I spent a lot of my younger years hanging out at the video rental place near my house. One of the guys who worked there had a pretty vast collection of music and he turned me on to a lot of different bands that were really important in forming my tastes. Shonen Knife was one of those bands, so Let's Knife!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u25__HY4XwE
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Loading... I really liked Speedy Ortiz's last album, Major Arcana quite a bit, but it meant a hell of a lot more to me after seeing them last October. This was the first song released off their forthcoming record Foil Deer and I'm pretty sure I'm going to flip over that record if this is any indication.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7NBWQEVSeg
(4 votes, average: 8.25 out of 10)Loading... It's my turn at the controls, and I figure we'll start things off with a cut from one of my favorite records from last year. And to be up front, International Women's Day lost an hour to DST, so expect a focus on female artists this week as I do my part to make up for that. It's still Women's History Month after all!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7YUvHQH8NM
(4 votes, average: 8.25 out of 10)Loading... As AMR is occupied, I am covering for him this week. So, to kick off the music discussion this week, I'm going to share my 10 favorite albums that have come out so far this year. I always try to keep lists during the year to make my year end list easier, but I usually fail. So hopefully helps me keep that up this year. And maybe something I've listed will appeal to you. Both of those things would be pretty cool. Continue reading FMD – 5/9/14: Cream of the First Third of the Crop
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbC0XlqJ-1w
Some advice on healthcare decisions for the modern working man from my favorite album of the year. Continue reading Pissed Jeans – “Health Plan”
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"For you, the day Mauer graced your presence going 4-5 against your team for the second day in a row was the best day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday."
Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. The Angels are not very good at baseball. Bert doesn't like cybernetics. Last night was fun.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzF_KzSlAAM
For my last day, I decided to pick a song of pretty great importance to me. I first heard this song on 120 Minutes when I was up way too late in elementary school. I was instantly in love. It was listed as being on the soundtrack for The Crow, and I went out and got it immediately. Eventually I found out it was also on their album Betty, which I got as soon as I could.
That album changed my perception of what rock could be. It was heavy, dense, and unrelenting. I was only 12 or 13, but I'd never heard anything like it before. After that album, my tastes started forming to what they are today. I owe a lot of who I am to a song I just happened upon on TV. Helmet is a band who had a huge influence on the rock scene. I doubt it would be a big deal to them, but they had one on me too. And it all started with this song.
And thus ends my week at the controls. I hope you enjoyed it.
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While most of my favorite rap (and all that I've posted thus far this week) is from the dirty south, Cadence Weapon is from Montreal via Edmonton. I first heard about him because he posted on a music message board I used to read. I think he's pretty great. His beats are pretty wild, and he writes interesting lyrics.And in 2009 he was named Edmonton's poet laureate. Pretty cool.
He also puts on a hell of a live show. I saw him in October, and I'm considering driving to Winnipeg again next weekend to see him again. This was the last song he played when we saw him, and it was hype as hell.
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I couldn't really put a week of music up and leave out The Intelligence. They're probably the band whose work I look forward to the most these days. Their album last year, Everybody's Got It Easy But Me, was worth the (excruciating) two year wait. This was the first single from the album, and was my favorite song of 2012. I figured it was a fitting choice for FMD.
If anyone likes this song, and is interested, I've got download codes for their last three or four albums. I'd gladly send them to you when I get back to Fargo so you can enjoy them. They're also all on Spotify. You know, if you're so inclined.
(4 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)Loading... Again, strong lyrics in this. But the video is so good I couldn't pass it up.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYjHdfGhbxo
SGP is a part of the current wave of mixtape rappers (see also: Lil Ugly Mane, Gorgeous Children) bringing back the mid-90s Memphis sound. His mixtapes are full of pops, hiss, and really poor mastering. He was signed to 4AD last year and brought out Mysterious Phonnk, which was a collection of his best mixtape tracks re-done with far, far better production values. This session has Purrp in a mic'd up room performing three tracks: "Mystikal Maze," "Get Yah Head Bust," and "Don't Give a Damn." The songs and visuals are both on point.
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