January 2009
40 posts
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead,...
WatchM83, Kim & Jessie (live on Conan)
Yeah, yeah, I know this was from Tuesday, but I didn’t get around to my DVR until last night. Anyways, this song is amazing. This performance is terrific. Conan is tall. Positive adjectives all around!
WatchOffice Space Trailer - if it was a drama!
Yeah, I know this is a couple years old, but I was having a conversation a while back about the influence of music in movie trailers, and this parody came up. These guys go a little overboard with the dramatic text, but they hit a homerun when they put in The Fray’s “How to Save a Life.” I mean, can you imagine a better songs for a...
WatchLykke Li, Tonight
For my boy ClubROB.
Muxtape is back! Kinda! Not really! →
You know, I just took down my muxtape link in the sidebar earlier today while overhauling this place, and then I get word that it’s back! Unfortunately, this is the new ain’t-no-way-to-escape-the-RIAA version, which really just sounds like it’s going to be another version of a myspace band page. You can still make your own muxtape (nice!), but it has to be with music previously...
Scarlett Johansson, Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley...
New digs.
I updated my theme, threw on my last.fm playlist and a twitter feed, and generally spruced things up around here. No big whoop.
Drowned in sound: Can reading and music ever go... →
52books:
As a solid book AND music lover, I often find it difficult to combine the two. There is so much to take in that I’m afraid I’ll miss something in one or the other. What do you think?
I’ve often had this problem myself. I do find that instrumental music goes best with reading a book. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that all you can listen to is Bach while devouring your...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Grizzly Bear (7)
Neutral Milk Hotel (6)
Asobi Seksu (4)
Eula (4)
Gorillaz (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The People vs. Vampire Weekend →
This year’s best, their album is not Gossip Girl set to music, but a soundtrack for the liberal elite taking over.
Great article from the Village Voice on Vampire Weekend backlash and what it means in our post-Bush world.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Cassangles (5)
The Wrens (5)
Kelly Clarkson (5)
Glasser (5)
Fever Ray (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Christian Kiefer (feat. Will Johnson), Obama...
indierawk:
stepliana:
Neko Case - People Got A...
Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You
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WatchBeirut, La Llorona
Ok, here’s the breakdown. Zach Condon went to some tiny Mexican village to play with this 19-piece orchestra to help him craft his sound for his upcoming (2/17) EP March of the Zapotec. (Going to Mexico to hook up with a ridiculously large indigenous band? And here I thought Vampire Weekend was the only band ripping off Graceland! jk.) I don’t know if that band is...
indierawk:
Weezer - Only in Dreams.
Hands down,...
My Top 20 Songs of the Year →
Oops. I didn’t realize this had been posted already. So click on the link to read my comments on my top 20 songs of the year, and then head over here to listen to them all plus the other 30 that rounded out my top 50 (except I think I might have forgotten the Helio Sequence song when making the playlist. Sorry, Helio Sequence people!).
indierawk:
Sabrepulse - Famicon Connection.
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Actual Questions Asked of Okkervil River in a...
crumbler:
Questions courtesy Jessica Suarez, whose deft interrogation is like something out of the Paris Review, if the Paris Review was written by the cast of Gossip Girl.
You guys are in the middle of a really big tour right now. And this has like been a tour of changes. You’ve got people who have joined, people who have left … How’s that transition … ? To guitarist Lauren Gurgiolo: Did...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-11) →
Forest Fire (9)
Morrissey (7)
Okkervil River (6)
Lily Allen (5)
Animal Collective (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchFrightened Rabbit, I Feel Better
It’s like Waking Life meets Donnie Darko!
WatchBodies of Water, Under The Pines
Dog-killing, baby-scarring, suicide, and more morbid things await you in this video, my friends! It’s really good, though.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-4) →
Jaydiohead (10)
Be Your Own Pet (6)
Grizzly Bear (6)
Passion Pit (6)
Vampire Weekend (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchFever Ray, If I Had A Heart
Holy crap, that’s terrifying! I’m creeped right the hell out now. Fever Ray is, of course, the Karin Dreijer Andersson-shaped half of The Knife. Those Swedes scare me. She tapped Andreas Nilsson to direct this Lynch-meets-del-Toro madness.
Bodies of Water, I Guess I’ll Forget the...
