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Hidden Gems: "The High Road" "October"

The album is coming out on March 9th. Pre-order it here.

It Ain't Always About What You Hear [VIDEOS]

Broken Bells - The High Road

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

The XX - VCR

Local Natives - Airplanes

A post on the eve

The Canon Logic
I heard these guys over at Suspicious Sounds. SS listed Vampire Weekend as a similar artist, so I had to check them out. The piano is a big part of this group's sound and might I venture to compare the singers voice to that of Freddie Mercury of Queen? I think it is a fair comparison. They have very catchy tunes that will make you anything but sad. Have a listen. (if you know how to work rapidshare, you can download their 3 EP's at SS)

Update on Broken Bells
Found an mp3 of the song for your enjoyment.
Broken Bells - The High Road


Late of the Pier
If you didn't catch their debut album in 2008, you missed out on a rarity. I read in an article in SPIN that if they thought it sounded right, then they needed to change it. Obscure guitar riffs and synth beats satiate every song, which can turn a song on a needle to one that is unrecognizable to its beginning, a trend which is completely opposite for just about the whole music industry. Here is a new song that I found by them. You'll know what I mean with unrecognizable parts of songs when you think it cuts off as a 30 second sample. Great song, hope an album follows.
Late of the Pier - Blueberry

My Afternoon Jacket

Broken Bells

This is a new collaboration between famed collaborator Danger Mouse and the Shins’ lead singer James Mercer. This sounds like a very promising twosome. Kind of reminds me of the Shins infused with a little of the Roots, maybe a smidge of Modest Mouse, and slowed down TV on the Radio. Mercer has such a recognizable voice it is hard to not attribute the Shins to the single. The single “The High Road” is streaming on their website. There is nothing on their website and I don’t want to start spreading rumors but I have seen on a few blogs where the Shins might put out an album in 2010. I sure hope this is true.

Broken Bells – The High Road follow link to their website

Creep Cover

I’m sure most of ya’ll have seen this video already. If you haven’t, you’re truly missing out. My roommate linked this to his facebook a few days ago. This homeless man puts more emotion into this song than Thom Yorke. Remarkably touching video.

Cloud Cult

This is a pretty interesting song. It tells a nice little story as well. It is pretty catchy, check it out.

Cloud Cult - Fairy Tale

Cool Catz

These guys seem like they are the real deal. Saw a post on them over at AM last night. The title drew me in. If this group is being tossed around with Chiddy Bang and Xaphoon Jones they gotta be good. Tried to get a good amount of songs to full gauge. I'd have to give them a thumbs up. They rap over one of the best songs of the decade, "Heartbeats" by The Knife, in their song Molly. Head over to their website for a few free downloads and interesting stuff (one of the songs is a RATATAT remix)

Cool Catz - Molly

Cool Catz - Funk Soul Kitty (KeyLowD Winter Rhymez Remix)

j. period and K'naan

Bob Dylan and rap. Never thought you’d hear those two in the same sentence did you? Well you did. K’naan and j. period tie in Bob Dylan to this song and somehow it works beautifully. I think because K’naan is an intelligent rapper with good intentions and does it in a nonchalant way, kind of how Bob Dylan is in this song. It could lose the blah blah blah before and after the song but nevertheless the uniqueness of this track makes it interesting.

j. period and K'naan - Don't Think Twice (Messengers Remix)

Dark Side of the Moon

The Flaminng Lips are not necessarily the Pink Floyd of today, but different from everything else out there in a sort of psychedelic/Pink Floyd kind of way. Yesterday they released Dark Side of the Moon, their take on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon by remaking every track on the album plus other Pink Floyd favorites. If any band out there was to remake one of the best albums in history, this is the band that should do it. Here is The Flaming Lips version of Money, my favorite track off the original. I also include a reggae version of the song by the Easy All Stars and while I was at it, just decided to include the original.

Easy All Stars - Money


The Flaming Lips - Money


Pink Floyd - Money