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the hood internet – decalogue

We all know that I love a nice mash-up as much as the next person. But it is rare that we hear a “concept mashup”, which is exactly what we’ve got ourselves today thanks to The Hood Internet. That is, each portion of the track is a mashup of two songs from each year of the past decade. Two songs from 2000, 2001, etc. See the full list of tracks by year below. I first heard this track last night thanks to James at Mediated Media and it was pretty much love at first site. I definitely smiled more than once when the song would break into the next year/mashup. …read more and hear the song…

of montreal – gallery piece

despite their name, of montreal is not just another excellent canadian band and they really hail from athens, georgia. they are pretty much one of the most unique bands around these days both musically and visually in their live shows. i saw them probably 2 years ago now, and i really dont know how they come up with this stuff. for one song, lead singer kevin barnes wore a giant foam lobster claw for the whole song (see above). didnt really do anything with it, just wore it. for another song, he climbed up a ladder that had a giant dress draped over it so that it gave the appearance of him being a giant wearing a dress. i dont think i would describe their shows as “weird”, but i would describe them as “completely random in a great way”. and from what i hear they have only gotten more completely random over time. …read more and hear the song…