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The National new track Terrible Love

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Last night one of my favorite bands, The National, used Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (another favorite of mine) to debut a new song from their upcoming album.  As is par for the course when performing live on a late night talk show the sound quality isn’t exactly brilliant, but the song has a certain shine anyway.  Have a listen.

mp3 : The National - Terrible Love (Live)

Terrible Love will appear on the upcoming album High Violet which is due out on May 11.  If the rest of the tracks are as solid as Terrible Love we’re all in for a treat.

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Vitamin String Quartet cover Sigur Ros

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Strange things happen when you’re a music blogger with a passionate stance on what constitutes “good music” and you’re seeking to reconcile those views with what is “wedding appropriate.”  You’ll find yourself watching endless youtube clips and scouring the web for anything that remotely meshes your personal taste with something passable in a formal setting.  Believe me, this is no easy task.

In my intrepid wanderings I stumbled upon a collaborative effort that goes by the name of Vitamin String Quartet.  Chances are you’ve heard of them, but for me it was a new revelation and I’ve been enjoying listening to their compositional renditions of more contemporary artists (check out their wikipedia page for a “partial” discography which is quite ridiculous in the amount of artists they’ve covered).

mp3 : Vitamin String Quartet - Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros Cover)

I love the beautiful simplicity of this track and the string arrangement is divine.  Now if only they sold their sheet music I would be set.  And for those that are wondering the rest of their canon, available largely from either amazon or itunes, is solid as well.

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Anders Ponders album Nodes of Overtones

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What would you get if you blended together the compositional sounds of Sufjan Stevens with modern day sing song pop folk and then poured that topping over a cake made out of Final Fantasy?  (And I guess I should clarify here; this Final Fantasy cake is the live version of Owen Pallet’s shows, not the quasi lame studio albums he continually puts out).  Stumped?  Well you won’t be for long.  What you get is Anders Ponders (and coincidentally one great album that I simply didn’t get to listen to last year.  It might have wormed its way into my best of 2009 list if I had just given it a listen last year.  Sigh).

mp3 : Anders Ponders - The Discus Incident
mp3 : Anders Ponders - Slowest Motion Miracle

From the start of the album, 2009’s Nodes of Overtones (amazon) (itunes), the similarities to Final Fantasy should be evident.  Every track contains ample amounts of violin (or possibly viola, never could tell them apart), a depth of arrangements, and the lyrics on each song tell a catchy story.  The one main deviation from the parallel comes in the content of those lyrics.  Where Final Fantasy sings songs about random events, (such as on He Poos Clouds), Anders Ponders tells short vignettes about Icarus (track 4) or his favorite fruit, Pomegranate (track 2).  In his own words he describes his sound as “A Fairy Home Companion” and I would definitely agree with that.

The allusion to Sufjan Stevens becomes more and more apparent the longer you listen to the album and culminates on the last track, Slowest Motion Miracle, where if you weren’t listening closely you could easily mistake it as a Sufjan song.

The bottom line is that Anders Ponders has created an infectious debut album that all readers of The World Forgot should listen to as soon as they can.

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Mumford and Sons album Sigh No More

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The debut album by Mumford and Sons, Sigh No More, is quite simply one of the most brilliant albums I have ever heard.  Other than that very serious statement (one which I have pondered over for the past) I cannot figure out what else accurately captures the mood of this album.  Far and away this has already become the album to beat for 2010 (and yes, I know it was released in 2009 in the UK, but as I’m currently based in the USA this will officially be on my list for 2010).

I’m struggling with how best to summarize an album that is beautiful, poignant, and brilliant throughout quite literally every single track.  It’s an album so good, so compelling, it prompts me to go back to my old ways of burning copies of CDs and literally forcing everyone I know to listen to it from start to finish.  It’s an album that is so well constructed that I’ve listened to it now about nine times and I honestly cannot figure out which two songs best represent the talent and craft that is apparent within each track.

For reference the following statements say nothing about the actual sound of the band, the type of music the create, but it’s the easiest way for me to explain how .  This album reminds me a lot of the debut Third Eye Blind album in that every sing song is well crafted and worth listening to.  This album reminds me a lot of Funeral by Arcade Fire in that the scope of the entire album is so epic and so moving you’re compelled to start it over again and again and again.  This album reminds me a lot of Is This It by The Strokes in that the first time I heard it all I could think to do was to immediately run around forcing everyone I know to listen to this brilliance.  This album reminds me a lot of The Weakerthans and Cloud Cult in that every song is infused with inventive storytelling.  This album reminds me a lot of Sufjan Stevens in that the composition and frequent use of layered crescendos adds to the overall impact in a way that is genuinely smile inducing, foot bouncing, simply joyous fun.

mp3 : Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
mp3 : Mumford and Sons - The Cave

Perhaps the best way to sum up how I feel about the Mumford and Sons album Sigh No More (amazon) (itunes) is this; if I could I would force everyone who visits The World Forgot to download the entire album and listen to it before being allowed to visit any other website, go outside, or take a restroom break.

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Cloud Cult track Your 8th Birthday

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If you’ve been hanging around these parts for any length of time you’ve probably come to accept the fact that I am quite the rabid supporter of all things Cloud Cult.  Recently I’ve been digging through old mp3 discs that are stuffed in my car (I drive an ‘05 Scion xB that has a stock stereo capable of playing mp3’s directly from a CD).  Lately I’ve been fascinated with my Best of 2007 disc that includes Cloud Cult’s album The Meaning of 8 (amazon) (itunes) as the best album released that year.

The song that has caught my attention lately has been Criag Minowa’s tribute track to his late son, entitled Your 8th Birthday, who passed away unexpectedly when he was only 2 years old.  It’s quite brilliant lyrically and I cannot imagine the emotion that was poured into the writing and recording of this track (let alone the decision to include it on a studio album).

mp3 : Cloud Cult - Your 8th Birthday

Cloud Cult is currently on hiatus from touring as Craig and Connie are having a child.  They plan to begin touring again in late spring of this year although there are no plans, as of yet, to record another album.

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Modest Mouse EP No One’s First and You’re Next

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I realize that this review is a full six months late.  And if you’re going by the date the album was first leaked it’s probably close to nine to twelve months behind.  But I care not.  And neither will you after you listen to this little EP that could.

For most bands an EP signifies a brief flirtation with a new sound, a different path for the band to wander along for a handful of tracks.  And that is exactly what Modest Mouse has done with No One’s First and You’re Next (amazon) (itunes).  Except they’ve done it with a slight twist.  You see this side path diversion they’ve taken is one they’ve been on before.  And in fact it’s the best path they could be on.  This EP takes them back to the raw grit that flowed deep into arguably their best overall album The Moon and Antarctica.  Gone are the traces of pop influence and radio ready hooks that subliminally slipped into their previous two full length albums.  What you’ll find here is a collection of tracks, their leftover brilliance, that easily could have been released as a proper full length last year.

mp3 : Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin

This is the lead off track from the album and it’s my favorite of the bunch.  The venom that drips from Isaac Brock’s trademark vocal delivery is absolute perfection (especially during the second verse).

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Shiny Toy Guns track Major Tom (Welcome Home)

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If you’ve watched TV in the states over the past year or so there’s a good to great chance that you’ve become familiar with this track on a Lincoln MKV commercial.  I personally don’t watch live TV (basically I don’t watch commercials anymore) so it took me longer than most to figure out that Lincoln had chosen to go with Shiny Toy Guns to propagate the idea that their flagship car is more of a spaceship and less of a boring old sedan.  I must give kudos to the ad wizards who came up with this one.  Not only is the song choice spot on but the commercial is actually rather effective.

mp3 : Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom (Welcome Home) (Shiny Toy Guns Remix)

For the curious three that are still reading after the music link has been posted I would like to point out that Major Tom is originally a track recorded by German artist Peter Schilling who was essentially retelling the story behind the track Space Oddity by David Bowie.  Yes folks, it’s true, everything has already been created, we’re simply rehashing history now.  (But honestly, who cares if a rehash sounds this good).

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Freelance Whales album Weathervanes

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on February 9, 2010
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I will freely admit that when I heard a single track from Freelance Whales I audibly groaned “oh no, not another derivative, sappy, knock off no talent hack like Owl City.”  Thankfully I was wrong in assuming that this band was going to become as simple pop attention whore with a laptop.  Their debut album, Weathervanes (which is out already as a download) (amazon) (itunes) is a solid trip through musical adventures akin to mashing together Postal Service and Sufjan Stevens.  That really is the best way to describe their sound.  Listen for yourself.

mp3 : Freelance Whales - Generator First Floor
mp3 : Freelance Whales - Broken Horse

I know I’m a scant few weeks from proclaiming my best albums of 2009, but I’m not sure I can imagine a future where this album doesn’t make it onto the best of 2010.  It would have to be a mighty fine year in music to knock this to number eleven or below.  (note : yes the album has been out as an mp3 download for awhile but I usually count an album’s release year as the year it was first published in a physical format.  And yes, I acknowledge the physical format is dead or dying, but that’s an easy way to keep everything level across the board for now).

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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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on January 7, 2010
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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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on November 25, 2009
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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.

+ Underworld @ twf hype elbows site myspace amazonmp3 itunes
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