October 30, 2009

Yeasayer “Ambling Alp”

yeasayer ambling alp

Really digging on the first single from Yeasayer’s new album Odd Blood, due out 2/9/10 on Secretly Canadian.  Download for free (w/ registration) here.

“Ambling Alp”

“2080″ (from All Hour Cymbals)

“Sunrise” (from All Hour Cymbals)

Odd Blood tracklisting:

  1. The Children
  2. Ambling Alp
  3. Madder Red
  4. I Remember ONE
  5. Love Me Girl
  6. Rome
  7. Strange Reunions
  8. Mondegreen

October 28, 2009

Try Whistling These Two Songs

I’m finishing up a mix for a friend and figured I might as well create a new post here sharing two songs on it, by The Drums (a band I first blogged about here) and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, so enjoy…

the drums let's go surfing

The Drums “Let’s Go Surfing”

edwin sharpe and the magnetic zeros

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Home”

My favorite part of this song comes during the ‘talking’ toward the end:

Him: Jade
Her: Alexander
Him: Do you remember that day you fell outta my window?
Her: I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
Him: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
Her: Yes I do.
Him: Well there’s something I never told you about that night.
Her: What didn’t you tell me?
Him: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now.

MORE:

The Drums “I Wanna Go Surfing (The Clean Shaven Grins Out There remix)”

The Drums “Saddest Summer”

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “40 Day Dream”

October 21, 2009

See Surf City at CMJ (Seriously…)

surf city surf city ep

For all those in NYC right about now for CMJ, go see New Zealand’s Surf City, my favorite new band in a long time… You can still catch these shows:

  • Oct 21 2009      Bell House Brooklyn GCT showcase w/ Pete & The Pirates, Let’s Wrestle, The Love Language     new york, New York
  • Oct 22 2009     Advanced Alternative Media Party at The Suffolk 11.30pm     New York, New York
  • Oct 24 2009     Bowery and Brooklyn Vegan Presents party at Pianos 12-6pm     New York, New York
  • Oct 26 2009     Market Hotel     New York, New York

TUNES:

Surf City “Headin’ Inside”

Surf City “Records of a Flagpole Skater”

Surf City “Dickshakers Union”

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October 12, 2009

Neon Indian “Local Joke” + tour dates

neon indian

A friend sent me Neon Indian’s Psychic Chasms EP in July and I listened to it bunches, particularly “Local Joke”:

Neon Indian “Local Joke”

Now, Neon Indian is in the beginnings of an extensive tour, including a stop down here in sunny Miami at Rokbar…

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October 12, 2009

The National “Baby, We’ll Be Fine”