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BOTR vol 07

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at June 30, 2008 in chark mu, telemitry, cryptonites, mashup, late of the pier, mmmathias, we plants are happy plants, dmx, danger tv, la riots, we are scientists, prince, louis armstrong, 3rdst4r, switch, diplo, weezer, daft punk, 50 cent, radiohead, music, remix, best of the remix, botr, plimsouls, mystery jets, mgmt, nirvana, sigur ros, coldplay and mp3. 3 Comments

Well it’s the end of another gorgeous month here in the heartland of the States. Gasp, I am an American blogger. I live in the armpit of America where nothing unusually awesome ever happens. Which is probably why I have so much free time to listen to music and play like my opinions matter {which we all know they really do}. Once again, though, the time has come for me to post my favorite remixed tracks I heard this past month. These aren’t the best songs in the world, they’re simply good enough to garner the attention of Best of the Remix {volume 07 I might add}. For those of you interested {cause I still pretend you care and you still pretend you’re reading this} you can check out all of the previous volumes of BOTR on one easy to read page by clicking here.

As one of my heroes would sing, “on with the show.” As a reminder, if you’re a blogger please refrain from linking directly to any songs hosted here on The World Forgot. Bandwidth ain’t free homies. Also, and you’d be surprised how oft I am asked about this, each and every song you see here on TWF is available to be downloaded directly from this blog. Simply right click and choose “save target/file as.” Some files {especially older ones} will be removed after awhile to make room on this site for the new tracks. Grab ‘em whil you can.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}

mp3 : Coldplay - Violet Hill (Cyrptonites Remix)
There are times in this remix when I forget what song is allegedly being mixed around. And I like that. Cryptonites add just enough of their own flavor to make Violet Hill into something a little more danceable, a little more epic, a little more club worthy.

mp3 : Coldplay - Viva la Vida (Chark Mu Electric Remix)
This almost sounds like Viva la Vida would sound if you rapidly swing your head back and forth while listening to the original recording by Coldplay. Try it, it’s better than drugs, it’s free, and you get to listen to music at the same time. It also reminds me of elevator music mashed up against ruling the world.

mp3 : Coldplay - Viva la Vida (Telemitry Remix)
If the Chark Mu remix was easy listening for elevators this is easy listening for any car currently driving the streets of this desolate world. I think I should use more bigger words in my writings. Anyway, this remix combines the original track with just the right amount of technology to make a new piece of art.

mp3 : Coldplay - Viva la Vida (We Plants are Happy Plants Remix)
Best Coldplay remix I’v heard yet. Hands down. WPAHP brings the heat with this little slice of remix heaven. I know the album has only been out for a little slice of time, but this remix hits all the right buttons at all the right moments.

mp3 : Daft Punk - Superheroes (We Plants are Happy Plants Remix)
WPAHP scores a magic remix yet again with this little ditty. Absolutely delicious music.

mp3 : DMX, 50 Cent, MGMT - Pimp Feel The Electric Floor
I can’t find who made this little mashup. I seem to have lost the email or blog I scored this track from. If anyone knows who made it send me a note or leave a comment. In the meantime enjoy the brilliant mix of rap over MGMT’s music.

mp3 : Late of the Pier - Focker (Pete Carvell’s Fockin’ Gash Remix)
I’m fan of Late of the Pier, let’s be honest. I love their robot drummer in their music video {and most of all I love the dance break he brings to the song. This is essentially that dance break in extended format.

mp3 : Louis Armstrong vs Radiohead - What A Wonderful Surprise
Yet again another remix {mashup actually} for whom I have no author. This was sent to me in an email and the sender didn’t know who made this mix either. Enjoy it anonymously I suppose.

mp3 : Mystery Jets - 2 Doors Down (Plimsouls Remix)
This remix could be preformed live by !!! and you’d love it. You’d love every single second of it. And yes, being preformed by !!! would be a massive compliment because those kids can put on a show.

mp3 : Mystery Jets - Hideaway (Switch Remix edited by DIPLO)
I can honestly say I’ve yet to listen to an actual Mystery Jets album. So far I’ve been so inundated with excellently remixed tracks I’m almost scared to go back and listen to the original material. Regardless, this remix is hopping.

mp3 : Nirvana - Incesticide (Anuerysm Remix by 3rdSt4r)
I’m going to go ahead and say 3rdSt4r is pronounced ‘third star’ for those of my readers who aren’t fluent yet in 1337 sp34k. There are times when I listen to this remix and I wonder if I’ll ever play it again. Then there the days when I hate everyone and this is the perfect track.

mp3 : Prince vs Daft Punk - Kiss (Daft Punk Remix)
I think Daft Punk should be given more accolades, more power, and more love. Sure they’re huge at their own shows and they have a passionate following, but they are so much more than just that one band that Kanye thought he should use to make a song. They are masters of everything they touch. Everything.

mp3 : Sigur Ros - Saeglopur (MMMathias Remix)
I love Sigur Ros {their upcoming album is unbelievably brilliant} and I also have a penchant to like anything MMMathias works on. This is a bit of a minimalist take on a classic Sigur Ros song and I think it adds a great effect to the song {think Imogen Heap’s standard MO slammed down over the boys from Iceland}.

mp3 : We Are Scientists - Chick Lit (Danger TV Remix)
This song would be at home in an eighties movie {starring Don Johnson to be sure} or out over the dance floor of your favorite club {mine being any that involve a beach in Thailand}. Well done all around.

mp3 : Weezer - Automatic (LA Riots Remix)
This remix takes one of the weaker tracks from the latest Weezer album {by weaker I mean of course not being sung by Rivers} and turns it into something that’s halfway memorable. That in and of itself should be worth a listen.

Once again, please do not link directly to the songs posted here. Feel free to link to the zip file hosted on zshare or directly to this blog. If you’d like to see all the other volumes of Best of the Remix click here.

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Coldplay

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at June 17, 2008 in viva la vida, coldplay, new album, music and mp3. 5 Comments

Today is the day many of us have been waiting for, quite patiently I might add, for a few months. Well the wait is over, the new album Viva la Vida (amazon) (itunes) is out, and the verdict is in. Granted it might take a few months of comparative listening, but after my first four or five trips through this album I am prepared to say this is the best Coldplay album to date. The bottom line is that everything you wanted is contained in this album. If you liked the old piano based Coldplay sound there are songs here for you. If you wanted Coldplay to drift off in a new direction with their music there are other songs here for you. And if all this sounds like Coldplay was simply pandering to the petty whims of their fan base let me assure you they were not.

On Viva la Vida the four boys fronted by Chris Martin have turned out an album that is unflinchingly their own piece of work. From the brooding organ backing on Lost! to the intricate and somehow oriental sounding opening of Lovers in Japan {which may be the most anthemic of their latest batch of songs} to the subtle build-to-a-climax display of Death And All His Friends; each and every song on this album is solid and diverse from start to finish.

mp3 : Coldplay - Death And All His Friends
mp3 : Coldplay - Death And All His Friends (MMMatthias Remix)

Simply put this album is brilliant and easily stands atop the heap so far in 2008. Better than Weezer, Death Cab, and probably even my favorites Cloud Cult. The question isn’t whether or not this album will make the best of 2008 lists come December, but is there any band left that could knock them from first place?

As a final note I highly recommend the remix by MMMathias. He’s turned in some stellar work lately {check back at the end of the month for two tracks by him in my BOTR series} and this remix is on par with his best work.

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Coldplay

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at June 4, 2008 in b side, coldplay, music and mp3. 2 Comments

I’ll be the first to admit that I am extremely excited to hear the album Coldplay has been teasing us with over the past month or so. Their first two singles have been excellent and I can’t wait to hear the rest of the tracks. Here’s to hoping it’ll be amazing.

And while we wait I was looking through some old albums and came across a fan compiled mix of rare tracks and b sides aptly named A Rush of B-Sides To Your Head. Here are two of my favorite out of this twenty three track collection.

mp3 : Coldplay - See You Soon
mp3 : Coldplay - Help Is Around The Corner

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BOTM vol 08

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at May 31, 2008 in kylie minogue, coldplay, death cab for cutie, sigur ros, say hi, mstrkrft, flaming lips, eugene francis jr, emilie simon, debbie gibson, magnetic fields, weezer, cover, regina spektor, indie, music, cloud cult, acoustic, best of the month, botm, live and mp3. 3 Comments

I’m actually committing to doing this month’s Best of the Month volume actually at the end of the month {volume 07 came out about five days after April was a bygone, so this is a change of pace}. Once again I present to you the best tracks that I heard during this month. This is my no means a completely exhaustive list of all the great music floating around on the interwebs, but it’s my personal slice of thirteen delicious tracks. Enjoy them on at a time or grab the entire volume in one convenient download. For all previous volumes of this series click here.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click} {link broken}

mp3 : Cloud Cult - Love You All
I’ve been listening to their latest album almost nonstop since I got it a few months back and I’m starting to think that this is my favorite track from the disc. Granted it has arguably the most simple lyrics on the album but the complexity of emotions portrayed through the arrangement is quite amazing.
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mp3 : Coldplay - Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Live Kylie Minogue Cover)
Although they might not be the biggest band of all time I would argue that they just might be the biggest band of this year. They’ve masterfully promoted their new album and somehow they’ve kept the lid on the leaky pipes which plague so many other big bands. This is a great cover.
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mp3 : Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Although Violet Hill was the first single dumped on the world, and the music video for that song is quite well done, I think it’s Viva la Vida which shows a nice maturity for these four boys fronted by Chris Martin. My only question is how they produce the strings in a live setting. Quite a brilliant start for their upcoming album which I am greatly anticipating.
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mp3 : Death Cab for Cutie - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Live Cyndi Lauper Cover)
With all the hype surrounding bigger, or at least more blogged about, acts I feel as if the launch date of the latest DCFC album passed by without much ado. In all actuality I guess I didn’t even post a review {although I love it}. Regardless I love Ben Gibbard’s special take on this classic song.
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mp3 : Emilie Simon - To The Dancers In The Rain (Live)
Sometime during this month I started listening to the more melancholy female singers on the market right now and I found myself falling in love with each of them in turn. Sometimes being sad is what you need to feel and sometimes listening to sad music is the right choice.
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mp3 : Eugene Francis Jr - Poor Me
Kind of like a mashup of Frou Frou with The Shins, Eugene Francis Jr seems like the golden reason to make a sequel to Garden State {if only for the soundtrack}. I love this song.
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mp3 : MSTRKRFT - VUVUVU
I haven’t really listened to this genre of music since the days of undergrad all nighters spent studying architecture. Energy drinks of tomorrow will still fall short of the punch packed into any MSTRKRFT song. Ever.
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mp3 : Regina Spektor - The Call
Although I’m not a big fan of The Chronicles of Narnia movies {they’re a bit childish and the CGI is almost as bad as that found in the new Indiana Jones} it’s quite a treat to hear Regina Spektor on the soundtrack. And I really like the lyrics in this song. Kudos to you Ms. Spektor.
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mp3 : Say Hi - We Lost The Albatross
After dropping the To Your Mom from his title and, arguably, dropping some of the silliness from his musical creations as well, Eric Elbogen’s music has grown up quite a bit. I love this song off his latest album and I hope it’s a sign of even greater ideas yet to come.
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mp3 : Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
I’m officially a sucker for all things Sigur Ros {much to the chagrin of many of my friends}. I don’t know how I first heard of this band from Iceland {a land I’ve long wanted to visit}, but I’ve loved them from that first listen. This song hails from their upcoming album {hot on the heels of their last effort Hvarf/Heim} and they’re giving it away free from their website.
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mp3 : The Flaming Lips - Knives Out (Radiohead Cover)
The Flaming Lips caught my attention when they sang about robot killer Yoshimi {for an entire album} and it’s great to hear them cover another of my favorite bands. This performance hails from a 2002 set they played at the esteemed KCRW studios.
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mp3 : The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream
I really hate the latest album by The Magnetic Fields. It was such a departure from the melodramatic beat and cello filled pop of their previous two efforts. Somehow songs from that album keep sneaking into my favorite lists though. It’s as if taken one at a time the songs are alright, but when put together for forty five minutes they’re simply too much to handle.
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mp3 : Weezer - Pink Triangle (Live Acoustic)
I love me some Weezer and I really love what I’ve heard so far from their upcoming album. Pink Triangle hails from what may be my favorite Weezer disc of all time, Pinkerton, and this is a solid live version of the song {even if the crowd gets picked up by the mics a bit much. Cut them some slack, obviously they’re drunk. Right?}
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Coldplay

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at May 9, 2008 in coldplay, new album, music and mp3. 1 Comment

In the top five album releases I was most anticipating this year {alongside Death Cab, Weezer, Ben Folds, and Cloud Cult} is the upcoming album from Coldplay. I’ve been a big fan of them since they first started out sounding like a diet version of Radiohead; a fan since before they careened more and more toward U2 status, panache, and politicking. Now let me put the rumours to bed before they start: I have loved every album by Coldplay for their differences and their similarities and I will most likely love them until they stop making music in the far far future.

A lot of magazines, news outlets, and the best of all bloggers have weighed in on the first single that Coldplay gave away free from their website. I personally love it. Although I do feel it follows the formula of Fix You, that being slow start, gradual crescendo of both sound and emotion, and minimalistic piano outro, I believe that this song, Violet Hill, is a song that somehow encompasses all the phases that Coldplay has gone through. There’s piano and guitar solos, darkness and light, and there’s Chris Martin singing in his natural octave as well as soaring falsetto. In short, this is exactly what Coldplay has always been. In this song you get to hear their all in just under four minutes.

mp3 : Coldplay - Violet Hill

I think that it’s great to see a band that was once mired in comparisons to other great acts rise to the occasion, sustain a great and talented career, and eventually reach a level where many a fledgling bands are compared to them.

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One Stop Shop

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at December 18, 2006 in belle and sebastien, one stop shop, death cab for cutie, clap your hands say yeah, coldplay, goldspot, explosions in the sky, thom yorke, postal service, indie, music, regina spektor, cover, strokes, christmas and mp3. 0 Comments

For the next couple of days, maybe even weeks, my life is going to be extremely busy. Therefore the frequency of my posting will probably drop a bit and for this I apologize. I’ll still try to throw up some music and some lovin for you all, but don’t expect anything spectacular.

All that being said I do have this one spectacular post for you all to enjoy. About every six weeks I get a little bored with the music I’ve been listening to. And when that happens I troll the internet to find what’s getting buzz, who the kids are listening to, and who deserves a mention on this blog. And after I’ve sampled hundreds of tracks I select the music I think you all should listen to.

So here it is, the first installation of what I hope will be a long series of posts. Because I find these files in various and sundry places, and then compile them all into one hopefully convenient post, I’ve dubbed this series One Stop Shop.

Here you go, and merry Christmas.

mp3 : Belle and Sebastian - Christmas Time is Here
mp3 : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance
mp3 : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Underwater (You and Me)
mp3 : Coldplay - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
mp3 : Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
mp3 : Explosions in The Sky - Welcome, Ghosts
mp3 : Goldspot - Float On (Modest Mouse Cover)
mp3 : Radiohead - Down Is The New Up
mp3 : Regina Spektor - Fidelity
mp3 : Regina Spektor - Samson (original version)
mp3 : The Postal Service - Grow Old With Me
mp3 : The Strokes (feat Regina Spektor) - Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men
mp3 : Thom Yorke - Videotape