httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfihYWRWRTQ
Posting this not so much for the video, but that I just really love this song right now.
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Loading... There was no "Somebody That I Used to Know" that jumped out at me this past year, and something off TMBG's "Nanobots" was too obvious. So, I'll throw this one out here. If you haven't heard it too much that it's already become an earworm, then you might enjoy it like I do.
From Bastille's 2013 "Bad Blood" CD:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge97gbe9JD4
Continue reading Bastille – Pompeii
(4 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... with the negotiations completed and contracts all signed, we're happy to announce the recruitment of a fresh round of guest DJs. we're looking for a few sensitive young men and women to take a turn behind the tables.
if you're interested, please throw your hat in below, or send an email to hungryjoe [this thingy] wgom.org. if you have any months that won't work out, let me know and i'll try to get the schedule to work for you should you be chosen. first priority goes to new DJs. spots left over will be spread among returning DJs (2011 DJs have first priority, then 2012's crop, then 2013's crop*), awarded by random number generator. also, months will be awarded by random number generator.
deadline to apply will be sunday, 19 january 2014, at, oh, let's say 3pm CT
come be the next opportunistic renegade.
* i realize we're starting to hit some ambiguity regarding who exactly has priority. for now, i'm just going to say will figure out something once all the candidates are in as i've yet to look into the specifics.
Just a little promo video of the Nath Family. Continue reading Nath Family “Sounds of the Indian Snake Charmer, Vol 2.”
(3 votes, average: 7.33 out of 10)Loading... What did you think I was going to play?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJ6oIfwYlc
Continue reading The National – Sea of Love
(6 votes, average: 8.33 out of 10)Loading... Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born, two of my favorite hip-hop artists, reunited for a second album 17 years after the first. I dig nearly every track on this album.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPNPBzcaeHI
(3 votes, average: 7.33 out of 10)Loading... This is the title track from my favorite album of the year sung by my favorite band. I like this band because they really like to have fun with their music. They also do a lot of covers of famous songs and even theme songs, such as the theme to Charles in Charge and "I'm Lion-O" from the Thundercats cartoon show. I also like their covers to Toto's "Africa" and Weezer's "Surf Wax America." I didn't even realize that "Manic Monday" was a cover for a Bangles song until I discovered the Bangles' video of it while looking for this video. Relient K's is much better and is one of their most enduring performances, along with "Sadie Hawkins Dance" and "Be My Escape." My all-time favorite Relient K song is "High of 75" and "(Marilyn Manson Ate) My Girlfriend" has to be one of the funniest low-budget videos of all-time.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZqbK5xEgg
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)Loading... As I mentioned in passing last Friday, I bought all of three albums released in 2013 last year. The other two have been featured already in the Best of 2013 roundup. Fortunately for all of us, the third is no less awesome.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_n80VHl9us
Nomad is by Omara Moctar, better known as Bombino, a guitarist and singer from Niger. He is Tuareg and sings in the Tamashek language. The album is produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.
(8 votes, average: 8.63 out of 10)Loading... I honestly thought this whole "reunion" thing was a big mistake. Trying to recapture that youthful magic seemed like a bad idea, even if it was for charity. Man, I'm glad they didn't ask for my opinion.
22 years after hanging it up following a show in Chicago, they walked out onto a stage in Canada and did this.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DKUERkMDWY
The pic ain't much, but the sound is awesome. TURN IT UP!
Continue reading The Replacements – Takin’ a Ride
(6 votes, average: 8.33 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73ZGLKu9Sc
This was hard for me. Agonizing. Just endless, limitless torture to pick someone other than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But after listening to Mosquito about a thousand times... I dunno. It's almost... underwhelming. Those words kill me to type.
But CHVRCHES, hell yeah. There's good reason for them showing up on best-of lists everywhere. And the lead singer... *swoons for a million years*
The one knock against them is that they seem rather lifeless when performing. They kinda just stand there (not like Karen O, who ripped shit up when I saw the YYYs in July). But their songs go so hard! Recover is my song of 2013. I can't get sick of it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAV_YmtvVm0
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