Jamie Kohns on July 28th, 2006
I've got another mixed-bag of great songs for your Friday Mixtape this week, and it's all over the spectrum. From the pure pop of The Feeling and acoustic melody of Landon Pigg (what an unfortunate name) to new new hip-hip from the Roots, down to the nitty gritty blues riffs of the Black Keys. The Holloways make some music with fiddle-vs-guitar riffage (I'm a sucker for any fiddle/violin music), which I can't classify, so just give it a listen. From what looks like it's going to be the worst movie of the year (and as an ophidiophile, one I won't be seeing), the theme song is a fun rocker- just ignore the movie tie-in (BTW: the whole soundtrack looks to be a great OST, done by the awesome people at Fueled By Ramen). Spoon re-released Telephono this week, giving us another real rocker for the mix. I intercut the Example take on Lily's Smile to make Smile/Vile- just for kicks, and Kasabian's new song is officially cool. So is NYC's Alice Smith, but in a different way, mosre smooth a& sexy cool. The Blackbud are new to me, but I'm really diggin' them so far, and Captain has been on the radio a lot, but I just didn't pick get them until I picked up Glorious- now, they're a new favorite.
This week's cover art is from victoregeere, picked because I really liked the perfectly contrasting colors, and it's got cows. Voctorgeere has a knack for colors, and I'm thinking about using another of his shots for a future SFFM. Check out his work, and try to guess which of his other shots I'm eyeing) at flickr.com/photos/victorgeere.
Download it HERE while you can!
Tracklisting:
-The Feeling - Never Be Lonely
-The Black Keys - Your Touch
-Spoon - Nefarious
-Cobra Starship - Snakes On A Plane
-The Holloways - Two Left Feet
-Example vs Lily Allen - Vile/Smile
-Kasabian - Empire
-Blackbud - Barefoot Dancing
-The Roots - Don't Feel Right
-Landon Pigg - Can't Let Go
-Alice Smith - Dream
-Captain - Glorious
Jamie Kohns on July 25th, 2006
First, Lily Allen took a shot at 50 Cent's track track- now, Example (on Mike Skinner's label, The Beats) takes his shot at Lily's chart-topping single Smile. It's witty and it works. I'm sure Lily can take it, hopefuly even give some back.
Example - Vile
[UPDATE]
There's a video now.
Lily even thinks it's a good laugh: "to all who were wondering he was never my boyfriend . I do think his version is very funny though . and I think the sock video is pretty good too ." (from her website)
Jamie Kohns on July 25th, 2006
Contrast Podcast is a collective podcast by music bloggers with a different theme each week- this week's theme was "WHO", and marks my first contribution tot eh effort. You can hear me introduce my track by going to www.timyoung.net/contrast. Next week's theme is instrumentals, with the intros sung, so I might have to grace afflict the world with my singing voice. Enjoy.
Jamie Kohns on July 24th, 2006
First off, Guster on Friday night was great. The boys still put on a great show, goofing with the audience and all. What wasn't cool was Ray LaMontagne's performance. The guy walked onto the stage, plugged in, and started playing. He said nothing throughout the entire show, and did little more anything but just play through each song. They may as well have plugged in a CD player, and given the guy the night off. Seriously, Ray, it's your job- people pay good money to come see you- give them a show, or go work in a shoe store.
UPDATE: Mel tells me this mornin that Ray has been taken OFF the rest of the Guster tour!
It's Monday, and I'm feeling a bit lazy- so I'm gonna regurgitate some stuff that other bloggers posted today for ya:
Heather @ I Am Fuel, You Are Friends posted some really great Damien Rice tracks over the weekend, and I highly recommend you listen to those first, then check out her Monday Music Roundup
It turns out Stereogum was hacked, but hte message posted was a fake.
Derek of Indie Blog Heaven posted an article about Tthe Streets' endeavor to make the longest video in history.
iGIF really likes the new Ratatat. I listened to it, and dind't quite get as into as Connor, but I'll give it another chance.
The Late Greats posted a great live set from Alexi Murdoch, who's song Orange Sky has been used in more television, film and adverts that I care to count, and I still like it.
Jamie Kohns on July 24th, 2006
Premiered on Zane Lowe tonight, and available shortly thereafter, Kasabian's first single from their upcoming album is called Empire. Stream it from their site: WIN REAL
Kasabian - official site
