3.28.2011

JAZZ AND '90s


Various Artists - Jazz and '90s - 2006


Who doesn't want to listen to smooth jazz, lounge versions of songs like Wonderwall, Creep, and Smells Like Teen Spirit?


3.21.2011

MARCH MIX

I don't know how to get them in order for the .rar file, so here is the order I had in mind when I put these songs together...

TonsMoreCowbell's March Mix

     1. The Death Set - I Wanna Take This Tape And Blow Up Ya Fuckin Stereo
2. Jeff the Brotherhood - Ripper
3. Mazes - Go Betweens
4. Moon Duo - Mazes
5. Here We Go Magic - Hands In The Sky
6. O'Death - Ghost Head
7. Earth Girl Helen Brown - Cry Baby Cry
8. The Sandwitches -  My Heart Does Swell
9. Those Darlins - Waste Away
10. Blackbird Blackbird - Halo
11. Monogold - Ivory Teeth Golden Tusk
12. Toro y Moi - Elise

PHONE HOME - PHONE HOME EP

This wonderfully relaxing EP from NYC instrumental 2-piece 'Phone Home' hit my inbox this morning and it is exactly what I needed on a Monday.  Download the album for whatever price you see fit.  Lots of information and links there as well.

TYLER THE CREATOR - YONKERS (video)

3.11.2011

BOTH WAYS OPEN JAWS

good range, unique vocals, foreign... these are my initial thoughts on the album. 
The Do - Both Ways Open Jaws - 2011


3.07.2011

MUSIC VIDEO MONDAY (AFTERNOON)


The Fatty Acids - Astrovan



Alex Winston - Locomotive





Air Waves - Knockout





Caribou - Jamelia



The Death Set - Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap




Star Slinger - May I Walk With You?

3.04.2011

STORY OF AN EARTH GIRL


Earth Girl Helen Brown - Story of an Earth Girl 10" - 2011

I found this today and fell in love instantly.  Forest Family's newest release.  My first impression was that this is the female version of Sonny Smith (Sonny and the Sunsets) and to my surprise this pretty much IS Sonny Smith.  This is part of Sonny's '100 Records' project, which included artists and friends submitting cover work to Smith and then he makes the albums based on this.  Looking at the cover above, Smith did a brilliant job capturing the vibes given.  Earth Girl Helen Brown is played by Heidi Alexander of The SandwitchesCheck out another great review here from Amanda Norris at ACRN.com.

What do we know about Helen Brown? 
a) she was born in Canada
b) she grew up in a religious cult in Georgia
c) she was blinded in one eye as a child (baseball injury)
d) she is not real

3.03.2011

THE SOFTEST GLOW

I'm not going to be able to do the album justice with a description so I won't even try...

DO YALL LIKE THIS?

This has me completely tranced and from the look of the album cover, that's exactly what they wanted.  Fuck TV. 

'Luke Nukem' has me checking the door again to make sure it's locked, and I'm pretty sure that was a semi cover of 'I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane." IMO, the first track is a bit difficult to listen to, but the rest is really good!  I love free music from new artists.  Thank you, TEEN BRIGADE


Aroomnoonesees Cover Art
Teen Brigade - ARoomNoOneSees - 2011


Charlie Sheen is providing us with free entertainment, and really isn't asking anything in return.  These words are of someone who is obviously in the middle of an extreme manic episode (primarily characterised by the grandiosity) but we must bottle them like brilliant little mercury-tipped dagger fire-flies with the blood of a thousand Wasputins.  I think the changing of the seasons would come into play here as well.  Seasonal affect disorder is one of those things that gets everyone, but the question is "by how much?"  When the days are shorter, we're exposed to less daylight (I'll let you stand back up after that astounding fact) so our bodies produce less vitamin D, and more Serotonin.  These two things lead to illness and depression-like symptoms if not combated in some way (the reason some people have summer/winter homes in the northern and southern hemispheres.) 

This shift in personality will come to an abrupt end when Sheen goes back to doing drugs that are not limited to weed and cocaine, OR somewhere around daylight savings time (March 13th this year.)  This is why I've said beware the Ides of March, or March 15th.  He could have a large swing on the 14th and do something drastic the next day.  Hope it doesn't happen, but now you can say you knew it would.

In other other news, crazy things in Africa continue to happen despite the fact that we have a military presence there and a child probably died of starvation within 20 miles of me today.  Peace yall.