While not the elite bicycle-enthusiast community based out of Mumbai (random, yet related fact: Mumbai is the modern name of the metropolitan city formerly known as Bombay) that I still want to join, these guys aren't half bad! With a unique sound and an accompanying music video that left me in wide-eyed wonderment as to how I hadn't seen it before, this song is nice. Nothing flashy or ridiculously groundbreaking, but over-flowingly nice. May this pleasant song and its' equally pleasant visuals lend you some starlight to put in your pockets! Enjoy!
...I should really take a hint and join them in swallowing more sleep.
I'll admit that I enjoy some of Dev's music. 'Bass Down Low'. 'Dancing In the Dark'. Classics. One of her much less well known tracks, 'Kiss My Lips', never really caught many peoples attention...until DJ Kue got a hold of it that is! Injected full of fun and some light wobbles, it's a whole new song! Enjoy!
What a find! These guys are really something! Making huge waves in the blogosphere all last year (I guess not here...someone's behind the times) 'The Neighbourhood' (yes, spelled that way you nit-picky parsnips) are great! 'A Little Death' is my favorite song of theirs by far, and once they released the music video...well, you can't tear your eyes away. The song is haunting and sexy and slow, and the music video perfectly matches the song! It starts out prettttty sensual, but has a certain dark edge to it, and as the songs' story plays out, so too does the drama in the video. Everything blows wide open at 2:24, and from 2:45 onward, the whole dark, twisted song comes full circle. It's a little creepy and may not be for everyone, but I think the song is great as a stand alone and really achieves its true potential when matched with the music video. Anyway, epic song either way!
In case this particular non-official video gets removed from youtube, here's the soundcloud link as well, but if the video works, it's really worth a full, committed watch!
Damn he's classy. Amazing character on an unbelievable show, killer rapper, the man who SHOULD have played Spider-Man, AND he rocks a suit? Jesus or Ganesh or Yahweh or Stephen Colbert, can one of you deities grant me Donald Glover-like abilities?! Please and thank you.
Much of Childish's material is most certainly not appropriate for 'childish' ears, but this particular one happens to be somewhat toned down, and is just too catchy to not post! 8-Corporation blends Gambino with some samples from the old classic 'Home', and who knows what else...All I know is that the end result is great! This song kind of has it all. Female accompanying vocals, some great hip-hop bars being spit, and an indie tune! Enjoy!
Here's your 'happy-indie-song-about-boats-and-love' fix! We all have our little vices, and overwhelmingly joyful, cheery, and upbeat summer-pop happens to be one of mine! If this doesn't make you smile, I hear The Grinch is looking for a new roommate! Turn on this song, strap on your hipster glasses, run to the beach, and frolic about in slow motion (all seen through a vintage lens of course). You won't regret it! Enjoy!
For the very desperate, here's a free download of the first 26 seconds!
The Glitch Mob kills it not only in the sound department, but also apparently in the fashion department. I need to get me a universe tux or two...Where were we? Ah, right! This legendary melding of hip hop and glitch-electronica (I must say, I pack in the genres! Ukrainian Gypsy-Punk one day, Hippity-hopping glitch electronica the next! What'll they do next? Have a sports drink company put a man in space?) is, how would the kids say it?...hella dope! (I doubt that's how they say it). Beautifully and seamlessly blended, Jay-Z sounds like he laid down on 'Fortune Days' originally! Those first 35 seconds get me every time...Really cool reworking and certainly worth a listen and download! Enjoy!
What a year 2012 has been. Just from a music standpoint, I've had more fun aurally than ever before, and I can only imagine what sound snacks and music munchies are in store for this upcoming year! From starting the blog to seeing The Wombats and Two Door Cinema Club in concert, it's been an epic year.
So how do I start off another year? How do I top such a momentous 365 days of pure life? Well how about with one of the most concentrated, most exhilarating (illegal in some countries), most lively, most vivacious, most animated, most bouncy (yes, bouncy!), brightest, most buoyant (it floats), most bustling, most effervescent, most frisky (these gypsy's get down), most frolicsome, most hyper, most rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, stirring, vigorous, zippy song you've ever heard!?
Gogol Bordello is being released on your unwitting ears, regardless of your answer to that question. This legendary gypsy punk band of troubadours retreated to their psychedelic lair of merriment and after much shouting and hullabaloo and probably some of the craziest dancing--heck, craziest anything--the world has ever seen, emerged with a song. Not just any song. Not some fleeting pop hit. Not some deep, indie gem of songwriting. No. They emerged with 'Start Wearing Purple', which belongs to a category all it's own. A category I'm dubbing:
UNBRIDLED UKRAINIAN INSANITY THAT IS UNPARALLELED IN ENERGY AND FERVOR! (pretty catchy eh?)
This song is as flamboyant and crazy as its creators. Pure unadulterated (bordering on unrated) joy cascades out of it.
It implores you to let go of inhibitions and just live! There is no greater call to revel in life's splendor, wonder, and glory than, "All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise!"
Though this song may not convince you to grow a mustache quite as impressive as Eugene Hützs' (the lead singer) and to transition your entire wardrobe over to exclusively purple clothing, I hope it at least makes you smile and perhaps start your year off with some spunk and pizazz! Enjoy this rambunctious music video, and have a happy new year!
