I remember first hearing Since I Left You and having my mind and ears blown. And wondering how the hell they squeezed so many samples together to create something so entirely fresh, varied, and somehow, packed all into a cohesive album. One that simply drips of summer. It still holds up today. To celebrate its 10 year anniversary Modular is releasing a 2-disc set full of remixes and rarities. Stay tuned for details.
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FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST VIDEO
Directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire
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STEREOLAB REMIX
This is just one remix that’ll appear on the deluxe reissue. Check back for more info.
I could never play drums and sing at the same time. I sure as hell couldn’t “play” a cup and sing a cover like this, either. Most impressive. See more by tay9andahalf (via MeFi). Maybe she’s the hands behind the trippy CHOP CUP video?
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CUPS IN STEREO
Watch the original by Lulu and The Lampshades: See the rest »
Both big fans of True Blood, Neko Case and Nick Cave teamed up to cover the Odessey and Oracle classic for the show’s 4th season. Full story at KCRW. Buy it on iTunes after True Blood premieres tonight (6/26).
This week brought the longest day of the year. And yet, I there seems to be less and less time to get shit done. No excuse for not keepin’ up on what’s güt. So here’s the latest. Enjoy thoroughly.
Dreamy. From the same musical meister who created “Upular” entirely from Pixar Up samples, Nick Bertke AKA Pogo. Bloom has the same hypnotic effect, too. Made more beautiful by the emotive and timelessly sweet Disney princesses. And that guy’s moustache. (via)
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SPEAKING OF BLOOM …
It’s the 20th anniversary of Nirvana‘s Nevermind. Here’s a terrific and lesser-known cover by fellow Wilmette, IL -ian, Jonny Polonsky:
This week I came across two killer bands thanks to the site bandcamp. And surprise, they’re from Brooklyn. The moddish Dinosaur Feathers and the super lo-fi, searing-with-potential Night Manager. Give ’em some love. Along with the rest of this week’s Friday Five. Enjoy thoroughly.
Lots to add to your list. Keep an ear out for the Beck-produced track from Stephen Malkmus (LP out 8/23), released just in time for Weinergate to, uh, expose itself. Enjoy thoroughly.
Though Beirut has released these tunes into the wild as a limited-edition 7″ (on sweet, colored vinyl no less), on August 30th they’ll be released on their new full length in four years, entitled The Rip Tide. Judging by the opening tracks alone, I’ll be pre-ordering this bad boy first chance I get. Just lovely.
Summer craziness is starting to ramp up. Take this moment to rock out in one window while you order some music in another. As always, enjoy thoroughly.
Trippy couple of days. First multiplying sheep. Now bar graphs and pie charts exploding off the page into something like a Pink Floyd LP cover on peyote.
Created by design and live-action production company Süperfad and directed by Nando Costa,
this video “explores the connections between science, mathematics and music“. Music is by World Gang, a side-project of Modest Mouse‘s Jeremiah Green and Plastiq PhantomDarrin Wiener. Nando and Jeremiah have a previous relationship, as he shot Modest Mouse “Whale Song” video.
The unnecessarily umlauted Süperfad is on a roll as of late. Just the other day they released their HTML5 and WebGL -powered Global Traffic Visualizer. Check out the vid:
