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Insert witty title here. [3fer Edition]

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Wild Sweet Orange
http://www.wildsweetmusic.com/

Again I come across a band and album that I love only to discover that they have broken up already. Wild Sweet Orange, from Alabama, released We Have Cause To Be Uneasy in 2008. They announced their breakup September 2010. when did I discover them? March 30th, 2001. It’s a bummer, but that should stop you from becoming a fan. Uneasy is such a great album, that it’s worth the disappointment of knowing that there will be no other albums from this band. Who knows, the purchasing power of the fans of this bloog could resurrect the band with a reuinion tour and a new album. Stranger things have happened.

“House Of Regret” is a beautifully crafted rock song. The song starts off slow, sad and reflective. You can feel the remorse bubble over into anger through the course of the song. I play it at loud volumes, I suggest you do the same.

Click to play Wild Sweet Orange – House Of Regret

Kanye West
http://kanyewest.com/

“I ain’t going to bed no time soon / And when I do, I’m sleeping in my mama’s room!”

This is supposedly a bogus version of Kanye West’s much speculated-about song Mama’s Boyfriend. We had heard a capella versions of it when Kanye was doing rhymes at facebook and twitter headquarters. It was supposed to be on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Dark Fantasy, or as a Bonus Track. It was not released as either. Word was that the song meant so much to him that he wanted it to be perfect before it was released. Having it released the way it has was really fired Kanye up. Here is the note from the label about it:

The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artist’s creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye West’s vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material.

I’m too afraid to put it on my servers. Here is the link to download it from Mediafire. Hurry! won’t be there long!

Glass Candy
http://www.myspace.com/glasscandy

Italo Disco is something I haven’t listened to for a long time. I used to throw some in my sets from time to time, back when I used to DJ regularly. Songs like this always remind me of my old buddy CB4.

Click to play Glass Candy – Feeling Without Touching

Glass Candy is from Portland, Oregon. That voice you hear is vocalist Ida No and the music is produced by Johnny Jewel. The song comes off the EP “Feeling Without Touching.”

Safety In Numbers [3fer Edition]

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Rafter

Rafter has a new album out entitled Animal Feelings. It’s a pop album that you don’t have to feel dirty for liking. There will never be anyone lashing out at you for liking this album. It’s the kind of Pop album that gets you “street cred” with the hipsters. If you would rather stick a pitchfork into the lower orifice of a hipster, then at least you will seem super cutting edge to your normal friends.

Rafter Roberts grew up in Sebastopol, California, where his parents raised him in a decidedly nontraditional setting. “My parents named me Rafter,” he told LAS magazine. “I don’t know if I want to call them ‘hippies’ but they were definitely counterculture and outside the norm. When my mom was pregnant with me one of the people they lived with in this semi-commune made a joke that they should name the baby Rafter because he was conceived in a loft. And it just sorta stuck.”

There are so many great songs on this album, I’ve had a hard time picking one to share on this post. In the end I decided on “A Frame” because I think the first verse speaks to me. An A-frame is the most basic of structures to support load. I prefer to roll the opposite of deep. I roll sparse. I roll super sparse homie.

I’m doing counting but the numbers are against me
I ran out of fingers, ran out of toes
I’m doing counting cause there’s safety in numbers
Ha!Safety in numbers, we’ll see how that goes 

Click to play Rafter – A Frame

Bombay Bicycle Club

If you love this image, go buy the t-shirt from Bustedtees.com

I’m constantly battling my gianormous music libraries. Yes. Plural. Across four different computers, I struggle to consolidate to just one. Well two. One library is EVERYTHING except what’s in the smaller one. The smaller one is just dance music, mashups, and remixes. It’s the library Serato pulls from that I DJ with. It’s a messy sitch. While moving music around my home network, I come across some old gems. The gem was the album I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose by Bombay Bicycle Club from 2009.  A real oldie…I know. It’s probably something that I haven’t really listened to since 2009, and I regret that. This is a fantastic album that I hope you pick up and love. It’s going on my iPhone right now. Check out the track “Always Like This” to get a real feel for the whole album. If you like that track you will love the whole record.

Click to play Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This

The Devil Whale

The other thing I struggle to keep organized, besides my music library, is the blog inbox. Fucking overwhelmed. I need an intern. Or two. Not the Monica Lewinsky type either…I can barely keep up with my girlfriend as it is.

This last track will have to be from the digital mail piles. It’s from the Salt Lake City garage pop band The Devil’s Whale upcoming album Teeth. Check out the single “Standing Stones” and then head to the bands bandcamp site to order the album for $8.99. I think you will dig the surf sounds that must be inspired by some nearby saltwater source…

Click to play The Devil Whale – Standing Stones

  

A Fever Dream [3fer edition]

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It’s threefer time y’all!
Your three tracks are all off fantastic albums that have come out over the span of the last 5 months or so.



Tides Of Man

Tides of Man



Tides of Man is a progressive rock band from Tampa, Florida. The band came into existence when the members of the band booked a show for late 2007. Even before the band even had any material to perform. 



If you are into bands like Radiohead, Circa Survive, or Coheed and Cambria; there is no chance that you won’t love the sophomore album Dreamhouse (2010). 


Tilian Pearson, the vocalist, does some great work, but it’s the compliment of guitarists Spencer Gill and Adam Sene that bring the work to such amazing heights.

Click to play Tides Of Man – Sunshine

The band is currently in limbo. It seems that Pearson may be quitting the band to come on as lead singer for the band Saosin. The remaining members of the band hope to continue on, and are currently looking for a new frontman.







The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids

Kansas City rockers The Get Up Kids have released a new album! back in the 90’s these guys were a huge deal in the Alt-Rock scene. Some might call them emo, but the band would prefer you didn’t. They broke up in 2005, but after a successful reunion tour in 2009, the band went back into the studio to record new material. This new album, There Are Rules, might be the best album these five guys have done yet. This is of course my opnion, but I am sure that if you are familiar with their previous work, that you would agree. If you don’t agree, feel free to flame me in the comments.


This album seems to be a bit more agressive sonically, although the track I am sharing here is less so. It leans more to the vibe of Vampire Weekend, which you should also be aware of if you aren’t already,


Click to play The Get Up Kids – Shatter Your Lungs


This album was released late January of this year. It’s album number 5. You like it. Go buy it.
Bright Eyes

Conor Oberst, frontman of Bright Eyes



We’ve talked about Bright Eyes before, but this latest album is one I have been playing since it was released on February 1, 2011. It’s album number 7, and I honestly feel lucky when I get to hear such a great piece of work. Conor Oberst really delivers with The People’s Key. It’s more straightforward then previous releases, and yet still retains some of the lo-fi feel of previous work. 


We expect amazing when we stop to consider Conor O’s discography. He has been involved in so many important bands and albums. Monsters of Folk, Norman Bailer, and the Mystic Valley Band have all had Oberst at the helm.


Click to play Bright Eyes – A Machine Spiritual (In the People’s Key)


The song feels like a man’s thoughts about his place in the world. How humanity and nature interact, and the delicate dance we are allowed on this earth in this galaxy. That explination doesn’t make sense, I know, but it’s the kind of cerebral trip Conor Oberst is known for. It’s why we continue to listen. It’s music for the mind and soul.


Stand the test of time… [3fer edition]

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The amount of music I want to tell you about far exceeds my post allocation for the blog. I’m going to try to post a “three-fer” once a month. Just a quick three bands you should hear and be aware of. Thinking the second Monday of the month works for me. Work for you?

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement but it’s a quote from David Brent in an episode of The Office. “When me and James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV, we switched it on and Ricky Gervais said “My Drinking – Does it offend you, yeah?” so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever.

—synth player Dan Coop, NME.com interview

Dance-Punk has been around since the 1970’s. Isn’t that a trip? It stems from bands being influenced by dance music. Does It Offend You, Yeah? formed in Reading, England in 2006 and  sound like they have been influenced by Haitras and Daft Punk.

Click to play Does It Offend you, Yeah? – The Monkeys Are Coming

Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You is the upcoming album from the band due out on March 14 in the UK and March 15 in the United States. I’ve listened to it extensively, and it’s something you must pick up.

Beady Eye

Beady Eye

With that new band name, the former Oasis members Liam Gallagher, Andy Bell, Gem Archer, and Chris Sharrock get a spot on the shelf of the record store right next to the Beatles. That’s very crafty no? Would be brilliant if people actually purchased music in a STORE! Noel and Liam still haven’t spoken since the band broke up after a tiff backstage in Paris. The brothers always wanted to best The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Wouldn’t it be something if Liam could finally do it after shedding the dead weight?

Click to play Beady Eye – Beatles And Stones

Liam and the boys released the album Different Gear, Still Speeding on March 1st. If you are a fan of that Britpop/Rock of Oasis, you might think about picking up this slightly Bluesier album ASAP.

Saigon

Man this cat has flow. I suppose you know you have to bring it on an album you title The Greatest Story Never Told. Brooklyn’s Brian Daniel Carenard, otherwise known as Saigon, definitely brings it. If you are already familiar with Saigon’s work, you will find this album to be more mature. Less glitz and glamour, and more focus on surviving on the neighborhood streets.

This album came out on Just Blaze’s Fort Knox Entertainment label, and the track below is produced by Blaze himself.

Click to play Saigon – Clap featuring Faith Evans (Produced By Just Blaze)

The fact that this album does not have any major label support is really a testament to just how fucked the music industry is right now. It’s a great rap album, and if you like Jay-Z you might find Saigon a nice addition to your collection.