Tenderoni by Kele 
Here’s a link to a new jam by Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke. It’s amazing. It reminds me of that song Yeah Yeah by Bodyrox with the grimy beat but then the way he layers the track with his vocals makes it 10x more danceable. I am really really really happy there is at least SOMETHING bloc party related coming out, they are usually my go-to summer dance party album.
KISSES! by KISSES! SO GOOD! LISTEN TO IT! THEN START LIKING IT! THEN TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
Yo guys- check out this new New Young Pony Club single “Lost A Girl”. They haven’t put anything out in a while, but “Ice Cream” has been remixed so many times sometimes I forget what the original sounds like. This song is definitely still really dance-y and fun but if “Ice Cream” is about seducing a new lover, “Lost A Girl” is definitely about abandoning him. Definitely more indie than their older stuff. Can’t wait to hear the full album, as I’m sure it will be wonderful for late night dance parties come springtime.
Fanfarlo is sooo good. They played after Freelance Whales and I wasn’t gonna stay but then a roadie put himself in a straightjacket, got tied up, then laid down and had his feet connected to the beam with the lights on it that had been lowered to the ground, and then it lifted him up in the air and he dangled upside down and Fanfarlo came out and played and the roadie UNDID THE STRAIGHTJACKET IN ONE SONG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cmOpE6UANg
That video makes a lot more sense than my summary. But thats not the song I posted- the song I posted is “Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time” and it is awesome
self described “happy music for sad people”
I’ve been really into Darwin Deez for the past few weeks. The band has been getting a lot of good press online and are one of my votes for Mill acts in 2010.
Darwin Deez - “Radar Detector” (mp3 from WRMC)
The poppy guitars and claps of Radar Detector feels like it was jacked from the first season of the OC, but the simplicity and quirkiness of the song gives it more personality.
Bonus - Xaphoon Jones, creator of indie-gone-hiphop tracks for Chiddy Bang has remixed the song, giving it his usual grimy synth beat. The vocal sample sounds good and the change in the song’s tone is creative take on a cutesy synth-pop song.
Darwin Deez - “Radar Detector (Xaphoon Remix)” (mp3 from Den of Vice)
Canuck Collaboration
Metric - “Monster Hotel (MSTRKRFT Remix)” (mp3 from The Music Ninja)
two excellent Canadian bands getting rowdy
enjoy
Fall Be Kind EP
Two weeks ago, Animal Collective released the Fall Be Kind EP.
Taking top honors for SPIN’s 2009 Top Album List, Merriweather Post Pavilion seemed like the best piece of work the band would put out this year. However, the Fall Be King EP builds off of a lot of the sounds and styles and offers another enjoyable, experimental psych-pop experience (can’t get enough of those!)
What Would I Say? Sky has been favorite track on the EP, with a cool Grateful Dead sample and an amazing shift from psychedelic noise to low key melody.
Check the song out here! (mp3 courtesy of Audio Muffin)
you can purchase the album via amazon
BOY CRISIS.
You may have heard that Das Racist is coming to The Mill this Friday (12/4)…
You may NOT know that Victor Vasquez of Das Racist is also in a band called Boy Crisis, or that Boy Crisis will be opening.
A mix of electronica and grunge and with swells from the ultra low-key to the maddeningly danceable, each Boy Crisis song brings something completely different to the table. At times, their haunting vocals and mellow synths remind me of a mesh of Brand New and Hot Chip. At others, they pump it up and their beats have the potential to hustle a crowd into an all-out frenzy. All aside, though, they’ve got something different going on than other Indie-Electronic acts that have exploded nowadays - their sound is very vintage-pop-esque, more along the lines of Prince or Bowie than Passion Pit or Simian Mobile Disco (or Lady Gaga for that matter).
So once again, swing by. Doors will open at 11. Send an e-mail to milltix@gmail.com with your name, cell#, and how many you’d like for tickets ($5 each).
Check these tracks while you’re at it…
Dressed to Digress (mp3 via Bored and Beats)
Fountain of Youth (mp3 via Bored and Beats)
L’Homme (Run Hide Survive Remix) (mp3 via Bored and Beats)
DAS RACIST.
Das Racist is a rap duo from Brooklyn (via Wesleyan University, right around the corner) who’ve fiercely dichotomized the music community. You, as a listener, probably have one of two opinions about them:
1) They are brillaint. Their hypnotic style and poignant rhymes border the musically transcendental, all the while quietly hinting at the overwhelming apathy and consumerism that runs in the veins of today’s youth culture.
2) They’re immature. They’re senseless. They are the bottom of the barrel as far as music is concerned. I hate them.
(Okay, so maybe you can be somewhere in the middle too. Work with the hyperbole for a least a wee bit.)
I’m not really sure where I personally fit in these two groups, but if nothing else, Das Racist are two guys who happen to pump some jams that are absolutely perfect if you’re interested in jumping up and down and sweating your brains out. A mesh of synth-based techno-dub beats behind scream rap that reminds me of whatever the pre-pubescent Beastie Boys would have sounded like, their sound is one that simultaneously puzzles and excites me. Style aside, they’re absolutely epic live, brimming with enthusiasm and packing crowds everywhere they go. That’s where Trinity comes in.
This Friday, December 4, Das Racist will be playing at The Mill with Boy Crisis, with doors opening around 11. Tickets are $5; to buy them during pre-sale, send an e-mail milltix@gmail.com with your name, how many you want, and your cell phone number. We’ll let you know what’s up from there. So swing by. Solid tunes. Solid people. Solid time. Check these mp3s…
Ek Shaneesh (mp3 via Pop Tarts Suck Toasted)
Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix) (mp3 via Music Ramen)
