Monday, February 27, 2006

just come back to me



razorlight - (don't go back to) dalston: here's the thing - razorlight may be better than a lot of those other uk bands that have emerged in the last few years, but they never had that ultra-hooky single that made them into superstars (see: franz's 'take me out'; arctic's 'dancefloor'), but what they've had happen instead is just become an above-average band with above-average songs. nothing spectacular, but nothing that actually is worth skipping on their album. '(don't go back to) dalston' was the 2nd best song on the album behind 'rip it up', in my opinion - mostly because 'rip it up' was just terrific. anyhow, enjoy. (from the album 'up all night; buy it here)

posted by b, 2/27/2006 12:53:00 AM | link | |

Thursday, February 23, 2006

hey assholes.

hey assholes.
don't direct-link mp3s - all you people looking for the jadakiss diss can go fuck yourselves. what part of 'don't direct-link mp3s' don't you understand, or are you all so fucking retarded that you couldn't read that on the top of this VERY SITE? it's a huge consumption of my bandwidth.

posted by b, 2/23/2006 05:01:00 PM | link | |

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

cuz it's been hard


hard-fi - seven nation army: this was the b-side to the 'cash machine' single, and boy oh boy, is it cool. hard-fi's bluesy/rock sort of sound does the song justice, and i'm sure that jack white wouldn't punch anyone in the face over this cover version. at least, i hope so, but you never know these days. (from the single for 'cash machine; buy it here)



the killers - under the gun: probably the 3rd best track the killers had on 'hot fuss' wasn't even included on the original version of the US version (first and second are 'mr. brightside' and 'indie rock and roll'). my hypothesis for this was that the song sounds so much like mr. brightside as it is; that or they wanted to make more money by offering it only by import, and then by 'deluxe edition' a year after the regular version was released. either way, a terrific song. (from the album 'hot fuss: deluxe edition'; buy it here)


goldfinger - disorder: i used to love goldfinger. like, i LOVED them. no idea why i dug them so much, i just did. this song, specifically the lyrics 'i sit there at the bar/wondering what i'd done/should i just fuck it all/or should i go back home/cuz if i take that drink/i might as well just die/and if i kill myself/i'll be givin up my try'. it's too bad they got so into peta, and therefore, into making bad music, because their first three full albums were really good. (from the album 'hang ups'; buy it here)

posted by b, 2/22/2006 01:13:00 PM | link | |

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

weapons of mass distraction 2/10 playlist

sorry this took so long.

hard-fi - cash machine
phoenix - everything is everything
fall out boy - dance dance (rjd2 remix)
mark ronson - just
1100pm
the shout out louds - the comeback (ratatat remix)
tom vek - i ain't saying my goodbyes
the arcade fire - rebellion (lies)
the cars - just what i needed
1115pm
the lovemakers - prepare for the fight
the clash - london calling
aberdeen city - god is going to get sick of me
interpol - evil
1130pm
ff - dark of the matinee
metric - succexxy
rancid - journey to the end
faith no more - epic
1145pm
oasis - supersonic
david bowie - under pressure
the roots - the seed 2.0
k-os - man i used to be
1200am
dizzee rascal - fix up look sharp
edan - fumbling over words that rhyme
bloc party - banquet
arctic monkeys - i bet that you look good on the dancefloor
buck 65 - kennedy killed the hat
1215am
the faint - glass danse
the strokes - hard to explain
the spinto band - oh mandy
we are scientists - it's a hit
1230am
tom vek - nothing but green lights
butterfingers - every time
mia - galang
skratch bastid - i ain't lazy
1245am
mark ronson - ooh wee
dj format - three feet deep
jay-z vs. the verve - brush ur bittersweet shoulders off
tegan & sara - walking with a ghost
100am
the new pornos - mass romantic
the sounds - dance with me
the strokes - juicebox
the information - a simple plan
**missing song.... can't read my handwriting**
the cure - just like heaven
we are scientists - nobody move, nobody get hurt
130am
the clash - rock the casbah
the police - roxanne
dandy warhols - bohemian like you
stevie wonder - higher ground
franz ferdinand - take me out
k-os - crabbuckit
stevie wonder - superstition
lyrics born - callin out

and there were a few more but i didn't write em down.

posted by b, 2/21/2006 02:32:00 AM | link | |

Monday, February 20, 2006

lazy monday

hello all. i promise there will be some effort put into this post. last night was the holiday party for game on and kings at the alley cat, which was just a gong show to the highest degree. i shouldn't (for legal reasons, really. honestly.) go into details, but suffice to say, it was definetly a good time. i know i had a lot of fun, despite having to work it, and i go to meet/talk to a lot of people i hadn't in a while/ever had a chance to, which was great. i didn't go to bed until about 7 am, and i got up around noon. i went to lunch at bukowski's, a tavern/bar/beer club here in boston/cambridge, and i had mac and cheese with chorizo, which was fucking awesome. if you can ever have mac and cheese with chorizo, do it. don't even bother really looking at the menu. it's that good.

however, last night i was asked to play londonbeat's 'i've been thinking about you'. suffice to say, i did not play it. i really hate it when people tell me i'm not doing a good job as a dj because i won't play fucking londonbeat. are you kidding?

anyhow, onto the music.


phoenix - run run run: i talk a lot on this site about the idea of 'sunday afternoon music'. i think it comes from listening so much of it as a kid. you see, my parents have terrific music tastes, and i think my taste comes from them, at least to some degree. i was brought up on the beatles, and could recite every word to 'sgt peppers' when i was 7. sundays in my house consisted of the patriots, the beatles/dylan, tears for fears, the traveling wilburys, and bagels. it was pretty much like the oc, except without the california sun and a much smaller house. oh, and no marissa. but i'm still just as geeky as seth, and we've got the last name thing going on. anyhow, onward. phoenix is the band that i wrote said 'sounds like maroon 5' about a year ago, and while i've amended that statement to admit my wrongness, i have to say that they've entered as one of my favorite bands now. 'everything is everything' is my song my myspace page, and their album 'alphabetical' is just fucking superb. there's only one track i really don't like, but for the most part, it's a great, 80s-sounding (see: hall & oates, but not as gay, so to speak) low-key, part-electronica, part-loungey sort of album, with a touch of downtempo house. the title track 'alphabetical' actually reminds me of 'easy like sunday morning', which is always cool. anyhow, 'run run run' is a great track, and you should listen to it. (from the album 'alphabetical'; buy it here)


elwood - sundown: and here's the thing - this album is terrifically underrated. i remember when napster was still 'cool', and they had 'featured artists' where a song was 'given away', so to speak, with a direct download from napster themselves, and this was featured. 'sundown' uses the gordon lightfoot classic 'sundown' and moves it into a country-fried hip-hop sort of sound that sugar ray would be proud of. the album didn't do very well, and it was the only he ever released. that said, this definetly fits into a sunday afternoon for me. (from the album 'the parlance of our time'; buy it here)


lemon jelly - space walk: while i'm sure i've posted this song before, i just fucking love it so fucking much. the best part of it is from 2:10 to about 2:39 or so, when the backing kicks back in. it's such a simple, wonderful song that really hits nicely on every level. you really just have to listen to it to appreciate it. (from the album 'lost horizons'; buy it here)

posted by b, 2/20/2006 03:44:00 PM | link | |

Saturday, February 18, 2006

yawn here you go

fall out boy - dance dance (the lindbergh palace remix): pretty cool remix. it's not as good as the rjd2 remix, but still. it's definetly a cool track and i think it kind of proves the 'dancebility' of the fall out boy stuff, even though it's 'punk' (hah).

djbc - lovely nyc (lovely rita vs. an open letter to nyc): the best off the new beastles album that djbc put together, in my opinion. definetly check out the whole thing over at djbc's website, but this track, imho, is the most dynamic.

posted by b, 2/18/2006 12:28:00 PM | link | |

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

happy valentine's day (no outkast songs)

happy valentine's day! here's 6 songs about love..... kind of.



afi - cruise control: seriously, how much have AFI changed in the last twelve years? they went from this to 'girls not grey'. i'm not complaining, i love 'girls not grey', but 'cruise control' is pretty much the best song in the history of time. well, not really, but it's 1:09 of pure anger. 'i - don't want to fuck you - so fuck you!' i had this one an old breakup cd (yeah, i'm lame - whatever) and it's just so fucking funny and acidic it's fantastic. (off the album 'very proud of ya'; buy it here)



millencolin - fox: one of my favorite love songs ever about... a car or motorcycle or something like that. i know, it seems kind of odd to say this, but it's really a great love song. it's stupid and definetly a bit of a trick when you first hear it, but its definetly a song about a car - a 100 kilo woman would be, um, large, to say the least, but i guess we could ask star jones (ohhhh.... don't want to be you, star jones!) (from the album 'pennybridge pioneers'; buy it here)



ben kweller - dienu: while it was called 'lizzy' on the sha sha album, this early version of the song was called 'dienu'. kweller's got a really nice voice that he uses in ways that you'd think other singers could, but don't. i've been a big fan of his since the summer of 2002 when i was listening to 'commerce, tx.' on repeat for about 3 months. he's very underrated, and from i've heard, a hell of a nice guy. good stuff. (off the album 'sha sha'; buy it here)



cauterize - something beautiful - out of the 'shwa, ontario (that's oshawa to you crazy kids), they're a really-easy-on-the-ears-screamo-sorta-but-not-really meets third eye blind kind of band. this song brought them minor pop success and had a really cool video associated with it. it's not a love song at all - in fact it's a big 'fuck you' when it comes to the end of a relationship ('something beautiful's dead' is the key lyric in the song). nevertheless, enjoy it. (from the album 'so far from real'; buy it here)



snow patrol - how to be dead: i realized i posted this song back in july, but i really do love this song, and it's a great love song in the classic sense. call me a loser for thinking like this, but it's really nice to hear and when i had first heard this song it really really cut me good, so it's on the list for a lot of reasons. enjoy the song. (from the album 'final straw'; buy here)



the offspring - gone away: dude, i remember listening to this song back in like 9th grade (along with pinkerton - didn't they come out like the same 'time' or something? i know i bought them around the same time, at least. how sad is it that i remember buying these both in a borders book store in the atrium mall in chestnut hill, massachusetts, with my dad, on the way to cape cod? hmm, after looking at the amazon.com release dates, this came out in feb 1997 and pinkerton came out in september 1996. maybe i'm a little crazy, but that's okay - it was still a great time), and i remember how fucking big this song was. man, i'm a weird blogger. (from the album 'ixnay on the hombre'; buy it here)

posted by b, 2/14/2006 03:59:00 PM | link | |

Monday, February 13, 2006

live at the grammys





kanye west feat. jamie foxx - gold digger & touch the sky: i swear to god, i'm the biggest kanye sycophant on the planet. i post way too much of his live stuff. but anyhow, performances like these just prove that whatever ego the man has is well-justified. i don't get hating on someone as talented and as fucking good at what he does as he is. (live from the grammys)



linkin park, jay-z, and paul mccartney - numb/encore/yesterday: i think my favorite part about this is that macca could have come out with anyone and he did it with two artists who have nothing to do with his type of music and are combined (chester and jay-z) probably the same age as mccartney (well, probably not but you know what i mean). it's cool, and it was cool to see them come out together and do yesterday (although my favorite part is jay just dropping 'uhs' and 'yeahs' throughout the yesterday. heh.) (live from the grammys)

posted by b, 2/13/2006 12:11:00 PM | link | |

i went purevolume crazy



angels & airwaves - the adventure: the first official track from the new tom delonge pet project, 'angels & airwaves'. the best way to describe it is as though tom took the best parts of blink 182, and combined it with the who and coheed & cambria. it's this epic-sounding track that is uplifting but not preachy - i've listened to it four times in a row now (as i usually do when i post at track), but it's obvious through this that tom really has figured out what he's going to do to seperate himself from blink 182, as opposed to the mark/travis 'plus-44' project. if this track is a sign of things to come from tom, i have a feeling we'll be looking at his blink 182 years as his formative years for a&a. (from the unreleased 'angels & airwaves; to be released in april or may 2006; available for free from purevolume.com)

posted by b, 2/13/2006 11:28:00 AM | link | |

Saturday, February 11, 2006

talk about apples and oranges

jadakiss feat. styles p - i'm sorry miss jackson (50 cent diss): wow. i can't believe someone didn't think of using the outkast classic 'miss jackson' to reference curtis '50 cent' jackson before. he rips up 50 cent, olivia, and the rest of g-unit pretty good. the references about losing the hood, buying mike tyson's old house, and so on - it's another part in the escalation between the beef between jadakiss and 50 cent.



the lilys - a diana's diana: from one of the spectrum to the other. enjoy. it's off the to-be-released 'everything wrong is imaginary' as the lilys come back in their 14205th form. (off the album 'everything wrong is imaginary'; to be released february 21st; buy here)

posted by b, 2/11/2006 03:48:00 PM | link | |

Thursday, February 09, 2006

overdoing the arctic monkeys

i'm bored and i'm busy and i'm lazy.

arctic monkeys - i bet that you look good on the dancefloor (live @ the paradiso)
arctic monkeys - when the sun goes down (live @ paradiso)
arctic monkeys - dancing shoes (live @ paradiso)
coldplay vs. who da funk - shiny disco clocks (mashup)

posted by b, 2/09/2006 05:45:00 PM | link | |

Monday, February 06, 2006

i shaved with the gillette fusion today...



taxpayer - when they were young: one of the best 'new' bands of 2006 (although they've had a few really good lps come out), 'bones & lungs' is their real 'label' debut, on lunch records. they've got a fantastic sound that deserves to earn them the attention they are due. hailing from boston, they're the wfnx hot band of the moment and the night dj, paul driscoll, is really pumping them up. check it out and buy the record. (off the album 'bones & lungs'; buy it here)

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dead kennedys - back in the ussr (live beatles cover): i love the dead kennedys. this is as well documented on this site as how much i love the red sox. they're such a fantastic band and this recording is as good as it gets for a punk band's live recording. it's crisp and really well done. one of the great underrated aspects of the dead kennedys were how 'poppy' they could be when they wanted to - shown on tracks like 'kill the poor' and 'terminal preppie'. yes, it's still very punk, but it's no different than a ramones track. anyhow, it's worth a download if only because it's fun to hear the harmonic 'whoo-ooo-oooh's that pepper the song. (from the album 'live at the dead club'; buy it here)



kanye west - drive slow (live @ abbey road): one of the standout tracks from 'late registration', 'drive slow', is really done wonderfully in this live recording from the abbey road studios session. i love the hook in the song and it's so nice to hear kanye rip up on the mic. he's that good, and even better live. i'm sure you know all this by now, but nevertheless, it's still cool to hear stuff like this. (from the album 'live at abbey road'; buy kanye's music here)

posted by b, 2/06/2006 06:19:00 PM | link | |

Saturday, February 04, 2006

hey ho lets go



elastica - s.o.f.t.: i remember when elastica first hit the scene. i was then, and am now, in love with justine frischmann, the lead singer of the band; partially because she was very cute, but also because she was jewish. while 'connection' was their big hit, and '2:1' was the song that made the soundtrack to trainspotting (and 'line up' was on the mallrats soundtrack), 's.o.f.t.' was the track that has really stuck with me through years. i kind of can't believe this album came out in 1995 - it still sounds fresh. and yeah, the fact that she liked to bang rock stars and steal riffs from the wire really doesn't make a difference to me. they've still got one of the best debut albums of the decade - a success that didn't continue as their sophomore effort was the definition of mediocre. (off the album 'elastica'; buy the album here)



graham coxon - freakin' out: graham coxon's solo stuff has always been pretty good, but this song really is his best off the new album. 'freakin' out' is the kind of stuff that makes brit-pop so accessible; he puts together a short song that blows away the audience without overloading them with excess. there's something to be said for that. plus, it's got a kick-ass video. (off the album 'happiness in magazines'; buy it here)

posted by b, 2/04/2006 12:05:00 PM | link | |

Thursday, February 02, 2006

where's my money, man?



test icicles - your biggest mistake: i swear to god, it's like someone took all the crazy parts of music and told these three to mash it all together. this song is a great example of how you can be part slayer, part rancid, and part gang of four and it can come together really well. although this song is kind of crazy, it's still a really nicely done song and hopefully (maybe) the band with the worst name in music can get some success stateside.

faultside - let keane in: it's a mashup. i forget who's in it, other than keane. but i think it's keane, mccartney, and dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince (i know, weird). but its really well done and i like it.

posted by b, 2/02/2006 01:21:00 PM | link | |