Holy Shit/Merry Christmas

Maybe there is a God?



Merriweather Post Pavillion leak:

Enjoy the fuck out of this one!

It's Christmas Eve!

In light of it being Christmas and all, I thought I'd post some Christmas music. Well, some secular and experimental Christmas music. Here's the Parenthetical Girls' Family Christmas album.



Enjoy!

The Dodos

I've been listening to this album a lot lately; it has a pretty 'wintery' feel for me. They remind me a lot of Animal Collective, if they were a bit more cohesive and less noisy. If you're into that kind of freak-folky off the wall sound then I highly recommend this album. Definitely a must for those who like AC and Tunng.

Enjoy!

The Dodos - Visiter


Sorry for using Rapidshare lately, some of my posts have been too big for Mediafire and I don't want to pay money for Pro.

Andrew Bird

I'm putting up a few Andrew Bird albums. I don't feel like I need to introduce him so I'll cut the shit.

By courteous request, I have removed Bird's new album Noble Beast. Sorry guys.

Live Albums:

Live in Montreal

Fingerlings 1

Arthur Russell

Love is Overtaking Me

Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Bon Iver's new EP recently leaked. Thought I'd put it up to share

Blood Bank

The Dirty Projectors

From Wikipedia:
Dirty Projectors are a music group led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dave Longstreth. Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, with connections to the Portland, OR music scene, the group has produced a distinctive sound of electronic experimentation, melded with traditional instruments and harmonically complex vocals.

The Getty Address



Morning Better Last!



Rise Above

Tunng

I definitely recommend these two Tunng albums to anyone who enjoys the freak folk stage of Akron/Family. It's impossible to categorize these guys by genre - sometimes they're folk, sometimes they're electronic, sometimes they're pop, and sometimes they're dark. It does not matter what your mood is, Tunng has a song that will satisfy it and that is why I continue coming back to them.

Enjoy!

Comments from the Inner Chorus



Good Arrows



Also, check out this site: http://www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter

Check out the 'Take Away Shows" [Concerts a Emporter]. This guy does some amazing work with loads of different groups. These videos are usually filmed in a beautifully artistic way in the most beautiful city on earth - Paris. I strongly recommend the videos of Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Caribou, Bon Iver, and Beirut. I'm sure you'll find something that you will love so check it out.

Brother Sport

Brother Sport off of the new Animal Collective LP Merriweather Post Pavillion leaked last night so I thought I'd share it with you all. Personally, I'm not a big fan of the track but I urge you to give it a listen.

Enjoy!

Megapuss

Devendra Banhart: “Well, I have a band — it’s me and the drummer from Priestbird, Greg Rogove. What started off as a joke — “Let’s start a band and let’s make up song titles” — to our surprise and shock, we started writing songs, and we’ve written eight songs that I’m really really proud of and excited about. We’re gonna record a real record, and we’re called MEGAPUSS.”

This is a great album with a really different sound that what you are used to from Devendra Branhart. A couple songs have a really cool Animal Collective feel to them. This album is definitely worth a shot, and if you don't like it, get rid of it.

Enjoy

Megapuss - Surfing

Some French Music

My good buddy Avi opened my ears to a fantastic French songwriter by the name of Jacques Brel. I'm going to upload his first album Grand Jacques. He sings a song called Le Moribond and Beirut does an even better rendition of it, so I'll post Beirut's Elephant Gun EP. It's pretty hard to come by and it has an amazing little-known track called Transatlantique.

Enjoy!

Grand Jacques



Elephant Gun EP

Wooody Wooodpecker

My roommate is playing some Dan Deacon right now so I figured I should post the album Spiderman of the Rings. The first track on this album is mind blowing. Sit home alone, turn the bass up, and let the whole house shake with the sound of Woody Woodpecker's laugh harmonized with a deep maniacal one.

Enjoy!

Spiderman of the Rings

You Need This Album

I've been listening to The Weak Men a lot so I will post the first disc of theirs that I got. It's some great but unknown post-rock similar to A Silver Mount Zion but with some better vocals. Actually, a better description of their sound would be the love child of Do Make Say Think and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I highly recommend the first track and the third. The build up of the first song can only be described as beautiful. It is everything that a minor waltz should be - gloomy, dark, and overwhelming. Give this one a good listen.

Enjoy!

The Deer Album

Obama Wins!!!

Although I may not completely agree with Obama's politics, I'm glad as hell that the lesser of two evils won the election. In regards to voting, my literature professor said today that it may not change anything, but at least it prolongs the inevitable catastrophe in this country's future. At least we didn't take a step backwards. So I thank those people in swing states who took the time to vote for a reasonable leader.

I officially live in a state where marijuana is decriminalized and animal rights have come into the legal scope. Maybe my cynicism is a bit unwarranted. Maybe my misanthropy is misplaced. We'll have to wait and see, but for at least tonight, I'm happy.

In lieu of my happiness I'm going to post a couple Pavement CD's before I head off to bed.

Wowee Zowee



Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain



Brighten the Corners

Vote Yes on Question One...I Fucking Dare You

'Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?'

Benjamin Tucker 1889

So with the polls opening in about seven and a half hours, I thought I should post a compilation of different versions of L'Internationale. Soon enough we'll have a different celebrity sitting in the same office making the same mistakes. So this is my last feeble attempt to try to convince anyone that we can make a bigger statement by all abstaining from the vote, than by voting. Let's all get up and do something for once. 26% of the country feels we're going in the right direction; what are you doing to change it? If we boycott this broken electoral process we force those in power to reconsider but by buying into this over advertised reality show we call the election we allow the powerful to assume that all is well. And it most certainly is not. Anywhoo...this complilation has six tracks in three languages.

1. The original French version of L'International
2. A Billy Bragg version from 1990
3. A slightly different English version sung by the Sheffiel Socialist Choir
4. From 1933 Mark Blitzstein & The New Singers
5. The version used by the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party
and lastly 6. The Cuban Version.

Lyrics:

French lyrics	Literal English translation
First stanza
Debout, les damnés de la terre Debout, les forçats de la faim La raison tonne en son cratère C'est l'éruption de la fin Du passé faisons table rase Foules, esclaves, debout, debout Le monde va changer de base Nous ne sommes rien, soyons tout |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	Arise, wretched of the earth Arise, convicts of hunger Reason thunders in its volcano This is the eruption of the end Of the past let us wipe the slate clean Masses, slaves, arise, arise The world is about to change its foundation We are nothing, let us be all |: This is the final struggle Let us gather together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|
Second stanza
Il n'est pas de sauveurs suprêmes Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes Décrétons le salut commun Pour que le voleur rende gorge Pour tirer l'esprit du cachot Soufflons nous-mêmes notre forge Battons le fer quand il est chaud |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	There are no supreme saviours Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune. Producers, let us save ourselves Decree the common welfare That the thief return his plunder, That the spirit be pulled from its prison Let us fan the forge ourselves Strike the iron while it is hot |: This is the final struggle Let us stand together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|
Third stanza
L'état comprime et la loi triche L'impôt saigne le malheureux Nul devoir ne s'impose au riche Le droit du pauvre est un mot creux C'est assez, languir en tutelle L'égalité veut d'autres lois Pas de droits sans devoirs dit-elle Egaux, pas de devoirs sans droits |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	The state represses and the law cheats The tax bleeds the unfortunate No duty is imposed on the rich 'Rights of the poor' is a hollow phrase Enough languishing in custody Equality wants other laws: No rights without obligations, it says, And as well, no obligations without rights |: This is the final struggle Let us stand together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|
Fourth stanza
Hideux dans leur apothéose Les rois de la mine et du rail Ont-ils jamais fait autre chose Que dévaliser le travail Dans les coffres-forts de la bande Ce qu'il a créé s'est fondu En décrétant qu'on le lui rende Le peuple ne veut que son dû. |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	Hideous in their self-glorification Kings of the mine and rail Have they ever done anything other Than steal work? Into the coffers of that lot, What work creates has melted In demanding that they give it back The people wants only its due. |: This is the final struggle Let us stand together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|
Fifth stanza
Les rois nous saoulaient de fumées Paix entre nous, guerre aux tyrans Appliquons la grève aux armées Crosse en l'air, et rompons les rangs S'ils s'obstinent, ces cannibales A faire de nous des héros Ils sauront bientôt que nos balles Sont pour nos propres généraux |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	The kings make us drunk with their fumes, Peace among ourselves, war to the tyrants! Let the armies go on strike, Guns in the air, and break ranks If these cannibals insist On making heroes of us, Soon they will know our bullets Are for our own generals |: This is the final struggle Let us stand together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|
Sixth stanza
Ouvriers, paysans, nous sommes Le grand parti des travailleurs La terre n'appartient qu'aux hommes L'oisif ira loger ailleurs Combien, de nos chairs se repaissent Mais si les corbeaux, les vautours Un de ces matins disparaissent Le soleil brillera toujours. |: C'est la lutte finale Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale Sera le genre humain :|	Labourers, peasants, we are The great party of workers The earth belongs only to men The idle will go reside elsewhere How much of our flesh they feed on, But if the ravens and vultures Disappear one of these days The sun will always shine |: This is the final struggle Let us stand together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race :|

Enjoy!

Acordions of Paris

This is a fucking beautiful album. I picked it up for a dollar at one of those hipster consignment stores in New Bedford. This album, Acordions de Paris Vol. 2: Rendez-vous a Paris is the soundtrack to what you think of when someone mentions Paris. I'll post a better description soon. All I can say is that this is a must.

Defiance, Ohio

Defiance, Ohio is a great band from...Defiance, Ohio. They're part of the anarcho-punk movement but are definitely cooler than any asshole wearing a studded anything. Using a banjo, acoustic guitar, upright bass, fiddle, etc., they're far more folk than punk.

Check out their latest album The Great Depression



Share What Ya Got

My First Post

I created a blog in hopes of sharing music with all who want a new sound in their ears. I'll start off by posting a dump.

Here we go:

Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago


Lightin' Hopkins Goin' Away



Tom Waits Real Gone (Vinyl Rip)
Part One
Part Two



Beirut Gulag Orkestar



Mirah C'mon Miracle



Yo La Tengo Summer Sun