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.