MPHO

the piano is a little much

Monsters of Folk - Temazcal (Live)

For those who haven't listened to it yet, this album is sick. It came out a few months ago. The group is made up of M. Ward (vocals on this track), Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, and Jim James of My Morning Jacket.

Toro Y Moi

South Carolininan Toro Y Moi released his first EP last month off of Car Park records. I just started listening to this guy and i really dig his stuff. Similar to Washed Out, Toro Y Moi is one of the few indie experimental artists in South Carolina. Below is a video to one of his newer tracks 'Talamak', which supposivly means 'cronic drugs' in Tagalog, the native language of the Philipines, where Toro Y Moi descends from. Check it.

This Is Kinda Cool

QD3 Presents Lil' Wayne "The Carter" (Sundance)

New AnCo - Fall be Kind EP

New Animal Collective, not supposed to drop until Dec. 15th..

Download it here, now.

Enjoy.

Blackroc Album Releases Nov. 27

Guitar Drums duo The Black Keys are now finalizing their rap collaboration album as it it set to release around the 27th of November. The album features instrumentals written by The Black Keys with raps and other vocals from 11 different artists. The artists included on the album are ODB, Raekwon, Mos Def, Jim Jones, Q-Tip, Ludacris, NOE, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Nicole Wray and Billy Danze. Blackroc has released a collection of webisodes following the recording process and the most recent one has made me really exited to hear the album. Below is the webisode that got me stoked...this song is going to be the first track on the album...Enjoy!

Grizzly Bear in Claymation

I'm a huge fan of the weird and wonderful in terms of art and music. So when I read my friend's blog a few months ago, (www.dailyserving.com, a cutting edge contemporary art blog updated daily) to find a claymation film set to Grizzly Bear I was psyched. Titled "Hobo Clown" the first film by Allison Schulnik is set to "Granny Diner" off of one of Friend's. Her use of color, movement, and subject all create a hauntingly beautiful accompaniment to the band's tune, and gave me a new respect for Play-Doh.

It seems as though Grizzly Bear enjoyed the pairing so much that they recruited her to make the official video for one of my favorite tracks off of Veckatimest, "Ready, Able". Full of mutating faces, dramatic lighting, little green jungle men, and even a crystal spaceship, it's even weirder than the first, but inspiring nonetheless. Think what you may, but I think it's bad ass...

Sleepy Sun - Embrace LP

I've just started to get into these guys and the more I listen to them the more I like them. Hailing from San Francisco, the band plays a mixture rock and folk, adding a phycadelic touch to both. The band seems to put a new touch on retro styles and damn does it feel good to hear a guitar solo these days that gets me amped. Their somewhat new LP 'Embrace' (March 2009) is definitely one to check out. Highlight tracks are "New Age", a seven minute hard rock jam with a bad ass distorted bassline and a gnarly guitar solo, and "Lord", a ballad showing off the bands song-writing ability. Attached is the music video to the song "New Age"...enjoy!

New Yeasayer

Universal Hall Pass

Some of you may already know about Universal Hall Pass but i just found out about them and they are pretty awesome.