Trucker’s First Concert
June 2nd, 2010 by ben
School of Seven Bells, tonight at the Echo. Caddie, the belly and I are going.
Playlist XI
February 26th, 2010 by ben
It’s been a while since our playlist. Here’s a quick list of what we’ve had on heavy iTunes rotation since the last one…
Animal Collective, “What Would I Want? Sky”
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The Black Angels, “You On the Run”Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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And then there’s this. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it.
Over and Over X
September 25th, 2009 by ben
Following is a quick list of what’s been on heavy iTunes rotation lately:
Julian Plenti, “Only if You Run”
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Silversun Pickups, “Growing Old is Getting Old”
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Fever Ray, “Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)”
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Hysteric”
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James Yuill, “No Surprise”
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Great Northern*, “Stop,” and “Story”
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*It is extremely rare that Caddie and I find an album that we both love from start to finish. Great Northern’s latest is one of those.
Matt & Kim @ The El Rey
August 28th, 2009 by ben
We caught Matt & Kim at the El Rey last night with friends Pia and TJ. It was a fun show, don’t think Matt or Kim stopped smiling the entire time, which is part of the act I guess. It works regardless, makes it all really playful. Having said that, I did not expect the nutty stage diving and crowd surfing scene they attract…or maybe I’m just over thirty.
Matt & Kim, “Daylight”
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Shazam! A playlist.
August 22nd, 2009 by caddie
As a play on Ben’s over and over playlists, here’s a recently-shazamed batch. I admit to removing 3 songs from this list that I just can’t admit to having enjoyed in any way, even by way of guilty pleasure. One by a band with a broken shouldered lead singer, one by a Canadian band I have always loathed and one (twice) by a big old cheeseball just below John Mayer on the cheeseball chain.
8.7.09 – Peace of Mind – Bat For Lashes
6.14.09 – Fine for Now – Grizzly Bear
5.25.09 – Hot N Cold – Katy Perry – I don’t condone listening. It’s catchy and I hate to love it. Or love to hate it. One of those.
5.22.09 – Hollow Talk – Choir of Young Believers
5.21.09 – Help, I’m Alive – Metric
5.14.09 – More of This – Vetiver
5.3.09 – No Surprise – James Yuill – This one has been on regular rotation during my car rides for the last couple of months.
5.1.09 - Sinnerman – Nina Simone
Over and Over IX
February 17th, 2009 by ben
Following is a quick list of what’s been on heavy iTunes rotation lately:
Animal Collective, “My Girls”
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Telefon Tel Aviv, “Helen of Troy”
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School of Seven Bells, “Half Asleep”
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Bloc Party, “Ion Square”
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Bon Iver, “Blood Bank”
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Over and Over VIII
November 7th, 2008 by ben
Cad and I spent last week in New York. Unfortunately it wasn’t vacation and there was mandatory face-to-computer time. Luckily we stumbled upon Building on Bond early in our visit. A few blocks from our old place on Atlantic, and dangerously close to The Brooklyn Inn. When Monday rolled around I walked in for the first time, linked up to their WiFi, and ordered a Stella (it was afternoon – please). As I walked back to my table, M83 began piping out of their speakers. I’m easy, that’s all it took to convince me to relocate MMW‘s office for the week. Caddie was an equally easy sell.
So consider this our Building on Bond edition. Following are a few songs that we heard in B’klyn during our five days camped out on the corner of Bond and Pacific. Some new, some not…
M83, “Skin of the Night”
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Talking Heads, “This Must be the Place”
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Peter Bjorn and John, “Up Against The Wall”
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The Cure, “Pictures of You”
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David Bowie, “Heroes”
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Bon Iver, “Skinny Love”
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Beta Band, “Dr. Baker”
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Over and Over VII
July 10th, 2008 by ben
Following is a quick list of what’s been on heavy iTunes rotation lately:
Carmen Rizzo (featuring Jem), “Ecoute”
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Robert Forrester, “Let Your Light in Babe”
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Sigur Ros, “Inni mer syngur vitleysingur”
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Beck, “Girl”
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Duffy, “Mercy”
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Jose Gonzalez, “Cycling Trivialities”
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Luna, “Sweet Child of Mine”
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Airborne Toxic Event, “Sometime Around Midnight”
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Over and Over VI
June 13th, 2008 by ben
Following is a quick list of what’s been on heavy iTunes rotation lately*:
The Ting Tings, “Keep Your Head”
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The Republic Tigers, “Buildings and Mountains”
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MGMT, “Time to Pretend”
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Pacifika, “Sol (Waterpark Remix)”
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Santogold, “L.E.S. Artistes”
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And our (ok, my) guilty pleasure track of the week…
Angels & Airwaves, “Love Like Rockets”
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*If I put M83 on here again Caddie might lock me out of the house.
Over and Over V
May 23rd, 2008 by ben
Following is a quick list of what’s been on heavy iTunes rotation lately:
Death Cab for Cutie, “Cath…”
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Tom Baxter, “Skybound”
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The Egg, “Wall (The Egg Edit)”
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Spoon, “Don’t You Evah (Matthew Dear Remix)”
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West Indian Girl, “All My Friends (Jason Bentley Remix)”
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