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If I was listing something every two or three days I could have !!!'s 'Heart Of Hearts', Rufige Kru's 'Vanilla' and Battles 'Atlas' but the latter wins - I just like how alien the vocals sound.

― blueski, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:05 (seventeen years ago) link

"Classy" by CCB (Critical Condition Band)

Best D.C. go-go song in years; hugely catchy; total Summer Jam... would think ILX would be all over this...

― Ben Boyerrr, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:10 (seventeen years ago) link

i decided to see what all the battles fuss was about last week and !!!!!you are all insane and have no ears this shit is SHIT!!!!!!

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:12 (seventeen years ago) link

also wtf lex zoot woman weren't that bad

― blueski, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:12 (seventeen years ago) link

my own nu favourite track is 'soundtrack of my life' by deemi...she has an amazing voice, like prime mary j.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:13 (seventeen years ago) link

yes they were stevem!

(ok i have soft spot for 'you and i' but by and large zoot woman were so NAFF)

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Today I felt inclined to listen to "If..." by the Bluetones three times in a row. Second wave Britpop off an album that was released after their initial peak, yes I know. But this song just rules. It's so pretty and reminds me of another underrated band from that era, the Longpigs.

I downloaded the whole of the Nick Garrie album mentioned upthread and I've been so obsessed with the instrumentation from "Wheel Of Fortune" that I've had to splice out the singing in Soundforge and I'm gonna turn it into a weepy hip hop track a la "Dry Your Eyes". I will be rich - RICH!!!

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link

i've just listened to "frustration" by the whip three times in a row. who needs new order? :)

― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 11:01 (seventeen years ago) link

If I can pick another track of the week, that R&B song that's the free download at the US iTunes store this week - "Never Never" by Brick & Lace, is really good.

And the one Battles track that I have heard, "Atlas," is fucking great.

― Ben Boyerrr, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link

'lost' by xavier naudascher - came out halfway through last year i think? it's like a far more exciting and messy version of 'mouth to mouth' by audion, lots of crazy synth squiggles!

― haitch, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Kraak & Smaak - No Sun In The Sky (Henrik Schwarz mix)

Not that it's especially new but everywhere I turn it's there and it's amazing.

― The Macallan 18 Year, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I downloaded the whole of the Nick Garrie album mentioned upthread and I've been so obsessed with the instrumentation from "Wheel Of Fortune" that I've had to splice out the singing in Soundforge

Yeah, the strings in that song are ridiculous. I also think the vocals sound very Shins-y. Or the Shins dude sounds very wheel of fortune-y.

― Drooone, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

who needs new order? :)

Not something I ever thought I'd hear you say!

― Keith, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Bert Jansch - Oh My Father

Gary Boyle on this track has made me fall in love with guitar solos again.

― Hurting 2, Friday, 30 March 2007 03:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Not something I ever thought I'd hear you say!

"get ready" still hurts me like a brother knifing me in the guts :/

― grimly fiendish, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah,

Spring Heel Jack - Autumn

The most beautiful thing I have heard in quite some time.

― admrl, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

oh is it supposed to be new this year?

If so, maybe Adrian Klumpes "Exhale"

― admrl, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

"Who Farted?" Steve Shock and the Boo Hoo Morning Crew.

A rather amusing jab at our current political climate, using the fart as a metaphor. Sample lyric:

"I let an SBD go under your nose
But who knew they'd put anthrax in the mail?
My heart goes out to those dear and departed -
So President Bush, WHO THE FUCK FARTED?"

Seriously. It's like Weird Al gang banged the barbershop harmonies of TVotR. Fucking timeless.

― TynanTynan, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

This is a fake Tynan, right?

― Hurting 2, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Fake like Greg Saunier's baby with Satomi Matsuzaki

― TynanTynan, Friday, 30 March 2007 23:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Nortec Collective - Babel

Like a more fun Tijuanian version of Fizheuer Ziheuer

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 08:32 (seventeen years ago) link

RIHANNA FT JAY-Z - UMBRELLA

[i]You had my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star
Baby 'cause in the dark, you can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because

[CHORUS]
When the sun shines we’ll shine together
Told you I'd be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, I'mma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever, know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella, you can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay

[VERSE 2]
These fancy things, will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for infinity
When the war has took its part, when the world has dealt its cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll measure up
Because

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
You can run into my arms
It's OK, don't be alarmed
Come into me
(There's no distance in between our love)
So go and let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Because...

[CHORUS]

It's raining
Oh baby it's raining...

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 10:03 (seventeen years ago) link

That Scott Torch diss track Timbaland did with Nelly F and Justin T.

― nathalie, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 10:40 (seventeen years ago) link

nathalie, I saw it on TV last night - not my style really but this track's exceptional. It sounds so I dunno, blurry and backgroundy but by the end I was loving it!

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

huh! good thread. never noticed this before.

last week --> Riton, "Hammer of Thor" - to me this sounds like a new "In White Rooms," very melancholy but still majorly trippy and driving. goes through so many phases .... love the sirens ...

this week --> Marnie Stern, "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket Then Watch That Basket!!!!" - my new theme song. whole album is good but this is the #1 jam.

― dmr, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm only just hearing Panda Bear's 'Perfect Pitch' and AC-related stuff is still pretty new to me. i often get put off by longer tracks these days which is stupid but it's just because poor attention span. i'll definitely be letting 'Bros' and 'Good Girls/Carrots' do their thing in the background over the next few months but i'll settle on 'Take Pills' for right now. Would like the next Broadcast album to sound much like this (tho more 'electronic').

― blueski, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

like a techno-rock White Stipes. the guitar sound is savage...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y5qHemVYYRk

― Michael B, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Anthony Cruz - Empecé A Llorar

At first I thought this might be a late-career Frankie Ruiz song I had never heard before, but while there are some similarities in the vocal timbre, Cruz's singing has a suppleness Ruiz's lacked at the very end of his career. (It also crossed my mind this might be Choco Orta, a female singer from Puerto Rico with a somewhat deep voice, sort of the other side of Frankie Ruiz's feminine sounding male voice.) Anyway, I couldn't figure out who it was, but it seemed like a classic song (albeit, from after the classic era of salsa in the 70s).

It starts off in salsa romantica territory (although with hints of jazziness), not anything too out of the ordinary (though I do like his vocal timbre right away). The rhythm section is tight, fairly typical, but definitely on the harder-edged side of things. At times Cruz's delivery is very conversational sounding (and he sounds like he's thinking and responding to what he's saying). When he goes in to repeat the verses a second time, there's this little unexpected (illusionary?) jump in the rhythm, like he overlaps the beginning of the verse, or something. I can't figure it out, but it reinforces a sense of urgency. But the song teases a bit: it takes a while for the coro to kick in (generally an indicator that the song is about to step up a notch and the lead vocalist is going to start throwing down). The coro makes a nice solid wall of voice behind Cruz during his soneo (the traditionally improvised section, or on a mainstream studio recording, no doubt just an improvised-sounding section). Having kept the listener waiting for a build-up, the song doesn't hold back, and after a pause in build-up toward the end (some talking, some laughing that even sounds natural for a change, maybe because he knows he is recording what's going to be a killer song), Cruz comes back in for a third time to briefly soneo.

Fucking hell, he is really singing on a Frankie Ruiz level here! Probably will be salsa single of the year.

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Haircuts and T-shirts - Lifetime. Their new albm is great.

― Marty Innerlogic, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Feedle - Go Home Revolving

Yes he's a mate, but having not heard any stuff for years now, his new album is really neat shoegazey electronica with quite a few different levels. Definitely for fans of M83 and Minotaur Shock.

― the next grozart, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

It's been a good week,

Chemical Brothers - Do It Again

Dizzee Rascal - Sirens

KRS One (feat Marley Marl) - Hip Hop Lives

Talib Kweli - Listen

QOTSA - 3'7s and 7's

QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick

Travis - 3 Times and You Lose

I know I've made a mockery of the "one song" thing, but what can I say, it's gonna be a good year for music.

― Erock Zombie, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

This week, it has been Maria McKee's re-recording of "A Good Heart", from the Late December album.

Next week is shaping up to be "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys.

― mike t-diva, Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Eccentricity- Nico Awtsvenin

I am totally obsessed with Vince Watson right now. He has such a good grip on the Detroit sound that I like so much while simultaneously deepening the sound, making it more lush.

― the table is the table, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Chainsaw Paws "This Light" from the cd-r of that name. Beautiful little ditty with some nice harmony action.

― Drooone, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:54 (seventeen years ago) link

virgin black "and i am suffering"

― kamerad, Monday, 30 April 2007 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard this several years ago, but I just rediscovered it: "5 on a Joyride" - Cody ChesnuTT

― Tape Store, Monday, 30 April 2007 05:49 (seventeen years ago) link

It is monday now so I'll have to make this last week: "Lets Just See" by Engineers. Love it to the point of obsessiveness. Sexy shoegazery awesome.

― Trayce, Monday, 30 April 2007 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link

For last week: Travis - Closer.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 30 April 2007 07:54 (seventeen years ago) link

lee oskar - haunted house..

,.bassline

― 600, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:24 (seventeen years ago) link

USDA - White Girl

christina aguilera is now slang for two class a drugs!

― lex pretend, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I am totally obsessed with Vince Watson right now. He has such a good grip on the Detroit sound that I like so much while simultaneously deepening the sound, making it more lush.

OTM. must hear this.

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Today it's "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" by the Specials and also the Nouvelle Vague version.

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Think I'll have to go with that Bird And The Bee track ('Around And Around' - californian indie-pop with a catchy ethereal (if monotonous - and i usually dislike songs where the chorus is just the title) chorus and not particularly contrived whew) this week altho the Justice single is good too in it's little Go Team way.

I went on a massive youtube hunt using chartsingles website's list of forthcoming releases for the next few weeks in the UK - didn't find much good tho (and certainly no GREAT)...

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

uh it's called 'Again And Again' - lousy brane.

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link

"Jet Boy Jet Girl" Elton Motello. John Waters has managed to snuggle his way into my top 5, no 6.

― valoss, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

tonto's expanding head band's timewhy from 1971. it has this vibrant warm spring feeling which goes well with the sunny weather outside. sounds a little like background music but isn't at all. thank you robert moog.

― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

timewhys of course.

― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

seeing as i failed to post any tracks within the last month i would've picked Shaggy's new single 'Church Heathen' (seems to be going for more direct Jamaican pop appeal with this one - quite stripped down vocally (for him), amusing video esp. the priest's haircut), the new Dizzee and the Mims/Toto mash-up in previous weeks.

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link

at least for last week it was beirut boogie by sebbo, yeah, those horns. . .

― mehlt, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i need a copy of that "do you love me?" song by the kuwaiti band that someone posted on here a few weeks ago.

― the next grozart, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

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