Eye Candy

The Osmonds slowed down into death metal. Yuuup...*turns head and whistles.*


Nick Ngo of The Bangerz getting down. Nice little snippet, of him reworking the, "Nigg@s In Paris" track.  Hopefully it's from an upcoming full length song. Hopefully you listened to it and danced like this...

I apologize for that, that's from, "Toddlers with Tiaras." It's seriously the grossest show ever. They tell 6 year olds to do stuff like that. I also think it may be home to the highest presence of front butt on a tv show per capita. I swear every one of those moms is rocking the front butt, perhaps that's why they want their daughters to be, "pretty."  It's such a disaster, the show is like a walmart that you can save on your dvr. Not something I recommend doing...unless you're into the whole front butt thing...no judging...totally judging. But in the name of science, please draw me a diagram of how that thing actually forms. I get the down part but how does it then turn on itself and create the crack? Inquiring minds want to know.


The opposite of front butts and walmart? Dudes in suits. SK loves her some suit porn and Blue Scholars are more than happy to oblige. I wish they used the beginning sample for a whole song, it has a nice groove to it. The actual song is pretty solid as well though. Looking good boys, no homo.

Eye Candy

I saw this on Boingboing.net. It's the new Death Cab For Cutie video directed by, Bill Barminski and writer Christoper Louie. The title of the new tune is, "Underneath the Sycamore."


Jay Howell did the animation for this video for Trash Talk's single, "Slander." He has a really accesible cartoony style that I have been a fan of for a while.  One of his painted pieces below.

And now time for, "Dope Zebra." I watched this without sound, so I have no idea what song is playing. Hopefully the song doesn't suck because it's pretty entertaining without music.


I am not sure if this is blasphemous...but I have never really listened to Wilco. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I do know people like them and they are awesome live? Here's what I do know, I like old time animation. So here you go, Wilco meets Popeye.


Did you guys hear about the cell phone that interrupted the NY Philharmonic symphony? The conductor actually stopped the performance until the phone was silenced. Full story here. First of all who doesn't turn their ringer off when they are at the symphony? Secondly who doesn't immediately try and halt it once they realize that it is ringing? You just let it continue? So weird...anyway the same thing happens in the above video but the musician plays along.


I love Tim Biskup's work. He just animated the video for Mastadon's song, "Dry Bone Valley." Once again borrowed from Boingboing.net


If you aren't caught up on, "Breaking Bad" then I feel sorry for your mother. Also don't watch this video. If you are caught up then congratulations you have excellent taste in television and you may enjoy this video of Walt and Jessie in all of their glory.

Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 7

I am not really sure where I stumbled upon her work, but I think Rosie Hardy takes some pretty intriguing photos.  Check out more of her work here.

I feel like her pictures evoke the spirit of the pop princess mixes pretty well. That languid, pretty, sort of melancholy place that some of the songs inhabit. Her pictures be like the music personified nah mean?

Grab the mix here. Hit the jump for the tracklist and samples.

Eye Candy

The All Hip Hop edition of Eye Candy.

Dumbfoundead's video for his song, "Love Is A Song." Download the track here.


ACTION BRONSON - BEAUTIFUL MUSIC from dallas penn on Vimeo.
Big Action Bronson fan right here. Check out this awesome video of him as the dude from, Frosty? Rudolph? One of those old school animated joints we used to watch back in the day. He looks much less likely to murder you in animated form.


STS sure gets posted a lot around here. What can I say? I think he's got skill.


Are there other people putting in work, I should be checking on? I swear I just post videos from the same three dudes over and over. If only I had a new Sean Price video.


Here is someone we haven't posted in awhile. Still not new though, I have been listening to him since college. *waves goodbye to staying on top of new music*


This is mostly being posted because of the image. The Schroder of hip hop...genius.

Best of 2011 (Vol.1)

I know it's a little late to be putting out a Best of 2011 mix, but January was crazy for me, so I never got around to it until now. A few caveats: 1. In general, this is Indie Rock stuff, so yes I know Adele's album kicked ass, but everyone knows that (especially after she swept the Grammies), so I left her off the mix; 2. There were a lot of Indie electronica acts that I just couldn't squeeze in here, so there will be a Volume 2 coming soon with all that stuff; 3. Finally, yes I know it's a cardinal sin to put 2 songs from the same artist on the same mix, but I REALLY like the Girls album, and the two songs are so different, so I figured it would be cool. By the way, if you want my picks for the best albums of 2011, they are (in no particular order): "Father, Son, Holy Ghost" by Girls; "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes; and "We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves" by John Maus.

Enjoy!

Best of 2011 Vol.1

12 Songs

Here's a short mix of tunes I've been meaning to post for some time. It's kind of a random mix: inspired by GuruVonDoom's quest DJ mix back in December, I started out with some new psychedelic stuff (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Brian Jonestown Massacre), which got me thinking about older stuff that I used to put on mixes back in the day (Felt, Can, Guided by Voices) then I got really into songs with lots of stark changes (Girls, Wye Oak, Johnathan Wilson). I think it all hangs together ok, though. Lemme know.


Enjoy.

12 Songs Mix

P.S. Gold star to whoever can tell me which TV show uses the Brian Jonestown Massacre tune as its theme song.

Upcoming Shows

Here is a small sampling of upcoming shows in the Bay Area.  Pretty light schedule so far, but some must see action coming through.  We'll try and fill this out as more shows pop onto our radar, but for now have a look at what's coming up.


February

The Budos Band and DJ Afrolicious will be at the Independent on Thursday, February 23rd.  Tickets are $20 plus service charges and the show starts at 8:00. We are all huge fans of the Dunham/Daptone label so if any of their stacked roster is on tour we highly recommend checking them out. Seriously some of the best live music you can hear.  The opener Afrolicious was previously written up on the blog in this post.  Buy tickets for the show here.

Well I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is that, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down will be co-headlining with John Vanderslice at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.  The bad news is that it's the same night as the Budos band show, Feb. 23rd.  First world problems, which awesome musical act do I go see?  Tickets are $18 and you can grab them here.



March

Sharon Van Etten and The War On Drugs are coming to the Independent on Wednesday, March 21st. Tickets are $20 plus service charges and doors open at 7:30. Sharon was previously on Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 6, and possibly some of the Indie mixes. Grab tickets for the show here.






April

This one is a biggie for me.  This is a dude that I check tour schedules for and plot his movements on my wall map with pins and string.  Well guess what?  That string is headed straight for the Fox in Oakland.  My days spent praying have paid off.  Andrew Bird will be coming to town Friday April 13th.  Tickets are on the pricier side at $37.50 before service charges, but it's Andrew fucking Bird!!!  *Tries to whistle and just spits on himself*  He has been on at least two mixes from the blog that I can think of.  You may remember his appearance on Indie Mix 10...or maybe not.  Either way grab tickets for what is sure to be an amazing show here.

Childish Gambino will also be at the Fox in April.  He stops into town on Thursday, April 19th.  Tickets are $25 before the service charges.  He loves Asian girls and Asian girls love him...just ask SK or DANakaDAN. He sings a bit too much for me, but I have really particular taste when it comes to hip hop, actually I am not even sure if this is completely hip hop. The straight hip hop joints he has done I have enjoyed though. His comedy comes through in a lot of his raps and I appreciate a witty emcee. He also gets really personal and I give props to a rapper that is unafraid to show that part of himself on stage.  One of his songs was on Hip Hop Mix 10. Grab tickets for the show here.