With LCD Soundsystem playing their final show tonight and all of the coverage on the band in the past days, weeks, and months, it felt appropriate for me as a music blogger to write something. But I quickly realized I'm much less interested in what I have to say than what all of you do. Time for a Holler Back!
Tonight I'd like to share with you a video / song that has transfixed me: "California" by EMA.
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It's time again for another edition of All Time Top 5, Those Who Dig's bi-weekly column over at the Paper Crane Collective! This week I ranked the greatest Beatles Solo Songs, and it's a solid list if I do say so myself. And I do. Go check it out, along with all of the other amazing articles by the #pcc crew!
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XV – Foreign Exchange Student (Ft. Miami Horror)
MMMMMMM NEW XV! Vizzy goes disco. And there's a synth solo. That is all.
Gary Thomas is a jazz saxophone player who has helped to pioneer the instrument through a post Coltrane world. He is a musician of frightening talent, creativity, stature, and most importantly, work ethic.
I have a small arsenal of Gary Thomas practice habit stories that I hit my students with when they are being lazy. For instance: Gary Thomas only sleeps four hours a night and listens to his metronome while he cooks dinner.
In short, Gary Thomas is dominant musician who commands the room when he plays – it's almost scary. Today's video is a performance from 1993 alongside Jack DeJohnette (drummer) that begins with Gary knocking down the mic stand and ends with your jaw on the ground.
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I love off-beat, catchy tracks. And handclaps. Seriously, when have handclaps ever not made a song awesome? This new one from Jeff Beam showcases a real talent for short, sweet pop songs.
Jeff Beam – People Places
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When's the last time I posted a good roots rock song? Let me answer that for you: a long damn time. Entire Cities sound like the perfect music festival band. I can imagine being wine drunk at 6 on a sunny summer day rocking out to these guys' catchy guitar hooks and rootsy jams.
Entire Cities – Gimme A Ride
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The unreleased cuts keep coming from Lupe Fiasco's Lasers, giving a further glimpse of what the album may have looked like before Atlantic shit all over it. This one's called "What U Want" and is a newer version of the track that was leaked a year ago. It also features everyone's favorite Kilimanjaro climbing musician, Kenna.
Lupe Fiasco – What U Want (Ft. Kenna)
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I love it when music videos attempt to be actual aesthetic representations of the sounds they're set too. I love it even more when they succeed. The video for tUnE-yArDs' "Bizness" is colorful, quirky, animated, and fun. Just like the tune. It's directed by Mimi Cave, but feels like it could have very easily been a Michel Gondry video, which is always a plus in my book. tUnE-yArDs' new album w h o k i l l will be released April 18 via 4AD records. Count me excited.
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Now Baby Baby's "Fire!" can appropriately be called "infectious". Or "energetic". Or "catchy as fuck". Well, it can be called a lot of things really. I just call it a diggity damn good song.
Baby Baby – Fire!
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