Archive for the ‘bon iver’ tag

ellie goulding – under the sheets (kids at the bar remix)

its friday. i have to apologize, because while i fully stand behind every song i put up here, i sort of set a precedent for beat-tastic music on fridays, and while the past few fridays have featured great songs, they havent always been beat-tastic. so im going back to the way things used to be in a big way today. ellie goulding is a british artist that is currently recording her first album but is already making big waves with her first single, you guessed it, “under the sheets”. …read more and hear the song…

thom yorke – hearing damage

well kids, its happened. the twilight phenomenon has officially taken over the indie music world. as im sure many of you know by now, the next movie in the twilight series, new moon, is being released later this year and along with the release of the movie is the release of the soundtrack which is strangely full of many of our favorite artists like grizzly bear, muse, sea wolf, editors, lykke li, bon iver, and yes, even thom yorke. while im pretty tired of how twilight has taken over the world, i think the fact that we get some new tracks from all of these great artists is enough even to make perpetually bitchy looking twilight star kristin stewart smile. …read more and hear the song…

megafaun – the fade

i first heard this track by megafaun last week and it immediately made the list of upcoming dailybeatz tracks. but then i read a little about the band and was extremely surprised at what i found out, but it makes a lot of sense when you hear the band. as it turns out, the band is made up of brad and phil cook from durham, nc and joe westerlund from eau claire, wi. …read more and hear the song…

volcano choir – island, is

even if you havent heard of volcano choir, youll definitely recognize the vocalist as soon as you hear the song. thats because its none other than everyones favorite lovelorn singer songwriter justin vernon, better known as bon iver. in this very interesting side project, he collaborates with collections of colonies of bees in releasing the album “unmap”. i dont really know anything about them, but apparently they are also from wisconsin. and im listening to some of their stuff as i type this, so now i know more about them. and they sound like a pretty cool instrumental and experimental posse. and they sort of remind me a lot of a grittier version of do make say think, and thats a good thing. …read more and hear the song…

lollapalooza day 1 recap

after a phenomenal and relaxing 9 day vacation (which was really two vacations in one), im finally back to civilization and internet, so i figured id get some memories of what actually went down at lollapalooza down on paper before i forgot them all, so for the next three days ill be bringing you an in depth day by day recap of things i did and saw, complete with lots of pictures (all taken by me throughout the weekend, and mostly not very good/clear pictures) and music from the acts i saw each day. so really this is kind of like a super mega bonus week with a few songs each day throughout the recap rather than just the 1. …read more and hear the song…

pitchfork prep with spiritualized

tomorrow is the big day everyone, which means that today is (lucky for you) the last day in our look back at the 2008 pitchfork music festival. the next few days will either be artists playing that day or quick looks back at the day we had at the festival, and then we will finally return to our regularly scheduled programs next week. today is an interesting post because im going to be writing about a band i didnt even see, well at the festival at least. near the end of the last day, we headed over to the B stage to see bon iver, while mike stayed back at the A stage to see spiritualized. …read more and hear the song…

climax week day 5 – bon iver

well, its officially summer here in michigan. a quick check of the weather tells me that its 90 degrees and feels like 108. kind of sad that i havent been swimming yet at all this summer since my sisters house with a pool is less than a mile away. this also means no wakeboarding yet either. i was hoping to land my double back flip this year but it doesnt seem to be in the cards unless i get some serious training in soon. you could say this is sort of the climax of the summer heat though, it really doesnt get much worse than this in michigan, so even the weather is staying on theme. well, i guess its worse when its this hot and 100% humidity. which reminds me of my favorite thing about the west. when you go to vegas, and its 110 degrees, and everyone from vegas reminds you, “yes, but its a dry heat!” people — dry or not, 110 degrees is effing hot any way you slice it. …read more and hear the song…