ANIMAL COLLECTIVE :: "FALL BE KIND"

"LIKE, TOTALLY DOWNLOADABLE, BRAH"

Animal Collectve - "Fall Be Kind EP"

.01 - Glaze
.02 - What Would I Want? Sky
.03 - Bleed
.04 - On A Highway
.05 - I Think I Can

**PS - i fixed it so you can right-click on the linkz & save as mp3s
**PPS - "what would i want? sky" is the mutha feckin JAM!

BEACH HOUSE :: "TEEN DREAM"

The new Beach House LP "Teen Dream" was leaked yesterday & you know I was on dat w/ the quickness! It's been playing non-stop in our apartment since I snagged it up. Yeah, it's the heat. This has actually been a hella good week for music, cause today the Animal Collective EP "Fall Be Kind" also got leaked. Speaking of AC, if you liked Merriweather Post Pavilion you will totally dig the newest offering. It's a seamless extension of the MPP style; once again they blend melodic vocals w/ their idiosyncratic brand of electronic psychedelia. Anyway, back to Beach House - I was fortunate enough to grab the album before it was taken off the web...so ima share it w/ you. BANG!

01. Zebra
02. Silver Soul
03. Norway
04. Walk in the Park
05. Used to Be
06. Lover of Mine
07. Better Times
08. 10 Mile Stereo
09. Real Love
10. Take Care

**PS - i fixed it so you can right-click on the linkz & save as mp3s

DILLVEGASVOL4

In nooooo particular order, we have Dill Vegas Volume 4...

Vega -- side project of Neon Indian, elctro-pop.
Surfer Blood -- reverb laden rocknroll coming straight from Flar-i-dah.
Hudson Mohawke -- break beat, dance.
Vampire Weekend -- new tune from the band we all love to hate. its about horchata, greatest drink EVER.
Karen O & the Kids -- the best song from "Where the Wild Things Are". emotive & comtemplative.
Kurt Vile -- one of my faves off his new album, "Childish Prodigy".
Cinnamon Chasers -- electronic/dance/house.
Taxi Taxi! -- 2 dames that craft amazing acoustic music w/ lovely harmonies. any suprise that theyre from Sweden?
Dam Funk -- like the name implies...its some dammm funk!
Royalchord -- solo artist from Melbourne, tropical/acoustic/electronic
The Amazing -- indie folk pop
Flaming Lips -- heavy spaced out jam from "Embryonic"
Air -- my fave off the new record "Love 2" (which actually wasn't that good)

download --> DILLVEGASVOLUME4

fleetwood crack

thats right, im addicted...to fleetwood mac (& you should be too).

ok, so everybody knows the fleetwood mega hits like "dreams", "the chain", "yesterdays gone", etc., & not many can argue w/ the level of amazing-ness of said tunes. this band of pop geniuses have so many more jams that dont receive as much recognition tho. i put together a little zip file of some of my favorite underplayed / lesser-known tracks. all of these are from the stevie nicks & lindsey buckingham era (aka, the coke years). this is the time when they were truly at the top of their game & also amidst the most emotional tumult - divorces, breakups, extreme drug use, band members quiting - you know, the good stuff that exponentially fortified their song-writing. lindsey shreds on guitar & stevie, well, stevie is a diva & lyrical demi-god. if you dont know a lot of fleetwood mac, this is a nice intro to their sound. if you already have all these cuts, then youre prolly as hooked as me. either way, enjoi!

FLEETWOODCRACK.ZIP

**PLAYLIST & INDIVIDUAL MP3 DOWNLOADS (right-click & save-as)

01. love in store
02. what makes you think youre the one
03. book of love
04. sara
05. im so afraid
06. walk a thin line
07. beautiful child
08. i dont want to know
09. sisters of the moon
10. eyes of the world

p.s. --> if you arent familiar w/ their history, check it out, its pretty incredible.

mission synchronized bike gang

DO WERK SEN

hello hello. its been a little while, hasnt it. how is everyone? good to hear that. hows the job, the kids? excellent. what the hell am i talking about? quite frankly i have no idea.

just got back from a night ride. L Gray, Charmaine & I formed a bike gang...a synchronized bike gang, actually. we cruised around the mish & checked out the wednesday bar scene. stopped @ dolores, not a gd thing happening there. then we cruised over to this park on hampshire & 26th skreet. we road on the tennis courts & took snaps of us attempting synchronized-figure-biking moves. it might not have looked pretty, but it was funnn. will post pictures soon, but for now, imagine....

I = Brian Boitano, L Gray = Kristi Yamaguchi, Charm = Nancy Kerrigan



music-wise, i got some heavy funk/dance cominatcha. check out Dam Funk, hes the heat.

partytime jamz --> dam funk - galactic fun & dam funk - hood pass intact

breakout: tyler james

tyler james looks like hes 15, but hes really a 25 year old folk country singer-songwriter, on the verge of breaking out.

i first stumbled upon tylers music when i moved to tennessee, around 2004. since then hes put out 2 eps that were well received in the nashville area, where he resides. hes done a couple of solo tours across the united states, but has yet to amass a real following outside of TN. in my opinion, this wont be the case for long. tyler is currently recording a full-length @ House of David studio on music row in nashville, & i believe this album will be a game changer.

quick list of notables that have recorded @ House of David: neil young, elvis presley, roy orbison, yo la tengo.

tyler released studio video footage on his blog, & by the sound of it, the new album is gonna be great. the kid has serious talent, & is an excellent songwriter. his rustic & worn look is highly indicative of his music - he crafts folky alt-country tunes, & has a knack for honest lyrics & resonating melodies. another thing i really dig is that he frequently posts work-in-progress demos (purportedly recorded in his apartment) on a separate myspace page reserved for b-sides/unreleased material. they sound much rougher than the studio tracks, but the songs themselves are just as good if not better than the glossier ones. he recently started a side project w/ fellow nashvillian kate york, & recorded a live 3 song demo. the result is a wonderful pairing; their harmonies are...mellifluous.

check out 2 tracks from the tyler & kate collaboration, & 2 from the "sweet relief" ep (released in 2007)

mp3s:

--> tyler & kate - groovy kind of love
--> tyler & kate - you never wake up

--> tyler james - shenandoah
--> tyler james - for my generation