Slowly, Amon Tobin

Beach Fossils

This album is amazing, because it is exactly how it feels for Spring to be coming! I've been listening to it all week to accompany the transition to gorgeous weather and everything involved!

For those of you that don't know of Beach Fossils.... I literally don't even want to explain anything about the album... I just want you to listen to it......... Because SPRING IS ALMOST HERE! GET EXCITED!

(Also because I am in the middle of a huge project/midterm... and shouldn't spend time on this, but maybe I'll write something later!) :)

OH and you'll probably get a bunch more updates from me after this thursday, since I'll be a lot less busy, and listening to a lot more music!

http://www.mediafire.com/?0o0mb9cw7cjcz79

Stallions and Hens, Barefoot Surrender

Well, hey.... long time no see? I pretty much got lazy as hell updating this after I came back from Washington, but I'm back! Only because I got an email requesting the Barefoot Surrender album that I... never put up. So thank him, because now you'll have it too!

Anyways, here is Barefoot Surrender's full-length album. 5 more songs on it than the EP, and they are all wonderful (of course). They originally told everyone to spread the album like wild fire, so same goes to you. They want their music all over so do it up, and give them some cash/friendship/booze/shelter/good times if they pass through your town.

http://www.mediafire.com/?6cw0jk4gq3o76j8

Promised Land, Findlay Brown

Ok, well, I said the next post would be an upload, but I can't find this anywhere, so I thought I'd at least put up this song.... because it's nice. Enjoy.

Findlay Brown - Promised Land from Record Makers on Vimeo.

Dirty Old Town, The Pogues

Yeah, yeah... I know... just another music video and no downloads for ya. Had to go a little MIA for a while due to a.) finals, b.) a panic attack that my hometown was suffocating me, which resulted in a plane ticket purchase, which resulted in my absence in the middle of finals. So here's just something to let ya know I'm still here, and will be posting some more stuff soon.

Why this song? Because it's been stuck in my head for.... 4 days.

Burn, Beck

Usually on the Banjo Story album I go more for the funny songs, but today this song just seems to make sense.

Wood Spider

Is there REALLY any way to go wrong with Gypsy/Vaudeville music?

...No.

...The answer is no.

This is what I've been listening to all day today. It's awesome, goddammit. Especially the first two tracks off of The American Cassette ('Reaper's Waltz,' and 'Hell Bound Train'). They remind me a lot of Man Man, only acoustic, and less members, and you should really check them out. You can download both of their albums at the following links below, which they themselves have posted on their myspace page. Their myspace page music isn't working at the moment (least not when I checked last) so if you for some reason are still unsure if you want both albums (which is insane): they are both really short and together make up basically a full length album. So... yeah.

THE AMERICAN CASSETTE
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fnytynzwjhz

TREE FLESH EP
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?geek1mzmhcd

The March Fourth Marching Band

I saw the March Fourth Marching Band a couple days ago, had no idea what to expect, and it was absolutely amazing. I don't think I have danced that furiously since George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars. I don't know yet how to describe this band, I really can't even comprehend, it's a huge circus-like, funky, groovy, crazy marching band. If you ever made fun of the band geeks, they are back with serious revenge.

At least 4 people were on stilts the entire show, in the crowd, doing dangerous acts and roaming around being crazy and jumping over crowd members. Their were sexy dancers doing acts, one girl doing a crazy hoola-hoop dance act for what must have been 20 minutes without even dropping the hoola-hoop or stopping it once. As well as a bunch of other really silly circus-like acts. They have fire spinners sometimes, and even the flag-twirlers are badass--unlike high school (no offense).

Unfortunately, I don't have their music to give to you, but check out their MYSPACE page as well as youtube for all their really awesome videos. If you are ever in the area where they are playing--especially Portland, Oregon (as that's where they are from), it is a must-see show, for sure. I left that show feeling so high and happy, and I was laughing and dancing the whole time! AS were the musicians! One of the drummers had his mouth open and was screaming and laughing the entire show, I don't know how he did it without his jaw falling off. SO MUCH ENERGY, AHHHHH!!!!! LOVE!

Vignetting the Compost, Bibio

I know this sounds like it could be an over-statement, but EVERYTHING THAT BIBIO DOES IS WONDERFUL. It's like... this glorious hybrid of electronica and folk music. And believe me I'm not usually a fan of electronica, so if you aren't either, ignore that and just listen. Reminds me a little bit of The Books on occasion, who are also awesome. Fun Fact: Bibio (Stephen Wilkinson) has also recently done some stuff for Adult Swim commercial campaigns... you know, the really cool ones with sweet music.

If you like this album, I highly recommend another of his albums from 2009 called Ambivalence Avenue. Or you know, any of his other albums, because they are ALL AWESOME.

http://www.mediafire.com/?n8z8j483znx01zm

Never Come Around, La Sera

La Sera! Great new solo project from Katy Goodman of The Vivian Girls and All Saints Day. Katy plays the base in La Sera, and the other members include Jenn Prince (guitar) and Jonathan Weinberg (drums, keyboard).

Words cannot express how much I love this music video. If I were a musician, this is the kind of shit I would do. The best part is when all the corpses dance along with her in the end. Love, love.

Unfortunately, they haven't released a full-length album yet, only the single.... but if you want, you can download the single for free here!