1. for all you guys and guys going out tonight that need something to roll around your probably lame hometown and talk to people you prolly would rather forget, you might as well play this, its not at all cool, but its a good time nonetheless, and a self-explanitory good time at that!
ps this is my blog so i say what i want, the first time whatching the music video for country i was like 11 maybe? and my friends older brother bobby goes "surely they had a budget for this video and could get something other than ugly woman to do this, right"
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2. now, many of you guys know my favorite three-piece to ever come out of canada is a band known as born ruffians. three funny guys with a small jangly/thrashy/folky sound with abstract/bookish/sweet lyrics. anyway, watch all the way through this video and look for luke's (the lead singer's) reaction to this brash girl goin nuts behind the mic. who knew the british even had lame people? make sure you watch the whole time though, do that and you know when it gets real funny.
so, i'm gonna post an old favorite from way back in the hooded deer days (circa the first romp at dave's maybe?) that initially was a favorite, then a head-scratcher and now a favorite again. its atrak's, aka the jewish half of chromeo's little bro, aka alain macklovitch, say whoa, done for the nike original's series. its got a catchy vocal track, and a peircing guitar with a huge bassline. it was a definate mega banger and ole willy would just go basketball bonkers behind the booth.
now what i'm really excited about is the second track, the remix that fuses say whoa with you can't hide from your bud by dj sneak, OMG is it funky. soooooooooo funky. its faster and honestly, way disco-ey. only listen to this if you can handle it. i challenge you!
sorry about the layover. had a wedding to attend then i got really sick, but it was a swell, unexpected time. got to say hey to so many old friends, and i danced danced danced the night away. next morning it wasn't very pretty but you know, it rarely is (tell my throat and runny nose its no big deal and they might kill you, but that being said).
(dude, electronic musicalists are ugly)
anyway, here comes the best dance since the macarena, sorta, maybe not, but its a lot of fun, its called the salmon dance by the chemical brothers. its simple and stupid enough, and in the america we live in, sure to maybe catch on. i love the simple falling line and simple simple bassline. lets be honest, a good dance only comes along every once in a while. so please jump on this. or if you're offended by some foul language (its fleeting at worst)
alright, now that you have the original, snag up these sweet remixes, both are a lot of fun and the HERVE remix is a straight up banger. HERVE does have a repeating B though, be care where you listen in case the police are on the other line. crookers is put together wicked well. can i recommend one? whenever i decide you'll know too.
alright, i'm re-ripping all the stuff nathan gave me since i accidentally gave it all to graham instead of copied it. so i promise you guys will all see it up over the weekend while i'm gone back to alabama then mississippi for a day or two (hit me up if you wanna hang for a little bit, i'll try hard to make us all happy).
so i thought i'd collect some of my own personal favorite rarities and overall faves. starting out with a song actually done for NPR about the Lord God Bird, a bird thought to be extinct since the forties reappeared in tiny brinkley arkansas. the original aired features interviews with locals and they talk about how the bird has transformed the humble, poor town. Sufjan listened to the interviews and composed the song. the interview can be heard here and is incredibly well done and very interesting.
next up is his rendition of the star spangled banner which he never played again after getting booed while playing it in new york. he really never plays what he considers protest songs anymore, except all good naysayers, but that was an album track so, yeah you know.
i love this track. i think its my favorite track of his and i really feel like it gets forgotten unfairly in the grand scheme of his music. its sparse, it composition in flawless, it moves, it is in many ways his most adventuresome song and there's just so much going on i don't see how it continues to be pushed aside. its simply not fair.
finally, is this duo of tracks from sufjans christmas records, they're fantastic, and wildly different. come thou fount of every blessing has the feeling of a campfire sing-a-long, but the best sing-a-long ever, there's so much spirit you can't help but love it. next is the now seemingly inappropriate sister winter, its a prime example of his other worldly falsetto and his emotional delivery that really does seem awesome opossum.
so, when you think of santa fe, new mexico, i assume the only thing you really think of is funky patterns and salsa, but do you think of music? maybe you do.... but do you think of french style gypsy music? hah! bet not. enter beirut, AKA zach condon. his compositional skills are WHOA and the emotion coneveyed is on a whole nother level. check out how he gives the players their space and they deliver matching his emotion. the first two of these songs were recorded in oaxaca, oaxaca, mexico with a local 19 peice horn band. and wow is it awesome. the final is a little goodie from the dark was the neight EP.
tomorrow i will have gone through all the new goodies from nathan. woooooooo, then to alabama for a wedding, wooooo! also, the zshare will hopefully be a one day switch, we're working to get this back on track. hopefully they are too.
these guys are just so fun, so fun its stupid. seriously, this song is stupid. really stupid, not stupid fresh, well it is, but its not, but thats not what i'm going for. its just stupid, but its quite frankly fun as no ones business. love that beat, and who doesn't love taco bell? pizza hut is a whole different story. super thanks to NATHAN BEDSOLE for this track and many more for months to come! we exchanged this music while many nerds around us played video games all around us. worst infestation ever. we're gonna go check out this place called "flaming amy's bowl"
alright, when you hear this it probably won't be much of a surprise, but this stuff was brought into my life by the maddecent blog. of course its that sweet favela or baile funk you hear so little about out of rio de janiero by way of europe. it actually happened as part of the phenomenon where brazilian dj's would pick up vinyls in miami when they played shows in the states, and brought back the miami bass sound to brazil and a whole new genre was born.
for once, the files are small, so make sure and snag these quick and stuff. they're part of a live set by montage and are REALLY REALLY GOOD.
i don't like to draw comparisons between bands, but passion pit reminds me a lot of everyones favorite new band, MGMT. really full sound, really electronic, pop oriented, and catchy as hell. these are all the tools for the summer sound we need to hear. i won't bore you with the dumb stupid details, and i'll put the original mp3s up for a couple days, but snag em while they're hot. this stuff is like snapple, the best stuff on earth.
there are really few things as cool as the beginning of the eagles "one of these nights." that smoothe buttery opening, exploding to a nearly beegee-esque chorus. what about "since you've been gone?" that chorus, that production work, oh how flawless. now before you download this, i just want you to think, think hard y'all. what do you think this will sound like? now double that (its really freaking good). thank aggro1 for this.
so, there aren't many songs out there that everyone knows so well yet so few actually know what it means. well, no diggity means for sure, no doubt. yeah, thats simple enough. bag it up? yeah, well that means wear a rubber, assumedly to protect yourself and everyone else.
now that we got that out of the way, this track is nighttime barbecue heat. just grill up some burgers and hotdogs, but serve some straight love. its soo low key and full of smooth swag. further proof that soulja boy just doesn't get it. I love all the tracks here. the original OF COURSE. but don't the vocals just add to the smoothness, not to mention the guitar. thats not even mentioning the piano sample and synth that just set it over the top. then there's the soulwax mash-up, with that ubiquitous old school beat, its pure sitting on the lawn fun y'all. finally the girl talk track that starts out a big unsafe for work, but melts into a truly stellar mash-up between no diggity and flashing lights, the best beat in a while for real y'all.
when i first dj'd at lazy pixel, i started a half an hour early, and went til ten. now this is usually the early chill set, but i guess i didn't get the memo. i played basically what i wanted to but electro and assumed that was chill enough. i'm sitting here mixing rye rye with crystal castles into crookers, and will howard basically stops me. i was actually kinda scared, will can get kinda intense when he gets unsatisfied with something - he's a perfectionist. i scramble to find something that fits. i just kinda remember having this track somewhere, and i knew it was friendly fires. and i justy played it, and even though i was basically alone in a bar with a beer in my hand, i figured it all out. Friendly Fires defined that first hour for me through to this day.
the first track is the a fantastic remix of paris with au revoir simone. its long but it deserves to be, its like a dream in and of its self and i swear once i just thought i floated around the dance floor, its crazy. the vocals here, WOW. the production, WOW. the sham, WOW.
i remember having this song requested when we did the super swap. coming off of my hard drive going poop i didn't have it. it was embarrassing. after we played turn my swag on and zombie nation, we didn't have the most legit request of the night. it was to say the least depressing. anyway, i hope you're out there kid.
alright, so i won't give credit to disco ruido for changing the world, changing music, or changing much of anything really. what he really does excel at though is bringing the feel good into the world. mrs. love to be honest reminds me of that len song from way back in the day, you know, this one? except this song is probably better, the sample is better and the the song is wayyyyyy less annoying since it doesn't have the emphysema voice goin on with it. and as for the "cranck that" remix, well, just try to dance, someone out there should put on an exhibition on how to salsa or cha cha to the soulja boy dance? please? anyway, its just full of that relaxed dance energy you have to love so much during the summer. GET YOUR TWO STEP ON!
alright, i thought we'd take things down a step and let you take a dance break on this holy sunday. you like that idea? you don't? crap, would a small collection of covers help? it better! we got some upbeat (womanizer), some down tempo (a dolly parton cover?), some just flat out sweet (digital love....) and some more rare things. I love the ethereal someone great cover, its sooooooo haunting, and surprisingly well done and features NO BANJOS!>!>!>!>! and that of montreal cover of know your onion is as good as you think it might be, so much fun ("like my ears are dancing" said an enthused reader.) anyway, check them out and have a great sunday.
salright you guys, here is the first part of what i hope can be a weekly feature where we find out what we all listen listen to when the weather gets hotter, the days get longer, and the clothes get breezier. of course i started off with a realllllllllllll easy pick, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's Summertime. just listen to that barbecue ready chorus and sunset inviting beat. oooohhhhhweeee so sweet!
i know this is a song i likely shouldn't like, being a dude and all, but in reality i loved that whole record they call futuresex/lovesounds -- there was a lot of really groundbreaking stuff on that record and this song is time we hear the lethal combo of JT & TI. love the laziness.
i love this song, it might just be the cheeriest thing to have ever been sung by swedes, which is saying something. i love how the band members (at this point there were 29!) just appear out of nowhere and make it a big huge sing along.
i remember in tenth grade when my friend graham used this song in his credits for his flash project on don quixote. before then i could take or leave this song, but its a wicked fun and furious cover of such a smooth song. nearly raunchy bassline, man i love that bassline.
y'all haters need to shush it on that gossip. i really do get pretty happy whenever i hear a new track by missy elliot, her creative presence made rap fun and playful in an era where the genre sure seemed like a lot of people to be going downhill. by the way, them girl dancers, BADASS
this song is simpy too sweet, too perfectly instrumented and too awesome not to love. and i don't know that this is actually a depeche mode song, anyone know for sure?
man i love el guincho, everything he does just feels so lighthearted even at its saddest. kind of like drinking sangria! i think what amazes me is how he almost makes these musical jokes, or at least i think he does. LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAA
honestly, i can't think of a song that has a more perfect chorus to is, its really the perfect summer song, with the perfect summer time escapist story behind it. the song is actually based on an elderly couple from salado texas simply driving away instead of going to a nearby famiy reunion. they never got there, but we instead found in arkansas some days later at the bottom of a canyon. sad, but really kinda really cool don't you think?
this might be the happiest song i've ever thought was happy but was actually kinda sad. it is to be played at my funeral, and i love how the first line is an ode to another summertime classic. enjoy!
so, i know you guys know all kinds of stuff about rap music and indie music, but lets be honest there isn't much of an intersection. its not everyday that r. kelly teams up with a bunch of crazy habs to create wonderful music, or that some new york disco dj's feel the miami heat and go really fast.
but wouldn't that be a wonderful world to live it? I sure do think so! enter, the hood internet, two dudes from chicago, ABX and DJSTVSLV, who set the mash-up world on fire with their unique blend of fun and pretension that just lets the skinny jeaned kids dance their nights away. Within the group, ABX is the more epic mixer really working on the mood and sometimes even makes a whole new emotion come out of the same two songs. STV SLV on the other hand is much more about making you doubt your musical existance by doing some ridiculous stuff with songs that don't even sound like could possibly go together.
Download these songs then scope em out for yaself over at their website.
alright, this is it, i promise, even when i'm gone over the summer, there will be regular posts. new leaf? will you give it to me? please please? i need a new leaf.
alright, dj sega, i have an odd six degrees of kevin bacon association with dj sega involving miami, but thats about it. i may have way better connections but regardless. Sega combines the best of bmore and glitch (maybe) and does it all up real nice with great choices of what he wants to sample. oh, and he's a hell of a lot of fun. listen to what he does with all of these tracks, taking them to a whole new level and, well, just enjoy them.
alright, some of you know this guy, like, know him know him, like biblical know him? like raining balls of fire know him? prolly not, but still, he's a pretty rad guy, and a great dj as well. anyway, when he's not trying to save memphis (it kinda needs it! its electronic music scene anyway), he s a graphic designer and does all sorts of cool stuff. here's his remix of the hot new ish from diplo & switch under the guile of major lazer. he utilizes the bassline and percussion to change the feel of the song, LOVE IT. oh, and the re-emphasis of the guitar part works wonders.
this just in, straight from the dude hisself, is his new Rave RAVE Rave RAVE Mixtape. i'm in love with this tracklist and he does such a good job putting it all together. awesome for a get together whenever and whereever you want to have one.
Tracklist: Jack Beats - Get Down Nic Sarno - Hot Jack (Congarock Remix) Double Dutch - Bass Power Harvard Bass - Caked Douster - Freakmode (Arcade VIP mix) Renaissance Man - Sprey Can Renaissance Man - My Definition of House Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Matthew Ess Rain Blood Dub) Toddla T and Herve Ft. Serocee - Shake It Dj Mujavi - Township Funk (Jayou VIP Remix) Jakes - Rock the Bells Bar 9 - Midnight The Streets - Blinded By the Lights (Neuro Remix)
