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Thursday, March 19, 2009

march mix

there's a lot of good songs here. in particular, i've been listening to punkin' pie a lot.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

2/11/09

carbonas "frustrate me" i finally found all three of their albums and i've been listening to them all week. so far this is my favorite. i love the heavy echo on what i guess would be the chorus:

flake music "the shins" of course they later renamed themselves after the song.

grapefruit "another game" i'll probably post another grapefruit track from the same album later, as i was back and forth between this song and another:

quasi "you fucked yourself"

todd rundgren "hope i'm around":

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Friday, February 6, 2009

whoever made this gif is a genius. it's one of the creepiest things i've ever seen.

frankmusik "that much is true" - sometimes there's one really good song on one really awful album. and, is that a feist sample?:

bastro "recidivist" my radio station music mentor in college made a mix tape for me after my freshman year. this song was on it. it sounds so good hearing it again:

ethel merman "i'm an indian too" and speaking of mixes, a couple of years ago i met this girl who made the best mixes. this track was on the last one in the exchange. other than moving to new york, she was pretty much the perfect girl:

daniel johnston and jad fair "happy talk" the above track came from "annie get your gun", and strangely enough, i remember including this cover from the musical "south pacific" on my half of the same exchange (be warned - i love it, but some might find it highly grating):

and after that, would you believe the version from the film may be even stranger:

tomita "daphnis et chloe suite no.2" as i think i've said before, in my opinion, ravel's "daphnis et chloe suite no.2" is the greates, most beautiful piece of music ever written. yesterday i came across a nice synth performance of it my a japanese artist. the effect is that it losed the pastoral feel of the syphony and trades it for vangelis synths make you think of flying cars and repliants rather than nymphs and fawns:

mike post "rockford files" a full recording of the brilliant tv show theme song. and i HATE the harmonica, but i love when it comes in here:

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

1/28/09

view from "bedroom" window.

swirlies "san cristobal de las casas' the heavy intro is a mislead as it turns shoegazer pretty quickly:

caravan "hoedown" this weeks favorite discovery:

zz top "precious and grace" i remember VH1 did a best songs (or bands, i forget) of the 80's talking heads type show, and the only time steve albini commented on anything was to talk about how amazing zz top was. after listenening through their catalogue, this was the only song i could find to justify that:

peter lang "as i lay sleeping" the beginning of the lead melody reminds me of the vocal melody in jackson c. frank's "blues run the game":

couldn't find a jackson c. frank performance of "blues run the game" but here's nick drake (along wih some awful visuals) doing it, which is actually the version i hear when i listen to the above:

the christines "secret song" i came across this song in college on a comp. at the time i had a big crush on a girl names kristine, so i remember wishing they spelled their name the way she did:

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Friday, January 23, 2009

1/23/09

the entance to the 101 n. at vermont.

corbonas "butcher" looking forward to coming across a full album from these guys:

cyndi lauper "what a thrill" i bet that during my childhood, pre-high school, there isn't a song i listened to more than this one. it was on "the goonies" soundtrack, and i used to carry around my fisher price tape recorder and listen to this on repeat for hours at a time. it holds up. too bad cyndi lauper found her way into the world of pop music cause she would have been one of the all-time great punk lead singers had she gone that route insead:

beachwood sparks "ponce de leon blues" the singer, chris gunst, gave me the weakest hanshake i've ever been given when a mutual friend once introduced us. it actually grossed me out. it was like holding soggy lettuce. anyways, he has a voice to match his hanshake. here, however, he's backed by mia doi todd, and the combination is pretty great. add to that former strictly ballroom bandmate jimmy tamborello producing, and it makes for a beautiful, and uncharacterstically well performed, song:

a camp "song for the leftovers" nina person from the cardigans solo project. produced by mark linkous from sparklehorse. i actually expected a lot more from the album when i bought it, but this song nice:

chappaquiddick skyline "courage up" i have no idea why joe pernice didn't just release this under his pernice brothers moniker. with his voice, upbeat or somber, it all sounds sad:

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

1/14/09

taken out the window from the 170 freeway on the drive home for christmas

pentagram "relentless" at least they sounded like sabbath back when sabbath was doing the same:

the collins kids "just because" note: the lead guitarist (and back up vocalist on the 2nd verse) is a 12 year old. the girl who's singing is only 15. at 17 she married johnny cash's manager, who was 34 at the time:

blue cheer "summertime blues" this track should really come after the pentagram song, as blue cheer was the pentagram singer's favorite band. oh well:

gentleman jesse and his men "the rest of my days"

picasso trigger "serve this" there was a time when this is what indie rock sounded like:

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

first of the year

my grandma made that quilt for my mom from all the outfits she wore when she was a kid in the 60's. it's very warm, and very heavy.

pete drake "hey jude" i've been listening to this on repeat. i'm so happy to have finally found the pete drake albums:

m83 "teen angst" (montag mix):

nico muhly "the only tune pt 3" not representative of the album so you know:

longobardi "ti dico ciao" (cover of dave clark five's "hurtin' inside"):

pinocchio "i've got no strings" so starts my 5 month break between seasons. and i'm single:

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

(yeah) a bunch of christmas music

yes, i own one of these.

it's kind of a lazy collection, as i put no thought into the order i'm presenting them to you, but here's a bunch of christmas songs:

cocteau twins "winter wonderland"

cocteau twins "frosty the snowman"

and surprisingly jon spencer did what could be called a christmas song for his non-christmas "acme" album way back in the late 90s. musically there's nothing christmas about it, but listen to the words and...

jon spencer blues explosion "high gear"

belle and sebastian "o little town of bethlehem"

sonics "don't believe in christmas"

wizzard "i wish it could be christmas everyday"

gary glitter "rock and roll christmas"

the band "christmas must be tonight"

emerson lake and palmer "i believe in father christmas"

bee gees "thank you for christmas"

bee gees "medley: silent night-hark the herald angels sing"

margo guryan "i don't intend to spend christmas without you"

the wedding present "step into christmas"

me first and the gimme gimmies "hava nagila (christmas version)" i'm not going to include this one on the combines mix stream since the track also contains a long silence, followed by a few more songs.

here's the whole bunch combined:

and then of course the download for the zip file

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Friday, December 12, 2008

12/12/08

taken, while driving, on the 10 freeway, heading east from santa monica.

roy wood "why does such a pretty girl sing those sad songs" roy obviously listened to pet sound before writing and recording this one:

johnny osbourne "eternal peace"

venom "live like an angel (die like a devil) another alternative to listening to "ace of spades" for the millionth time. the lyrical logic doesn't make that much sense, as at no point in the song is the "angel" side of it explained. it's all "devil".

megadeth "hangar 18" not only one of the greatest metal songs of all-time, also one of the greatest guitar solos ever:

roger miller "chug a lug" underage drinking anthem:

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

12/04/08

another pic from my kitchen window

swan lake "the partisan, but he's got to know" i don't listen to the swan lake album enough. also, this reminds me, i've got to get some frog eyes albums, as i believe this is a carey mercer contribution (though you do hear spencer krug and dan bejar (can't stand him actually) in there):

del davis "baby don't wake me"

pullman "to hold down a shadow"

howard roberts "girl talk" not sure who wrote it, but i've heard lots of takes on "girl talk", and this one is my favorite. i love how i always forget there's a guitar in there on the melody as well, and not just an organ:

dios malos "long long long" one of two beatles cover they did, that i know of:

the beatles "hey bulldog" one of the few beatles songs you haven't heard to death. it was advertised as "unreleased" when they issued "yellow submarine" on cd back in 1999, but i'm not sure how true that was. i think there was some technicality in there. also one of their best.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

11/26/08

(photo i took from the top of my building)

i was hoping to make a full mix with some of the below tracks this week, but i didn't have time, so here's the usual:

two tracks from two different french new wave collections. i've been listening to both (songs) on repeat this week:

ruth "poloroid - roman - photo"

perspective nevsky "moment of hate" sounds like it could be a misfits song by the title, but it's nothing of the sort:

empire of the sun "walking on a dream" new project from the sleepy jackson guy:

natalie portman's shaved head "hush hush" they're fun enough. nothing to get excited about or anything but, you know:

chapterhouse "if you want me" you have to give this one a little time before if get loud enough to appreciate:

liz durrett "outside our gates"

sixto rodriguez "forget it" i was hoping to use this one for a breakup but i didn't get the chance:

or, if you want to listen to them continuous:

and finally, for dave (his preferred method):
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

11/20/08

elvis presley "good time charlie's got the blues"

cocteau twing "half gifts"

frank sinatra "i fall in love too easily" i prefer sinatra in his 40s, once his voice took on some character. he was a bit of a generic crooner in the beginning, but there's something genuine in his voice on this track from early in his career:

camper van beethoven "chain of circumstance" not only did i forget about this song, i forgot that camper ever even sounded like this:

holopaw "cinders"

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

unclaimed mix

another mix that didn't find it's home. it starts off with omd's "extended souvenir", which, to me, was a big discovery, but was probably a big single back when it was released. it's a good mix despite slowing down quite a bit. the last song "cammie" is maybe one of the saddest ever. anyways, you can either stream it, or download it.

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note: the songs are tagged for use in itunes / on an ipod, and will show up under the artist name "mix from shawn"
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Friday, October 17, 2008

10/17/08

sunset rubdown "three colors" (daytrotter session) this version from the daytrotter session is far better than what appears on the ep, where the songs is split into two parts, bookending the release.

my my "reverse charge" this what your brain sounds like at 5am, but you don't ever hear it cause you're asleep.

grandpaboy "i'll do anything" a very meatloaf-esque sentiment from paul westerberg and the rest of the replacements (or at least that's the rumor). what's interesting about this recording is that it's mono (hence the name of the album title it's taken from). but it sounds great, and i feel like i can still hear where the instruments are within a real space despite the absence of a stereo mix.

stan bush "city under siege" despite cheesy 80's-ness, there's something to this track. i'm not going to tell you which movie soundtrack it came from (a movie that i've actually never seen).

sportsguitar "get you out"

ALSO:

i was told by my co-worker and friend, megan, that i could not sneak up on her. so, today, when she stepped out of her office, i decided to hide in a box next to her desk. not for the purpose of actually sneaking up on her and scaring her, but for the dumb joke of it all. mike, in his brilliance, turned the tables on me and made the whole thing worth it. what you'll see is a large brown cardboard box (that's the one i'm in) and mike's taping up the holes i'm cutting so i can see out.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

10/14/08

tonight stepf is taking me out to a surprise show for my birthday. last year (about this time?) stepf and ali were so kind as to surprise me by taking me out to see joanna newsom at the disney music hall for my birthday (which is in december). she performed this new, and still as of yet unreleased, song:

joanna newsom "(unknown title)"

creedence cleawater revival "porterville" another example of why i hate "best of" collections (as in you miss out on songs like this one).

secret machines "underneath the concrete" not sure when the album comes out, but it's leaked...so far i like it a lot more than the last one. i'm guessing this will be the single, if there is one.

the left banke "and suddenly"

talulah gosh "my best friend"

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Monday, October 6, 2008

10/6/08

orchestral manoeuvres in the dark "electricity" (dindisc 1980 version) - one of two omd songs i was considering posting. i actually like the other one better, but i'm going to save it. for years i had ELO confused with OMD.

titus andronicus "titus andronicus" - does conor oberst hate the singer cause he sounds so much like him, or does he love them because of it? the smoking popes singer sounded a lot like morrisey, and morrisey loved them for it.

chris bell "make a scene"

roger waters "4:33 am (running shoes)" - if any part of you enjoys pink floyd's "the wall" and you haven't heard roger waters first solo album "the pros and cons of hitchhiking" then... uh, go buy it. and then listen to it. and then be depressed.

ozzy osbourne "goodbye to romance" - ozzy osbourne's solo albums are surprisingly weak and un-metal. and, with a few exceptions, they aren't that good. this here ballad is pretty good though, and a example of why he wasn't really the scary satanist guy i remember being so afraid of as a kid.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

10/3/08

i don't remember where i read about sixto rodriguez, but at some point i guess i read a review or something about the reissue of his 1970 album and downloaded it, cause there it was in my soulseek folder:

sixto rodriguez "crucify your mind"

michael hurley "slurf song" - i checked out michael hurley after cat power covered his "werewolf song" on her "you are free" album. i was expecting someone a lot less goofy based how dark "werewolf" was.

emerson lake and palmer "sheriff" - elp work best when not progging it up.

bell x1 "flame" (chicken lips remix)

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

remixes by justice

i read a month or so back in an interview with justice that they were through doing remixes for people. too bad, cause as amazing as their original stuff is, their remixes are equally amazing. here's a few:

klaxons "as above so below" (justice remix)

franz ferdinand "the fallen" (justice remix)

daft punk "guy man after all" (justice remix)

mgmt "electric feel" (justice remix)

mystery jets "you can't fool me dennis" (justice remix)

and then here's the band fucked up covering the justice song "stress"

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

9/25/08

boise cover band (doug martsh) "loving pauper" - thanks dave.

the oblivians "live the life" - after hearing chris talk about them so much over the years, i finally checked them out.

seaweed "brand new order" - takes me back to senior year of high school. not that i ever really listened to them, i just remember always seeing the cd case in my friends car.

guided by voices "some drilling implied" - never really got into them when they were around, but i've been going though their stuff and giving them a second chance. i like the heavier sound here.

radiohead "climbing up the walls" (zero 7 remix) - i've got this on some sort of uk promo only vinyl 12". it's the first thing i look up whenever i check ebay to see what things in my music collection are worth. on cd it appears on the cmj comp "certain damage #85".

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

finally

i've devoted my music compiling skills to something else recently. so, anyways, when i make a mix for someone, i listen to it a lot. listening to it myself is one of the big reasons i like making them. as such, i've been really into this song, the lead off track on the most recent unclaimed mix i put together:

sebastian tellier "divine" (danger mix)

bigstar "stroke it noel" - another song i've been listening to a lot due to it'ss inclusion on the same above mentioned mix. cd2 track 2.

tweak bird "eternal squardance" - along with 400 blows, my favorite band in LA. love these guys live.

genesis "riding the scree" - i've been checking out early genesis as a possible band to get obsessed with and start collecting their catalogue. maybe.

white zombie "soul crusher" - back in high school i heard "thunderkiss '65" played on the radio and it blew me away. they'd only play it late at night for some reason, and i remember staying up way past my bedtime (yeah i still had one) waiting for them to play it. recently i had to hear it again so i "found" the album. not the best thing ever, but "thunderkiss" and then this song, still hold up. wow that guy sucked after this.

and just to reming you how great "thundrkiss" was, in case you forgot:

White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
Uploaded by WhiteZombie

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