jamie on January 23rd, 2006
Did anyone catch the new series Love Monkey last week? I’m just now getting around to watching last week’s episode- and I’m not really impressed. Tom Cavanagh seems to do a pretty good job of capturing the character form Kyle Smith’s book, but the concept as a television series jsut doesn’t work for me. It’s only the piot episode though, so maybe I’ll give it a chance. What’s with the total John Mayer immitation of a young singer/songwriter prodigy “Wayne”? It is nice to see Ivana Milicevic 
on television again- I’ve had such a star crush on her since her role in Mind of a Married Man.
“…our musical tastes aren’t exactly in synch: she listens to Jewel and weeps, while I prefer music.” - Tom Farrell (Tom Cavanagh)
Speaking of Monkeys, lets do some Arctic Monkeys today:
Live on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic
(MP3’s on Muzzle of Bees)
Fake Tales of San Francisco (RapidShare)
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor (RapidShare)
…and a mash-up:
Scumbody Told Me (Arctic Monkeys vs. The Killers)
jamie on January 19th, 2006
I was hanging out at 10 High last night, and these two guys take the stage with a four-piece drum kit and electric guitar. I thought I might be in for a bit of a White Stripes knock-off- until about 30 seconds into the first song that is. Nothing could have been further from what graced my ears last night as Eller played the first set of the night in the cellar-cold of the 10 High. This Georgia-native band shows influences from Jeff Buckley, Athlete and Doves in their distinctly Brit-pop songs. I’d through comparisons to Arctic Monkeys, Starsailor, and Embrace on the table as well. Even with only two on stage, it was still apparent that this sound is meant for MUCH larger venues. In the final song from Eller that night, the influence of Jeff Buckley became amazingly apparent: Eller’s vocal and guitar styling emulate Buckley closely, while adding his own style. After the show, Jonathan Eller handed me a copy of their AOK CD. I haven’t been able to put it down since. The 7-track CD ranges from the ethereal Mother to a latin/jazz influenced Shackles. The untitled 7th track definitely has a very Coldplay feel, and reminds me a lot of Gravity (the embrace version). But don’t think they don’t rock out: Bag Of Bones is a burner, with an incredible drum track (drummer Deke does wonders on a 4-piece kit live). Definitely going on the iPod, this one.
jamie on January 19th, 2006
I was begining to think A Grand Don’t Come For Free would have to get me through 2006, but Annie Mack just let me know that there is new material coming from The Streets this year! Something to be excited for.
If you don’t know The Streets:
Dry Your Eyes (crappy Chris Martin version, but it’s all I could find online)
Fit But You Know It (remix feat. Kano and others)
Otherwise:
Banquet (Bloc Party remix)
- this is a crazy ass apology to Jo Whiley for the theft of a microphone from her studio long ago. It’s this frenzied mix of incredible production and terrible singing (in total Mike Skinner style). Fun for your ears!
jamie on January 16th, 2006
Just saw one of Hilton’s new campaign spots on tv- James Blunt on the soundtrack! Apparently, the campaign is set to use other “emerging artists” in similar spots (the other artists I’ve read are Jason Mraz & Ben Folds - these are “emrging artists”?).
Go to Blunt’s site to download a demo version of Out Of My Mind (I like this “demo” version better than the album version is many ways).
jamie on January 16th, 2006
My weekend was a fucking train wreck…how ’bout yours?
There is nothing slated for release this week (in the US or the UK) worth mentioning. The list of total releases is like twelve long…..seriously. I’ve recently found the Hype Machine though, which is going to save me from having nothing to listen to this week. Hype Machine is an MP3 blog aggregator, taking MP3 links from the best music blogs in the blogosphere, and pushing them all together in a really handy way to listen to them. I’ve been using it to find some of the new music I can’t get off the music services yet. Sure I could search the internets for the tracks, but it’s so much easier to simply search Hype Machine and glean the track from someone else’s hard work? Exactly, I’m a lazy ass.
Some gems from Hype Machine:
Guillemots - Made Up Love Song #43
Zane Lowe’s been playing this track forever, and it’s catchy. I looked around, but couldn’t find it anywhere else. BTW: Guillemots are a type of small bird, something like a pidgeon.
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Radio1 has been loving Gnarls Barkley, but every time I’ve gone to the website, all I get is a stupid graphic, and no info. Gnarls is rapper Cee-Lo and producer Danger Mouse’s collaborative project, de out sometime this year. Danger Mouse is on a hot streak, after his recent work with Jay-Z, the Gorillaz and his Danger Doom release this year.
Richard Ashcroft - Break The Night With Colour
Richard Ashcroft drops his new album in the UK next week, with a US relase date TBD (I don’t plan on waiting, thank you). This is the first single, and it’s just freakin’ great.
oh, and here’s love in a URL:
Corinne Bailey Rae LIVE on KCRW
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