American Psycho [billy]

Speaking of rockabilly, I was at the Uknown Hinson show last night at Jammin' Java and it pretty much rocked. Took some crappy cameraphone pics.

Some stuff I've REALLY been gettin into is the Koffin Kats and Tiger Army

Download:
Tiger Army - Ghosts of Memory
Tiger Army - LunaTone

Anyways, here's a sweet "mixtape" I found of the Alley Dukes of the name Northern Rednecks. Hmmmm... Something about this doesn't sound right. Heh. Maybe it's that they're from Montreal? I wonder if Canadian Rednecks speak with a hillbilly French accent.

If you're wondering what they sound like, here's what their myspace says about them:

Are you sick and tired of hearing the same old cookie cutter crap about boppin' all night long, malt shops, pomade, hot rods, flames, dice, cherries, cats, kittens, and rumbles? SO ARE WE! THE ALLEY DUKES have got your prescription for that same old predictable boredom-a-billy blues with decadent tales of drunken debauchery, perverse sex, venereal diseases, and loose morals!!

It's on rapidshare, so it may take a minute to acuire the download link.


Enjoy.

Download: Here

Titelliste
01. Slippin' And Slidin' (In You)
02. Johnny D.
03. Drinkin' My Life Away
04. (Ain't Just) A Way Out
05. Goodbye Train
06. Your Sister
07. Change My Way
08. She Gave Me An Itch
09. Chokin' The Chicken
10. Black Magic
11. Look Somewhere Else
12. Endless Road
13. No More Hot-Dogs/Fuckin' In The Butt

Genre: Rockabilly
Bitrate: 192 kB/s
Size: 51MB
Password: barfrau4nixpop
Format: mp3
Jahr: 2007

Mixtape: Crystal Castles!

That time again to throw down some rear-shakin' beats! Pitchfork brings forth a thirty-three minute mix by DJ Howlemonkey in which he not only mashes up, but more skillfully mixes a bunch of cleverly named band, Crystal Castles' tracks with a few random electro tracks scattered around for variety. Get familiar with Crystal Castles and read up on their current art drama.

Download: Here

The track list:
1. Crystal Castles: "Magic Spells"
2. Uffie: "Make It Hott (Crystal Castles Remix)"
3. Crystal Castles: "Knights"
4. GoodBooks: "Leni (Crystal Castles Remix)"
5. HEALTH: "Crimewave (Crystal Castles Remix)"
6. Crystal Castles: "Alice Practice"
7. Klaxons: "Atlantis to Interzone (Crystal Castles Remix)"
8. The Whip: "Divebomb (Crystal Castles Remix)"
9. Soho Dolls: "Trash Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)"
10. Bloc Party: "Hunting for Witches (Crystal Castles Remix)"
11. The Little Ones: "Lovers who Uncover (Crystal Castles Remix)"
12. Liars: "It Fit When I Was a Kid (Crystal Castles Remix)"

Mixtape: Bjork

Coincidentally I came across two Bjork related posts and I thought I'd share. I can't say that I'm all that familiar with most of her work, although some of what I have heard, I've appreciated, and her name I've known for ages it seems.

First there was this post from French blog Fubiz, about Bjork's Wanderlust video. It's gorgeously dark and abstract as she is known to be. The sounds are definitely of the Bjork fame and the visuals are just astounding. Apparently this will be a 3-D video for which you will need some fancy Back to the Future glasses, keeping in mind that the 2-D version is not any less impresive.

Full Video: Here

Secondly, was a tribute mixtape from our BFF's at Stereogum, with some great names as Final Fantasy, Liars, and Pattern is Movement.

Download: Here

1. Liars - "Army of Me"
2. Dirty Projectors - "Hyperballad"
3. High Places - "Modern Things"
4. Bell - "It's Oh So Quiet"
5. Pattern Is Movement - "Enjoy"
6. Evangelicals - "You've Been Flirting Again"
7. Xiu Xiu - "Isobel"
8. Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - "Possibly Maybe"
9. White Hinterland - "I Miss You"
10. El Guincho - "Cover Me"
11. Atlas Sound - "Headphones"
12. No Age - "It's Oh So Quiet" (Alternate Take)

Television Smuggling

Over the weekend, as I recouped from quite the celebration of the birth of my two hetero (and homo) life partners, I did what I do best (and what I hate that I do best) I watched television. Since the Netflix competition happened, my life has become a little bit more unproductive. I removed my television from my room as to not be zombified by endless hours of brainwashing. Alas, the entertainment industry was, as always, one step ahead of me and made everything available online.

It wasn't enough that Netflix was mass distributing digital television to my computer, but Fox and NBC teamed up against them as well as Apple on this deal by releasing Hulu, which although still in beta-like phase, still contributed to my brain-feeding (rotting) frenzy.

On Netflix I burned through Heroes, The Office, and Dexter (not to mention I'm currently tied up with The Wire on DVD). On Hulu I've been rewatching Firefly, and killed both seasons of 30 Rock. Last night, as I ran out of The Wire DVD's, much to my surprise Netflix had finally uploaded something new that appealed to me. Weeds.

Weeds is about a single mother named Nancy who sells drugs for a living. After the death of her husband Judah she had no source of income and decided that was it. To make sure she can continue to do this she buys a shop, which sells "cakes" so her real business is no longer under threat. Nancy has two kids, Silas and Shane. Their uncle Andy also lives with them to help support them, although he does a poor job. [TV Rage]

The show started of a bit slow, as many do when they have complicated characters you have to get to know before actually understanding the show, but got more and more interesting as the storyline develops and situations arise. The cast is amazing. Kevin Nealon's character cracks me up and Mary-Louise Parker is a total smoke show.

One huge thing that got my attention while watching, was the theme song. Season 1 opens with Malvina Reynold's - Little Boxes. Catchy tune, I'd heard this song before but never actually put it into context as I did while watching the intro video montage. Season 2 mixes it up with covers of the song by a lot of different artists of indie fame. From Elvis Costello, to Death Cab to Ozomatli to the Decemberists, amongst many others. And the theme is not the only good thing the soundtrack throughout the show is impeccable and very well selected. I've heard everyone from Man Man to Of Montreal to Regina Spektor (who also does one of the Little Boxes covers). Defenitely a must if you're into music and, uh, "sub-cultures".


[Regina Spektor does Little Boxes]
Download [via My Old Kentucky Blog]:

Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes
Elvis Costello - Little Boxes
Death Cab for Cutie - Little Boxes

Mixtape: Funk The War [1 and 2]

After previously posting the Funk the War 3 mix by Eric, I wondered why it was number 3. I figured there should have been a 1 and 2 before, and to my surprise there were. After reading another friend's [Ernie's, newly discovered by me] blog, I found out a little bit more of what was behind these mixes.

A friend of mine asked me to record a 90-minute mix for Funk The War, which is planned for March 19, 2008 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. [Ryptide Music]

Download: Funk The War - Part 1
[EDIT: Funk the War 3]
01. Freestylers - Feel The Panic (Banned Mix)
02. Edwin Starr - War (King Britt Remix)
03. Cevin Fisher - Music Saved My Life (Pete Heller Remix)
04. Camille Jones - The Creeps (Dance Edit)
05. Deadmau5 - 1981 (Original Mix)
06. Michael Jackson - Thriller (Electro Mix)
07. Kasabian - Me Plus One (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
08. The Crystal Method - Born Too Slow (Deepsky Green Absinthe Dub Mix)
09. Hybrid - Dogstar (feat. Perry Farrell)
10. Ctrl-Z - Chemistry
11. The Doors - Break On Through (BT Rmx)
12. Myagi - Funkgrinder (Dopamine Remix)
13. Digitalis - The Ride (Kid Blue Remix)
14. Myagi - Absent From Skull (Splitloop Mix)
15. Screwface - The Day The Earth Stood Still
16. Tone Deaf Junkies - Noxious
17. Lemon Slide - Bust A Cap In Ya S
18. Black & White - Punisher

Later I found, through my interweb listserv friend, Dan Amitai's blog, part 2.

So last night, after Beyond, I went to Five, and then around midnight I got an MP3 CDs to mix for an anti-war protest this Friday. [Dan Amitai]

Download: Funk the War - Part 2

1. Love is All - Talk Talk Talk Talk
2. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
3. Be Your Own Pet - Bog
4. The Clash - Janie Jones
5. Talib Kweli - This Means You
6. The Junk Yard Band - The Word
7. Kanye West & Lupe Fiaso - Touch The Sky
8. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
9. The Budos Band - Chicago Falcon
10. Operation Ivy - Unity
11. Le Tigre - New Kicks
12. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
13. MIA & Diplo - China Girl
14. MSTRKRFT - Work On You
15. Gravy Train - Hella Nervous
16. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
17. The Faint - Violent (Junior Sanchez remix)
18. The Unicorns - I Was Born a Unicorn
19. Peaches - Fuck or Kill
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Tick
21. The Specials - Gangsters (Mike B remix)
22. Madonna - Angel (DJ Excel remix)
23. Defiance, Ohio - Tanks! Tanks! Tanks!
24. Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba
25. The Max Levine Ensemble - Pizza Guy
26. The Knife - Listen Now
27. The Coup - Captain Sterling’s Little Problem
28. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Body Count
29. Bomb the Music Industry - Does Your Face Hurt?
30. Bruza & Bashy - Fuck the Government
31. Digital Mystikz & Spen G - Anti-War Dub

Mixtape: Funk the War 3

My boy Eric put this mix together, definitely reflecting his usual eclectic, yet flawless track selection. Good flow and great hits. The tracklist first caught my eye because the opening track is Mambo Sauce, a local band known to play the likes of Jammin' Java. It does however, move forward to rep with the styles of Dr. Octagon, Rick James, Black Flag, Battles, Of Montreal, Beastie Boys, and Mudhoney.

Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed. Good fly-by work soundtrack.

Download:
Part 1
Part 2

1. mambo sauce - welcome to dc
2. ultravox - the man who died every day
3. ice cube - the wrong nigga to fuck with
4. dr octagon - trees
5. rick james - superfreak
6. descendents - i don't want to grow up
7. bikini kill - reject all american
8. agent orange - bloodstains
9. future of the left - adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood
10. black flag - louie louie
11. michael jackson - don't stop til you get enough
12. mc5 - kick out the jams
13. M.I.A. - paperplanes
14. goldfinger - show me how you do that trick
15. buzzcocks - ever fallen in love?
16. kaiser cheifs - i predict a riot
17. scream - fight/american justice
18. alec empire - the kids are united
19. mighty mighty bosstones - think again
20. Suburban Legends - Come Back Home
21. !!! - all my heroes are wierdos
22. battles -atlas
23. of montreal - gronlandic edit
24. Heatwave
25. Jackson 5 - a.b.c.
26. Get Ready
27. War
28. bernadette
29. pietasters - same old song
30. mephiskapheles - saba
31. the checkered cabs - la bamba
32. Skatalites - guns of the navarrone
33. the suicide machines - hey
34. beastie boys - sabotage
35. mudhoney - touch me i'm sick
36. red hot chili peppers - higher ground
37. abc - iesha
38. boyz2men - end of the road

Mixtape: Cumbia Latina

Latino beats to get the day going. 7 tracks in a zip file. These guys are a lot more downtempo cumbia-step than Bersa Discos, more on the ambiance tip of it.

Zizek is about emerging Hip Hop, Dancehall, Cumbia, and Reggaetón sounds and their respective variations that are going to be touring the states in March. [Analog Giant]

Defenitely full of catchy hooks and grooves. Do it up. Although Zizek's tour calendar is still looking a bit skim, one can only hope they make it to the DC.

Download: here

Musical Interlude

Today is a little hectic at work, so the posting might roll slowly today. In the meantime I will leave you with a gem I found after days of scavenging the internets for it. I had found a million and one remixes, but this one was the one I wanted, and now it's here! The extended version of Yelle's - A Cause Des Garçons (TEPR Tektonik Remix). This track makes me want to bounce. For the longest since I first saw the video for this and heard this remix, I was convinced that "Tektonik" was either the dude remixing the track or the name of the remix. Now I've come to find that Tektonik, in fact is the name the Europeans gave rave dancing. It's basically the same dance we've all been dancing for years, except they switched to tighter jeans and removed the glowsticks. !!! Love this. [via Eat Skeet]

Download: here

Mixtape: Ocelot

I usually don't post two mixes in one week, but this is too good to let pass by unnoticed. This is a duo from Texas named Ocelot. This mix rocks it with stuff like Daft Punk, Stardust, Yelle, Justice, and Run DMC, amongst other hotness. The mix is through sendspace, so I suggest you cop this while it's still up! [via analoggiant]

Download: here

Mixtape: Cumbia styla!

[The Fader]
Time for some fresh music, tropicalia style. Now someone get me a pineapple. Or a melon. Bersa Discos presents this Fader Exclusive Cumbia mix. Enjoy the landing from a not-so ordinary Humpday.

Download the sickness: here

The Music Post

One last entry to leave you with some tunes to jam out to while your favorite Mexicano is out and about cruising the country. Download and feel all the hipness you felt were lacking by bouncing your head to the styles of the Wolf.

[Brooklyn Vegan via Stones Throw]
Download: here

Music for breakfast.

It's that time again, and [edit: track list below, thx Beth!], which comes to me via my friend Beth in LA.

LA Riots - January Mix

Download: here

edit:

Tasty music before lunch

[Threadless]

It would appear as though every respectable blog this side of the internet has at least one post per week with music. Music has been a huge part of my life since I can remember listening. I'd like to think that I'm somewhat in the know, and most definitely when throwing down in the kitchen, music is what keeps my rhythm and marks my enthusiasm, which is sorely reflected in my cooking.

An much like my food and my life ideas, my music must stay delicious, crisp, fresh, and somewhat abstract and nonsensical.

My boy Van of Killah Beez, hooked up this awesomely awesome electro/indie rock mix full of some of my favorites [via:KidzbyColette]. Definitely a good way to make the buzzing of the fluorescent artificial lighting drown away and make the clock seem like it's moving slightly faster.

Download HERE

Tracklist:

The Black Lips – Veni Vidi Vici
Holy Ghost – Hold On
Siriusmo - Allthegirls
Etienne De Crécy – Out Of My Hands (Dj Mehdi Remix)
Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
Fagget Fairys – Samo Ti (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
Ben Westbeach – Dance With Me (Switch Remix)
Burial – Archangel (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
Rodion – Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)
Round Table Knights – Freak From Desire
Knightlife – All Systems
Hot Chip – Hold On
Must Have Been Tokyo – Popular Culture (Round Table Knights Remix)
Poni Hoax – Antibodies (Chateau Flight Remix)
Poni Hoax – Antibodies (Bones edit)
Caribou – Irene
Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go (My Lovely)