Rush: “Vital Signs” The Weakerthans: “Tournament of Hearts” The New Pornographers: “High Ticket Attractions” Sunny Day Real Estate: “Fool in the Photograph” Ted Leo: “Run to the City” Wire: “Short Elevated Period” Garbage: “Empty” Vanishing Life: “Big Other” Descendents: “Shameless Halo” The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: “1-2-8” Rancid: “Where I’m Going” The Shins: “Name for You” …
[Listen on Apple Music or Spotify.] Foster the People: “Are You What You Want to Be?” Aimee Mann: “That’s Just What You Are” Wire: “Still “ Pixies: “Baal’s Back” Bad Religion: “Turn On The Light” People Under The Stairs: “Back From The Dead” Eric B & Rakim: “Microphone Fiend” The Meters: “Live Wire” Julian Casablancas: …
[Listen on Apple Music or Spotify.] Wire: “In Manchester” Wavves: “Way Too Much” Sleeper Agent: “Force a Smile” Foster the People: “Ask Yourself” Beck: “Dreams” Simple Minds: “Ghostdancing” Electric Light Orchestra: “Mr. Blue Sky” De La Soul: “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’” The Chemical Brothers: “Go” People Under the Stairs: “Runaway (feat. Greg Nice)” …
The soundtrack project continues. You can listen to these songs on Apple Music or Spotify. Beck: “Heart Is A Drum” Battles: “Africastle” The Meters: “Cissy Strut” Stevie Wonder: “Sir Duke” Boogie Down Productions: “I’m Still #1 (Numero Uno Re-Recording)” Cutty Ranks: “The Return” People Under the Stairs: “1 Up Til Sun Up” Beastie Boys: “Pass The Mic” Siouxsie and the Banshees: …
Another year, another soundtrack. You can listen to these songs on Apple Music or Spotify. The Lonely Island: “Spell It Out” Thes One: “Trippin’ On A Tambourine” The New Pornographers: “Mass Romantic” Grouplove: “Raspberry” Foster the People: “Houdini” Julian Casablancas: “11th Dimension” The Strokes: “Partners In Crime” Man Or Astro-Man?: “Defcon 5” Beastie Boys: “Too Many …
Because my daughter recently sang the song at a recital and I had a Twitter mini-discussion with a friend, this has come to the forefront for me again. I have nothing but respect for Kermit the Frog, but one thing has always bugged me a bit: the question at the beginning of “The Rainbow Connection” that asks Why …
Another year, another soundtrack project mix. I have a lot of my usual suspects (Beatles, Wire, People Under the Stairs, Rush) and some artists that have followed me since high school (New Order, Simple Minds, Beastie Boys, Rush). The trend I see is that when I started this project in 2005 my taste in music …
It’s now year seven of my annual soundtrack project. I ended up with a lot more new music (actually released in 2011) than in past years. Listen on Apple Music or Spotify The Mills Brothers: “I Heard” Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm: “Getting Nasty” People Under The Stairs: “Gamin’ on Ya (Dub)” Beastie …
Vocal Fry Creeping Into U.S. Speech (ScienceNOW) A curious vocal pattern has crept into the speech of young adult women who speak American English: low, creaky vibrations, also called vocal fry. Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style. Now, a …
If the world does end May 21 can we agree to not play Pixies “Where Is My Mind” for our last song? I know it’s a good song, but it’s cliché. (via @juliasegal) Of course, May 21 isn’t the end of the world; it’s Judgment Day. We wouldn’t play the Pixies until October 21. Still her …