Kid Cudi track CuDi Zone

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Another weekend fast approaches (and for those of you in the UK and east you’re already there) and who better than Cudi to ease you into your Friday night.  This song falls under the “it’s been stuck in my head for more than a day so I thought I should post it and pass the obsession along” variety.  And let’s be honest, Cudi is rapidly becoming one of the most consistent rappers of his generation.  Enjoy.

mp3 : Kid Cudi - CuDi Zone

For the completionists out there; this track hails from Cudi’s 2009 album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (amazon) (itunes).

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The Avett Brothers track I and Love and You

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Normally I don’t watch music videos.  They just don’t do it for me (and I can’t watch music videos while I work or play games).  For some reason I actually clicked through to watch the latest video for I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers the other day and I haven’t been able to dump it from my brain since.

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mp3 : The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

For the curious folks out there this song appears on The Avett Brother’s 2009 album I and Love and You (amazon) (itunes).

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The Best Albums of 2009

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The previous two years were filled with amazing albums by amazing bands.  Picking the ten best of2007 was hard.  Picking the top albums of 2008 was almost impossible.  In contrast, 2009 was rather easy.  There just weren’t that many brilliant albums this year.  In fact there weren’t even that many great albums.  Fret not, though, there is still more than enough music to enjoy.

01 : Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (amazon) (itunes)

I don’t like a single other album that Animal Collective has ever made.  Most of their career (including their latest EP) sounds like simple repetitive noise void of any melody or musicality.  Merriweather Post Pavilion is an entire different beast.  Although the middle of the album drags a bit it easily tops the list as the best album of the year.

mp3 : Animal Collective - In The Flowers
mp3 : Animal Collective - My Girls

02 : Noah and The Whale - The First Days of Spring (amazon) (itunes)

I simply love sad and somewhat depressing music.  Noah and The Whale has taken a melancholic lyrical style and draped it over the perfect mood setting melodies.  At times this album reminds me quite a bit of the slower side of The National.  Every song is worth a listen (and if you choose the second track below you simply must listen to the very end).

mp3 : Noah and The Whale - Blue Skies
mp3 : Noah and The Whale - My Door Is Always Open

03 : Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (amazon) (itunes)

Phoenix has long led the charge from radio friendly pop music to the purest pop sound imaginable.  This entire album is pure pop candy.  There exists not an errant second in the entire trip through perfectly crafted pop genius.

mp3 : Phoenix - Girlfriend
mp3 : Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset

04 : We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls (amazon) (itunes)

They have a whimsical name, they share a homeland with Frightend Rabbit, and they titled one of their songs after a rather obscure physics principle.  What more could you possibly want?  Oh, and their music is top notch.

mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
mp3 : We Were Promised Jetpacks - This Is My House, This Is My Home

05 : Matt and Kim - Grand (amazon) (itunes)

Matt and Kim proved in 2009 what can be accomplished with a minimal setup and the simple direction of making crowd pleasing dance pop.  With catchy hooks and repeated lyrics their are tracks on this album so insidious that you’ll be silently dancing to them well into next month.

mp3 : Matt and Kim - Daylight
mp3 : Matt and Kim - Lessons Learned

06 : Metric - Fantasies (amazon) (itunes)

Most of my Metric listening comes in the form of brilliant remixes of their tracks.  For the most part their studio albums always felt flat on repeat listening.  This is the first time they’ve broken that cycle and have truly created the masterpiece of their career.

mp3 : Metric - Blindness
mp3 : Metric - Sick Muse

07 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz (amazon) (itunes)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have gone the route of Metric and finally created a masterpiece album to sit atop their collection.  The only way this album could get any better is if they could go back in time and steal their previous track Maps and put it on this album.

mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

08 : White Lies - To Lose My Life (amazon) (itunes)

If The Killers ever feel the need to make another album they need look no further than White Lies to see how high the bar has been set.  White Lies have found a way to incorporate the grandiose with the melancholic and yet make every song something to sing along to.  Brilliant.

mp3 : White Lies - Death
mp3 : White Lies - From The Stars

09 : Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day (amazon) (itunes)

Deer Tick is quite possibly the greatest bar band you will ever hear.  The most interesting part of their repertoire is that their trademark live sound is captured perfectly on their studio albums.  If you like them live then you’ll love their southern rock infused albums.

mp3 : Deer Tick - Hell On Earth
mp3 : Deer Tick - Song About A Man

10 : The xx - xx (amazon) (itunes)

This album is subtle genius and yet almost forgettable.  The band recorded the album in a neighborhood garage after dark and the rumour goes that this setting contributed greatly to the whisper quiet nature of most of the tracks.  It’s by far the most mellow album on the list.

mp3 : The xx - Islands
mp3 : The xx - Stars

And there you have it, albeit somewhat belatedly.  Those are my top ten albums for 2009.  If you’d like to see my previous lists follow these links; 2008, 2007 (or click here to see all 3 years on one page).  Although this past year wasn’t near the brilliance we were presented with in 2008 it was still a solid year for music fans.  Honorable mention should be given to a few bands that were just barely nudged off of this list for some reason or another.  Modest Mouse made one of the best albums of the year but it failed to make this list on a technicality (it’s actually an eight song EP).  While albums by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, White Rabbits, and Julian Casablancas all scattered tracks of pure top ten worthiness, but sadly failed to sustain those moments throughout an entire album.

Until the next time around keep reading and, as always, enjoy the music.

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Radiohead track Fog

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I was listening through my TWF archives the other day (I’ve posted about 1000 tracks now) and one song kept playing through my head and I realized that I simply didn’t have a copy on any of my drives.  Thankfully the internet still exists and I was able to find another version of this track which has become one of my all time favorite songs by one of my all time favorite bands.

mp3 : Radiohead - Fog (Again) (Live)

In my original post, way back in April of 2006, I had this to say.

“Radiohead never fails to impress. And this track is no different. Included below is one of their finest live reworkings of a song. The song, Fog, first appeared on the album Knives Out after being launched as “Alligators in New York Sewers” in Caesaria on July 9th, 2000.

From that first play, where Thom Yorke introduced it as “kind of a silly song,” it has matured and grown into something at once melancholic and beautiful.”

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Vampire Weekend remixed by Miike Snow

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I’m so done caring about this band that I don’t even care that you don’t care either.  At all.  I do however find this fresh remix by Miike Snow to be perfection.  I would care if their next album was going to sound more like this and less like them.

mp3 : Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Miike Snow Remix)

Sorry for the brevity, and the snark, I’m working on my Best of 2009 list as well as compiling a massive dance party mix list that needs to last through 4-5 hours of a wedding reception (talk about pressure).

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Julian Casablancas covers an SNL Classic

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on December 22, 2009
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This is what happens when you get Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and Julian Casablancas all on one stage at the same time.  Really.  Click over and watch the video.  If this doesn’t make your heart ready for Christmas I don’t know what will.

And apparently Jules has gone one better and recorded the perennial SNL favorite sketch as a bonafide single.  Enjoy and Merry Christmas.

mp3 : Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today

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BOTR vol 12

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on December 18, 2009
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It has been a full year since the BOTR series graced this humble page.  And I do apologize.  I apologize.  But it is far better to apologize than to eulogize.  And in the end it is far better to actually post music than to take months off (sorry mates, but deadlines at work and real life adventures are simply dominating my time).

I started this series, and the BOTM series, because in my previous life I had much more free time than anyone else on the face of the planet.  Literally.  Well since then I landed a fairly demanding (and rewarding) job, a car, a girl, a life, a etc.  So I’m not sitting flush with free time anymore, but I still care.  Honestly, I still care.  So enjoy the remixes, witches.

mp3 : Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (Crystal Castles Remix)
Imagine if you took Bloc Party and strained their music through a Nintendo soundtrack.  Then you added a grungy bass line and called it a remix.  Brilliant.

mp3 : Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (Valerna Remix)
Everything about this mix is perfection.  Busta spits like usual except this time the backing beats and remixed nature perfectly complement his nasty flow.  Rappers today wish they could drop lyrics like Busta.  This track is so good I’m tempted to simply stop now and publish this post.

mp3 : Chromeo - Destination Overdrive (DFA Remix)
This remix reminds me of Kill Bill.  Just when you start to think “OMG, is this ever going to end” you’re immediately stunned into silence at the beauty of the following moment.  Yes, it’s over seven minutes.  Yes, it’s worth it.

mp3 : Fenech Soler - Lies (The Phantoms Revenge Remix)
If anyone out there is looking to edit a sweet ass parkour video I highly recommend this song.  I don’t know why they should be lumped together, but it makes sense.

mp3 : Fever Ray - Seven (The Twelves Remix)
Hello 2009, welcome to 1974.  Or a Guy Ritchie film.

mp3 : Florence & The Machine - You Got The Love (The XX Remix)
I love the bass line in this remix.  It sets the perfect subdued mood and lets the string plucking float along like it was meant to.

mp3 : Ladyhawke - Paris is Burning (Cut Copy Remix)
This is another track that feels like it’s never going to reach a point worth caring about.  If you turn it off in the first minute you’re missing out.

mp3 : Major Lazer - Keep It Goin’ Louder (Feat. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze) (Diplo Remix)
I honestly should not have to sell you on this track.  Look at the group name.  Major + Lazer = Win.  This track = Massive Win.

mp3 : Major Lazer - Pon de floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
Oh colonial era drum beats, oh trumpet fanfare, oh crazy twisted drum and bass synth that cuts in after thirty seconds.

mp3 : Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Ring Trick Remix)
Remember when everyone was claiming Passion Pit was going to be huge?  Remember when everyone was wrong?  Dead wrong?  Well guess what, no one cares anymore, because this remix is great.

mp3 : Peaches - I Feel Cream (Proxy Remix)
The opening of this remix could easily qualify as the essential ‘film noir’ of remixes.  I’m not quite sure if I’m supposed to think that is a good thing or a bad thing.

mp3 : Phoenix - 1901 (L’Aiglon Remix)
The first of three remixes of one of the most popular tracks of the year.  This takes a straightforward pop/rock track and makes it even more straightforward.

mp3 : Phoenix - 1901 (Pete Herrs Symphonic Remix)
If the previous remix was straightforward then this remix is literally so far out in right field it’s playing cricket.  It begins spread out and sparse but soon enters the realm of angels.

mp3 : Phoenix - 1901 (The Tremulance Remix)
I’m including this remix to round out the trifecta of what a remix can be.  We had a straightforward pop remix, followed by a minimalist symphonic remix/re-imagining, and this is a frenetic blip filled mix.

mp3 : Phoenix - Lisztomania (Redial Remix)
I know you’ve all be wondering what this track would sound like it was sped up and played frantically with more reverb than a live Prince show.  Well wonder no more.

mp3 : Radiohead - Videotape (Ring Trick Remix)
You can almost never go wrong with a Radiohead remix.  Especially one centered around the impressive track Videotape.  Ring Trick simply nails this remix.

mp3 : The Sounds - No One Sleeps When I’m Awake (La Dolce Vita Remix)
Sugar coated remix covered with whip cream, chocolate sauce, and sprinkles.  Bring your own cherries.

mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
A fitting, wailing end, to this installment of BOTR.  The repeated “off, off, off, off, off” is what remix dreams are made of.

I hope it’s been worth the wait and we’ll all keep our fingers crossed that it’s not another year before BOTR returns.  Enjoy the music.

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Andrew Belle track Static Waves

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on November 25, 2009
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I receive literally loads of email on a daily basis from artists and publicists alike looking for a quick mention or a short review here on TWF.  Often wading through this morass is more tiring than reward but it all feels fine when you stumble upon a gem like Andrew Belle.  First of all let me congratulate him on cutting his hair.  Your publicist/manager/assistant/whomever should be thanked mightily for cleaning you up a bit.  Secondly let me say that I hope his upcoming album, The Ladder, is as solid as the first preview track I was sent.  (Album is out on February 23rd of next year).

mp3 : Andrew Belle - Static Waves

In a lot of ways this track reminds me of Greg Laswell’s amazing album Three Flights from Alto Nido (which I put as the 5th best album of 2008).  Trust me, it’s a good enough song that you should impulsively download it from the link above and enjoy it over this extended holiday weekend.  And if you’re from parts of the world other than the United States you might as well enjoy it while you’re at work tomorrow.

Cheers.

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Underworld track Glam Bucket

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I actually stumbled upon this lone track by Underworld as I was watching video game montages the other day.  Yes, you read that correctly, I’m a big enough video game nerd that occasionally I watch footage of other video game players that has been cleverly edited and then set to music.  Yes.  I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in.

While I’m being a giant nerd, scouring the internet for technology deals, or working I sometimes have a bit of freedom to listen to music.  And then, at other times, all of those activities collide and I find a track like this that simply must be passed on.  Enjoy.

mp3 : Underworld - Glam Bucket

I’m not sure where the title Glam Bucket comes from as there’s really nothing associated with the “glam” scene in this track.  It is, however, a beautiful and relaxing trip through a technological landscape.  It’s the type of music that Sigur Ros would create if they didn’t have vocals (and computers and synths instead of instruments).  And just a fun fact, this track hails from their album Oblivion With Bells (amazon) (itunes) and if you really dig their music you should check out their collaborative work they did for the soundtrack to the movie Sunshine (itunes).  It’s brilliant, just like the movie by Danny Boyle.

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Bruce Springsteen track The Wrestler

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I can’t seem to help myself when it comes to The Boss.  There’s just something magnetic about him.  Maybe it’s because I don’t really like modern day Cougar and Billy Joel is pretty terrible now and John Denver and died.  But maybe it’s because Springsteen is still good.  He’s still good in a way that actually matters.  His music is gripping and tragic and heart wrenchingly real.  Sometimes, yes, he leans a bit too heavily on patriotism and rhetoric, but in the end his songs feel like they are honest, rough and tumble, struggling working man instant classics.  And I just can’t help myself.

mp3 : Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler

Yes this is the title track from the soundtrack to the film The Wrestler (amazon) (itunes).  No I have yet to see it.  I also haven’t seen The Hangover or Slumdog Millionaire yet either so get off my back.

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We The They track Pastures

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At first listen this track, off of their album The Shabby Road Sessions (CD Baby) (itunes), makes these boys sound like a new version of California centric surfer pop.  If you’re thinking of early Phantom Planet or the only good Rooney album then you’re right on track.  Unfortunately if you head over to their myspace page (and I mean come on, you don’t have a proper website?  It costs, what, about $50 a year for a cheap as site like this?) you’ll soon find that this just might be the only gem they’ll ever find.

mp3 : We The They - Pastures

At least we can hope they’re not a one trick pony.

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Marvin Gaye vs Gorillaz - I Heard It Through the Grapevine vs Feel Good Inc

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I’ll freely admit that at first, when rhythm oriented video games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero dropped, I was a openly skeptical.  Over the past few years I’ve changed my tune and occasionally you’ll find me at a party rocking out the mic or drums on everything from Weezer to System of a Down (I won’t go so far as to actually own the games, but I also won’t sit disapprovingly on the sidelines).

Well the latest iteration of said rhythm games comes in the form of DJ Hero and yet again I find myself a bit of a skeptic.  The game seems like a gimmick, the control scheme feels a bit elementary, and I’m not sure if it will catch on (note I’ve been wrong before).  Of one thing, though, I am certain.  Some of the tracks contained on this game are amazing.  Simply amazing.  Here’s my favorite.

mp3 : Marvin Gaye vs Gorillaz - I Heard It Through the Grapevine vs Feel Good Inc

It might not make you a DJ.  You might not even enjoy playing the game.  You will, however, enjoy the music.

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The Killers track A Dustland Fairytale

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I think I’ve been dismissing the latest album by The Killers, 2008’s Day & Age (amazon) (itunes), largely because it’s not Hot Fuss 2.0.  In fact it’s not even close to Hot Fuss.  Granted there are tracks like Human and Spaceman which seem to align quite well with the oft revered first offering from these glamorous desert dwellers, but the album as a whole strays quite a bit from what many fans were hoping for.  I think if you give the album another try you’ll appreciate it for what it actually is.

I’m going to go ahead and compare this album to Neon Bible by Arcade Fire.  Neon Bible wasn’t exactly what a lot of fans and critics wanted to hear.  It’s not a direct continuum of their first album, Funeral, but it is (when looked at objectively) a solid effort from a great band.  Day & Age is just that; a solid album from a great band.  Unfortunately it feels as if it was largely passed over simply because it is different than a reworked version of Hot Fuss (Day & Age sold just over 700,000 copies while Hot Fuss cleared 3,000,000 in the US).

Well I’ve been listening to this album a lot over the past month or so (I accidentally damaged a bunch of the discs I normally have with me in my car) and it really has grown on me.  A track that I find particularly haunting is the slow burn of A Dustland Fairytale.  In this song Brandon is singing about the relationship his parents had, the struggle his father had between addiction and faith, and the battle with cancer that plagued his mother.

mp3 : The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale

lyrics

A Dustland Fairytale beginning
Just another white trash county kiss
In ‘61, long brown hair, foolish eyes

He looks just like you’d want him to
Some kind of slick chrome American Prince
A bluejean serenade, and moon river, what you do to me
I don’t believe you

Saw Cinderella in a party dress
But she was looking for a nightgown
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands
He’s getting ready for the showdown
I saw the minute that I turned away
I got my money on a pawn tonight

Change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire
She says she always knew he’d come around
And the decades disappear like sinking ships
But we persevere, God gives us hope
But we still fear what we don’t know

The mind is poison
Castles in the sky sit stranded, vandalized
Drawbridges closing

Saw Cinderella in a party dress
But she was looking for a nightgown
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands
He’s getting ready for the showdown
I saw the ending where they turned the page
I took my money and I ran away
Straight to the valley of the great divide

Out where the dreams are high
Out here, the wind don’t blow
Out here, the good girls die
And the sky won’t snow
Out here, the birds don’t sing
Out here, the fields don’t grow
Out here, the bell don’t ring
Out here, the bell don’t ring

Out here, the good girls die

Now Cinderella, don’t you go to sleep
It’s such a bitter form of refuge
Oh don’t you know, the kingdom’s under siege
And everybody needs you
Is there still magic in the midnight sun
Or did you leave it back in 61?
In the cadence of a young man’s eyes
I wouldn’t dream so high

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The Strokes b side I’ll Try Anything Once

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on November 6, 2009
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Posting about Julian Casablancas the other day had me jonesing for some good old strokes.  I posted this track ages ago (around the time The Strokes offered it as a free download from their myspace page), but since then I have found a way to lose track of it entirely.  Fortunately through my clever use of the interwebs I have found a way to release it once again.  Enjoy.

mp3 : The Strokes - I’ll Try Anything Once (You Only Live Once Demo)

The song drips with everything I love about these New York boys.

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Julian Casablancas track Out of The Blue

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Julian Casablancas has succeeded in cultivating a certain persona for himself.  Something about him oozes likability and it’s hard to define simply why that is so.  Maybe it’s because he’s the front man of The Strokes, maybe it’s because his deadpan and washed out vocal delivery inspires everyone to sing along, or maybe there is some other magic behind his charm.  Whatever this intangible effect is it simply drips off of the latest track from Julian’s solo album Phrazes For The Young (amazon) (itunes).

mp3 : Julian Casablancas - Out of The Blue

Granted the starts with a rather awkward melody, and sounds quite a bit like his other band, but about twenty seconds into the track you don’t care about either of those thoughts because you’re caught up in simply liking what Julian is doing.  I hope that The Strokes stick it out (they’re recording now and planning another tour) because although Julian on his own is fun, it’s not quite the brilliance that you get when all the boys are playing together (ie Thom Yorke without the rest of Radiohead).

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First Aid Kit covers Fleet Foxes

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on October 30, 2009
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I stumbled upon this little gem of a cover this morning while I was listening to music at work.  A friend sent me the link and I thought I would pay it forward.  The track is a fairly straightforward cover of the Fleet Foxes classic Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.  If you like what the ladies have done with it (somehow I think they make it even more haunting than the original) make sure you check out their myspace page from some more great songs.

mp3 : First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes Cover)

Or if you’d rather jump right into more music by First Aid Kit you can find this track on their album Drunken Trees (amazon) (itunes).

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros track Home

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on October 27, 2009
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I think this song is out to get me.  I remember vaguely watching this band play late one night on Letterman.  And although they seem to be a random collection of hippies and vagabonds there was something about the oft repeated refrain of “home is wherever I’m with you” that held my attention.  I mean basically, this track which hails from the 2009 album Up From Below (amazon) (itunes), is the epitome of the modern indie folk classic.  There are two singers, male and female, whom sing in a throwback call and response style of vocalization.  There’s more whistling than an Andrew Bird album.  There exists a musical break about ninety seconds into the track that would do the trumpet segments in Sufjan Stevens songs proud.  They even take a break in the middle of the song to talk over the musical background.  To be honest I’m not sure there’s a stereotype that they missed.

mp3 : Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home

Now all they need to do is drop the “and the Magnetic Zeros” from their name and they might be a respectable group.

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