For the last couple of days, I’ve been sniggering happily while reading (Daily Show star) John Hodgman’s list of ‘700 Hobo Names’. My favurites include ‘#34 Senator Cletus Scoffpossum’, ‘#675 Rocky Shitstain Mankowicz’, ‘#132 Patrick Intergalatic’ and… ‘#209 Nick Nolte’. Check out this website devoted to it and there’s a 50 minute recording of him reading them out with Guitar backing (If you know where to look). While not listening to that, I’ve been listening to this:
Firstly I can recommend the undulating Pianos and clattering Drums of Delta Spirit’s ‘Trashcan’. The vocal is halfway between a piercing Indie screech and a full bodied Soul roar.
DJ B-Stee has taken Daft Punk’s already magnificent floor shaker ‘Robot Rock’ and squeezed in an extra descriptive word and doubled the pace for his remix entitled ‘Robot Club Rock’. It’s a cut with every beat and sound designed to make you move.
MLD: Daft Punk video tribute to Obama – Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland – “Aer OBAMA”
The immense Brass-heavy orchestral sound on ‘Sincerely, Jane’ brings to mind a flavoursome Bernard Hermann score. It’s a delightful backing that makes for a great contrast for Janelle Monáe’s soulful vocals and grimey street level lyrics. Easily gotta be my track of the week.
Janelle Monae – “Sincerely, Jane” (MP3)
If you’ve got a few hours this weekend, I suggest checking out Buffetlibre’s ‘Rewind 2.0’ covers and remixes project. They’ve got together a plethora of artists to cover their favourite songs from the Eighties and Nineties. Unlike similar compilations, the standard is amazingly high so it was agony to choose just one track. In the end I plumbed for Little Pictures’ Funky Electronic reworking of Weezer’s classic Guitar-Pop single ‘Buddy Holly’
Little Pictures – “Buddy Holly” (MP3)
(Download more cuts or even the whole damn thing for free by clicking here).
‘Years Of Refusal’ is Morrissey’s third album since his return from exile and the striking image on the cover proclaims his new confidence. Gone is the whippet thin image of The Smiths, replaced with a vaguely threatening photo of him looking like he’s built like the proverbial “Brick shithouse”. Highlight ‘It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore’ builds in intensity across it’s five minute length, while Morrissey delivers a spine tingling vocal (Naturally!).
New Villager’s ‘Rich Doors’ is part Tribal rhythm, part Chinese Opera, and part Kraftwerk like Electronica. The track leaps between these different genres with gleeful abandon.
‘If My Album Sold A Million’ is from Noah & The Whale’s new rarities compilation erroneously titled ‘The A Sides’. But of course that’s intentional as a track this lyrically and musically catchy could’ve easily been an ‘A Side’.
Passion Pit’s ‘I’ve Got Your Number’ reminded me a little of Postal Service. Mix in a little Flaming Lips silliness and Kate Bush seriousness and you’ve got it.
‘Hot Tips’ sounds allot like Pixies (With a pinch of Punk-Funk) and since Frank Black and Kim Deal don’t seem to have overcome their hatred of one another (And recorded anything else new) The D’Urbervilles are entirely welcome.
The Virgins album is a uniformly great LP packed with ear catching Indie-Rock tunes. ‘Fernando Pando’ is just one example, half toe-tapping Indie-Funk and half searingly emotional acoustic ballad.
Delta Spirit MySpace / Purchase
DJ B-Stee MySpace / Purchase
Janelle Monáe MySpace / Purchase
Little Pictures MySpace / Download
Morrissey MySpace / Purchase
New Villager MySpace / Purchase
Noah & The Whale MySpace / Purchase
Passion Pit MySpace / Purchase
The D’Urbervilles MySpace / Purchase
The Virgins MySpace / Purchase
Here’s a live performance of Janelle Monáe’s ‘Sincerely, Jane’ featuring a different and fantastic outro (She’s rocking the Grace Jones look):
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Janelle Monae is a trip to see live!
I encourage people to seek out the EP version of The Virgins. Many prefer it to what got recorded after the “pros” got their hands on it.
Thanks, love this blog!
Janelle Monae is a trip to see live!
I encourage people to seek out the EP version of The Virgins. Many prefer it to what got recorded after the "pros" got their hands on it.
Thanks, love this blog!
Thanks Christina, Glad you’re enjoying the blog.
Will have to find the original versions. I find myself prefering the demo versions of lots of music I hear over the more clinical pro versions. They often have a rawer energy and power.
Thanks Christina, Glad you're enjoying the blog.
Will have to find the original versions. I find myself prefering the demo versions of lots of music I hear over the more clinical pro versions. They often have a rawer energy and power.
Any chance of the previous TEN4SE7EN downloads being reactivated? Just realised how good these puppies are at directing me to good music, and now I want the ones I missed (1-15 & 17).
Thanks.
ps, Glass Shark have blown up – they are no more.
Any chance of the previous TEN4SE7EN downloads being reactivated? Just realised how good these puppies are at directing me to good music, and now I want the ones I missed (1-15 & 17).
Thanks.
ps, Glass Shark have blown up – they are no more.
Glass Shark have blown up!? Really? How did you find out Ive not seen any news.
Not sure about the old TEN4SE7EN’s as giving away 10 tracks is marginally dodgy but we just about justify it by only keeping them up for a while.
Glad you’re enjoying though, cheers for comments. New one coming soon
Glass Shark have blown up!? Really? How did you find out Ive not seen any news.
Not sure about the old TEN4SE7EN's as giving away 10 tracks is marginally dodgy but we just about justify it by only keeping them up for a while.
Glad you're enjoying though, cheers for comments. New one coming soon
Found out about a week ago, know a member of the band. Maybe they’ll fix it up but it doesn’t look promising.
Found out about a week ago, know a member of the band. Maybe they'll fix it up but it doesn't look promising.
Re: Fugazi
Thanks Fugazi. It sounds like you’re now hooked on TEN4SE7EN! Comments like this make the effort all worth while.
10 more tunes this weekend as usual!
As MusicLikeDirt says, they’re up for a month and that’s it. These artists have gotta eat bro. Bad enough we’re giving away their songs for a month but hopefully they’ll get a few new fans through these posts.
Always sad when bands break up before reaching their full potential.
Er… anyone remember Luxembourg (Leave it alone Ryan! Get over it! Ha ha)
Ryan (StopMe)
Re: Fugazi
Thanks Fugazi. It sounds like you're now hooked on TEN4SE7EN! Comments like this make the effort all worth while.
10 more tunes this weekend as usual!
As MusicLikeDirt says, they're up for a month and that's it. These artists have gotta eat bro. Bad enough we're giving away their songs for a month but hopefully they'll get a few new fans through these posts.
Always sad when bands break up before reaching their full potential.
Er… anyone remember Luxembourg (Leave it alone Ryan! Get over it! Ha ha)
Ryan (StopMe)
Hey, I remember Fugazi, but some would say they'd reached their potential (yeah, I know, they're just on hiatus, a very long hiatus).
Couple of bands that need tracking down and making famous:
Free Diamonds MySpace
Ben Goddard MySpace
Hey, I remember Fugazi, but some would say they'd reached their potential (yeah, I know, they're just on hiatus, a very long hiatus).
Couple of bands that need tracking down and making famous:
Free Diamonds MySpace
Ben Goddard MySpace