How could anyone not love this song? It rules. Let's eat carrots together. The video is not for this song. But it is probably my favorite video of all time. Cibo Matto's Sugar Water video:
Stereolab - Margarine Melodie Download it from MusicIsArt Stereolab songs sound like Stereolab songs. You never listen to Stereolab and think "Wow, this sounds like Korn." Or vice-versa. MusicIsArt makes it in back-to-back weeks. The post also has a fantastic Modest Mouse tune.
I didn't like this much when it started but by the end the robot vocals won me over.
Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe Download it from Act Up Sure the song is silly, but this takes me back to the mid 90s. A time of peace, love and hobo humpin. I'm done with that now. The video has a few too many half-naked men for my taste. But just a few. Enjoy:
Another week, another post on Sunday. I should probably just say I'll put them out on Sunday, but then you know I won't put them out until Monday.
This week the software was acting up. It slowed down 2 of the songs the first time I tried to mix them. I only noticed because 1) The mix was a few minutes longer than I intended and 2) The songs in question sounded less cool than I remembered. It's fixed now and as cool as it is supposed to be.
Instrumental hip-hop/someotherretardedgenre. This song sounds a lot sleepier slowed down to about 2/3 speed. Why God carefully planned for me to experience it that way I'll never know.
Slow Noizy Geee-tar. Ratio of radio play for John Kooger Mellencamp to Starflyer 59 in the titular state: 1.87e17 to 1. Had to cut the end short because there's some skips in there. Unless that's the production, in which case it would be shitty production.
I like this one a large amount. And Maps too. Unfortunately Skatterbrain says thats all they got that's worth it. I think I heard some other stuff that didn't really get me going so I'm in Skatterbrain's camp until proven otherwise.
Several Acrade Fire songs were posted this week. This one is nice and driving though. (I have to interrupt myself here and say that typing is getting really annoying because the blogcrap software keeps inserting random line breaks into my wonderful prose.) I assume at some point they will have a new album. It'll probably be a disappointment. When was the last highly anticipated album that lived up to the hype?
Truthfully, I like the regular version better. But this weeks mix was light on remixes/weirdo-shit and there are approximately 427,000 remixes of this song out there. Most of them are pretty bad, but this one adds a little something different. Postal Service apparently also remixes 20 times more songs than they themselves produce. I don't know how Ben has time to do them and still pose for magazine cover photos that make me want to punch each Death Cab member in the face.
Remember this? Back when jungle was the next big thing. I like everything this short edit brings except the little diva wails. I never really got into LTJ but the British dance press was drooling nonstop.
I hope I'm not overdoing the Hot Chip but God Damn are they good. This is off their Down With Prince EP which pay tribute to/mocks the purple one. The guitar solo would make the Ween bros shed a tear. I want to get drunk and sing this all night.
All songs this week were downloaded during the previous week. So I have linked the pages I got them from so you can get the individual mp3s from there. This way you can check out the sweet ass sites that posted the songs too. This will be the way it is here from now on. If I do include a song not posted in the last week, I will post it up myself for individual download.
The mp3 of my mix can be downloaded HERE. It's got music. It's got comedy. It's like you, if you were funny and had any taste in music.
I like this. A lot. Mos Def brings it likes his Umi says and Zero 7 chills out, smokes a doob, and adds some swirly squiggles. Palms Out's remix sunday posts are always good.
Quiet Village Project - Pillow Talk Download it from polloxniner.
This song has been called space disco. Sounds all chill and spacey and 70s-y. You burn-outs will love it.
Luna was much better than you could ever even dream about being. You pathetic loser. They amble along and start rockin just enough to get the feet tapping. Then they let the guitars softly take us out into...
This instrumental Radiohead B-side keeps things floating along. While listening you let down your guard and begin to relax just a bit. Big Mistake. Now I am making love to your wife and stealing your stereo. You dumbfuck.
Q and Not U - 10,000 Animal Songs Download it from All Things Go.
Q and not U are dead. Well, they are no longer a band anyway. But their songs can still rock you for a few glorious moments until you return to your monotonous horrible life.
Todd Snider - Beer Run (live) Download it from The Late Greats. This tune from an excellent post on The Late Greats is the type of jokey story telling song my dad loves. But he's not here. So I guess I put it on to transition into the straight up comedy of...
Bill Hicks - I'm Jack the Ripper Download it from Words and Music. Bill Hicks is also dead. And, like, dead for real. That sucks. He tends to curse so don't play this for your grandma.
MP3 mixes are posted on Saturdays and should be valid until the following Friday. MP3s on pages linked from here are more likely to be valid earlier in the week.
