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Sunday, January 29, 2006

It's Peanut Butter Federline (video)

peanut butter federline K-Fed jamming to PopoZao (Peanut Butter Jelly Time remix)

Sorry, not even Peanut Butter Jelly can save PopoZao. I do apologize in advance for this crap.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

LA to NYC time-elapsed video

la to nyc time-elapsed video
la to nyc time-elapsed video LA to NYC time-elapsed video
This is one of the coolest viral videos I've seen this year. And the video has a soundtrack: Lacquer's song entitled 'Behind'.

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Janet Reno trying to sing RESPECT (video), Remembering Challenger, Nettwerk sues RIAA

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Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone (MP3) (violent femmes cover)

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gnarls barkley gone daddy gone mp3 Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone (MP3) (violent femmes cover)

Thanks to Best Foot Forward and MOKB for the additional Gnarls Barkley demos. This is untitled track 3, which is actually a Violent Femmes cover. Not as snarly or grating as Gano's vocals, but just as dirty.

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Sigur Ros - Hoppípolla (video)

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sigur ros videoSigur Ros - Hoppípolla (video)

Look, old people can have fun too! This is a nice, lighthearted video. Since I don't know Icelandic, it's nice to have a video to put the beautiful vocals in context.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Sufjan Stevens - She Is (MP3) (Tim Buckley cover)

sufjan stevens she is mp3 Sufjan Stevens - She Is (MP3)

Sufjan Stevens covers the Tim Buckley classic, "She Is", which is off 'Dream Brother: The Songs of Jeff & Tim Buckley', a tribute to the legendary father and son singers. I would love to hear Sufjan cover Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" or Jeff Buckley's "Grace" or "Last Goodbye".

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NME: Top 100 British Albums

NME: Top 100 British Albums
(This site only has the top 20)

Ordinarily, I would rant on such a pathetic list. However, I think this atrocity of a list speaks for itself. Possible explanations:
1) This is actually an early April Fools Day issue.
2) Stonehenge. Aliens.
3) Written by Kate Moss after NME writer passed out at a coke party.
4) Written by Pete Doherty after NME writer passed out at a coke party.

100) Derek and Clive - (Live) 1976
99) Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy 2004
98) Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me 2001
97) Led Zeppelin - IV 1971
96) Adam and The Ants - Kings of The Wild Frontier 1980
95) Julian Cope - Jehovahkill 1992
94) The Futureheads - S/T 2004
93) Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets 1974
92) Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 1995
91) The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace 1985
90) Supergrass - I Should Coco 1995
89) Blur - Parklife 1994
88) Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman 1993
87) The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake 1968
86) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 1970
85) ABC - The Lexicon of Love 1982
84) Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow... 1974
83) Wire - Pink Flag 1977
82) The Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches 1990
81) Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 2005
80) Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1970
79) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque 1991
78) Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992
77) The Beta Band - The 3 E.P.s 1998
76) Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time 1997
75) Tricky - Maxinquaye 1995
74) Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation 1994
73) Kasier Chiefs - Employment 2005
72) Joy Divison - Closer 1980
71) Buzzcocks - Love Bites 1978
70) Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription 1987
69) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 1972
68) The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow 1968
67) Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
66) Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 1978
65) Radiohad - Kid A 2000
64) Gang Of Four - Entertainment! 1978
63) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars 1972
62) Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha 1991
61) Echo and The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 1984
60) The Human League - Dare! 1981
59) The Clash - S/T 1977
58) Suede - Dog Man Star 1994
57) The Cure - The Head On The Door 1985
56) Portishead - Dummy 1994
55) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 2005
54) Morrissey - Vauxhall & I 1994
53) The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 1969
52) Madness - One Step Beyond 1979
51) Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 1986
50) The La's - S/T 1990
49) The Who - My Generation 1965
48) Elastica - S/T 1995
47) The Libertines S/T 2004
46) Pulp His 'N' Hers 1994
45) The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004
44) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 1979
43) The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 1972
42) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 1985
41) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 1985
40) Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 2003
39) Ride - Nowhere 1990
38) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space 1997
37) Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible 1994
36) The Beatles - S/T 1968
35) Radiohead - OK Computer 1997
34) The Jam - All Mod Cons 1978
33) Coldplay - Parachutes 2000
32) The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 1968
31) Massive Attack - Blue Lines 1991
30) Suede - S/T 1993
29) Led Zeppelin - II 1969
28) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 1970
27) Polly Harvey - Dry 1992
26) The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow 1984
25) The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society 1968
24) Pet Shop Boys - Please 1986
23) New Order - Technique 1989
22) Super Furry Animals - Radiator 1997
21) Muse - Absolution 2003
20) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965
19) The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come 1987
18) Franz Ferdinand - S/T 2004
17) The Streets - Original Pirate Material 2002
16) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980
15) Primal Scream - Scremadelica 1991
14) David Bowie - Hunky Dory 1971
13) The Verve - A Northern Soul 1995
12) The Specials - S/T 1979
11) Radiohead - The Bends 1995
10) The Libertines - Up The Bracket 2002
9) The Beatles - Revolver 1966
8) The Clash - London Calling 1979
7) Pulp - Different Class 1995
6) Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish 1993
5) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
4) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks 1978
3) Oasis - Definetly Maybe 1994
2) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 1986
1) The Stone Roses - S/T 1989

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The Piracy Calculator, Chris Penn dead, more

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The Go! Team - The Ice Storm (Live In Toronto) (MP3)

go team live mp3 The Go! Team - The Ice Storm (Live In Toronto)

This is as dreamy and floaty as the original, while actually sounding less artificial (especially the blustery wind effects). Too bad there's not a higher quality version

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Monday, January 23, 2006

Lou Reed blasts Edie Sedgwick film, Death Cab For Cutie - Directions (video), Nas signs to Def Jam

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  • Lou Reed blasts Edie Sedgwick film
    Lou Reed on the Factory Girl screenplay: "It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen - by any illiterate retard - in a long time." Apparently, Sienna Miller is no Edie Sedgwick. Oh, did you know that her co-star is Hayden Christensen? Movie execs, chalk this up as a flop.

  • Death Cab for Cutie - Directions (video)
    Here comes a series of videos for their LP 'Plans.' The first one in the queue is "Marching Bands Of Manhattan".

  • Nas signs to Def Jam
    Quite an evolution from Takeover to Ether to Super Ugly to no beef

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Devics - Come Up (MP3)

devics mp3 Devics - Come Up

This song is enchanting. Mazzy Star fans should definitely give it a listen. Their album 'Push the Heart' will be released in the US on March 7.

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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII (streaming video)

velvet underground video

Rhino Entertainment will release "Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII", a live DVD from the Velvet Underground's 1993 European reunion tour, filmed live at the Paris Olympia on June 15, 16, and 17. The reunion tour featured original members Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Moe Tucker, and would be their final tour as Morrison died of lymphoma in 1995.

Here are two live streaming videos:

velvet underground video Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name
velvet underground video Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs

Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII
1. Venus in Furs
2. White Light/White Heat
3. Beginning To See The Light
4. Some Kinda Love
5. Femme Fatale
6. Hey Mr. Rain
7. I'm Sticking With You
8. I Heard Her Call My Name
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. Rock 'n' Roll
11. Sweet Jane
12. I'm Waiting For The Man
13. Heroin
14. Pale Blue Eyes
15. Coyote

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The Subways - Staring At The Sun (MP3)

subways mp3 The Subways - Staring At The Sun

Decent cover, but not as good as the TV on the Radio original.

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Friday, January 20, 2006

Two Neat Mash-Ups/Mixes: U2 vs Daft Punk and Arctic Monkeys remix

u2 daft punk mp3 U2 vs Daft Punk - Around The World On New Year's Day
By Martinn. It is amazing how well these mesh together.

arctic monkeys mp3 Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down (FakeIDs Scummy mix)
Love how this evolves into a loud acid breakbeat stomper!

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Ben Gibbard pissed at Apple, Charlotte leaves Ash, GNR album this year?, Patriot Search

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Of Montreal - Requiem for O.M.M. 2 Video

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of montreal requiem of o.m.m.2 Of Montreal, Requiem for O.M.M. 2 Video

Not sure if this video just came out or not, pretty late for last year's album release. Anyway, this video has nifty, cutesy animation.

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Jenny Lewis in February's Spin


Jenny Lewis in February's Spin
Interesting article, with some cute pics of course.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Unofficial Coachella lineup (I won't believe it until I see it on the site)

The real list supposedly comes out Monday. The only confirmed acts so far in the press are Depeche Mode, Paul Oakenfold, Giant Drag, Lady Sovereign, Wolf Parade, Imogen Heap, Amadou & Mariam, The Duke Spirit, Coldcut, and The Living Things. [via]

Maybes: The Walkmen, Nada Surf, Editors, Section Quartet

April 29: Depeche Mode, The Strokes, Portishead, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack, Infected Mushroom, Royksopp, Kings of Leon, Doves, Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, Atmosphere, Blackalicious, Super Furry Animals, The Buzzcocks, Primal Scream, Supergrass, Ladytron, DJ Peretz, The Shins, Dieselboy, Tortoise, Sleater Kinney, Richard Hawley, Grooverider, Death From Above 1979, Yesterdays New Quintet, The Walkmen, Son Volt, Will Oldham, The Clientele, Lightning Bolt, Cage, The Crimea, OK Go, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, John Kelly

April 30: The White Stripes, Roxy Music (featuring Brian Eno), The Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Boards of Canada, Underworld, Ween, Death Cab for Cutie, Armin Van Buuren, Built to Spill, De La Soul, Big Star, Iron & Wine, Uberzone, Happy Mondays, Dinosaur Jr, TV on the Radio, Elbow, Eagles of Death Metal, The Tears, Esthero, T. Rauschmiere, Cat Power, The New Pornographers, Carl Cox, Grandaddy, Calexico, Explosions in the Sky, The Wedding Present, Andy C, Fatlip, DJ Icey, The Notwist and Themselves preforming as 13 & God, Devendra Banhart, The Coral, Stateless, 65 Days of Static

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1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Honda human sound effects ad, Desaparecidos, Cam'Ron Jay-Z Diss MP3, Liz Durrett, The Exit, Seedy Gonzalez, much much more!

  • Can't believe I've been online with this blog for a whole year. Almost 400,000 unique visitors later, still going strong. Love ya'll

    honda civic choir human sound effects ad
  • honda civic choir human sound effects ad Honda human sound effects ad [via Amy's Robot]
    This is one of the coolest ads I've seen recently.

  • desaparecidos mp3 Desaparecidos - Suvival of the Fittest / It's a Jungle Out There
    A brief update to continue my series of posts on old projects / side projects: Desaparecidos was Conor Oberst's side project during his almost two-year hiatus from Bright Eyes. Desaparecidos is louder and grungier than Bright Eyes but equally angsty.

  • cam'ron jay-z diss mp3 Cam'Ron - You Got It
    Cam'Ron dissing Jay-Z? Ouch. Apparently, he has flow problems and math problems. Hov is 37, not 42. Hov won this battle without responding. Tracks like "Heart of the City" address this kind of garbage already. If Hov's "Takeover" is TNT and Nas' "Ether" is an A-bomb, this is a dud firecracker.

  • liz durrett mp3 Liz Durrett - The Mezzanine
    Liz, whoever you are, I almost deleted this. I am so glad I didn't. This is really lovely. Her site.

  • A couple of tracks from The Exit:
    the exit mp3 The Exit - Soldier
    the exit mp3 The Exit - Don't Push
    The Exit, who are from New York, caught a lot of buzz with the release of
    their album “Home For An Island” and their first single entitled “Don’t
    Push”. The Exit is now putting forth a 2nd single (and video for)
    “Soldier”.

  • seedy gonzalez mp3 Seedy Gonzalez - Page 28
    I don't know. Lou Reed-ish. This reminds me of Jim Carrol's People Who Died.

  • seedy gonzalez video Seedy Gonzalez - Love’s Theosophy

  • Ghostbusters as an animated gif
    This is amazing.

  • The Beastie Boys Madison Square Garden video project

  • Google, U.S. Clash Over Online Searches

  • Soul legend Wilson Pickett dies of heart attack at 64

  • The Cool Cuts is the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart compiled from reactions from tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts shop panel.

    The Cool Cuts is broadcast on Ministry Of Sound Digital Radio ' on Paul 'Radical' Ruiz - 'Anything Goes' show every Wednesday 2-4pm GMT on www.ministryofsound.com/radio and on Tall Paul’s Kiss 100 show. The Cool Cuts is published in the UK’s leading music industry trade publication Music Week and on www.musicweek.com

    Cool Cuts Chart for MW issue date 28/01/06
    1 NEW TALK / Coldplay / Parlophone
    Junkie XL remixes make this a sure fire floorfiller
    2 (3) HELLO I LOVE YOU / The Doors / Marine Parade
    With stunning new mixes from Adam Freeland
    3 (1) SORRY / Madonna / Warners
    With mixes from the Pet Shop Boys and Stuart Price under his many aliases
    4 (5) FADE / Solu Music / Hed Kandi
    Hed Kandi’s evergreen classic in new mixes from Grant Nelson
    5 (7) ALONE TONIGHT / Above & Beyond / Anjunabeats
    First single from their album with mixes from Mathew Dekay and Disciples Of Sound
    6 NEW SUGAR / Armand Van Helden / Southern Fried
    With mixes from Paper Faces and Cagedbaby
    7 (14) FALSE LIGHT / Marco V / Maelstrom
    With mixes from Ton B and Danny Olivera
    8 (10) IT DOESN’T STOP / The Young Punx / Mofo Hifi
    Excellent mash up of Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough’
    9 NEW ANGEL / Pharrel Williams / Virgin
    With a hot club mix from Axwell
    10 NEW SWING 2 HARMONY / Perasma / Data
    With mixes from Gabriel & Dresden and MYNC Project
    11 NEW LIKE A WATERFALL / Solarstone + Jes / Deepblue
    Quality trance with mixes from Max Graham
    12 (17) SHOW ME LOVE / Robin S / Champion
    Club classic is back with a new mix from Diesel
    13 NEW 2 HYPE / Steve Mac / C2
    Hot fearsome acid house groove
    14 (11) ETERNITY / Matt Darey / Darey Products
    With mixes from Alex Morph, Thomas Dat, John ‘00’ Flemming and more
    15 NEW 123 / Axer / Pryda
    Tough jacking electro house groove from Eric Prydz
    16 NEW DANDELION CRUSH / Atlantic / Alternative Route
    Sampling 808 State’s ‘Pacific’ to good effect
    17 NEW CIRCLES /Audiofly / Adrift
    Atmospheric house groove with Priscilla on vocals
    18 NEW RISE UP / Sunkids / Boss
    With new mixes from Praise Cats
    19 NEW INSATIABLE / Mark Knight / Toolroom
    With mixes from Joey Negro, Buick Project and MYNC Project
    20 NEW YOU’LL NEVER CHANGE / Believers / Oxyd
    With mixes from Dave Seaman and Oliver Koletzki

    The Cool Cuts is compiled from reactions from Tastemaker DJs and from the Cool Cuts shop panel: Bang Bang (Bristol), Black Market (London), Bradley’s (Halifax), Catapult (Cardiff), Citysounds (London), Crash (Leeds), Covert (Brighton), Eastern Bloc (Manchester) Global Groove (Stoke), Know How (London) Massive (Oxford & Birmingham), Mixmaster (Belfast), Plastic Fantastic (London), Power (Wigan), Pure Groove (London), Streetwise (Cambridge), The Disc (Bradford), 3 Beat (Liverpool), Trax (London), 23rd Precinct (Glasgow), Urban (Brighton).

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Belle and Sebastian: Old Projects/ Side Projects...Looper (Stuart David)

Ok, I'm starting a very brief mini-series of posts entitled Old Projects / Side Projects, which will highlight interesting past projects or side projects involving some of our beloved artists.

Today: Belle and Sebastian (Looper)

Coming Soon: Bright Eyes (Desaparecidos), The Decemberists (Tarkio), Neko Case (Maow)

Looper is Stuart David from Belle and Sebastian. Looper's songs are like a mellow mix of synthpop, The Radio Dept., The Postal Service. I've posted a sampling of my favorites. The link above also has some additional laid back songs for your listening enjoyment.

looper belle sebastian mp3 Looper - The Strangest Girl
looper belle sebastian mp3 Looper - Pale Blue E-Type

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Dev2.0 (Devo 2.0) "Whip It" video

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Ok, I thought Dev2.0 was a cruel joke from Disney Sound. Well, guess what? The joke's on us! Here's the dev2.0 devo 2.0 video video... [via]
If Kidz Bop did not induce psychosis, this will.

And for more wholesome Disney programming: Disney's 1946 'Story of Menstruation'. Bizarro.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Patti Smith, Cat Power, and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine (!?) - The Coral Sea

patti smith coral seaPatti Smith, Cat Power, and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine (!?) - The Coral Sea
D/l on next page

Patti Smith wrote a book entitled 'The Coral Sea' about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, her friend since the 1970s. Patti Smith performs a live reading (63+ minutes!) with music from Chan Marshall of Cat Power and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine. This is a rather unique experience, although Patti Smith can be a bit difficult to hear. A definite download for completists and fans.

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Monday, January 16, 2006

New Gnarls Barkley!

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Gnarls Barkley is DJ Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo.

I'd have to say that their album is on my 'most anticipated' list for 2006. Thanks to stereogum for directing me to Best Foot Forward for 2 NEW untitled Gnarls Barkley tracks, which the magical aac-to-mp3 elves at my site have converted for your listening pleasure.


gnarls barkley mp3 Gnarls Barkley - Untitled 1
gnarls barkley mp3 Gnarls Barkley - Untitled 2

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MLK in his own words, Idlewild trailer, New Bond girl Rose Byrne

  • Time: MLK in his own words

    idlewild trailer
  • idlewild trailer Idlewild trailer
    You know, that movie featuring Outkast, Terence Howard, Macy Gray, Patti Labelle, and Ving Rhames that keeps getting delayed.

    rose byrne bond
  • The new, unconfirmed (but soon to be confirmed) Bond girl is Australian actress Rose Byrne, who had forgettable roles in Troy and Star Wars II.

  • Al Gore speaks on MLK day about"Restoring the Rule of Law"
    The greater the power of the executive grows, the more difficult it becomes for the other branches to perform their constitutional roles. As the executive acts outside its constitutionally prescribed role and is able to control access to information that would expose its actions, it becomes increasingly difficult for the other branches to police it. Once that ability is lost, democracy itself is threatened and we become a government of men and not laws.

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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Nine Inch Nails - Only (Richard X Remix)

nine inch nails only Nine Inch Nails - Only (Richard X Remix)

When it comes to remixes, Richard X can almost do not wrong. This remix starts off with a Depeche Mode/Front 242 EBM feel but expands on that idea nicely.

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New Pantheon Award finalists, Academy screeners, Digital DJ licenses, Cool Cuts Chart

  • Here are the finalists for the New Pantheon Music Award, awarded to the best album selling less than 500,000 copies.

    The finalists:
    Animal Collective - Feels
    Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
    Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
    Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
    Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    M.I.A. - Arular
    Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
    The Decemberists - Picaresque

    The nominations were places by a partly illustrious, partly dubious panel:

    ?uestlove - Member of The Roots
    Adam Brody - Actor on The OC
    Alex Patsavas - Music Supervisor: Chop Shop
    Beck - Mad Scientist
    Benjamin Gibbard - of Death Cab for Cutie
    Chester Bennington - of Linkin Park
    Dave Matthews - of Dave Matthews Band
    Elijah Wood - Actor/Hobbit
    Elton John - Musician, Songwriter, Legend
    Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
    Jennifer Maerz - Music Editor at The Stranger
    John Cameron Mitchell - Actor, Writer, Producer
    John Legend - Singer/Songwriter
    John McCrea - of Cake
    Josh Schwartz - Creator - The OC
    Keith Urban - International Superstar
    Margaret Cho - Comedienne, Writer
    Mike Shinoda - of Linkin Park
    Nic Harcourt - Music Director, KCRW
    Peter Margasak - Writer at The Chicago Reader
    Ric Ocasek - Musician, Producer, Icon
    Ryan Schreiber - Editor-in-Chief at Pitchfork Media
    Shirley Manson - of Garbage
    Steve Hochman - Writer - L.A. Times
    Suzanne Vega - Singer, Songwriter
    Tony Kanal - of No Doubt
    Will Hermes - Editor and Writer

  • If you can't stop industry people from file-sharing, you might as well give up: Academy screeners on P2P

  • Oft-ignored digital DJ licenses in the UK

  • The Cool Cuts is the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart compiled from reactions from tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts shop panel.

    The Cool Cuts is broadcast on Ministry Of Sound Digital Radio ' on Paul 'Radical' Ruiz - 'Anything Goes' show every Wednesday 2-4pm GMT on www.ministryofsound.com/radio'
    and on Tall Paul’s Kiss 100 show. The Cool Cuts is published in the UK’s leading music industry trade publication Music Week and on www.musicweek.com

    Cool Cuts Chart for MW issue date 21/01/06

    1 NEW SORRY / Madonna / East West
    With mixes from Pet Shop Boys and Stuart Price as Paper Faces and Man With Guitar
    2 (3) INCREDIBLE / Shapeshifters / Positiva
    With mixes from Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero and Mark Knight & MTV
    3 NEW HELLO I LOVE YOU / The Doors / Marine Parade
    With stunning new mixes from Adam Freeland
    4 (5) MAKE A MOVE ON ME / Joey Negro / Data
    Back for 2006 with a full release
    5 NEW FADE / Solu Music / Hed Kandi
    Hed Kandi’s evergreen classic in new mixes from Grant Nelson
    6 (9) PARTY FOR THE WEEKEND / Soul Seekerz / CDR
    Lively party time house tune
    7 NEW ALONE TONIGHT / Above & Beyond / Anjunabeats
    First single from their album with mixes from Mathew Dekay and Disciples Of Sound
    8 (10) WALKING AWAY / The Egg / Cr2
    Getting a UK release with new mix of ‘The Wall’ by Mylo
    9 (11) BOUNCE SHAKE MOVE STOP / M.V.P / EMI
    With mixes from Ian Carey and Trailblazers
    10 NEW IT DOESN’T STOP / The Young Punx / Mofo Hifi
    Excellent mash up of Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough’
    11 NEW ETERNITY / Matt Darey / Darey Products
    With mixes from Alex Morph, Thomas Dat, John ‘00’ Flemming and more
    12 (16) TURN ME OUT / Dirty Old Ann / White Label
    Kathy Brown’s classic gets a disco makeover
    13 (18) PUNCH DRUNK/COPYRAT / Cirez D / Mouseville
    Eric Prydz under one of his pseudonyms with a couple of hot club grooves
    14 NEW FALSE LIGHT / Marco V / Maelstrom
    With mixes from Ton B and Danny Olivera
    15 (20) CLEAR SKY / Kayot / Buzzin Fly
    Cool house vibes with a mix from Manoo and Francois A
    16 NEW SWIMMING PLACES / Julien Jabre / Defected
    Summery house groove with new mixes from Jerome Sydenham and Pete Heller
    17 NEW SHOW ME LOVE / Robin S / Champion
    Club classic is back with a new mix from Diesel
    18 NEW RAZORBLADE / GIVE ME LOVE / Coburn / Frontier
    Sexy electro pop tune
    19 NEW WHAT’S YOUR DAMAGE / Test Icicles / Domino
    Digitalism and Alan Braxe & Fred Falke on the mix
    20 NEW IN THE EVENING / Rob Boskamp / Spinnin’
    Pumping reworking of the Sheryl Lee Ralph classic

    © Original Artists 2006

    The Cool Cuts is compiled from reactions from Tastemaker DJs and from the Cool Cuts shop panel: Bang Bang (Bristol), Black Market (London), Bradley’s (Halifax), Catapult (Cardiff), Citysounds (London), Crash (Leeds), Covert (Brighton), Eastern Bloc (Manchester) Global Groove (Stoke), Know How (London) Massive (Oxford & Birmingham), Mixmaster (Belfast), Plastic Fantastic (London), Power (Wigan), Pure Groove (London), Streetwise (Cambridge), The Disc (Bradford), 3 Beat (Liverpool), Trax (London), 23rd Precinct (Glasgow), Urban (Brighton).

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Friday, January 13, 2006

Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go (live on Letterman, video)

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imogen heap video Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go (live on Letterman, video)

She's looking good and apparently wows Dave with her singing and knob-fiddling.
approx 24 MB
thx ontd


Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

New Lauryn Hill leaked

lauryn hill rebel Lauryn Hill - Rebel

Not bad. Certainly better than the leaked Fugees track from last year, which I already forgot the name of and am too lazy to look up.

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Britney EP, iPod for ID, iTunes spying?, more

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Jenny Lewis Interview in American Way mag

Some interesting insight into how the album came about. However, I find it hard to believe she won't play RK songs while touring to promote Rabbit Fur Coat. Also, the swimming pool vs. lake analogy? Um, yeah.

Even More Adventurous
Jenny Lewis Warms up for her Solo Career in a Rabbit Fur Coat

‘“Baby, I’m bad news,” Jenny Lewis sang on “Portions for Foxes,” a track from her guitar-pop group Rilo Kiley’s 2004 album, More Adventurous. Recently, Lewis’ news has been decidedly better: Adventurous, the Los Angeles-based quartet’s third album, earned the best reviews of its eight-year career, and last fall Rilo Kiley opened a string of shows for the megapopular English band Coldplay. This month, Lewis (a former child actress who appeared alongside Shelley Long in 1989’s Troop Beverly Hills) releases her first solo album, Rabbit Fur Cat, a mellow, slightly country-fried take on Rilo’s tuneful L.A. groove. We shared lunch with her on New York’s Lower East Side and asked her where the CD came from.

So why make a solo album?
I actually didn’t really plan on it. It just was suddenly upon me and seemed appropriate. I had started writing a bunch of songs as we were recording More Adventurous, and I knew that it would be a really long time before I could record them with Rilo Kiley.

Who did you ask to play on it?
Jason Boesel, who also plays in Rilo Kiley, is one of my best friends and someone who I consistently play new songs for. So it was kind of a no-brainer to have him play drums, and he was really enthusiastic about it. And then Jason’s roommate and best friend Michael Runion—who’s one of my other best friends and Rilo Kiley’s guitar tech—I asked him to play bass. For most of the songs, it was just the three of us in our practice space messing around.

Was making the album a lot different than making a Rilo Kiley album, even though you were working with some of the same musicians?
Yeah, very different. I mean, being in a band for eight years, it’s very loaded: [Rilo guitarist] Blake [Sennett] and I have been writing together for 10 years; we used to go out with each other. It can be very productive, and it’s a really rewarding experience to know people so well and to make music with them. But there was nothing at stake with this. I didn’t really plan on putting it out until it was finished, and if I didn’t like it, I didn’t have to. It was more just about making music with my friends.

How did your writing differ?
I wanted to create something that was really stripped down, something where I played guitar and sang at the same time and did it one or two times. Certainly, I think some of the songs on Rabbit Fur Coat could’ve made their way onto the next Rilo Kiley record.

More Adventurous jumped around quite a bit between different styles, but Rabbit Fur Coat seems more of a piece.
Sometimes I think about More Adventurous as like being in an airplane and looking down on California and seeing a bunch of swimming pools. As opposed to this one, which might be a lake, you know? It was more about the songs; some of the themes are similar throughout. And I wanted to make a record that you don’t know when it was made—it could be a modern record because of some of the references, but it sounds kind of timeless, too.

Are you planning to play Rilo Kiley songs on your solo tour supporting this record?
I’ve thought about that a little bit. I don’t think so. I think I’ve been playing those songs on the road for a really long time, and I might want to play some new stuff in addition to the songs that are on my record. If I write something that day or week or month, I might want to try that out, rather than going back to these songs that I know I’ll play again with the band. –Mikael Wood"

Via the Rilo Kiley forums. Big ups to vaguelyson for transcribing.

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Raekwon - State of Grace (remix) featuring Busta Rhymes (MP3)

raekwon state of grace remix Raekwon - State of Grace (remix) featuring Busta Rhymes (MP3)

Busta's verse adds some life to this Raekwon track. Cuban Linx II is due out soon.

Thanks to Spine

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Mary J. Blige - Be Without You (remix)(MP3)

mary j blige be without you remix Mary J. Blige - Be Without You (remix)

I like the original better, but this one might grow on you. Can't believe how good and consistent she is over time. She even has a collab. with Bono on one album track.

Thanks to Spine

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