I don’t exactly know what bedroom pop means. But this song should be called bedroom pop. Cuz it’s total bedroom music, if you catch my drift, wink wink, nudge nudge. I mean, the original version of this killer Active Child tune was already enough to drive a couple of kids (over 18 of course) straight into the bedroom. But then Classixx straight up mid 90s TLC R&B’ed it up and made it even more ripe for all kinds of innapropriate, but in a very nostalgic and appropriate way. This remix just oozes sexy time, and isn’t that what we all need on a Thursday afternoon such as this?
I’d been planning on the incredible double bill of School of Seven Bells and Active Child at the Blind Pig in a few weeks, but alas I will be out of town that weekend (a weekend in which I will also miss my chance to catch Of Montreal again and the incomporable Janelle Monae for the very first time just a few miles from my humble abode). But in the meantime, I will enjoy the music and be thankful that I will still see Ratatat in sunny San Diego with some rad playas that weekend.
We’ve got to hand it to our friend Zach over at We Listen For You. He’s teamed up with Louisville band The Pass to create a music video for one of their new tracks “Vultures”. But to make things a little more interesting, the video features real-life representations of 30 music blogs, and they’re holding a contest to see who can name them all. But be warned, you are penalized for wrong guesses, so do your research. If you think you are a music blog aficionado, head over here for more details and to enter.
We’ve been big fans of Andre Anjos’ Remix Artist Collective (RAC) for quite a time now. But for real yo, this might be our favorite remix of his to ever hit our ears. I guess it probably also has something to do with the awesomeness of Anamanaguchi itself. This fearsome foursome makes some killer tunes using lots of 8-bit sounds from some sort of hacked nintendo and gameboy. And you can definitely hear it in the tunes. There’s lots of 8-bit sounding music out there (and most of it is pretty entertaining for me at least, perhaps because it reminds me of a simpler time), but I don’t think there are many out there who combine the 8-bit greatness with real life drums, guitars and bass, and therein lies the beauty of Anamanaguchi. And when you combine Anamanaguchi with RAC, your ears will not be disappointed. Throw in an 8-bit animated gif, and I’m a little happily overwhelmed by it all. Despite the crazy large file size of the picture above, I felt it was epic enough/necessary to fully enjoy this track. Please take note of the attention to detail, namely the bouncing cans in the top left corner.
I’m kind of upset that this has been on the web for over 30 hours and I am just now finding out about it. As someone who has seen both of these ladies live, there is just nothing to say about this except to watch it.
As someone who’s tried and failed numerous times to write any sort of musical lick worth repeating, I’ve got to say I’m pretty impressed with Brooklyn band Paul and the Patients who’ve embarked on a journey to write a song a week for a whole year. Now, surely there are others out there on similar quests, but in many cases, quantity comes before quality. In this case, however, it seems that quality and quantity coexist in a world of catchy but not cheesy tunes. Case in point, this little love song, “The Way That You Are”, a song Paul wrote as a birthday gift to “a very special someone”. If you’re interested in checking out more of the tracks on this musical journey, check out their webpage over here where you can hear and download all the tracks, either as free or paid downloads. Make sure to check out “You Run It Out” below for even more mellow goodness.
Oh Land is the musical project of the beautiful and talented Nanna Øland Fabricius by way of Copenhagen, Denmark. I’m talking straight up classic beauty too. And this classic beauty is the perfect compliment to her music, which is slightly electronic at times, but all with an underlying je ne sais quoi that makes it feel timeless and fresh. And leave it to Yuksek to take this timeless tune and give it the slow burn treatment, bending time signatures and melodies, but in the end making sure that Nanna’s clean and pure voice remains the star of the show. I’m going to be keeping an eye on this gal. Partially because I think she’s a babe, but more importantly because I can see her going places.
Remixes of the xx in my inbox have been about a dime a dozen for months now, so it’s all the more impressive when I listen to one that is pretty awesome. Such is the case with this LAZRtag remix of “Stars”. Probably the biggest reason this remix is such a smashing success is that Luvtek and Addison have managed to pump up the jams without losing the quintessential minimalist vibe that make the xx who they are. They could have gone huge and over the top, but they showed the restraint necessary to keep this remix big and small at the same time. And any time I listen to a 7 minute remix without looking at my watch, it’s an automatic job well done. Major LAZR remix win.
For the second Saturday afternoon in a row, I finally decide to give a listen to a much hyped brand new track that seems to have the internet abuzz with excitement. Last week, it was Cee-Lo Green, and this week, begrudginly, it’s Kanye West. Well, Kanye West plus a few million other cool people. But for me, the most interesting part about this star-studded track is that, surrounded and unintimidated by the hip-hop powerhouses all around her (not to mention indie powerhouse Bon Iver who, honestly, I wouldn’t have recognized in this track were it not for the song title), Nicki Minaj takes the reigns and is the real star of this track. It’s no surprise they give her the (technically?) final verse, which she handles like the best of them. It’s no surprise in the graphic above that her name is bigger than all the rest. Not gonna lie, I never really listened to anything Nicki Minaj, maybe because I always assumed she was a cheesy pop star with a little bit of edge, but one that I still wouldn’t be a fan of. But now, it’s clear to me that she’s anything but. She’s a mothafuckin monster.
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