Passion Pit - Little Secrets

GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
I hate when artists don't give up embed codes.

Despite such flagrant disrespect for my blogging needs, I will, however jam this here Passion Pit.
Sounds like they brought back the children's choir from [whatever the hell the other jam was called.  You know the one.  high voice, kinda funky.  "Oh noooooooooo"  Not helping, eh?  Ahh well.]

The Golden Filter - Thunderbird

The Golden Filter - "Thunderbird" from The Golden Filter on Vimeo.

The whole "Golden Filter" and "Golden Silvers" thing is gonna cause me problems.

Beach House - Norway

 I don't know what a Beach House is...but this, I like.
It's dreamy.  And sounds like some of the recording equipment was damaged in a flood.
Have some.

FLASHBACK: The Shins - Caring Is Creepy

Yeah, when's the last time you heard that one?
Remember when it was a requirement for anything/one that was supposed to be cool?
I miss you, 2004 (and Garden State soundtrack*)

Anyway...what the hell happened to The Shins, man?!

* What odds could you have gotten in Vegas that Zach Braff would be so influential on the decade's music.  A $1 bet on ol' Zach cracking the Top 500 most "impactful" (like that?) people on the '00s would have made you a millionaire.  And while I'm gambling rambling, how much you wanna bet that all these music sites and mags overlook the HUUUUUUUGE impact the Garden State soundtrack had on music.  Does the whole "indie" thing even happen without this soundtrack?  Marinate on that.

Joell Ortiz - I Go Off "Freestyle"

YEEEEEEEES!!!
I knew this was gonna happen:

As for the song itself...this beat is an absolute demon!  I need every East Coast emcee worth a damn to drop whatever they're doing and get on this shit IMMEDIATELY.  That shit makes me feel like I might be able to spit a hot 16, son!

Let the parade continue.  I need ERR'BODY to drop something.  I want somebody to do like them dancehall dudes and drop a mixtape with like 15 artists "pon de same riddim".

And for real...address Joell as Mr. November from this point on.
Have some...and run that shit back when you're done.
Nasty.  Just nasty.
On second thought...this beat just got bodied...don't even bother.
Damn.

Blakroc (The Black Keys x Mos Def) - On The Vista

Seems a bit strange that I haven't mentioned the Blakroc project here, right?
Like this appears tailor-made for me.

Well that's because a)  I'm not a fan of The Black Keys, and b) I assume anything associated with Dame Dash is crap.

Regardless...this song, with the mighty Mos Def, I like.

Simian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto - Cruel Intentions

I was hoping there would be a video for this jam . . .wasn't expecting anything THIS creepified, though.

I must admit, I am becoming a Beth Ditto fan.  She still grosses me out (shut up, I can say it) but that new Gossip album is the hot grits, so she's more than welcome to go out there and do her (deliberately off-putting and overly sweaty) thing.  Carry on, Beth.

MLS Insider

(You thought the "Soccer Shirts" bit was for shits and giggles?)

Awww, shit!  Somebody at MLS done left the gate open and let Shawn Francis in!
When the new league theme is by The XX, you'll know who to thank / blame (HA!)

A league notorious for info lock-down and strange obliviousness to what's entertaining and interesting has FINALLY wised up and joined the 21st century.  Much like the angst of being an indie/underground music fan, the soccer supporter is in a constant search for relevance and...mainstreamitude (I don't know)...and this new blog will go a loooong way in getting us there.

So get up on it.
Or up in it.
Whatever your prepositional preference may be.
I'm not here to judge.

Arctic Monkeys 3-for-1 Sale

AM's latest single, "Cornerstone", was released as a single today, and lucky for us, it came complete with 3 b-sides.  B-Sides/bonus tracks are one of the more underrated elements in music.  It's like the band trying to give you a coded message about what they may have wanted to album to really be.

...or just a big bag or misguided shortcomings.  Whichever.  I love 'em.

New jams after the jump (big ass YouTube vids...didn't want to clog the page up and whatnot)...

"Catapult"


"Sketchead"


"Fright Lined Dining Room"

DJ K.O. ft. Phonte, Wordsworth, K-Hill & Masta Ace - Ladder of Success (Mydus Remix)

Smoove.
Have some.

Clipse ft. Cam'Ron - Popular Demand

Ehh. The album cuts are gonna have to be incredible to make up for some of these singles.

MTV's Jersey Shore

MTV Shows

 My Lord.
There's no way I miss a single second of this.
Not just a one-off special, kids. A full-on, "The Hills" style docu-drama.

I only wish it was being shown on Animal Planet, and had a stodgy British narrator.

FLASHBACK: Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha

QUESTION THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS AT FIRST, BUT IS ACTUALLY QUITE VALID WHEN YOU TAKE A SECOND TO REALLY CONSIDER IT:

Is Lupe Fiasco's "I Gotcha" secretly the most influential Hip-Hop song AND video of the last 5yrs and the foreseeable future?

Marinate on that for a few minutes

Black Thought - The Professional

Please adjust your Greatest Of All Time lists accordingly.

According to Okayplayer (and if they don't know, who would?), this was recorded for a mixtape in '04 that never really got around.

Them Crooked Vulteures...

Wanna have a laugh at ol' Faux?
I had no idea that Them Crooked Vultures was a supergroup.
None.

They "got da innanet goin' nuts", but the songs (except this one) bored me, so I didn't pay attention.
I may not be huge on the jams, but I stand 100% in support of their misuse of the word "Them".  Absolutely love it.  I'm convinced that "Them Beatles" would have been infinitely more listenable.  Let's hope this starts a trend like all the "The" bands did. 

I feel like Jack White should be in a Them band.