WINTER MUSIC

The trees are bare and look like their roots, the world's inside out and there are a bunch of cds that compliment the scenery

My all time favorite winter cd is Danse Manatee by Animal Collective, it sounds like if the wind and the dirt had a nightime dance party, it's one of the first Animal Collective cds and is kind of abrasive but that's why its perfect
DOWNLOAD HERE


Also you gatta listen to Spirit They've Gone They've Vanished which is the first Avey Tare solo cd with amazing Panda drumming, it's similar to Danse Manatee with the high pitched sounds and abrasiveness but hidden behind those sounds you have some great melodies and songs


Burial's self titled is another great listen as most of you already know DOWNLOAD HERE

The Mars Volta's Bedlam in Goliath

and the quitensential winter cd is Portisheads THIRD, it holds a really high place in my heart because of its ability to keep this haunting emotion throughout the whole thing and beth gibbons vocals are incredibly genuine
If you haven't listened to it you NEED TOOO


What's your Winter cd?

dreamworld of beats

Teebs "Bern Rhythm [Codeine Version]" from The Qualities of Light on Vimeo.

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ODDSAC

So the Animal Collective "visual album" ODDSAC is out (I'm suppose to get it on Monday hopefully...)someone ripped the audio and it's AMAZING. It can hold its own as an album. There are some really epic AC songs, the songs are like if Merriweather and Here Comes the Indian had a schizophrenic baby

You gatta check it out:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C8FNUWTZ

Here are my recommended tracks

Mr. Fingers (has such a sick intro)
Screens (sweet Panda Bear soft guitar jam)
Working
Tantrum Barb (pump up song, awesome drums)
What Happened (killer Avey tare song)

New Mashups

Here are some mashups I recently did (just click on the ones that say track is unavailable)

Hot Chip Mashup
Hot Chip-Over and Over mix by user8438428

Of Montreal Mashup
Losmontreal by user8438428

Hercules and the Love Affair+Brazilian Girls Mashup
Blind-Strangeboy by user8438428

CocoRosie

I can't stop listening to CocoRosie it all started after that really amazing show I got to experience
I went back and revisited the albums that I pushed aside years ago, especially The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn. I hated that cd when it first came out cause it was such a weird shift from their older stuff-it seemed too produced and synthy

but it's actually all so good, I don't know what switched in my mind that allowed me to enjoy these tracks but I'm glad it did

here are some of my favorite live CocoRosie videos:




cool interview-they are so weird in everysingle way haha




If you dig it here are their cds

The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (synthy rainbow)

Noah's Ark (my favorite cd by them)

La Maison de Mon Reve (first cd, very acousitc)

Grey Oceans (latest cd-darker than Adventures)

anewmix

Here's a couple of songs to dip your ears into
we've got new books and dirty projectors in there. Caribou songs you've probably haven't heard and a couple of new bands/songs I've been listening tooooooo

HERE YA GO

here's the complete tracklist:

She Was a Vision-Active Child
Kiss My Name Antony & The Johnsons
I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy Antony and The Johnsons
Habit Of You Arthur Russell
That's Us/Wild Combination Arthur Russell
Oh Lord Beach Boys
All You Need Is A Wall The Books
We Bought The Flood The Books
Selfish Boy Caribou
The Dauphin Caribou
Undertaker CocoRosie
Brazillian Sun CocoRosie
Bones & Born Again Diane Cluck
On and Ever Onward DIRTY PROJECTORS + BJöRK
Sharing Orb DIRTY PROJECTORS + BJöRK
Chandeliers Dream Cop
Look Around Dressy Bessy
Jekoyewa Emperor Dele Ojo & His Africana Internationals
Scones And Bull Eric Copeland
You Belong Hercules and Love Affair
Blind Hercules and Love Affair
Just Enough Julian Lynch
Mare Julian Lynch
Can't Let Her Get Away Michael Jackson
Spit On A Stranger Nickel Creek
Sinnerman (edit) Nina Simone
The Rhythm Of The Saints Paul Simon
''charu's Theme'' From Satyajit Ray's Film ''charulata'' Satyajit Ray
Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
Desire Be Desire Go Tame Impala
European Son The Velvet Underground

Battles

I was thinking about Battles recently and revisiting their awesome cd. I also realized that there are a bunch of youtube videos of new songs that I listened to only once for some reason. don't make my mistake...listen to these new songs they are pretty good, probably wil lsound a lot better in album form

this song sounds animal collective esque to me

41songs

It's been awhile since I posted something...soon I will become unlazy and there will be an explosion of music on here
till then here is a mix of 41 songs that I've been listening to a lot and I think you would also like to listen to a lot

Found Out -Caribou
Night Bells -Angelo Badalamenti
Bees -Animal Collective
Lablakely dress -Animal Collective
Cobwebs -Animal Collective
This Is How We Walk On The Moon -Arthur Russell
I Couldn't Say It To Your Face -Arthur Russell
The Platform On The Ocean -Arthur Russell
You And Me Both -Arthur Russell
That's Us/Wild Combination -Arthur Russell
Forever -Beach Boys
Home Again -Beach House
Used to Be -Beach House
She Loves You -The Beatles
I Want Out -Brazilian Girls
Irene -Caribou
Terrible Angels -CocoRosie
Ghost Of Love -David Lynch
Imaginary Love -Dirty Projectors
Naked We Made It -Dirty Projectors
Marla -Grizzly Bear
Someday Soon -Harlem
Friendly Ghost -Harlem
Tribute To Buddy Holly -Joe Meek
The Bublight -Joe Meek
This Is Our Night -Julee Cruise
Remember The Time -Michael Jackson
Who Is It -Michael Jackson
I Can't Help It -Michael Jackson
Ohne Titel -Panda Bear
Can't Run But -Paul Simon
Coast -Paul Simon
Proof -Paul Simon
Dollars & Cents -Radiohead
Nothing -The Strange Boys
Temptation Inside Your Heart -Velvet Underground
Gaberdine -Walls
Austerlitz Wide Open -Walls
Above You -Whitest Boy Alive
Intentions -Whitest Boy Alive
GOODTIME(Panda Bear mash) -May

HEAR

David Lynch

I've been digging these two tracks where he sings



and this song is similar but it's one of the actors from twin peaks singing


you can download a lot of his soundtracks from here: http://www.tpbrewingco.com/mp3/

I'll make a best of David Lynch soon and post it, if you don't want to download all the songs

The Underappreciated Albums

So some bands in the past year have become a staple in our music listening sessions. You can't get on pitchfork without seeing a post about at least one of these bands, but all of them became "big" because of their newest releases. Which causes most people to overlook all the other gems hidden in their past discographies.

Here are the under-appreciated albums of this years hyped bands

Lets start with Grizzly Bear, it was their clean and well organized sound on Veckatimest that got them the #8 spot on the Billboard charts

but it's their dark layers and haunting vocals that made me fall in love with them. Horn of Plenty and Sorry for the Delay are great examples of this sound

Sorry for the Delay is a EP that is often overlooked cause it's out of print
This Album is the ultimate dimly lit alleyway with fog rolling in

Sorry for the Delay
Best Songs: Sorry for the Delay, Particular to What, Owner of a Lonely Heart (Yes Cover)

Horn of Plenty is an Ed Droste solo album filled with crazy layers and soundscapes. He recorded the vocals using a tape recorder and then played it into a mic onto protools which is pretty neat
It's got the haunting choir like vocals that grizzly bear is famous for but more lofi

Horn of Plenty
Best Songs: Fix it, A Good Place, Shift, Alligator

I'm trying my best not to post an ungodly amount of Animal Collective related stuff but so many of their albums are unappreciated.

I don't think I would ever be able to pick a definite favorite AC album but if I had to choose it would be Campfire Songs or Strawberry Jam

Campfire songs is an ethereal environment shaped from 5 songs. Layers of guitar drone mesh with the chirping of birds and rain while strained vocals come in and out creating the feeling of being in a park sitting on a bench and staring at the birds

here's some info about how the cd was made "The album comprises five individual songs played back to back and recorded in one take, the recording was made outside on a screen porch in Maryland"

here's what Panda Bear had to say about it
" We had had the idea of doing something really warm and inviting-sounding for a while, like three or four years at least. We wanted it to sound like a campfire feels and I think that also made us think of campfire songs that you can sing with a bunch of people and everybody gets connected and feels good and safe. It really wasn’t spontaneous or improvised [...]. We worked for a month or so to get it just right like the transitions between songs. I still think Queen Of My Pictures into Doggy is one of the best things we’ve done together. I was really excited about my singing on Campfire Songs, I guess because I felt like I was doing things that were difficult for me to do"

Campfire Songs
Best Songs: Doggy, De Soto De Son...all of them

A year after Campfire Songs Panda Bear released Young Prayer. A cd similar to Campfire because of the minimal drony guitar. It sounds like a church choir under water. The tracks all don't have names cause he wanted it to be "one nugget of sound" . This is one of my all time favorite cds and awesome to fall asleep tooo

Young Prayer
Best Songs: Track 5, Track 2...its all good

Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca is an awesome cd, but it totally hides how weird DP actually is. Cds like The Glad Fact and Morning Better Last! are nothing like the warm springy sounds of Bitte Orca.

The Getty Address is the middle point between weird and accesiable. "It is described as "a glitch opera" about musician Don Henley". "The album boasts over 25 musicians on it" I really like this cd, it has some killer tracks

The Getty Address
Best Songs: Warholian Wigs, Tour Along the Potomic, Jolly Jolly Jolly Ego

The Glad Fact and Morning Better Last! are an even crazier cds but less produced

The Glad Fact
Best Songs: My Offwhite Flag, Like Fake Blood, Boredom is a Product, Imaginary Love

Morning Better Last!
Best Songs: The Softer Shell, Grandfathers Jacket, My Brother had a Birthday, Dahlonegabhama

Arthur Russell

I am currently obsessed with this absurdly amazing musician Arthur Russell. He is a celloist/disco/experimental artist from the 70s/80s
His voice sounds like Dave Longstrength (the guy from the Dirty Projectors) but his music is something else
listen to this song you will know what I mean afterwards
04 keeping up by user8438428
07 See Through Love by user8438428

here's a mix of the best of his songs from 5 albums I just downloaded 2 more cds so there will probably be more more more

Arthur Russell pt 1

Arthur Russell pt 2

If you like what you hear in the mixes I suggest you download these cds
World of Echo the cd consist of songs where he plays the cello and sings with heavy reverb it feels like you're floating on some chill waves

Another Thought: is another great album with a more poppy feel than world of echo

The World of Arthur Russell pt 1: a compilation of his disco songs
The World of Arthur Russell pt 2

if you want to download the rest of his discography just go here: http://buffalotones.blogspot.com/2009/04/arthur-rusell-discography.html

Hai!

so I started this blog cause I have this overwhelming urge to share music. It's kind of like someone who just found God and wants to spread the word. I get so pumped up about music that I need to expel my ridiculousness somehow and this blog will be the outlet.

soo hopefully this will also be useful to mah friends and I can stop sending stuff individually to people

sooo if you're bored and looking for an auditory fix come here