Every Monday morning. Music so good… it must be shared.
This week: “Ho Hey” — The Lumineers, from their self-titled debut album “The Lumineers“
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Song: “All My Friends (London Session)” by LCD Soundsystem
You might have heard “All My Friends” by this point. It’s the seven-plus-minute centerpiece of the most highly regarded album of one of the past decade’s most respected bands. But you haven’t really heard the song until you’ve listened to the version taken from LCD Soundsystem’s London Sessions, a 2010 collection of pristine-sounding live recordings that stands as a tidy wrap-up of the band’s catalog.
Jazzmatazz (Way Overdue)
I should have written this post two years ago.
Somehow, I didn’t realize until today that Guru died. He died of cancer in April 2010. Guru, with counterpart DJ Premier in the duo Gang Starr, rarely appeared on MTV and never transitioned into the mainstream, but for some reason he was one of the first rappers I listened to, way back in fifth grade. Continue reading
One Day
Every thing about this video is effing awesome.
The concept: a fifth-grade class rocking out a badass version of Matisyahu’s “One Day”. The location: the class being from Kansas City. The uniqueness: this being perhaps the first time a grade-school class has ever belted out a song with the lyrics “Blood-drenched pavement”. And finally, the fact that fifth-grade girls are apparently still a foot taller than their boy counterparts.
If you don’t smile watching this video, there’s no hope…
#MusicMonday: Bruce Springsteen
Every Monday morning. Music so good… it must be shared.
This week: “American Land” — Bruce Springsteen, live at Glastonbury, 2009.
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Technology: The NPR App
I’m still new to the IPhone. I’m still learning about all the cool secrets, like how to operate the camera in a non-moronic way, and I don’t even use Siri all that much.* I know my apps, though.
*In fact, I only use Siri when I’m messing around and ask her something like, “Where can I score some drugs?” Pretty funny!!
I have Flixster, AroundMe, TVFoodMaps, ATP/WTA Live and, among others, the NPR app. This is probably not groundbreaking, but the best app, to me, is the NPR app. You can listen to a livestream of any NPR station in the country. You can listen to snippets of their latest stories on demand, or some of their older ones. You can listen to podcasts.
The Return of List Mania
Well, it’s been forever. The story goes that Mark and I used to sporadically update the Brew House with an edition of “List Mania” — an ode to former Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski, who famously wrote lists until one day, many years ago, he wrote a column saying he would never list again…
For the past year or so, there’s been very little listing around these parts. And that changes today. The era of gimmicky lists and random thoughts is back. And the listing baton has been passed. So here goes…
#MusicMonday: Passion Pit
Every Monday morning. Music so good… it must be shared.
This week: “I’ve Got Your Number” — Passion Pit, from the EP, “Chunk of Change“ [Pitchfork Review here]
Last week, the quintet from Cambridge, Mass., finally announced a follow-up to 2009’s “Manners”. It’s called “Gossamer”. It comes out July 24. And yes, it promises to be hipster friendly.
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PSA: Increasing Concert Awareness
Sleigh Bells performed at the Granada, here in Dallas, last week. I imagine this band plays a spectacular live show, particularly because they gave one of the best performances I’ve seen on Saturday Night Live. I don’t know this for sure because I didn’t go. I wanted to. I just didn’t realize they were playing until about two weeks after tickets went on sale. Continue reading
#MusicMonday: Vampire Weekend
Every Monday morning. Music so good… it must be shared.
This week: “Ottoman” — Vampire Weekend, off the soundtrack from, “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist“
In Vampire Weekend terms, this is the “song from the Nick and Norah soundtrack that re-uses the Peter Gabriel lyric.” Enjoy.
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