Daily Archives: October 12, 2009
Devendra Banhart – “Walillamdzi,” [Daily MP3 #6]
Doubt Devendra Banhart all you want, but what a fantastic, haunted song “Walillamdzi” is, coming from a guy that runs a dizzying gamut of moods on his craziest LPs (of which I’d say Cripple Crow is the nuttiest by dint … Continue reading
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The Flaming Lips – Embryonic – Warner Bros [Album Review]
If you thought the middling Christmas On Mars film would leave The Flaming Lips wriggling in popularity limbo you obviously don’t realize how powerful they’ve become since Soft Bulletin was released. Even a so-so album — did anyone really, truly … Continue reading
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Michael Jackson – "This is It" MP3 [Curiosities #14]
Like most of Michael Jackson‘s post-”Black/White” output, “This is It” (not to be confused with The Strokes‘ Is This It, a great song AND album) blows goats, a far cry from even “The Doggone Girl Is Mine” (which has sentimentality … Continue reading
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Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke and Bon Iver songs, HEAR THEM HERE FIRST circa the "Twilight: New Moon” soundtrack [Curiosities #8]
Holy FUCK (dammit, I’m trying not to swear) … I mean, holy FUDGE: You can hear brand-new songs from Thom York (“Hearing Damage), Grizzly Bear and Bon Iver/St. Vincent BELOW: Grizzly Bear (featuring Victoria Legrand), “Slow Life”: and Bon Iver and … Continue reading
Filed under Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Legrand, Victoria, St. Vincent, Yorke, Thom
