-
Words of Warning from Joan Baez + Starfucker covers Cyndi Lauper
I just read this lyric in a recent issue of Lapham's Quarterly and thought it was great. From "Silver Dagger," a traditional American ballad from the 1930s that Joan Baez covered in the 60s, apparently.Don't sing love sounds, you'll wake my mother ( Read more... ) -
Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny play Canteloupe Island
Was reading the New Orleans Jazz Festival line-up this morning, which is filled with a bunch of weird-ass shit having very little to do with jazz ( Read more... ) -
some new music I've been listening to
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffrends: straight, heavy-handed backbeat with a creative, juicy hook and haunting vocals
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Bicycle: Another creative hook, nearly classical-inspired with an odd-meter feel and a straight rock beat underneath
Hooray For Earth - True Loves: ethereal, thoughtful, bassy and sophisticated ( Read more... ) -
Peter Frampton does Black Hole Sun
I just watched the Oprah episode from this week where she had Peter Frampton on, along with the Backstreet Boys and Shaun Cassidy. When I youtubed Peter Frampton, this fairly trippy video came up:
I thought it was really good. He looks so, so different now, too. -
Toshi Reagon covers Smokestack Lightnin' by Howlin' Wolf
Oh. My. God.
Turn it up really loud if you can. And try to sit completely still while listening and not move a muscle. -
Arcade Fire experimental interactive website
This is a pretty trippy experience. Plug in the address of your childhood (or current) home that can be mapped with Google Maps (and has been Streetviewed), and then sit back and watch the music video unfold with your home in it ( Read more... ) -
Cee Lo Green's new funky soul track (lyrics NSFW)
vision_serpent, one my LJ friends with the best musical taste, just hipped me to this track through his own journal. Cee Lo Green is probably most famous for his collab with Danger Mouse in 2006's summer smash by Gnarls Barkley called Crazy, but he has a solid musical history with various groups.
As pointed out by vision_serpent, the lyrics are hilarious and not safe for ( Read more... )
Click to view