Archive for the ‘yeasayer’ tag

bear in heaven – casual goodbye

Though Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven has been around since 2003, it was just last year that they made their biggest splash with their album “Beast Rest Forth Mouth”. Since I’m usually way behind the game, I just finally picked up this album a few weeks back and have given it a few listens and am really liking what I’m hearing. I’ve been struggling with how to describe the sound of the album, but I think I’m comfortable in saying that it reminds me a little bit of the subtle electronic future and/or outer space, but not in an over the top way. …read more and hear the song…

yeasayer – love me girl

Another Sunday bonus, this time in honor of what the kids these day call “Singles Awareness Day”. I originally thought the perfect song to post would have been Queen’s timeless “Somebody to Love” but I got scared that the record people would come after me. Instead, you will be treated to another pretty excellent love-themed track by Yeasayer, whose “Odd Blood” was finally released this past week. …read more and hear the song…

dailybeatz top 20 albums of 2009

the time has come. i know the anticipation has been unbearable, and i apologize for that. i was originally going to post this on monday but i was so excited i just couldnt wait. my basic criteria for my top albums are based on how much i listened to that album on repeat after i heard it for the first time. because isnt that really the best sign of how much you like an album? i was going to do a best songs of 2009 list too, but i post my favorite songs every day. i felt guilty narrowing down to 10 (and frankly couldnt pick) so ive bumped it up to the top 20, along with a track from each album (which may or may not have been posted here before). …read more and hear the song…

yeasayer – ONE

as ive mentioned before, this year really opened my eyes to the wonder that is yeasayer. it wasnt until this past spring that i realy dove into “all hour cymbals” head first and realized how truly unique this group is even though i first listened to the album quite some time before that. and after seeing them at a few fests this summer, it was clear to me that their new album would be much more rhytmic than the first album. and after giving the album a few listens (for some reason i feel extremely guilty about this, moreso than with any other album leak), this is clearly the case. my initial reaction after completing the first listen was “im not quite sure what just happened, but i think i liked it”. …read more and hear the song…

yeasayer – ambling alp

well this sure was an exciting weekend. thursday night i went to see mstrkrft at the crofoot, one of my favorite venues (if not for the bouncer mentioned below). the opener was grand dad crunk who was pretty excellent. my favorite was when he dropped “little bit” by lykke li over a crazy beat. i dont know who he is, but apparently he is zozzys brother. and apparently everyone in the metro detroit area except myself knows who zozzy is. mstrkrft was rockin as well. they drank a lot on stage and took several pulls of mr. beam. i dont know what else to say other than that. the crofoot is really the best place to take pictures because the stage sort of juts out a little, and the balcony goes all the way to the back of the stage, so you can take some excellent shots where you essentially get the perspective of the performers and get the entire crowd in the shot as well. but only if you make it out alive with your pictures. …read more and hear the song…

good things to come with the flaming lips

this is a pretty big week of firsts here at dailybeatz. first of all, i wrote a little article about the cost aspect of pitchfork fest which was posted on the windycitizen blog yesterday. this marks my first time writing an article about anything using proper punctuation and capitalization. we’ve also got our first ever interview coming up later this week. and finally, we’ve got our very first giveaway coming up even later in the week. phew, thats a lot to look forward to all in one week, dont you think? that being said, im exhausted, and im going to repost the contents of the story i wrote below, as well as a song by the flaming lips, who closed out the pitchfork festival last night with a bang. you can see the original article here in all its glory. …read more and hear the song…

pitchfork day 2! the national

getting ready for the second day of pitchfork, and the first full day of music. there are tons of crazy good acts at this years festival and many of my personal favorites, but luckily none of the favorites are playing at the same time so i have less difficult decisions to make than in previous and future festival scenarios. if i hadnt already written about yeasayer, i would definitely feature them again today, because i just cant get enough of them. im kind of curious to see if i still love their weird and unique performance as much when its not at 1am immediately following 3 hours of bruce springsteen, but im pretty sure i will like it as much if not more this time around since im much much more familiar with all of their music. so instead i decided to talk about another favorite band of mine and yours, the national, who will be headlining saturday night. …read more and hear the song…

quasi new tunes from dirty projectors

my history with dirty projectors is a short one, but they seem to be turning up everywhere i look. first i heard their duet with david byrne – knotty pine – which is the opening track of the red hot compilation “dark was the night”, and i liked it quite a bit. then i read about their show in new york with bjork. i guess they wrote some original music for five voices and performed at housing works bookstore in new york city with bjork. the show was to benefit housing works, which according to their site works to end the twin crises of aids and homelessness. i wonder if bjork approached them or vice versa. either way, maybe the coolest thing ever. then i heard todays track and loved it. then i was walking to fill up my water at bonnaroo and was lucky enough to walk by their show and catch a few minutes of it. i never really searched out any of these things, so i feel like they are following me, but in a really good way. …read more and hear the song…

paper plate awards with these modern socks

now that im finally back to some sense of normalcy after a weekend of insanity and sleeplessness, its time to present this years bonnaroo lineup with some awards:

best show of the weekend – tie between wilco and phishs second performance

sweatiest performer with tightest clothing – bruce springsteen

best performance i didnt want to go to that turned out to be awesome – amadou and miriam

performance that was as eerie and unique as i hoped for and lived up to all my expectations – yeasayer
…read more and hear the song…

bonnaroo day 3 – yeasayer

day 3 of bonnaroo. things have been pretty good so far, except for the herd of hippos that rolled through the campsites last night eating everything and everyone in their paths and the patchouli flu thats been spreading around the festival. just kidding, that didnt happen, or at least if it is going to happen, i dont know about it yet, because its only tuesday and i havent even left. but im going to pretend that im posting live from bonnaroo, even though theres no way in heck im bringing my computer and im pretty confident that i wont get cell phone reception in manchester, tennessee, much less a wireless internet signal. this is a little trick we use in the blogging industry called “saying its one day when its really not”. its pretty sneaky and only us insiders of the biz know about it. lucky for me, the secret dead poet free mason blogger society anonymous teaches you this little trick of the trade after youve had a blog for 3 weeks or more, so i just made the cut. …read more and hear the song…