard it on lower frequencies) immediately got my attention!

Continued Silence EP 2012

imagine dragon's ep is awesome. first two songs as proof:

temper trap

i still love this one so much

the big pink

remember these guys?

avett brothers video

just barely found this video. i like it. a lot.

alabama shakes

cool.



thanks l.f.

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers

my sis sent me this song 'cause she is obsessed (with good reason)

tennis

kinda falling hard for this band

walk off the earth

i love all the singles/covers that this band has done. they are talented, clever, and addictive.

gotye cover

seems like everyone is covering this song these days... but the way this cover is done is so rad! i had to repost it...

the lumineers

shazamed this song (from a planet money economic podcast). obsessed with it.

Jessica Lea Mayfield: "Sometimes At Night"

what a great old-country voice

grouplove

like i've said - i love pop





thanks again shar

The Honey Trees - Moon River (The LoFi Sessions)

i love me a good moon river cover



thanks shar

Fleet Foxes "Mykonos" NES Version

if you love fleet foxes and grew up in the 80s you will die:





btw here's the original:

another imagine dragons song

lovin' this --  lovin' them



thanks again for this recording AUDIO-FILES

last train to clarksville

remember the monkees fever rebirth of the 80s? well i got caught up in it in the 90s reruns and fell deep deep in love with davy, peter, micky, and michael. reading about davy jones dying got me re-listening so my old favs and watching episodes on youtube. ahh good times.

a personal favorite:

st. lucia - closer than this

there's something 80s and beach rock about this that i just love

wowser bowser

thanks l.f.

Adele vs. Daft Punk - Something About The Fire (Carlos Serrano Mix)

a GREAT mix!

nancy sinatra - sugar town

classic

another by Angus and Julia Stone

i've already blogged them but i didn't really follow up and buy/listen to more so i totally forgot about them.

just randomly found this song and thought they were new to me... which they aren't apparently. guess i need to keep better track of things. anyhow, i like this song:



oh and when i was perusing their other songs on youtube i found this one, which is totally familiar to me but i don't know why. i hate when that happens.

Haim

Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit

she's another model turned musician. one of my favorites.
(makes me wanna learn french.)

hospitality

cool.




thanks l.f.

school of seven bells

thanks l.f.

catacombkid mashup - Sigur Ros vs. The Beach Boys

 wow - such an interesting blend! i love how it builds!

fools rush in

yeah it was for levis but so pretttttttty

alex winston

her new album is soooooooooooooo good.

daniel rossen

you may know him from Grizzly Bear and the Department of Eagles but I think he really shines in these two songs (from new EP)

&

thanks l.f.

KAREN ELSON

model turned musician. married jack white (this has his sound to it i think)

Mikhael Paskalev - Best Norwegian Indie Pop

some super cool effects in this vid.
great song.

daemon hatfield

thanks shar!
(from drive)

new dr. dog

new! good!

occidental saloon

the occidental saloon is is a performance music video production group based in Provo, Utah. they do such a good job... enjoy!




cooler version of the song



love love love the handclaps



joshua james covering tom waits? i die.

beautiful

The Deportees - A New Name To Go By (feat. Lykke Li)

gonna quote lower frequencies again for this one:

It’s not exactly the Midas touch, but everything Lykke Li puts her hands on these days seems to be transformed into something sonically endearing, imbued with her signature seductive playfulness. The Deportees track, “A New Name To Go By,” is utterly fun, but also exhibits restraint, holding back from being an unadulterated and ecstatic jam that wouldn’t hold quite as much weight. Instead, with its mix of steel pan and vocal harmonies, “A New Name To Go By” exists as a strangely warm ballad–the kind of tune that could soundtrack a climactic moment in a 90′s movie. But that’s not to say the track is predictable; on the contrary, it’s littered with little surprises throughout, and that’s what makes it so rewarding and revisitable. Islands and Shores is out now via Stranded Rekords.

low

thank you once again audio-files for this amazing bit of acoustic magic. ahhhhhhh



 p.s. AUDIO-FILES is a new 30 minute television show that features different bands from around the world. This performance by imagine dragons is a preview clip of an upcoming episode. (if you appreciate what they are doing, go like their facebook)

imagine dragons & paper route

i love this song! i love catchy indie rock1

and this is such a cool video concept & song!


thank you audio-files for these!!!!!!

 p.s. AUDIO-FILES is a new 30 minute television show that features different bands from around the world. This performance by imagine dragons is a preview clip of an upcoming episode. (if you appreciate what they are doing, go like their facebook)

jack and white

new duo!



and

BILL CALLAHAN COVERS LEONARD COHEN’S, ‘SO LONG, MARIANNE’

i love covers.

young the giant

great new (to me) artist!



and




thanks ang

ALELA DIANE & WILD DIVINE

love her voice and this is a neat little picture into her life


ALELA DIANE & WILD DIVINE from austin wilson on Vimeo.

leaves of green

"On “East 4th,” James Madole is clearly borrowing some vocal tropes from Peter Silberman, and even throwing in some Justin Vernon-esque croaks here and there, but it doesn’t feel like cheap imitation. Rather, Madole is able to make his vocal delivery completely his own by not shying away from the stylings of his heroes, actually embracing the groundwork they’ve laid and playing with the tricks he’s learned from them."

-Lower Frequencies 

Marcelo Camelo - Meu amor é Teu

thanks liz! i love portuguese!

tim fite

I came across Tim Fite - Joyriding and loved it. So good. So I youtube-d him.





awesomeeee. my new fav. artist!

all waters

i came across this song here but i know i've heard it somewhere else. i even knew some of the words. wtf? anybody got any ideas?

lisa hannigan

sweet video sweet song



don't die!

islands

and



and



you can listen to the entire album here on their record label’s soundcloud

jonsi

devotchka

i can't believe i haven't posted devotchka's songs yet!

wolf gang

some of their stuff is pretty corny... but i really love this one

neighbors

some cool quirky sounds in this one:

all we ask

i love grizzly bear's Veckatimest. i was initially obsessed with "two weeks" but then as i listened to the rest of the album "all we ask" showed itself to be another stand-out track.

nite jewel

not so sure i'm a fan of a lot of her other songs but this one is lovely

DOE PAORO – BORN WHOLE

thanks again lower frequencies. my sister and i are both obsessed with this one.

sin fang bous

another swell one off that 8tracks mix I mentioned yesterday:



The Piano in this is So Beautiful!

"washing machine" mix

liz introduced me to an amazing 8tracks mix that I will be borrowing shamelessly from for the rest of the week's posts.

soooo much new & GOOD!

like this one by dog & panther:

rhye

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG.

from l.f.

With a misleadingly orchestral opening, it is a sparse track that understands that its greatest asset is the vocal line – soft and warm

chairlift

very cool. thanks again to lower frequencies.

another ok go video!

i love them.

OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they’d play the right note no matter where they were struck.







p.s. here's the original song (which is great):

i've already apologized for my taste for pop music

so i'm not going to apologize for loving fun's "we are young" I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE FORMAT - such a good band. i'm glad to hear his sweet voice again. album due out on the 21st

esp. this acoustic version:




p.s. original:

another by lana del rey

her new album is everything i hoped it would be

Memoryhouse - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies Cover)

pretty cool cover!

ghost beach

super catchy. i wanna learn the lyrics ASAP.

NEW SHINS SONG

we were all so crazy about the shins my second year of college. glad for this:

Mesita

tastes a little like bon iver + local natives. yum.

Conveyor

i've always loved oohs and ahhs in music, but I really really love the ooohs in this one:

Yellow Ostrich

it's not a new way of doing things but i love how they do it

the broken music box

can't go wrong w/melodic layers of voices

Citizens!

I'm not sure which i love more... this amazing song or the accompanying video.

it's true romance for sure!







p.s. here's the link for original for the video if you are interested in seeing more

ladyhawke – black, white & blue

this is the first i've heard of ladyhawke - her album is due this month. i'm feeling pretty good about her:

Miniature Tigers - Boomerang

this one is super fun!

chromeo

i don't think i'll ever fully be into chromeo... but i love this one:

cillie barnes

i love this song! i love it!



thank you l.f.!

grizzly bear take away show

i won't lie, i have a secret love for barbershop quartets (maybe from something tragic in my childhood?) that i don't usually tell many people. but this song makes me feel cool for it:

I've been into haunted music recently

hence:

PORCELAIN RAFT

from lower frequencies:

With all the speaker-box bombast of a good MIA song, and all the genuine emotional and sonic tropes of Grizzly Bear at their catchiest, Porcelain Raft synthesizes a sound that is simultaneously epic and accessible. 

St. Vincent - "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood"

remember how that st. vincent album is amazing? (so is portlandia btw)



thanks for the reminder liz!

NEW LEONARD COHEN ALBUM

All I can say is that the old man still knows how to wreck me...



...from t.f.i.b.

The track moves like the pace of a funeral dirge and has cryptic, unforgiving lyrics. “Tell me again, tell me over and over, tell me that you want me then… Amen.” And just when it feels darkest, the track is rescued by a sax. Give me that Leonard Cohen afterworld, after all.

Sóley - Pretty Face

ditto to what i said yesterday.




thanks again liz!

daughter

my friend liz always seems to know all the best female artists - the kind i love listening to on cold days when i don't leave the apt. for instance...



thanks liz!

cold blooded old times

i like this cover - this is already a cool song and they way he sings it with the almost pink floyd-esque electronic twist makes it even cooler.

 George Demure - Cold Blooded Old Times by Mahuta

bat for lashes

such a great song such a weird video


Daniel from Bat for Lashes on Vimeo.

zola jesus + david lynch

i love this song by sola jesus...


...BUT WHEN I HEARD THIS REMIX I FLIPPED! GAHHHHH
"What was once a dance track becomes a lurching, cinematic masterpiece."



thanks l.f.

Julian Perretta

maybe sometimes i love pop music. can't help it... i'm a child of the 80s and i attended college in the early 00s so i had no chance of avoiding it. ;)

black cab session: feist

Feist from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.


who else could sound this good in the back of a taxi?!

Fake Empire by The National

Technically baffling. Touchingly written. Gloriously sung.

an All-Time favorite

rock bottom riser

there's something about the low tone of his voice and melodic way this moves back and forth then shifts, back and forth, then shifts... ahh magic.

charli xcx acoustic "stay away"

i love the original.
(i still listen to it on repeat.)
so of course i love the spare intimacy of this:



nearly bare vocals - only the slightest beat - ahhhhhh

goldfrapp

i know you already like goldfrapp so just enjoy this one

song with no ending - wildcookie

you will feel very cool listening to this one ;)

another fantastic Oneedo video!

remember this SUPER great danger beach song -- and the stellar video? 

well, here's another video by the same peeps. only this one is for a mgmt cover:


MGMT - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything from oneedo on Vimeo.

lana del rey

boy oh boy is she killing it in this song. i cannot WAIT until a full album comes out! (EP is out today!)



for more

the greatest speech ever made

Great film. Great speech. Great Album Leaf song playing in the background:

daughters

reminiscent of feist w/beautiful differences



thanks l.f.

a black keys cover

sah-weet.



thanks l.f.

Christopher Norman - Maps

thanks rach! love this!

Vashti Bunyan - Don't Believe What They Say

Vashti Bunyan's career is interesting because she released her first album in the 70s but it didn't do well so she gave up on music then over the next 30 years she acquired a huge cult following which prompted her to pick it all back up and have another go. way cool.



if you've heard anything of hers you are awesome. tho, if you live in the UK you may know this from a t-mobile commercial:

whenever he plays one of his songs on the piano

i get the chills


1Take.TV: The Tallest Man On Earth - 'Like the Wheel' from 1Take.TV on Vimeo.


TALLEST MAN ON EARTH

(thanks nate)

the paper kites

i heard a different one of their songs first and wasn't too stoked -- it wasn't anything special and not too original sounding. but then i heard this one and i love it! it has a familiar sound, sure, but there's enough of that "something" that it grabs.