There was a recent discussion of Simon and Garfunkel, and I was reminded of two guys who really are, in my opinion, the sonic successors to them (as well as the Everly Brothers and others): The Milk Carton Kids: their first two albums are available for download completely free on their website, which i think is really classy.
Hey thenewgreen -- I'm listening to Prologue free on bandcamp right now and I have a feeling you would really like it. The first song is actually called Michigan. Thanks a bunch coffeesp00ns. Aw nuts they're actually touring with Tom Brosseau right now... sold out.
No problem flag. You can actually download Prologue and their second album for free on their website (no spotify necessary for those out of US, or those who dislike spotify). the Link is on this page just under the header. There's also a great Tiny Desk Concert where you can kind of see their personality as well. It's kind of endearing.
I can't find the recordings, but a couple years back The Milk Carton Kids came into my radio station and did a live session. It was incredible, such a great band.
Kings of Convenience can't be left out of a discussion on the contemporaries of the likes of Simon & Garfunkel.
for sure! thanks for the link, this is great stuff!
I've continued my addiction to Andrew Jackson Jihad. I've also recently enjoyed: Riptide by Vance Joy - Stay Useless by Cloud Nothings - Twin Sized Mattress by The Front Bottoms - Start of Something by Voxtrot -
I definitely do Mystery Skulls 8Bit. I most definitely do. This is awesome! Edit to include this playlist which goes HAM.
...but if you let her see that fancy footwork, AHHH...
Amen Dunes : Lonely Richard off of the upcoming Love LP from the Sacred Bones label. 2014.
I've recently found some old school hip hop in the short window of time that it was infused with jazz and had a really cool and distinct sound to it. I wish there was more like it, but here are a few: Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick
Been listening to a new wave of arabic music that I have missed in the past years. Apparently, there is something like arabic indie rock (?), it is certainly a nice refreshing breeze into that very poppy horrible arabic music that most of the people recognize arabic music to be. This is a full concert of one of the more famous bands. What is interesting about this band is their lead singer. He is openly gay and sings about it. A BIG taboo in the arabic world, very brave!
Sad summer jams all week. Waxahatchee - Noccalula - Up there for my favorite singer-songwriter. Torres - Honey - Another great singer-songwriter, this girl is from Nashville and rules. Simon & Garfunkel - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Possibly the best self-referential breakup song ever written, and my favorite Simon & Garfunkel song.
The thing about 3 year olds is that when they like a song they want to hear it over and over and over and over again. Yesterday, I listened to this song at least 5 times in a row: It could have been worse, I love this band and it's a great song. It could have been that damned song from the movie Frozen.
Finally found out what that Japanese pop sound was that I really liked (and heard on the Katamari soundtracks, among other places) - Shibuya-kei (Shibuya style). Cornelius is apparently the best known artist in this style:
Also, Kitasono Minami (found this guy on Soundcloud) did a song called エビはカニじゃない which is all kinds of fantastic. The title is romanised as "Ebi wa kani janai" which means "A shrimp is not a crab". I'm learning Japanese right now so this has taught me a few words: エビ - ebi - shrimp (noun) カニ - kani - crab (noun) じゃない - janai - "not a" (verb) wa is a particle that goes after the subject of the sentence, so in this case it is the ebi that is "not a" kani.
Oh boy do I have an album for you: aivi & surasshu - The Black Box Checky-out #3
Bandcamp is great for finding some unknown well-done music. I've obtained quite a collection over the past year and a half already.
You need to check out some Disasterpeace! And maybe some The Flashbulb?
Of course! Though one must be careful with my music suggestions, lest one find themselves non-ironically listening to music described as "chin-stroking", "high-brown", and "pure-fetishization" .
ProleteR - April Showers I heard it used as the backing track on another youtube clip and it seemed to stick in my head. Not something I would normally listen to at all. EDIT: I got my hands on the new black keys album, turn blue. pretty Good so far.
http://www.theblackkeys.com/turnblue I have their back catalog on shuffle when working to get me through the day.
I just posted most of it in fragments, but let me just comment all this together. First, Christopher Tin's new album came out, The Drop That Contained The Sea. There's still a focus on world-wide music, but rather than represent the rising and setting of the sun, as in Calling All Dawns, this album focuses on the push and pull of the tides. It's more epic than Calling All Dawns, and I'd love to see it live, if the guy would just tour outside of New York for one minute. You can read more about what the album's all about here One of my favorite tracks: Also been watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, which is exactly what it sounds like - that is, bizarre. Lots of musical references, however, and it introduced me to Roundabout, which I am eternally grateful for: Plus it has a pretty epic opening theme-song: Also, WMD released his new album, Jenny Llewellyn. This kid is 17, I feel wholly inadequate in comparison.
Linda Perhacs - Hey, Who Really Cares? Absolutely beautiful Folk music. Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Modul 48 Mesmerizing progressive Jazz. Fantastic composition. Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa Speaks for itself.
I have been really digging the new Damon Albarn (the guy behind Gorillaz) album. Very minimalistic, hauntingly beautiful songs: The new Lana del Rey song really reminds me of something, but I can't for the life of me recall what song it reminds me of: Besides that I picked up some nice songs from here last week, like Don't You Evah by Spoon, No Regrets by Lee Hazlewood and Top Notch from Manchester Orchestra.