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Archive for September, 2009

Arcade Fire

Sep 29

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Wild Things


In anticipation of “Where the Wild Things Are” I thought it would be fun to put up two of my favorite Arcade Fire songs, one of which happens to be re-worked for the trailer of the movie. I rarely get chills during a trailer but as soon as the guitar started and I knew what song was coming, the goosebumps followed. Enjoy!


Arcade Fire – Wake Up

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Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running

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Arcade Fire – Wake Up (Where The Wild Things Are Trailer Version)

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5 Song Friday!

Sep 25

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Fail
I use FileSavr to host all the mp3′s on here and before you download them it gives you a captcha to enter. The other day a friend sent me the screen shot of his captcha. FileSavr has some awesome gaydar.


Josh Garrels – Season of Rain

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Miles Fisher – Don’t Let Go

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Bon Iver – Skinny Love

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Dragonette – Pick Up the Phone

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Paramore – Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)

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5 Song Friday!

Sep 18

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Hot
Monday looks like a scorcher…


mp3:The Sound of Arrows – Into the Clouds

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mp3:The Ting Tings – Great DJ (IDC Re-rub)

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mp3:Mark Ronson – Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

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mp3:Thunderheist – Jerk It

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mp3:Alphabeat – 10,000 Nights of Thunder

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Jay-Z’s new stuff

Sep 17

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Jay-Z


I’ve been a big fan of Jay-Z for a while. What? Huh? Yeah, I’m a closeted rap lover…deal with it. So when I heard he was coming out with The Blueprint III I was a bit interested to see who he was collaborating with and if there would be a new sound. I haven’t actually heard much of it yet, but from the tracks I did listen to these ones stuck out for me. I’m sure everyone heard “Empire State of Mind” on the MTV Awards (Lil Mama, watcha doin up on that stage!?!) and most anything that Alicia Keys does is fantastic, so I thought they came up with a pretty great song here. Anytime I hear a song about NYC it makes me want to pack up and move there…someday I will, but until then I can put on this song and feel like I’m walking the streets.

The other song I’ve posted is basically a huge sample of “Forever Young” by Alphaville. One of my favorite things to hear is when a rap song samples a style that is 180 degrees from it’s roots. Very few rappers can pull it off without sounding like they just cut and pasted their verses into another song. But when it works it’s very, very cool.


mp3: Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)

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mp3: Jay-Z – Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)

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Mat Kearney day

Sep 16

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Mat Kearney


Next week one of my favorite artists is going to be at the 930 Club, so I thought I’d devote a post to him and some of his best songs. I’ve been a fan for some time and his album “Nothing Left to Loose” is one of those rare occurrences where he gets every song perfect. Each cut has a fantastic hook that makes it memorable (listen to “Bullet” as an example). He juxtaposes his melodic choruses with almost spoken verses – which I normally would shy away from but his soothing voice and lyrical prowess make it come together very nicely. I can’t comment much on his newest album that dropped in May as I have only given it one spin, although I’ll put it on rotation since his show is coming up. I’ve also included below a track called “Call Me Out” which seems to be a rare demo (?). I can’t find it anywhere so I don’t think it’s ever been released. If you like what you hear, think about going to the show…should be a good one! And if you’re already a fan, which Mat Kearney song would you recommend?


Mat Kearney – Bullet

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“You cared enough to call my bluff through the junk from the start | That’s why you’re holding onto half of my heart”


Mat Kearney – Poor Boy

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“The beaches you’ve combed, moons you’ve roamed, the love you’ve shown | But all the while a voice calls you home”


Mat Kearney – Nothing Left To Loose

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“Push the pedal down watch the world around fly by us | Come on and we’ll try, one last time | I’m off the floor one more time to find you”


Mat Kearney – Call Me Out

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3OH!3 – Starstrukk (Single Edit feat. Katy Perry)

Sep 14

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3OH!3


The guys that once waxed poetic on Helen Keller’s hips hit the airwaves with another electro-rock-pop banger featuring Katy Perry. It’s a fun song to end the summer with…play it at a party this weekend or whistle along on your way home from work.


mp3: 3OH!3 – Starstrukk (Single Edit feat. Katy Perry)

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5 Song Friday

Sep 11

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Fail


Been a while | Shouldn’t have left you | Without a dope beat to step to


mp3:The Big Pink – Dominos

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mp3: KiD CuDi – Pursuit Of Happiness (Feat. MGMT & Ratatat)

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mp3:KiD CuDi – Up, Up, And Away (The Wake And Bake Song)

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mp3:Santogold – Lights Out (Tepr Emo Remix)

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mp3:Greg Laswell – How the Day Sounds

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