Did you know Death Cab are recording?

Cause they are. Back in the studio and all...
Some guy named Tom said I should post about it cause it's newsworthy. And two people also asked for a zip file of that mix I made, which is understandable if you don't want to right click and save each and every song, so here:
22 songs
Again, I recomend you burn it to a CD and listen to it as a whole, that's how I intended it.

And a DCFC b-side:
Rocking Chair
It's a Band cover.

And I recently got turned down by HypeMachine. Lame. I think it's cause I use hotlinkfiles.com and that's not compatible. Whatever...

Do you know how awesome this song is?

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

Seriously. Everytime it ends I hear my brain scream "Fuck Yeah!"
I'm normally not into solo's but goddamn! Every single instrument solos at the same time pretty much and it doesn't sound pretentious or annoying.
Plus the album cover is really awesome.
Buy the record

Super Mix

So my friend asked me to make her a mix, and I happily agreed because I love making mixes, expecially when they're for people. I think I may have made one of my best mixes yet. It flows so smoothly from front to back. I was so psyched about it I thought I'd make a post. Every song!!! That means you should download them all and burn a CD of it and play it front to back, cause it sounds great like that. I promise.

1. Microphones - Headless Horseman (Buy The Glow Pt. II)
2. Dntel - The Distance (Buy Dumb Luck)
3. Feist - 1 2 3 4 (Van She Technology Remix)
4. Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir Version with Beirut and Dirty Projectors)
5. Islands - Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone (Buy Return to the Sea)
6. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Buy None Shall Pass)
7. Dizzee Rascal - Pussy 'ole (Buy Math and English)
8. Natalie Portmans Shaved Head - Sophisticated Side Ponytail (Demo)
9. Yacht - See a Penny (Pick it Up) (Architecture in Helsinki Remix)
10. Walter Meego - Through a Keyhole
11. Cocorosie - Rainbowarriors (Buy The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn)
12. Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning (Buy Velvet Underground & Nico)
13. Sparklehorse - Box of Stars (Part One) (Buy Goodmorning Spider)
14. Stars - Window Bird (Buy In Our Bedroom After the War)
15. Tarkio - Weight of the World (Buy Omnibus)
16. Kind of Like Spitting - Scene (Buy One Hundered Dollar Room)
17. Pedro the Lion - Slow and Steady Wins the Race (Buy Winners Never Quit)
18. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything (Buy Apologies to the Queen Mary)
19. Xiu Xiu - Clowne Towne (Buy Fabulous Muscles)
20. Devendra Banhart - This is the Way (Buy Rejoicing in Hands)
21. American Analog Set - Choir Vandals (Buy Know By Heart)
22. Antony and the Johnsons - Bird Gehrl (Buy I Am Bird Now)

Blam! That's a lot of music.

I'm starting driver's ed.

uuuuuuugh. It's kind of like having another class. Atleast I'm getting it done and not waiting until I'm almost done with highschool (like my brother).



Cloud Cult - Car Crash (Buy Advice From the Happy Hippopotomous)
Blood Brothers - Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck (Buy Crimes)
Xiu Xiu - Fast Car (Tracy Chapman Cover) (Buy A Promise)
Radiohead - Killer Cars (Acoustic)
Violent Femmes - Gimme the Car (Buy Violent Femmes)
M83 - Car Chase Terror (Buy Before the Dawn Heals Us)
Ben Gibbard - Two Cars (Acoustic Performance)
Mogwai - Travel is Dangerous (Buy Mr. Beast)


man this list could go on and on....

Hoo Doggie!

Days like today make it apparent why I read Pitchfork (not for their review but the news. I really hate them but they report the news I want).
So the Cure were coming to Seattle at the Key Arena and it would have been really cool to see them but I wouldn't want a shitty seat at the Key Arena (it's just terrible for concerts) but I wouldn't want to wait in line with tons of hardcore Cure fans seeing as I'm not really hardcore about them at all, so I just wasn't going to put down that 50 dollars. But they cancelled their tour for some reason and now they've resheduled it for later... much later. Like nextMay and June. it looks like their playing next year's Sasquatch Festival.
WOO HOO! That gets me excited. That'll be incredible.
The Cure - Hello I Love You (Doors Cover)
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love (Acoustic)

Buy The Cure Records

And then I found out M.I.A. is coming to Seattle November 16th! I was really bummed when she cancelled this year's Sasquatch performance, she was basically the main reason I was going, but now it looks like I'll see her yet! I hope... there's still a posibility that it will be 21 and over. It's at this new Showbox venue they just opened in the Sodo district. It's kinda wierd that they have two venues... And the downside of this is Stars is the same night at the main venue. Well sorry Stars, M.I.A. wins this battle.
M.I.A. - What I got (Kala B-Side)
M.I.A. - Galang (Hot Chip Remix)

Buy Kala

And some more things:

New Grizzly Bear with Dirty Projectors and Beirut re-doing Alligator:
Alligator (Choir Version)

Devendra Banhart on Cribs!!!

This is wierd. I wish they did more episodes like this instead of cruising around and checking out everyone's cars and bland rooms with unnecessary things luxuries and things so expensive you've never heard of them.
There's nothing I would like more than to stay a night or two at Devendra's hosue and jam with his buddies and make jewelry.

Also, have you seen this commercial?

I haven't seen it on TV et. I kinda love it cause it's funny but I hate it at the same time because it's such a dumb ad. What do you think?

That picture is by Simen Johan

Running Dry

I don't think I'll be posting so frequently or often for a little bit. I know that's what I've been doing, but you know... unispired posts are the worst. Plus I've been reading some other blog's and those dudes are way more knowledgable than I am and are doing a way better job, it makes this blog feel pretty insignificant.
But I'll come back, and I'll come back hard! (to my 12 readers)
Doesn't mean to say I'll stop posting, but I just can't think of anything real special to post. Here are two remixes that I think are really awesome:
Bjork - All Is Full of Love (PLAID Remix)
Wu Tang Clan - Wu-tang Clan Ain't Nutin to Fuck it (Bird Peterson Remix)

The Dirty Projectors (and YACHT)

Don't worry, I'm still working on getting those other Bumbershoot posts out. I know I'm slow, but atleast I'm posting other stuff and not putting it all off.
So last night I was at the Vera Project seeing YACHT, The Dirty Projectors and White Rainbow (those pictures from above are what I took last night). I was super pumped for YACHT but I've already raved about him in another post, so I'll just tell you it was awesome (but suprisingly short). But I had not really heard the Dirty Projectors too much before tonight.
They put on quite the show. They sound so clean, but all over the place and sloppy at the same time. I think it has something to do with the really intricate drums and incredible harmonies matched with that dirty messy sounding guitar parts that harmonize so well. But seriously, their vocal harmonies they come up with are just amazing. The two girls in the band just carry the show to new heights. I got the CD after the show and I must admit, right now I'm not liking it as much. Maybe it will grow on me, but the mixing and recording of the songs sound a bit wierd. Also live the gutiar was way more... I dunno. They were a little out of tune and it gave a really cool raw sound that doesn't come across on the recording. Live it was definitely way more raw, but the CD isn't bad by any means. I think I've got to listen to it more and more and I'll appreciate it the same way. It's interesting though, the newest album that I got is a recreation of Black Flag's Damaged. While I'm not that familiar with Black Flag, I'll admit, I know one or two, and it's pretty wild what they come up with.
But if this tour is coming your way, I really recomend you go!
Dirty Ps/YACHT:
09-08 Portland, OR - Satyricon ^
09-11 Sacramento, CA - Fools Foundation ^
09-12 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^
09-13 Visalia, CA - Howie & Sons ^
09-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo ^

^ with White Rainbow

YACHT:

09-15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)
09-22 Melbourne, Australia - Parklife Festival
09-30 Sydney, Australia - Parklife Festival

Dirty Projectors:

09-16 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
09-19 Austin, TX - Emo's ^
09-20 Houston, TX - Rudyards ^
09-21 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon ^
09-22 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under ^
09-24 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
09-25 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse ^
09-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
09-27 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's ^
09-28 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ^

* with White Rainbow
^ with Ecstatic Sunshine

MP3's:
Dirty Projectors - Depression
Dirty Projectors - Gimme Gimme Gimme
YACHT - Summer Song
YACHT - So Post All 'em

Buy Rise Above
Buy Your Magic is Real. I Believe in You.