Four things to listen to
Would you think less of me if I were to admit that I don't really like Pet Sounds? I don't like Pet Sounds. There it is, I've admitted it. On the other hand, I love Hippocamp ruins Pet Sounds - fun messed up remixes/re-interpretations of the original album. My favorites: Wouldn't It Be Nice and That's not me sound like the Postal Service if Jimmy Tamborello were a demoscener; Let's go away for a while is blown up to become a Aphex Twinnish ambient piece; and a deconstruction of God only knows. (via the downhill battle blog)
"Well done, Parrish," you say, stroking your pearl white Persian cat. Nonchalant, you adjust your monocle. "But do you have a cover of N.W.A.'s Straight out of Compton recorded on acoustic guitar by former Veruca Salt frontwoman Nina Gordon?" Why yes. Yes I do. (via dte)
You don't need to know any French or anything about the history of musique Québécoise to enjoy this archive of recordings from old 78s at the National Library of Quebec. Just click around. It all sounds awesome. Unless you happen to disagree with the assertion that recordings of Alouette from 1917 are awesome. (Unfortunately, it's all in realplayer format, which is not awesome. Realplayer is the opposite of awesome.) (via madame martin)
Listen to the promo MP3 from Sufjan Stevens' upcoming LP Illinois. If a more satisfying six-minute pop song has ever been written, I'd like to hear about it. Sufjan has obviously kidnapped some of the drones from the Polyphonic Spree - listen very closely to the end of the song, you can hear Tim DeLaughter chasing after them.
"Well done, Parrish," you say, stroking your pearl white Persian cat. Nonchalant, you adjust your monocle. "But do you have a cover of N.W.A.'s Straight out of Compton recorded on acoustic guitar by former Veruca Salt frontwoman Nina Gordon?" Why yes. Yes I do. (via dte)
You don't need to know any French or anything about the history of musique Québécoise to enjoy this archive of recordings from old 78s at the National Library of Quebec. Just click around. It all sounds awesome. Unless you happen to disagree with the assertion that recordings of Alouette from 1917 are awesome. (Unfortunately, it's all in realplayer format, which is not awesome. Realplayer is the opposite of awesome.) (via madame martin)
Listen to the promo MP3 from Sufjan Stevens' upcoming LP Illinois. If a more satisfying six-minute pop song has ever been written, I'd like to hear about it. Sufjan has obviously kidnapped some of the drones from the Polyphonic Spree - listen very closely to the end of the song, you can hear Tim DeLaughter chasing after them.