tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332535702012-02-10T07:45:44.652-05:00Rock, rap, disco, electronica, remix, folk, R & B, electro, 70's, 80's, new wave, soft rock, oldies, acoustic, retro, trip-hop, blues, indie-rock, alternative, brass, punk, Brit-pop, country, techno, world, acid jazz, reggae, dance, easy listening, funk, hip hop, house, neo-pop, new wave, soul, trance, you name it.WeCastMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13792779767206737624noreply@blogger.comBlogger10081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33253570.post-44636671097559702362012-02-10T07:45:00.000-05:002012-02-10T07:45:44.658-05:00

Song: Video Games Artist: The Young Professionals Album: Video Games I've been more than a little amused by all the hoopla surrounding the release of Lana Del Rey's debut album, the SNL performance, the twitter wars, everything.  And for further proof that no publicity is bad publicity, "Born to Die" had a #2 Billboard entry.  Crazy. I have actually been enjoying the record, and recently

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Song: Let's All Chant Artist: Michael Zager Band Album: Let's All Chant Well... speaking of "Eyes of Laura Mars..." I've been listening to a good amount of disco, as in 70's disco, lately so yesterday upon seeing Ladyhawke's new video inspired by the Faye Dunaway film it immediately reminded me of a great track used in the film... "Let's All Chant" by the Michael Zager Band. The song is

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Song: Black White & Blue Artist: Ladyhawke Album: Anxiety It's been a long while since the release of Ladyhawke's self-titled debut album ('08) but the wait is soon over as her proper sophomore set "Anxiety" is due in mid-March. Check out the buzzy first single "Black White & Blue."  It didn't grab me in the way past singles like "My Delirium" and "Back of the Van" did initially, but the

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Song: Love Interruption Artist: Jack White Album: Blunderbuss Jack White is set to release his first solo material with "Blunderbuss," set for release at the end of April.  It will be released through his own Third Man Records. Jack states of the album: "I've put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name.

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Song: Origins Artist: Tennis Album: Young and Old Like Chairlift whom I highlighted last week, Tennis was a band I discovered a while ago due to their debut album, always meant to feature them on the blog, but never did.  And like Chairlift they have their sophomore album coming out... and so here they are. Tennis are a Denver-based indie-pop duo comprised of husband and wife team of Alaina

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Song: Give Me All Your Luvin' Artist: Madonna Album: MDNA The first single from Her Madgesty's twelfth album "MDNA." It's a little "Beautiful Stranger" meets Toni Basil's "Mickey" with hot chicks M.I.A. (indie cred) and Nicki Minaj (U.S. ubiquity) added into the mix. I'm a touch underwhelmed by the song, but am reminded that I never really warmed up to "4 Minutes," but ended up really

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Song: Bad Girls Artist: M.I.A. Album: Bad Girls This beat is slaying me. Bad Girls

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Song: Andrew in Drag Artist: The Magnetic Fields Album: Love at the Bottom of the Sea Is there anyone who doesn't just adore The Magnetic Fields' "69 Love Songs?"  That classic 1999 triple-album was the last record the Fields' did for Merge records and the last time they used synthesizers, as the last three albums comprised their "no synths" trilogy.  I was a fan of 2004's "i" as it

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Song: Wrong Opinion Artist: Chairlift Album: Something Every once in a while I have an album or song that I dig, listen to a bit, for sure plan to highlight here on this blog... and then a bunch of other stuff rushes in and takes its place here and there.  Enough time goes by that it just feels like old news, and it never happens.  Recently I've acquired a couple follow-up records from

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Song: Maniac Artist: Moullinex feat. Peaches Album: Casablanca Reworks by the Gomma All Stars It's official... I need a Casablanca Records retrospective.  I don't even know if one exists, but there is a lot I need to learn from the disco era, and the electronic music pioneers from that label represent a huge hole in my collection and disco knowledge.  I say this because of the excellent new

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Song: Doubt Artist: Amanda Mair Album: Doubt I've been recently intrigued by Swedish teenager (15!) Amanda Mair, whom I recently discovered via another end-of-year best singles list.  "Doubt," her second single has been on heavy rotation for me, and I'm pretty excited to hear her debut album, due this year. Mair's first single "House" started like a pretty piano ballad only to turn into a

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Song: Big Mouth Artist: Santigold Album: Master of my Make-Believe It's kind of wild to think it's been over four years since Santogold burst onto the scene and gave us her brilliant self-titled debut.  But the wait is almost over, as her sophomore album, "Master of my Make-Believe" is set for release this spring.  But things are different... First off, Santogold is now Santigold.  (???)

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Song: Be Strong Artist: The 2 Bears Album: Be Strong I first heard "Bear Hug" back in June of last year and thought it was pretty ridiculous.  A bit of 90's house minimalism with a digitally altered deep voice going on about giving bear hugs.  Silly.  Seeing the video (below) at least got me to listen to the song again, and while it reeked of hipster, the silly rooftop dance scene made me

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Song: Hang it Up Artist: The Ting Ting's Album: Sounds from Nowheresville It seems like ages ago (over a year) since we got a new Ting Ting's song, the last being the single "Hands,"  back in 2010.  I loved that song, a new more dance direction that we all thought was the start of their second record... then "Hands" didn't do as well as their previous singles... and then nothing happened.

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Song: Call My Name Artist: Tove Styrke Album: Call My Name Here's some punchy dance pop to get you into this Monday... Tove Styrke is a Swedish-born isnger-songwriter raised from a very musical family.  Her father, Anders Ostman had scored a Swedish number 1 single in 1970, and opened a record store after he stopped touring.  He introduced Tove to guitar, but she gravitated more towards

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Song: Down With the Trumpets Artist: Rizzle Kicks Album: Stereo Typical A small aside... this is my 1,000 post! I saw this song pretty high on an end-of-year best singles list from 2011 and have been enjoying its old-school youthful charm since.  I just started researching this very young band and they have a neat story... Rizzle Kicks is comprised of (children) Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens &

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Song: Video Games Artist: Lana Del Rey Album: Born to Die Have you heard about this chick yet? Well, Lana Del Rey, the New York City-born, Lake Placid raised, singer-songwriter who is just 25, has made quite the splash this week when she debut on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend and many have said she's the worst performer the show has ever had.  (ouch)  Her debut album, "Born to Die

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Song: 212 Artist: Azealia Banks Album: 212 Well speaking of Azealia Banks, the mysterious chick collaborating on the the new Scissor Sisters single under the name Krystal Pepsy... here's her sole song that's been burning up the internet, and now New York City, the town it's about.  Pitchfork called this "best new song" just a month ago, and she recently just topped NME's cool list.  And she

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Song: Shady Love Artist: Scissor Sisters Album: Shady Love The Scissor Sisters came out with a surprise release of their new single "Shady Love" on the second of the year, it's from their as-yet-announced fourth album coming sometime this year.  It's a dance-focused goofy little gem of a track featuring the much-buzzed about Azealia Banks under the pseudonym "Krystal Pepsy," which had been

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Best of 2011 Song: Heavy Metal Lover Artist: Lady Gaga Album: Born This Way "Born This Way" was my favorite album of the year.  It was my favorite by some margin.  It was the one record that I consistently listened to since I got it in February, one that I listened to multiple time from start to finish, and... I am also not ashamed to admit that a look at my iTunes play count indicates that

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Best of 2011 Song: Don't Walk Away Artist: The Chain Gang of 1974 Album: Wayward Fire I just love this record. I've written about The Chain Gang of 1974 twice now.  Once in November of 2011 when I first discovered the band and their indie release "White Guts" and then this past June when the album was picked up by a larger label, rejiggered with new tracks, a new cover, and a new name... "

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Best of 2011 Song: Limousine Artist: Class Actress Album: Rapprocher There were a handful of 80's-inspired indie-electro records that really shined to me this year, and a couple surprised me in how with repeated listens, they continued to get under my skin and forced repeated listens.  Initially, when I heard Brooklyn's Class Actress, I liked lead singer Elizabeth Harper's pretty if

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Best of 2011 Song: Oh My Heart Artist: R.E.M. Album: Collapse Into Now Admittedly, "Collapse Into Now" might not have been on my year-end list if the band hadn't called it quits after the relative quiet release of this, their fifteen album.  But that's not to say that this is some small half-hearted attempt to make sense of the end of a band that I once proudly claimed my favorite, a way to

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Best of 2011 Song: Always on the Run Artist: Yuksek Album: Living on the Edge of Time French DJ, remixer, and Producer Yuksek first grabbed my attention with his hard-hitting dancefloor single "Tonight" from his debut '09 album "Away From the Sea."  It was a great track, and I thought the remainder of the album was pretty good as well.  I was not prepared when the man released "On a Train"

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Best of 2011 Song: Lucky Day Artist: Nicola Roberts Album: Cinderella's Eyes This year, more than any, I've been pretty in love with pop music.  And more specifically British or European dance pop.  I've always been a fan for sure, but there was just something about a handful of pop singles that had me stuck on repeat.  All year. There were two Brit girls that really won me over, and

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Best of 2011 Song: Tomorrow Has to Wait Artist: Peter, Bjorn, & John Album: Gimme Some Peter, Bjorn, & John's third album "Writer's Block" was one of my favorite albums of 2006, and it's been a bit maddening waiting for them to release a proper follow-up.  I assumed that the band was folding under the weight of topping their breakthrough single "Young Folks" by releasing the mostly

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Best of 2011 Song: I Would Do Anything for You Artist: Foster the People Album: Torches "Pumped Up Kicks" has got to be the out-of-left-field hit of the year.  A demo that caught viral fire in 2010 and forced lead Mark Foster to get it in gear and record a full album of tunes.  January saw the release of the song on iTunes as part of a three-song EP to wet appetites while the band tried to

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Best of 2011 Whoa.  What a year. It's taken me some time, and I must admit I'm not even fully there, but this year wrapping my head around the music of 2011 was (and still is) hard for me to muster.  I had several highly-anticipated albums that I didn't connect with AT ALL (Radiohead, Bjork, My Morning Jacket) and a couple of medium-anticipated albums that I didn't connect with (The Drums,

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Song: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Artist: Gayla Peevy Album: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas A novelty song from 1953, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written by John Rox and sung by Gayla Peevy, who was just ten years old at the time of the recording.  The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard charts in December of that year. I was unfamiliar with this little gem

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Song: Midnight City Artist: M83 Album: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming So I'm playing a little year-end last-minute catch up and supposed I couldn't be a electronic/dance/electro-leaning music blog without mentioning French artist's M83 (Anthony Gonzalez) much talked about 2011 album released in October, "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming." It got a lot of buzz around it's release but didn't grab me much

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Song: Shake Artist: Little Boots Album: Shake I really loved UK electropop artist's Little Boots debut album "Hands" from 2009, and loved her first single "New in Town" more than most songs from that year.  It was by far the best track on the album, but it was a solid debut, and I've been wondering what new material might sound like. It's been announced that Little Boots is releasing a new

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Song: Big Bad Wolf Artist: Duck Sauce Album: Big Bad Wolf This song didn't grab me in the way that their hit "Barbara Streisand" did last year, but I now have been seeing that video everywhere, which has elevated it for me.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, please take a couple minutes and watch what Billboard called "the most disturbing and frightening video f 2011" below. I can't

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Song: Stay Away Artist: Charli XCX Album: Stay Away One again... (wink-wink) friend and reader Chris has turned me onto another up-and-coming artist that has quite a lot of potential.  London-based nineteen year old Charli XCX creates goth-tinged electro tracks that marry the freak goddess charms of Kate Bush, with the more modern, ummm... freak goddess vibe of Marina and the Diamonds.  

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Song: Lonely Boy Artist: The Black Keys Album: El Camino So The Black Keys have never grabbed me.  The Akron, OH blues-rock band released their sixth and most popular album, "Brothers" last year to much acclaim and interest.  It made it on several year-end best lists and I still haven't heard it.  But all the talk about that record made me interested enough to check out their latest album,

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Song: Between the Cheats Artist: Amy Winehouse Album: Lioness: Hidden Treasures I was almost a little surprised at just how much I was personally effected by Amy Winehouse's passing earlier this year.  Sure, I was a big fan of her breakthrough record "Back in Black," played it constantly, and thought she had a bright musical future ahead of her... as long as she could get her life together.

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Artist: The Sound of Arrows Song: Wonders Album: Voyage I'd first discovered Swedish electropop band The Sound of Arrows back in 2009 when they put out the single "M.A.G.I.C."  I loved the sunny upbeat sound and 80's movie aesthetic the band went for.  And since then we've all been waiting for the release of their debut album.  Well, "Voyage" finally came out in November, and while it

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Song: Somebody That I Used to Know Artist: Gotye Album: Making Mirrors Friend and reader Chris introduced me to this song a while back and I've been slowly getting into the album as a whole, which is an odd mix of psychedelic rock, electronica twinged soul, and folky atmospherics.  "Somebody I Used to Know," a duet with New Zealand's Kimbra, falls into the latter category... a haunting song

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Song: The Drummer Artist: Niki & the Dove Album: The Drummer EP Wow.  VERY Kate Bush no?  But I really like this track, though it's the best song on the EP by far. Enjoy. The Drummer

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Song: Unzip Me Artist: Cazwell + Peaches Album: Unzip Me Well here's a little something to get this short holiday week and your Monday off to a swinging start. NYC producer/rapper Cazwell and Canadian electro-sleaze goddess Peaches have teamed up for a hard-hitting electro-house track that properly showcases both of their outrageous persona's and proves they are a match made in

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90's Week Song: Don't Want to Fall in Love Artist: Jane Child Album: Jane Child I wanted to re-cap 90's week with one of my favorites, and since this turned into an unplanned female artists of the 90's week, I thought I'd keep the trend going... Jane Child is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and producer who released her self-titled debut album in 1989.  After her first single, "Welcome

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90's Week Song: Ring My Bell Artist: Collette Album: Raze the Roof Oh dear. Well, friend and reader Antony from Sydney introduces me to Collette, a fellow Aussie that released two albums in the late 80's and early 90's.  Her biggest and most well-known hit is a cover of the Anita Ward classic "Ring My Bell," which went top 5 in Australia, at the time rare for a local act apparently.  Now, I

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90's Week Song: Hunny Hunny Artist: Book of Love Album: Lovebubble Friend and reader Harley has always been a strong advocate for Philadelphia-based synth-pop band Book of Love from the 80's and 90's.  So when suggesting a track for 90's week, he went to his go-to and suggested something from their last album, 1993's "Lovebubble." The band formed in 1984 and were together just shy of a

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90's Week Song: Mouth Artist: Merril Bainbridge Album: The Garden When I asked for suggestions from readers for tracks from the 90's the very first was from an Anonymous reader whom suggested Merril Bainbridge's "Mouth."  This was sort of perfect because I remembered the Australian singer-songwriter but didn't know her work, nor her biggest song. "Mouth" was Bainbridge's first single from

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90's Week Song: Love You More Artist: Sunscreem Album: O3 After hearing the Betty Boo album and wanting to do a semi-random 90's week, I always knew the first track I wanted to highlight was "Love You More" by Essex, England's techno/house band Sunscreem.  Friend and reader Chris just introduced this track to me earlier this past summer and I quite love it.  True... it does sound rather

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Song: All Through the Night Artist: Escort Album: Escort HOT TRACK ALERT!!!! Wow, this one hit me like a ton of bricks.  Just last week I was introduced to Brooklyn-based disco band Escort via their self-titled debut album which is coming out next week.  It grabbed me immediately with its mix of modern electro and 70's disco.  But when I got to the 8th track "All Through the Night," I

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Song: Better Off Without You Artist: Summer Camp Album: Welcome to Condale Summer Camp are London-based duo Elizabeth Sankley & Jeremy Warmsley, their sound is an 80's-influenced mix of rock, synthpop, darkwave, and pop.  Many are calling their debut, "Welcome to Condale" the soundtrack to a John Hughes movie that never was.  I hear it a bit, but there is also some modern-sounding

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Song: I Don't Want Money Tonight Artist: Boss in Drama Album: Pure Gold Obviously, based on this over-the-top cover art, Boss in Drama  doesn't take this all too seriously... or at least is operating with a little tongue-in-cheek.  I unfortunately can't find much about the guy, as both his MySpace and Facebook are in Spanish.  But it seems he's from Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Pure Gold" is his

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Song: Kissed Her Sister Artist: Brite Futures Album: Dark Past Here's a dance-rock album I came across recently and immediately connected with.  Brite Futures are a Seattle-based band that formed while the members were still in High School in 2005.  At the time, they were obsessed with the film "V for Vendetta" and originally named the band "Natalie Portman's Shaved Head" or "NPSH" for

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Song: Big Artist: Sneaky Sound System Album: From Here to Anywhere Sneaky Sound System are a Sydney, Australia-based dance music act that got their start from a club night they were involved in that started in 2001.  I first became familiar with the band from their single "It's Not My Problem" and the amazing Stuart Price Thin White Duke remix.  I never got their self-titled album from 2009

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Song: To Be a Lover Artist: Billy Idol Album: Billy Idol Well it seems I'm feeling another 80's classic on a Friday... Like Wham!, I've enjoyed singles by Billy Idol throughout the years and yet have never own a whole album from the man.  So when I came across a new greatest hits release last week, part of the Essential series, I decided to grab it and fill in some holes in my singles

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Song: Goodbye Horses Artist: Kele Album: The Hunter EP I was pretty upset when I read that Bloc Party split as just after just three solid albums, it seemed like there was much more for them to do... and I believed they still had their masterpiece left to make. (they were destined to surpass "Silent Alarm" in my opinion.)  But the solo career of lead singer Kele Okereke has ben a nice

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Song: Devil's Town Artist: Baskerville Album: Devil's Town I cant find much about this band, aside from that they are Dutch, they DJ, and they travel the world doing so.  The About Page on their official website is not in English. But, I've been digging their single "Devil's Town" for a good while, a nice mix of rock & roll and club beats.  A little dark, a little fun, etc.  I didn't

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Song: Where Are You Baby? Artist: Betty Boo Album: Boomania The 90's!  Man, I personally look back at that time as when music officially grabbed me and there was so much going on, from dance, to grunge, to... man just everything seemed to be popular at one time or another.  It's really quite astonishing.  But there is much that I missed in the 90's due to being into other genre's at the

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Song: Summer is Here Artist: General Elektriks Album: Parker Street I've been digging this odd little record from General Elektriks, a Berkley, CA by way of Paris (as well as S.F. and temporarily Seattle) outfit created by Herve 'RV' Salters.  It's the third record he's released under the General Elekriks name.  The man has done a lot of production work for other artists from Blackalicious

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Song: Everything She Wants Artist: Wham! Album: Make it Big Last night I was asked by my friend Jeff for Wham's "Everything She Wants" as he couldn't find it in the wealth of music I had given him, which was rather 80's heavy.  Well, to be honest... I didn't know the song by name, I didn't even have it in my library... so I went to YouTube. Shame!  Horror!  Gasp!  It was worse than a

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Song: Bad as Me Artist: Tom Waits Album: Bad as Me I discovered Tom Waits in high school, hearing his then recent album "Bone Machine" in 1992.  I was pretty blown away by it, as it sounded like nothing I'd heard before... and just loved the songs immensely.  I subsequently went back to discover some of his older work, and really fell in love with his 1985 masterpiece "Rain Dogs," and to a

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Song: With Ur Love Artist: Cher Lloyd Albym: Sticks + Stones Cher Lloyd is a contestant from the 2010 edition of The X Factor in UK.  She came in fourth place, was a divisive figure during the show, and this summer released her debut single, "Swagger Jagger," which seemed to divide the British public into who loved her and who hated her.  This is how I heard about her initially, and was

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Song: Night Time is the Right Time Artist: Ray Charles Album: Night Time is the Right Time I recently discovered the art of .gif files... a very short looped piece of video that posters in an internet forum will use as their avatar... or they're simply just funny (or creepy) video loops to be shared on tumblr accounts.  Well it turns out that Bill Cosby has been one of the most popular

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Song: Get Em (feat. Eve) Artist: Wolfgang Gartner Album: Weekend in America Well here's some hard-hitting shit to jump start your Friday, and really kick-in the weekend... Wolfgang Gartner is an up-and-coming eletcro-house producer and DJ from San Luis Obispo, CA.  He's released a handful of singles as well as remixes for the likes of Britney, Timbaland, and the Black Eyed Peas, and saw

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Song: Crush on You Artist: The Jets Album: The Jets Okay so I don't know where this is coming from... but The Jets "Crush on You" is a favorite old-time jam that I love playing at parties.  Those that know it, act like you've pulled some musical rabbit out of a retro hat... it's as cheesy as an 80's track can be, and yet, it's kind of a forgotten gem.  I had been thinking of starting to go

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Song: Magic Lover Artist: Cinnamon Chasers Album: Science Sometimes I'll listen to an album for a while, and while I might be enjoying it, I think to myself... if this good for the blog?  Does a song pop enough for it to be notable?  Or simply... is there a great anecdote to associate with the music?  Quite a few times I'll have an album that while I know I enjoy, I put on once again, in

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Song: What Doesn't Kill You Artist: Kelly Clarkson Album: Stronger Something happened with my perception of Kelly Clarkson given the release of her third album, the controversial "My December" from 2007.  The record label reportedly didn't like it, wanted to switch out some songs for poppier-radio friendly tracks, but Clarkson stood her ground... and did things her way.  Sure the world

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Song: Warning Call Artist: DJ Shadow Album: The Less You Know, the Better I remember back in college when DJ Shadow's first album, "Endtroducing..." was released.  It seemed every hip-to-eletcronica kid was wetting their pants over it, and at the time... Iignored it.  What I didn't realize, was that it was the first album completely comprised of samples. (and has a Guinness World Record to

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Song: Party in the USA Artist: Tokyo Police Club Album: 10 x 10 x 10 I'm not familiar with Tokyo Police Club, they're an indie-rock act from Ontario that formed in 2005.  They've released two proper albums and have just released "10 x 10 x 10," (also known as 10 Songs. 10 Years. 10 Days.) a project they did this summer in which yes, they recorded a song a day over ten days, one from each

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Song: Mr. Success Artist: Baby Monster Album: Baby Monster Baby Monster are a Portland, Oregon-based duo that write indie-electronic pop tunes.  Their self-titled debut was released digitally back in June and is available on iTunes.  They've remixed singles for the likes of Wolf Gang, Gorillaz, Florrie, Miami Horror, Ellie Goulding, and Zero 7. Their music has a precious, The Postal

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Song: Illumination Artist: Lindsey Buckingham Album: Seeds We Sow Thanks to my parents, I've been a Fleetwood Mac fan since I can remember.  And as my love of music really took hold, and I further explored some of the music that they introduced me to, I found myself loving the sprawling "Tusk" over the certainly great, but more concise and pop-minded "Rumours."  Often when I mention my

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Song: Help Me Out Artist: Jaffa Album: Echoes "Jaffa" is the collaboration between vocalist/composer Christel Meijer and DJ/Producer/Percussionist Phil Martin.  Their debut album "Echoes" is a mix of jazz, electronic music, soulful vocals, and pop.  Their influences include Eurythmics, Roisin Murphy, and Bjork.  That about fits. I like "Echoes," it has a nice loungy, soulful vibe, that's

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Song: Wild Window Artist: Fool's Gold Album: Leave No Trace Fool's Gold are an L.A.-based indie-rock band that melds 80's inspired dance-pop, African rhythms, and Hebrew/English lyrics.  I hear a little Vampire Weekend, whom I never truly got into, though they're really the only indie-touchstone that marries their love of a variety of African music, 80's synths, and straight up power-pop

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Song: The Great Shake Artist: Planet Funk Album: The Great Shake Planet Funk are an Italian electronic dance-rock band that formed way back in 1999.  They have released three albums and one best of compilation, though I am only just getting familiar with their fourth and latest album, "The Great Shake."  The band has gone through a handful of singers that they've used as guests from track

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Song: Do I Look Like a Slut? Artist: Avenue D Album: Do I Like Like a Slut? (single) Avenue D were a New York-via-Miami based electroclash band formed from Larry Tee proteges Debbie and Daphne D.  I first heard of them from the Cazwell song "The Sex That I Need," which was late into their brief career.  But my friend John told me I just had to hear their single "So I Look Like a Slut?" and

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Song: Buy My Love Artist: Wynter Gordon Album: With the Music I Die I've often noted that a piece of music doesn't really grab hold to you until you hear it in a different context, really proving proof-positive how much expectation and odd personal prejudices can effect how much you "like" a piece of music.  This most happens in movies and TV, sometimes commercials, where you hear

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Song: Into the Sky Artist: Howling Bells Album: The Loudest Engine I've been really enjoying the Howling Bells third album, "The Loudest Engine" which was just released last month.  A mix of modern rock, psychedelia, country-rock, and goth. (Some have referred to their sound as Country Goth.)  They are an Australian band who formed in 2004 under the name Waikiki, but changed to Howling

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Song: Open for Service Artist: Crazy P Album: When We On Along with the Ben Westbeech record (check out yesterday) I've been into another vaguely "backround music" loungy cocktail album... Crazy P's latest "When We On."  But this one sounds nothing like the Westbeech record.  It's really a modern disco record in the vein of Hot Toddy's "Late Night Boogie."  It has got gorgeous, soulful,

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Song: Something for the Weekend Artist: Ben Westbeech Album: There's More to Life Than This Wow, this album blew me away.  It is mandatory that you pay attention to this post... Ben Westbeech is a London-based (via Bristol) DJ, singer, and producer, who is also a trained cellist and vocalist.  His sound is a mix of House, Soul, Jazz, and a little Hip Hop.  All you need to know is... if this

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Song: Weekend Artist: Class Actress Album: Rapprocher Class Actress are a Brooklyn-based electro-chillwave act that sights Madonna's first album as their one major influence.  Which pretty much says it all.  While I don't hear anything in the "Borderline," "Everybody," "Holiday," or "Lucky Star" infectious dancefloor vein, the baselines and synths line up right with that albums sound.  

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Song: We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) Artist: Rihanna Album: We Found Love (single) When I first heard Rihanna's "Only Girl (in the World)" I didn't hear an "Umbrella"-sized hit, but that song really really grew on me, and turned out to be one of my favorite songs from last year.  The album that song was from, "Loud" just finished a successful string of no less than seven singles (with

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Song: Sheena is a Punk Rocker Artist: Shonen Knife Album: Osaka Ramones: A Tribute to The Ramones Here's a great, quirky way to get your Monday off to punchy start... a full album of Ramones covers by Japanese all girl pop-punk veterans, Shonen Knife. I've always thought full tribute albums by one particular artist as pretty pointless, until The Bird and the Bee's Hall & Oats covers album

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Song: Cruel Artist: St. Vincent Album: Strange Mercy Friend and reader Andrew introduced me to St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, and her previous release, 2009's "Actor."  I liked the record, found it quirky and chock full of layers that unfolded with each listen.  Much the same could be said about her latest offering, "Strange Mercy," which came out just last week. The music is hard to

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Song: Fair Warning Artist: Penguin Prison Album: Penguin Prison I've been really digging the self-titled debut album by New York's Penguin Prison.  An 80's throwback of synths, catchy chorus', Michael Jackson-esque vocal melodies, and best yet... consistent songwriting.  It's one great track after another and quite a surprise.  I initially heard Grum and Miami Horror, as contemporary

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Song: Shake it Out Artist: Florence + the Machine Album: Ceremonials Back in April when the Summer was just starting, I was visiting a friend in DC, and just prior to hitting a Blowoff dance party, we stopped at a gay sports bar Nellie's, to have a pre-cocktail.  The place was pretty packed, and we were hanging with some friends at a table, part of a group of them, that was on the first

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Song: Everybody Artist: VHS or Bets Album: Diamonds and Death Another happy September surprise... a new album by Brooklyn-via-Kyntucky disco-rock band VHS or Beta!  It's been way too long since 2007's "Bring on the Comets," and I've been wondering when new music was arriving from the boys.  The wait is no longer as "Diamonds and Death," their fourth album, comes out on the 27th. I've been

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Song: Job's Coffin Artist: Tori Amos Album: Night of Hunters Given that "Night of Hunters" is Tori Amos' twelfth album in just nineteen years, it's a wonder she hadn't already made it... but would it have been the same?  Amos was commissioned by German classical label Deutsche Grammaphon, to create a 21st Century song-cylce that was centered around classical themes.  Classical music, and

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Song: Na Na Noting Artist: Mike Doughty Album: Yes and Also Yes I was a big fan of Mike Doughty's first band, the late-90's stream-of-consciousness lyric, white boy hip-hop, alternative rock band Soul Coughing.  With their debut album "Ruby Vroom" being one of my absolute favorites.  The band split after three great records due to band infighting over songwriting credits and royalties.  

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Song: Cameo Lover Artist: Kimbra Album: Vows Kimbra Johnson, known simply as "Kimbra" is a New Zealand born singer-songwriter currently based in Melbourne, Australia.  Her debut album "Vows" was released at the end of last month.  "Cameo Lover" is the second single taken from the debut. Kimbra's sound is a mix of 60's girl-group revival in the Winehouse vein, and a bit of Bjork's

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Song: Water Will Find a Way Artist: The Black Ghosts Album: When Animals Stare The Black Ghosts are a UK-based electronic-rock duo comprised of Theo Keating (Simian) and Simon Lord (Wiseguys.) They are set to release their sophomore album, "When Animals Stare" later this year.  It's a mix of mid-tempo, moody, rock songs with electronic elements.  It's an odd little record, but starts with

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Song: Do the Washing Machine feat. Lavinia Claws Artist: Golden Bug + Rodion Album: Do the Washing Machine (single) Golden Bug is the monicker taken by French remixer and producer Antoine Harispuru, who lives between both Paris and Barcelona, but is signed to the Australian label Bang Gang, as well as Euro-disco Gomma.  So, despite the "endless" pool of talent in France when it comes to

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Song: Domino Artist: Jessie J Album: Domino (single) Here is a pop-smash in the waiting warning.  "Domino" is the second US single from UK singer Jessie J who had a minor hit this summer with "Price Tag" featuring B.o.B.  The song isn't found on her debut album, "Who You Are," which I'd gotten and listened to earlier in the year.  Nothing really grabbed me at the time so I paid little

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Song: Titanium (w/Sia) Artist: David Guetta Album: Nothing But the Beat It took me a while to come around to David Guetta, and it wasn't the overblown "When Love Takes Over" with Kelly Rowland that did it, though I did warm up to it, it was "Memories" with Kid Cudi that really intrigued me about the French DJ.  But it was of course his collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta

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Song: Good for Nothing Artist: Hard-Fi Album: Killer Sounds The hits just keep on coming... This is really shaping up to be a pretty exciting Fall for music.  Time with new albums by The Rapture, The Whip, and Cicada, have reinvigorated my musical interest as this Summer is dying, not to mention some great albums by new bands Foster the People & Young the Giant... but also by bands working

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Song: My Body Artist: Young the Giant Album: Young the Giant This years MTV Video Music Awards for me did more than last year to make me feel old.  It was hard to wrap my head around someone like Justin Bieber being highlighted on that show (shouldn't he be on a TeenNick award show?) but was even more-so to see that he was kind of an elder this year with a pretty girl on his arm and a look

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Song: On the Beach Artist: Dinka Album: Tales of the Sun As the summer winds down I've been trying to go through my playlists and see if there was anything I missed WeCasting that I really enjoyed.  There really isn't all THAT much (it's been an all-Gaga Summer mostly) but I forgot about this album, Dinka's "Tales of the Sun," which was on rotation a lot in the office, and when I wanted a

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Song: Radioactive Artist: Marina and the Diamonds Album: Radioactive As longtime readers know, I was pretty taken with Welsh singer-songwriter Marina and the Diamonds when she first emerged with the gonzo single "Mowgli's Road," and then the official full-length album "The Family Jewels," which did the best thing an of-the-internet-age album could do... get you excited with a handful of

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Song: Secret Weapon Artist: The Whip Album: Wired Together I really loved Oldham, Greater Manchester electro-rock band The Whip's debut album "X Marks Destination" which came out in 2008 in the UK and here in the States the following year.  Another band I hadn't really been keeping up with that just so happens to be releasing a new album this year. "Wired Together" continues the band's

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Song: Come Together Artist: Cicada Album: Sunburst I discovered the U.K.'s indie dance/nu-disco band Cicada from their excellent sophomore album, 2009's "Roulette."  I first heard a remix of single "Metropolis," then fell in love with the album and tracks "Falling Rockets," "Psycho Thrills," and "Executive."  It was one of the best dance records to come out that year. I was pleasantly

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Song: How Deep is Your Love? Artist: The Rapture Album: In the Grace of Your Love A slew of new albums are being released by bands I really love and I've been trying to absorb them as much as possible.  After a ho-hum musical summer... I'm excited for some old standbys to hit me with some quality material.  It had been so long since New York City's The Rapture released their amazing second

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Song: Blommorna Artist: Jonathan Johansson Album: Blommorna Jonathan Johansson is a Swedish singer-songwriter who is set to release his third album in 2011. That's about all I know Johansson. Here is his official website.  It's in Swedish... so that didn't help me. His new single "Blommorna" is also in Swedish, so I don't know what he's singing about. But "Bloomorna" is instantly

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Song: Bring it On (Path to the Mind and the Soul and the Spirit) Artist: Stereo MC's Album: Emperors Nightingale If you're like me, you fondly remember Stereo MC's one big international hit, "Connected" from the album of the same name back in 1992, but haven't realized they've been releasing records ever since.  Who knew?  I actually only just got that full album a little over a year ago

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Song: Beat of My Drum Artist: Nicola Roberts Album: Cinderella's Eyes I hated M.I.A.'s last album.  I found it tuneless, hostile to its audience, and a real about-face in terms of what her debut and stellar sophomore album were all about.  M.I.A. got a lot of credit for her music, bringing the political edge to her persona, and yet... when you hear something produced by her main

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Song: No More Michael Jackson Artist: Teddybears Album: No More Michael Jackson Sweden's Teddybears didn't seem to get the same attention with their last album, 2010's "Devil's Music," as they did with what I think as their breakthrough, 2006's "Soft Machine."  Though I think they sold just about every song from that record to some commercial to push their music forward.   I actually

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Song: Solid Ground Artist: Pnau Album: Soft Universe Well readers... I've just had my mind blown doing research this AM about Pnau, a band I didn't really know at all but have been listening to, and enjoying their latest album, "Soft Universe" for a couple weeks. So I got the album just before I got the Foster the People album and was surprised at how much both bands reminded me of

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