Friday Downloads - 10/29/04
The Notwist - One With The Freaks
Snowden - Victim Card
AM/FM - A Best Man (put my girlfriend on fire)
Sufjan Stevens - All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace
Wilco - The High Heat
chandler at 3:36 PM | |
Michigan Metal Worker Kills Co-worker With....Sword?
Last night, a
Detroit metal plant worker was killed with a bona-fide sword. The 30-year-old murderer fashioned a sword at work, and killed a 40-year-old man because he was bullying him around. You may ask yourself what the source of this bullying was. Witnesses told the police that the suspect was way into "fantasy board games." If you work at a metal plant (and are over 15-years-old) and let the fact that you play Dungeons and Dragons run rampant upon the workplace, you are pretty much asking for a jail-sentence (which he received when the police found him at the scene of the crime, drinking beer).
chandler at 9:37 PM | |
More Christopher O'Riley?
"
True Love Waits" was an album full of piano covers of
Radiohead songs from
Christopher O'Riley, released in 2003. It featured such greats as Blackstar, Fake Plastic Trees, Exit Music, and my favorite Radiohead song, Motion Picture Soundtrack. After such a great response,
Christopher O'Riley has decided to release a second volume of
Radiohead covers, creatively entitled "Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead." This release will include 2+2=5, Sail To The Moon, Street Spirit, and my favorite off of The Bends, Nice Dream. Look forward to this release in 2005.
chandler at 9:37 PM | |
New Grandaddy Video
Head on over to
Antville to watch the
new Grandaddy video for their unreleased song, "Nature Anthem." The song is exceptionally catchy, and the video is filled with people dressed in animal costumes, a la
The Flaming Lips live show. "Nature Anthem" appears on
Grandaddy's lead singer's recently released Mixtape, which also features
Snow Patrol,
Pavement,
Beck, and
Beulah. The song will apparently be released on
Grandaddy's next LP, which should drop sometime in the spring of 2005.
chandler at 8:13 PM | |
Friday Downloads - 10/22/04
Of Montreal - Lysergic Bliss
Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From
Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp Remix)
Badly Drawn Boy - Camping Next To Water
Jesus And Mary Chain - Between Planets
chandler at 11:39 PM | |
Flight Of The Phoenix Remake?
After
Team America was hyped up so much by my friends Rivers and Trent, I decided to go out and see it the past Saturday night. Before being majorly let down, I was treated to a few trailers. One of the trailers was for the
remake of the 1965 classic,
Flight Of The Phoenix. I was taken aback by the actors featured in the movie:
Tyrese and
Dennis Quaid. That's not where the all-star cast ends -- it also features
STICKY FINGAZ.
Sticky Fingaz pretty much totally rids the movie of any potential it had at any point. If you are
really looking for a rollercoaster ride of a movie, rent
the original; you will not be disappointed.
chandler at 8:42 PM | |
Stars' New Album?!
Apparently,
Stars released their brand new album,
Set Yourself On Fire, last week in Canada. While this may sound good, it really isn't -- it won't be released anywhere else until
2005. I'm not sure how much imports from Canada would cost, but it would be so much more convenient if
Arts & Crafts had decided to just go ahead and release it to all of North America. Hopefully I will be able to find a few mp3s to tide me over before the release.
[NOTE: If you are very eager to hear new
Stars, you can download "
Ageless Beauty." It sounds much more rock-ier than anything off of
Heart, which I suppose could be a good change (considering they haven't
totally revamped their style).]
chandler at 4:09 PM | |
Kings of Convenience Videos
Kings of Convenience have released their first single from their recent album,
Riot On An Empty Street, today. The single, Misread, is the second track on the album, and is very quiet, just like most of their other songs.
The video pretty much goes along with the song perfectly, illustrating a nice quiet picnic. Check it out here.
For those of you who think that their entire catalogue of music is mind-numbingly boring, go
here and check out their video for “I’d Rather Dance With You.” Not only is it a fairly catchy song, I think it is a contender for video of the year.
If you liked those videos, you can go
here and watch all of their other ones, too.
chandler at 11:52 AM | |
New Superman
The actor set to play Superman in the new Superman movie has been cast. Brandon James Routh has apparently been confirmed by a Warner Bros. rep that he is in fact the new Superman. No other actors have been cast as of yet. The announcement of the casting should pop up in the news sometime within the next few weeks.
chandler at 11:29 PM | |
Walking In The Sun Video
Travis have just released their
new video for Walking In The Sun, with the single being released tomorrow. The song is good in my opinion, with a nice wandering bass line. It is a vast improvement upon their last album, 12 Memories. You can also go to their
official website, and stream the new song.
chandler at 3:53 PM | |
From A Basement On The Hill
Click
here if you would like to listen to the new
Elliott Smith album --
From A Basement On The Hill -- in its entirety. It will be released in the UK on Monday, and in the states this coming Tuesday. If you have downloaded this album, or are planning on downloading it, I urge you to go out and buy a copy. All of the proceeds go toward the
Elliott Smith Memorial Fund, which supports abused children.
If you would like a sample of the album, you can download (right click => save target as)Twilight
here, and Memory Lane
here.
chandler at 1:59 PM | |
Broken Social Scene Nearing Completion With Third Album
THE Canadian band,
Broken Social Scene, are nearing completion with their untitled third album. The band says that it will probably wrap up recording on the album by the end of this year, with it being released around March or April. Brendan Canning of
BSS says that the album will be heavier on the horns, one of my favorite parts of
BSS. The group is currently getting ready for a month-long European tour, and a couple of New York shows in mid-December (one with them opening up for
The Pixies).
chandler at 1:40 PM | |
Franz Ferdinand in next Harry Potter?
Franz Fedinand have been asked to write some music for the upcoming
Harry Potter film. They are even thinking of having a cameo in the film, a la
Ian Brown. This could turn out to be very neat.
chandler at 1:33 PM | |
Friday Downloads - 10/15/04
The Sea And Cake - Parasol
Belle and Sebastian - Me And The Major
Metric - IOU
Ryan Adams - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
Whiskeytown - The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over
chandler at 8:37 PM | |
The Roots - 10/15/04
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to see
The Roots in concert. It took place in Tuscaloosa, AL, as a part of the
University of Alabama homecoming festivities (the festivities also included a bonfire, which was amazing in itself). It was a free show, so I decided to go along for the ride with my friends
Rivers,
Sean,
Rollie,
Britney, and Honoré.
I do not joke when I say that this was the best show that I have ever attended. The show was so unbelievable, I really don't know what to say or how to describe it. The high point for me was when they performed Break You Off, from their album
Phrenology. The rap medley, with songs from Salt-n-Pepa and Usher was entertaining, as was their version of Black Betty. If you EVER have a chance to see this band, do so. You will not be disappointed.
chandler at 7:21 PM | |
Blogger = Unreliable.
Unfortunately, for you, my loyal readers, Blogger has been acting very strange for me. It will not allow me to read any Blogger weblogs, let alone post anything on my own. It has decided to work today, so I will continue on with new posts, considering it doesn't screw up on me again.
chandler at 7:19 PM | |
Rodney Dangerfield Dead At Eighty-Two
Sadly,
Rodney Dangerfield died today at the age of 82. Let's hope that he went peacefully.
chandler at 10:15 PM | |
My Homecoming Mix
I made this mix Sunday afternoon, when I was thinking about the music that was played at AHS' Homecoming dance on Saturday night. These are the songs I would have played had I been the DJ. I didn't have time to link to all of them, but I scrounged up a few of them for download. Enjoy.
Dntel - (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan
Ambulance, LTD. - Anecdote
Dan The Automator - Rockin' It
Doves - Words
Alpha - Back (Thanks for this track, Music For Robots. Head there to download it)
Nick Drake - Hazy Jane II
Murs - The Pain
The Notwist - Consequence
Ratatat - 17 Years
Calexico - The Book And The Canal
Trembling Blue Stars - Old Photographs
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
Stars - My Radio (AM Mix)
The Guild League - Cosmetropolis (London Swings)
Lyrics Born - Bad Dreams
Camera Obscura - Keep It Clean
Ugly Duckling - Journey To Anywhere
Big Star - Thirteen
The Reindeer Section - Raindrop
Magnetic Fields - Long-Forgotten Fairytale
chandler at 4:04 PM | |
Friday Downloads - 10/1/04
After Blogger giving me almost a solid week of not being able to post, here are your (late) Friday Downloads.
Calexico - Alone Again Or (Love Cover)
Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining
Sufjan Stevens - Oh Detriot, Lift Up Your Weary Head
The Notwist - Consequence
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Sufjan Stevens - Vitto's Ordination Song
chandler at 3:50 PM | |
