Monday, January 30, 2012

New To Me: Alabama Shakes

The debut album from Alabama Shakes titled "Boys & Girls" will be released on April 9th.  For now you can listen below to 4 songs from an EP they put out in September of 2011.  Their grooves are infectious, they can jam out, and lead singer Brittany Howard has some serious pipes.  I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them blow up in 2012.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Adios Megaupload & All My Shows

Late this week the federal government shut down file sharing site Megaupload.  I won't pretend to know all the ins and outs of this move and the recent anti-piracy legislation going through the House & Senate, but to me these actions serve only to create a quick headline and hollow victory without doing much to address the root of the problem.  The move against Megaupload is remniscent of the fight against Napster nearly a decade ago.  Once Napster was shut down Internet users simply moved to other sites like Kazaa and Limewire.  Sites similar to Megaupload already exist and will continue to pop up.  Copyrighted material was definitely being shared through their site, but where do search engines like Google or video sharing sites like Youtube figure into this?  I'm pretty sure when people were looking for free/pirated music and movies it started with a Google search.

If you've downloaded a show from this blog before you probably know that I used Megaupload for posting my shows.  So all those links are dead and the files not accessible.  I'm working on finding a new source of posting shows so continue to check back for updates.  In the meantime if there's a older show that you want just shoot me an email and I'll see about getting it to you.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

New Music from The Shins!

The Shins released a new song titled "Simple Song" this week.  It will be on their new album 'Port of Morrow', due out in March.  After some line-up changes and front man James Mercer's side project Broken Bells I was very intrigued to see what direction a new Shins effort would take.  The chorus is classic Shins-style, around it though I feel like there's some branching out from their past releases.  It'll be interesting to hear 'Port of Morrow' in it's entirety.....why is March so far away???
 Simple Song by theshins

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Boot: Lykke Li - Morning Becomes Eclectic 3/8/11

Here's a nice performance from Swedish musician Lykke Li on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.  She released her second album "Wounded Rhymes" in 2011.
 Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing [3.8.11] by Ledjam311
Setlist:
1 - Intro
2 - Jerome
3 - Banter
4 - Love Out Of Lust
5 - Banter
6 - I Know Places
7 - Interview
8 - I Follow Rivers
9 - Banter
10 - Sadness Is A Blessing
11 - Banter
12 - Unrequited Love
13 - Banter
14 - Velvet
15 - Banter
16 - Youth Knows No Pain
Download:  Lykke Li - MBE 3/8/11

Monday, January 2, 2012

New To Me: Youth Lagoon

The creative mind behind Youth Lagoon is 22 year old Trevor Powers.  His debut album "The Year of Hibernation" was released this past year.  Many of his songs start as melodic slow-builders with pianos & synthesizers that evolve into powerful choruses backed by electronic drumbeats.  With vocals draped in hazy echoes the listener gets a feeling of recluse and anxiety which is also apparent in some of his lyrics.