TOKYO POLICE CLUB: LIVE AND REMIXED

I’m sure you all know who Tokyo Police Club are by now. If you don’t, you must have been living under a rock somewhere. They’re a brassy, punky, little band who began tearing up the blogosphere about a year ago. I posted this show when I was at my old site, but it’s been a [...]

THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE-No Need to be Downhearted (+ 10 Reasons My Blog Has a Heart Full of Links!)

The Electric Soft Parade are essentially brothers Alex and Tom White. Their name is obviously of Doors-like origin (they added “Electric” when a Doors tribute band called “Soft Parade” threatened to sue them), but their music isn’t. Ahem. Now, as for Electric Soft Parade, the tunes are really interesting and varied. It doesn’t always hit, [...]

WE INVENTED THE RECYCLING REMIX LINKS (A Hip Hop Post)

mc lyte, gza, missy – breaker, breaker raekwon, tash & queens of the stone age – curious missy elliot vs. supergrass – work it elastica, diana ross, kelis – all-nighter steve albini – my house (rick james cover) nas & eazy-e – nas mix, hitting switches wu-tang clan, talib kweli & zap mama – da [...]

FINEST WORKSONGS: ATHENS BANDS PLAY THE MUSIC OF R.E.M.

Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play The Music Of R.E.M. is being released on May 29, 2007, on Iron Horse Records and athensmusic.net. It’s a recording of a September 12, 2006, charity tribute concert that raised money for the Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and Family Connection/Communities in Schools. It’ll have stuff by lots of folks, [...]

FIELDS-C.D. GIVEAWAY!

Hurry hurry! We got a free CD to give away! Fields are a British band who make folk-rock, of a sort. Actually, it’s a little fuller than that. I haven’t head a chance to really review the record yet, but I’m listening to the stream of it (samples only–which you can find here), and it’s [...]

CARY BROTHERS . . . AND PARTS AND LABOR

Hailing from L.A., Cary Brothers Is probably best known for his contribution to the classic, Grammy-winning indie-sounding soundtrack to Garden State. Mr. Brothers’ debut album is exactly what you’d expect from the songwriter of “Blue Eyes:” Gentle pop, light ballads, easy on the ears. For fans of: Bright Eyes; old Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; [...]