Another anime soundtrack for Zack:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VurnfrJonPg
Tag Archives: Guest DJ
Jerome Moross — The Big Country Theme (from The Big Country)
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, music starts at 0:57
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0cbtWdHyTM
Yoko Kanno — Tank (from Cowboy Bebop)
Soundtracks week! Here's a rocking track from the anime Cowboy Bebop played by The Seatbelts
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_25mVjKwcc
Radiohead – Creep
I'm working on this for keyboard next.
httpv://youtu.be/VzLlwlb1PRI
the xx – Fiction
An article in the New Yorker got me curious about the xx. I've only given them a cursory listen thus far. Anyone else have an opinion on them?
httpv://youtu.be/FUUcfxkexfM
Starflyer 59 – No New Kinda Story
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-d63s6ImM4
We'll close out with another old favorite. Starflyer 59 started out as a straight up shoegaze band in 1993, but they they've morphed album by album from a sort of dream pop band to more of a "normal" indie pop/rock act. The lead singer, Jason martin, is the only constant within the band, with other members usually only staying for an album or two..
This song catches them in their middle, more dreamy phase.
Thanks for watching this week!
The National – Conversation 16
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWwbWqtQuE
**nod to DK**
The Haxan Cloak – Excavation
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ4JvOc2xps
So, you guys aren't huge into squeaky voiced dudes singing about stepping on trumpets? That's cool.
We're going to cheat a little today. This is definitely a live video, but it's essentially a DJ set. Plus, the video has a very prepared vibe, but that fits with the song, so it works. This was one of my favorites from last year. I like the cold, blue lighting of this video, and the haze that wafts over the whole thing.
Shout out to Brooks' dark techno playlist on Spotify, which I've been going through over the past couple days, and will continue to plumb the depths of in the near future.
Danielson – Did I Step on Your Trumpet?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQ3kZRyTug
Danielson (or, rather, the act of listening to music by the Danielson Famile) can occasionally feel like a "weird for its own sake" thing. The dude sings in this weird, awkward, squeaky falsetto, and the lyrics often seem childish on the surface. He often wears a nine foot tall tree costume on stage. There's a lot of depth here, though.
Daniel sings Christian music, but his style is so... different that the mainstream Christian music market has pretty much entirely forsaken him (I recall back in the day, a Christian radio station I listened to called one of his songs the worst song they had ever heard). Then again, Sufjan Stevens has been an on again, off again member of the collective for a long time now, so I guess he must be doing something right.
He was the subject of an occasionally interesting documentary a few years ago, appropriately called Danielson: A Family Movie.
I am expecting divisive opinions regarding this song.
The War on Drugs – Red Eyes
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpH-HwtPD-I
Another favorite from this year.
Sorry for the tardiness. Didn't have a chance to schedule anything, and had to rush out the door this morning. At least I got all of the tags right today, I think.