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Aria Awards Part 2

textbookslater — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:49:32 +0000

I know I said I’d stop, but this thing is a treasure trove. I posted the last part but then M

I migliori album del 2009 e del decennio

panettore — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Fine anno. È tempo di classifiche musicali, con i migliori album del 2009. Iniziamo con la rivista Q, che concede il primo posto ai Kasabian, e le piazze d’onore ai Florence and the Machine e agli Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Ma stavolta c’è di più: abbiamo anche da inaugurare una lunga lista di album che hanno contrassegnato il primo decennio del nuovo secolo. Ecco qui la classifica di NME, con al centesimo posto uno dei miei preferiti – gli MGMT con Oracular Spectacular – e al primo gli ottimi Strokes. E comunque, la collezione più completa di informazioni la si trova (ovviamente) su Pitchfork.

[Rocklistmusic, NME, Pitchfork]

Top 100 melhores músicas da década [NME]

bustnoris — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:27 +0000

A década está acabando e não param de surgir listas das melhores coisas destes últimos 10 anos, essa história já ta ficando um pouco chata. Mas a lista da vez é bem legal, novamente a revista britânica NME fez a votação, desta vez para escolha das 100 melhores músicas da década. Legal foi que os brasileiros do Cansei de Ser Sexy entraram na posição 91 da lista, com a música Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above. Ta certo que eu gostaria que algo mais Rock ficasse em primeiro lugar, mas não da pra negar que a Beyonce tocou muito nesses últimos anos e arrebatou uma porrada de prêmios, não faz a minha cabeça, mas a mina é foda. De qualquer forma, tem MUITA coisa boa na lista, escute TODAS!

Veja aqui o Top 10:

1 – Beyonce - Crazy In Love (2003)

2 – MGMT - Time To Pretend (2008)

3 – The Strokes - Hard To Explain (2001)

4 – MIA - Paper Planes (2008)

5 – Outkast - Hey Ya! (2003)

6 – The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers (2002)

7 – Klaxons - Golden Skans (2007)

8 – Blur - Out Of Time (2003)

9 – Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) (2005)

10 – Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance (2006)

E a lista completa no link: http://www.nme.com/list/100-tracks-of-the-decade/158050/

Original versus Cover

Katte — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:13 +0000

Meine Suche nach guten Covers wird langsam eine richtige Herrausforderung. Ich stelle mir immer häufiger die Frage, welche Künstler überhaupt gecovert werden dürfen. Gibt es welche, deren Songs überhaupt nicht “verändert” werden sollten? Bis wohin geht ein Cover? Sind es auch Künstler die auf ihrem Sofa, in den eigenen 4 Wänden eine ganz neue Version, mit verschiedenen Instrumenten erschaffen? Das ist wirklich schwierig, aber ich habe da noch ein paar gute Sachen auf Lager und stelle sie auch bald mal hier vor.Vielleicht gibts ja nächste Woche eine “No Name Interpret- Original versus Cover Week” Was haltet ihr davon?

Heute gibts nochmal ein gutes Cover von einer auch hervorragenden Sängerin: Katy Perry covert Electric Feel von MGMT

The Rock Canon: Let's Get Psychedelic (Part #2)

trippingfranklins — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:32:11 +0000

The ‘60s passed, and soon all things psychedelic were confined to the parking lots of Grateful Dead concerts. Throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s the genre experienced a widespread backlash in the experiemental/art-rock scene that now adopted Punk in all its gritty glory. The Dead scene -along with British Prog and roots rock like The Allman Brothers- kept the psychedelic spirit alive throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, and by the ‘90s psychedelic rock emerged on college campuses as Jam Band music.

In part due to the newfound Rave scene, a new drug culture developed that idealized and mimicked the psychedelic ‘60s. As a result, college campuses in the ‘90s were swarming with free spirited neo-hippies looking for a headier, more spiritual sound (as opposed to the then popular Grunge and Alt. Rock). Psychdelic/Goa Trance emerged in the early ’90s…check out ‘1200 Mics-Salvia’ below

Jam Bands mimic the improvisational ‘jams’ made popular by the Grateful Dead, and incorporate such jams into American Roots Rock. Many Jam Bands’ sounds are referred to as ‘blends’ of two or more genres ranging from Electronica to Bluegrass. In the early ‘90s, the most iconic of these bands was Phish. Phish, like the Grateful Dead, toured extensively and slowly grew their fan base via live shows. Phish composed lengthy, epic tunes and developed new methods of jamming like the Big Ball Jam; when a large ball is tossed in the crowd and the bands ‘Jams’ on the balls movements.

Similar sounding bands like Widespread Panic, Gov’t Mule, the String Cheese Incident, and moe., likewise gained popularity. The Jam Band scene grew, and soon electronica-based acts like Sound Tribe Sector 9 were grouped together with jazz-fusion acts like Medeski Martain and Wood all under the umbrella term “Jam Band”.

“Sound Tribe Sector 9 – Water Song”

“The Disco Biscuits – Live Jam (2/14/98)”

Experimentation and/or originality are certainly necessary for artists to be incorporated into the Rock Canon. It’s for this reason why so many recent Jam Bands are mostly ignored by Rock critics, magazines, and literature. In their live performances, the integration of various genres seemingly creates an all-encompassing psychedelic feel. In the recording process, however, this “genre blending” resulted in largely unfocused, unoriginal albums void of both experimentation and originality.

In the 2000s, Phish stopped touring and Jam Bands became out of fashion on college campuses. Currently, young artists devote their ‘psychedelic energy’ towards electronic and indie Rock. Bands like Animal Collective, MGMT, and Yeasayer are all admitted Jam Band fans that have moved on from the now stale Jam Band scene. A new ‘Psychedelic’ has emerged based on British Shoegaze, ‘90s Indie Rock, and electronica.

“Animal Collective – Slippi (live)”

mgmt: oracular spectacular

miningenrichesourlives — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:15:58 +0000

MGMT is a neo-psychedelic/alternative group which formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. – from last.fm

my great cool buddy a. allan p. is zoomin’ to my house tomorrow. we were trying to come up with music to keep a person awake for 6 hours in an airport in the middle of the night. if anyone’s interested, my ideas were as follows:

battles – mirrored
crystal castles – crystal castles
ezra furman & the harpoons – banging down the doors
ezra furman & the harpoons – inside the human body
foxy shazam – introducing
foxy shazam – the flamingo trigger
fun. – aim and ignite
lady gaga – the fame monster
mgmt – oracular spectacular
passion pit – chunk of change
passion pit – manners
phoenix – wolfgang amadeus phoenix
why? – alopecia

so i’m uploading a couple of those and this album is one of them. in other news, i had a great time last evening celebrating thanksgiving with friends. i made mulled cider with whiskey and it was great! i mean all of it was great!

http://www.mediafire.com/?ekyyyzh2njc

Kid Cudi : : Pursuit of Happiness con Ratatat y MGMT

parishchristopher — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:27 +0000

You can also listen to this song in the Jukebox.

The Pursuit of Happiness

yoyoblaze — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:13:27 +0000

Finally finished it!! Content with the conclusion. Must say that you can hardly tell that I was freezing my ass off. Even in the fall. After seeing this I feel like I must do an Autumn video for YouTube every year lol.

Crazy to me cuz I filmed this over a month ago, early October actually.

My Channel: YoYo BlaZe Show

Enjoy!!

MGMT - Kids

tjetter — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:22:20 +0000

I know this thing’s been out forever, but it’s just so nuts. I couldn’t stop rolling.

Tormenting kids is fantastic.

wfss — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:23 +0000

Record Club: Songs Of Leonard Cohen "So Long, Marianne" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

David

Reblogging -- Beyond Embedded: Passion Pit & the curse of indie hype

Chanelle Berlin Johnson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:48:40 +0000

In support of Current TV’s Embedded this week, I made a short post at the Current Music blog about Passion Pit and the hype that sometimes surrounds one lucky(?) indie band.

Passion Pit are one of the most talked about bands of 2009, particularly on the internet. They’ve gotten a lot of buzz since they formed in 2007, a result of lead singer and songwriter Michael Angelakos first writing songs for his then-girlfriend and starting a band “because [he] had nothing else to do” that took over the Boston music scene. After being upstreamed to Columbia via Frenchkiss Records, however, the band began to garner national attention as well, and their major label debut, Manners, was released with the kind of overenthusiastic fanfare that Vampire Weekend received during 2008 and MGMT got the year before that.

They’re a band in the middle of what seems to be a well-oiled machine at this point: indie hype. Last year Current aired “Hyping Indie Hype,” a segment about creating buzz for underground artists in both rock and rap, suggesting that even with the marketability of “indie” as a genre since television shows like “The OC” made indie cool to the masses, it’s still hard for independent artists to really break the mainstream. For those that do, however, the praise is overwhelming, pushing emerging bands at consumers so much so early that a backlash can happen before the band even fully establishes their sound. These days, some consider Clap Your Hands Say Yeah a cautionary tale.

[CHECK OUT THE REST ON CURRENT]

I’ve actually had the opportunity to contribute a lot to the extras for Embedded. I’ve slacked on re-blogging, but you can certainly take a look at the various things I’ve written for the blog right here, and then watch all of the related episodes! If you enjoy musicians and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes material, then Embedded is the show for you.

Time To Pretend

KrissyBell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:23:58 +0000

I’m feeling rough, I’m feeling raw, I’m in the prime of my life.
Let’s make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We’ve got the vision, now let’s have some fun.
Yeah, it’s overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We’re fated to pretend
To pretend
We’re fated to pretend
To pretend

I’ll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I’ll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I’ll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I’ll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There’s really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we’ll get a divorce
We’ll find some more models, everything must run it’s course.

We’ll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We’re fated to pretend
To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Why I hate Your Generation

Carla Milo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:35:49 +0000

Why I Hate Your Generation I’m Talking to You Late Teens & Twenty Somethings … What

The Youth

mavbeatz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:09:53 +0000

Never posted this video on here for some reason. Never knew that Eric Warehim directed before I saw this. Eric Wareheim of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Tom Goes to the Mayor. And a bunch of other hilarious shit. Anyways. MGMT needs to hurry up with their sophomore album. It’s been a little more than two years since their (classic) debut, Oracular Spectacular. I’ve only heard “Metanoia” since then. Congratulations is their next album. And apparently it’s coming out in Spring 2010.

Chiddy Bang: The Swelly Express

beachwood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:46 +0000

Chiddy Bang put out The Swelly Express a couple weeks back. This is a group to keep an eye on. The mixtape is great and avaliable free on Chiddy Bang’s Myspace Here. The tracks All Things Go and Fresh Like Us are below to give you a taste of their style.

Norah Jones reveals her current listening and the identity of her CD cover canine costar

Clark Collis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:15 +0000

Norah Jones’ new CD, The Fall, (out yesterday) finds the chanteuse heading off in a rockier di

Resultados parciais...

astroquatica — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Então que já houve duas admissões. E, obviamente, um pedido de demissão (já que eu ainda não sou tão master a ponto de ter dois empregos simultâneos).

A primeira (que só serviu pra “sujar a carteira”) teve a trilha do jeito mais sonhado impossível: um som que eu não conhecia e que fiquei morrendo de vontade de saber o que era! Na verdade, durante uma semana, eu estava no primeiro emprego dos sonhos [por mais que minha carteira tenha sido assinada ao som de "O amor que eu quero sentiiir" (que não faço mais questão de saber quem diabos canta e o título original)], mas foi mais um caso de “não saber conviver com a realização de um sonho”.

A segunda (que perdura até hoje, que está correndo tudo bem e que espero que perdure por um bommm tempo) não teve uma trilha sonhada, mas que, no final das contas, acabou sendo mais legal ainda: o som da cabine de um teste de audição. Eu nunca tinha feito um teste desses e achei MARA os sonzinhos e ficar naquele cubículo isolado acusticamente *astroquatics detected!* (e, no final, ter a garantia de que tudo está bem com meus preciosos ouvidinhos). E, de quebra, enquanto fazia o último exame médico, antes de entregar minha carteira pro RH, tocou “Weekend Wars” do MGMT na rádio, what a surprise!

Lessons learned: Eu tenho coragem de ir atrás das coisas que sempre quis, mas o respeito a mim mesma sempre vem primeiro (claro que isso tudo avaliando minhas tolerâncias). Muitas vezes as coisas não planejadas saem melhor do que as que foram. E LIVE THE DREAM, se no final for uma bosta a ponto de desistir, at least you’ve tried, at least você chegou lá. ^^

Próxima missão: passar na experiência. Hey ho, let’s go!

17 NOV 2009 KSCU Playlist 7:00am-11am

grimacekscu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:09 +0000

As always, any comments or questions can be e-mailed or instant messaged to grimacekscu@gmail (with

NME elege os 100 melhores discos da década

Nathália Pandeló — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:54:08 +0000

A tradicional revista britânica NME elegeu os 100 álbuns que marcaram a primeira década do século 21 com a ajuda de músicos e figurões da indústria como Arctic Monkeys, Carl Barat, The Killers, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty, Elbow, Johnny Marr, MGMT, Ian Brown, The Big Pink, Snoop Dogg, Alan McGee, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Michael Eavis e muitos, muitos outros.

Os 10 primeiros lugares seguem abaixo:

1. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
2. The Libertines – Up The Bracket (2002)
3. Primal Scream – XTRMNTR (2000)
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell (2003)
6. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
8. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
9. The Streets – Original Pirate Material (2002)
10. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)

O que achou? Foi um top 10 justo? Confira toda a lista aqui.

MGMT performing "Art is everywhere" at "Yo Gabba Gabba"

borjones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:51 +0000

Ok, I have to admit it! I just get a lil’ bit too much upset! This is just unfair.

Why do kids nowadays get MGMT at their shows!?

Someone, please explain it to me!

Thanks.

Kid Cudi-The Pursuit of Happiness Video Behind the Scenes

damierchuckswithjedilaces — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Here is an exlcusive look at the shoot for “The Pursuit of Happiness” of Kid Cudi’s Man On the Moon. Footage courtesy of the homie Consequence and ConsTV.

Das Musikjahr 2010 - ein Ausblick

Dr. Borstel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:30:49 +0000

‘09 ist so gut wie vorbei, doch wie der Volksmund zu sagen pflegt, morgen ist ja auch noch ein Tag. In diesem Fall bedeutet das, 2010 stehen einige hochklassige Releases auf dem Programm, die bereits jetzt ihre Schatten vorauswerfen. So haben etwa die Red Hot Chili Peppers angekündigt, vier Jahre nach “Stadium Arcadium” im Herbst 2010 ein neues Studioalbum herauszubringen; die Aufnahmen haben im Oktober begonnen. Einen genauen Zeitpunkt für die Veröffentlichung existiert noch nicht, im Gegensatz zum neuen Album der Eels: “End Times” erscheint bereits am 19. Januar. Das würde mich nicht so wahnsinnig beschäftigen, wenn der erste Track daraus, “Little Bird”, nicht allein schon besser wäre als das gesamte letzte Album:

Bloc Party werden trotz neuer Single, die irgendwie an mir vorüber gegangen ist, 2010 nichts neues raushauen, dafür plant Sänger Kele Okereke allerdings ein elektronisch angehauchtes Soloalbum. Man darf gespannt sein, ebenso wie auf die neue Platte der Goo Goo Dolls, deren neue Platte den Titel “Something for the Rest of Us” tragen und im Februar in den Läden stehen wird. Ich freue mich schon eine ganze Weile darauf; die erste Single “Real” macht jedenfalls ordentlich Lust auf mehr.

Nicht weniger gespannt bin ich auf den nächsten Longplayer von Sigur Rós, für den bisher weder Titel noch Veröffentlichungsdatum feststehen; bekannt ist lediglich, dass das Album wieder melodischer und entrückter als die vergangenen Alben werden soll. Man darf also vermuten, dass Sänger Jónsi Birgisson einiges aus seinem gelungenen Zweitprojekt Jónsi & Alex mitgenommen hat, was ich für absolut begrüßenswert halte. Nicht annährend so sphärisch und entrückt wird es bei Hot Chip zur Sache gehen, deren Single “Take It In” bereits einen hörenswerten Vorgeschmack auf das im Februar erscheinende Album “One Life Stand” bietet:

Ein Newcomer, der mir bereits jetzt wahnsinnig gefällt, ist die Band Surfer Blood, deren erstes Studioalbum im Januar erscheinen wird. Die Jungs klingen nach Vampire Weekend, nur besser. Womit wir beim Thema wären: Ebenfalls im Januar erscheint auch die nächste Platte von Vampire Weekend. Dass sich der erste Track des Albums, “Horchata”, auf der Homepage der Band kostenlos runterladen lässt, darauf hatte ich schon hingewiesen. And again, wir haben ein Stichwort: Mit Avi Buffalo steht ein weiterer großartiger Newcomer bei Sup Pop unter Vertrag und damit in einer Linie mit großartigen Indie-Bands wie Blitzen Trapper oder Band of Horses, die es ja so was von verdienen, ganz groß rauszukommen. Verbraucherfreundlich wie immer, bietet Sup Pop Avi Buffalos grandioses “What’s In It For” für lau zum Download an. Ach, und da man von tollen Newcomern bekanntlich gar nicht genug haben kann: Delphic machen fabelhaften Elektropop, der bereits das ganze Jahr über durch’s Netz geistert; das Album “Acolyte” erscheint nun Anfang Januar. Wer mehr von den vier Jungs aus Manchester hören will: Ein feines Download-Paket gibt’s hier abzustauben.

Weiter im Text. LCD Soundsystem haben ebenfalls ein neues Album am Start – besäßen die Jungs eine vernünftige Homepage, ließe sich darüber vielleicht mehr herausfinden. Einstweilen kann man sich vielleicht mit dem Download einer Coverversion von “Bye Bye Bayou” trösten. Die Platte soll ebenso im Frühjahr erscheinen wie (angeblich) das vierte Studioalbum von Wir sind Helden. Den Posten des von mir (und wahrscheinlich nur von mir) am Sehnlichsten erwarteten Albums 2010 ist allerdings ganz klar an Angels & Airwaves vergeben, deren neuer Longplayer “Love” am 14. Februar erscheinen wird. Auf Youtube lassen sich bislang nur krude Demoversionen in wirklich mieser Soundqualität finden; ich kann mir allerdings nicht helfen, ich find’s trotzdem großartig.

Wo wir schon bei AVA waren, auch Tom DeLonges “Nebenprojekt” blink-182 hat angekündigt, im nächsten Jahr ein neues Album aufnehmen zu wollen. Da die Band zuvor allerdings noch auf Reunion-Tour geht, könnte die Platte auch erst 2011 erscheinen. Ebenso wenig ist über das Erscheinungsdatum des nächsten Release der Bloodhound Gang bekannt, an dem die Jungs um Jimmy Pop momentan angeblich arbeiten. Etwas konkreter geht es da schon bei MGMT zur Sache: “Congratulations”, der Nachfolger des großartigen “Oracular Spectacular”, soll bereits im Januar veröffentlicht werden. Die ersten Songs des neuen Albums haben MGMT bereits live präsentiert, so auch den Titeltrack des Albums:

Wenn man jetzt noch bedenkt, dass ich mit Sicherheit jede Menge tolle Veröffentlichungen vergessen oder schlichtweg nicht mitbekommen habe, lässt sich wohl davon ausgehen, dass 2010 ein VERDAMMT vielversprechendes Musikjahr wird. Ab dafür!

its always Chiddy Bang in Philadelphia

latenightshow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:39:57 +0000

A fairly new and unknown (to the masses) rap group from Philadelphia, United States. Chiddy Bang consists of four members and they describe their work as hip-hop/electronica. The group became popular when they sampled the song Kids by MGMT and added their [not awesome but still] catchy rap lyrics. After google-ing Chiddy Bang a while ago I found out that their actually in college and on top of that freshmans. Did some more research and found some of their other tracks and realized that these guy will probably go far with their happy hip-hop sound. I can definitely see wasted college kids playing beerpong and getting fucked up to their future tunes. Until then, here is some of their work that I recommend.

On Our Way (Remastered) download

Truth (ft. Passion Pit) download

The Opposite Of Adults (KIDS) download

All Things Goes download

All these tracks are free and the rest of their work can be found on myspace http://www.myspace.com/chiddybang

Olle