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Lykke doing Kings

cool track I found on Diana Miller's I Listen to Everything featuring Lykke Li covering Kings of Leon
I love it when bands I like collaborate with each other.

Lykke Li - Knocked Up (Kings Of Leon cover)

I thought I was in control; I thought I was invincible

with my recent shoulder surgery and other health issues I'm feeling every one of my almost 43 years... may be why these tunes are resonating with me right now.

Blind Pilot - Oviedo

Ida Maria - Oh My God

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Brokedown Palace

brokedown palace, originally uploaded by tearapen.

I'm going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
Make myself a bed by the waterside,
In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll.

Photo by Will Snap.

Genius with yt content

2 new and VERY cool projects that use content on You Tube.

The first is called the ThruYOU project which mixes unrelated youtube clips to make some amazing tracks.

The second, is Muziic.  A 15-year-old has created a free-music service by harnessing YouTube's vast library of music videos.  Muziic, created by teen developer David Nelson, has built an iTunes-like interface on top of YouTube. The service enables users to stream YouTube's music to their PCs without fiddling with videos. Users can build playlists and organize songs in a way similar to iTunes. Click on the pic below to view in a larger pop-up.

I downloaded the player and it is SLICK. I wonder how long until YT shuts him down...

The CNET article from March 8, 2009 with the details

less twang more dance

Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy

after the Ben Kweller twang I figured we could use some uk dance from Friendly Fires. I really like this video for its simplicity. Black and white with skeleton gettups and fake snow. I was flipping through the 5,000 channels on tv that I never watch and found a MTV channel called MTVU, which I'm guessing is spinning college radio-esque tunes.

01 Skeleton Boy

BK goes down home on Changing Horses

I just got a copy of the new Ben Kweller, Changing Horses, and its twangy. I love the way he can turn a phrase and this album doesn't disappoint. this is most definitely not a pop record, so get a bucket of long necks on ice, head to the porch and chill.

Gypsy Rose

Fight

control the mix with Arcade Fire

You can getting your inner Phil Spector going by controlling the mix for the Arcade Fire tune Black Mirror.  The song, as with most AF tunes, has a few layers ;o), and by using the number keys 1-6 on your keyboard you can mix the various vocal and instrument tracks. it sounds pretty cool to just have the vocals and cello.
Aracade Fire - Black Mirror

Coachella lineup for 2009

Coachella Lineup

Not sure about the headliners but lots of great bands in the smaller fonts.

Friday
Franz Ferdinand
the Black Keys
Silversun Pickups
M. Ward
the Hold Steady

Saturday
TV on the Radio
Band of Horses
Fleet Foxes
Mastodon
Glasvegas
Drive-By Truckers
Calexico
Bob Mould Band
Blitzen Trapper

Sunday
My Bloody Valentine
Yeah Yeah Yeah's
Peter Bjorn and John
Antony and the Johnsons
Jenny Lewis
Groove Armada
Lykke Li
Okkervil River
Fucked Up
Perry Farrell

Fatboy Slim's new project BPA

this is a pretty clever video and a good song featuring David Byrne and Dizzie Rascal

More about the story of the Brighton Port Authority here, although I think most of it, sans the players, is a smart put-on.

Dark Was The Night

Dark Was the Night
wow, this is quite a compilation with some of my favorite artists. Check out the player at the bottom of this post to listen to some of the tunes.

The complete list of artists (in alphabetical order) that recorded tracks for this release are:
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

This will benefit the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. They are the people responsible for albums including No Alternative, Red Hot and Blue and many more, and this is their 20th year, and this is the 20th release! It will be available Feb 16th.

early 09 tunes

I've been reviewing some 08 year end lists and here's a couple of tunes that have sounded good.

Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound
Oviedo

Glasvegas - Glasvegas

Geraldine

AC Newman - Get Guilty

The Changeling (Get Guilty)