June 02, 2007
40 Years Ago...
The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, the Fray and other popular rock groups have joined to record songs from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in honor of Friday's 40th anniversary of the Beatles' epochal album.During the special recording session, which airs on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday, musicians and audio engineer Geoff Emerick will work with the same equipment the Beatles used for their album.
(via ontd)
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December 03, 2006
Santastic II: Puts the Claus in Clausome
Another Christmas. Another Clausome multi-DJ mashup.
LISTEN: Santastic II-Clausome
1. Jingle Jane - Divide and Kreate
2. Carpenter's Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown) - Go Home Productions
3. Lonely Siberian Winter - DJ John
4. Donde Esta Santa Claus? - Lenlow
5. The Darlene Love Sub-Zero Ecosystem - ATOM
6. X-Mash - Divide and Kreate
7. Let Me Clear My Throat At Christmas - Cheekyboy
8. Pere Noel Blues - ComaR
9. The Rockin' Manger Twist - Voicedude
10. Dreidl-Bells - DJ Flack
11. Chanukah Song (GoyiMix) - dj BC
12. Give Da Jew Girl Toys (Clean) - A plus D
13. Rudolph The Paranoid Reindeer - ToToM
14. I Want A New Limb For Christmas - Pilchard
15. Rudolph Berry Molecular Pattern 4 - ATOM
16. Red Nosed 5 - Solcofn
17. Wonderful Christmastime (Rhythm Scholar Kringle Kut Remix) - Paul McCartney vs Rhythm Scholar
18. Last Christmas The Winter Took The Street - Martinn
19. Stop I've Had Enough Christmas Music - King Of Pants
20. White Christmas (Electro Remix) - Miss Frenchie
21. Imagine Santa - dj BC
22. Frosty John - Secret Santa
BONUS (Mature Themes):
Horny Christmas - Loo and Placido
Give Da Jew Girl Toys (Dirty) - A plus D
(via Santastic II )
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November 29, 2006
Billy Idol Rocks-Out Christmas!
I'm dying from awesome! Who'd think I'd live to hear Billy Idol rock-out christmas?!*
Idol's myspace gives you samples.
Billy Idol's new album "Happy Holidays" is now available for purchase through BillyIdol.net.
The track list for the album:
Frosty the Snowman
Silver Bells
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas Baby
White Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Let It Snow
Winter Wonderland
Run Rudolph Run
Blue Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Love
Oh Christmas Tree
Silent Night
Auld Lang SyneBe one of the first five hundred people to purchase "Happy Holidays" and receive a Christmas card personally signed from Billy.
Dunc! had this thought, "Woulda been awesome if Idol took his old songs and just put Christmas words to them."
- White Wedding -> White Christmas
- Rebel Yell -> Rudolph's Bellsapples
- Monie monie -> Santa Santa
I contributed:
- Rock the Cradle of Love -> Rock the Cradle of Christmas
Still naysay the Idol Christmas groove? Watch the vid under the cut.
(via ONTD and *my complete sense of irony)
Posted by Groonk at 05:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Holiday, Music
October 12, 2006
Danger Doom Solves All Life's Problems
Matthew Lesko pushes the Doom. How fucking awesome.
(via myspace Danger DOOM)
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June 14, 2006
LISTEN: Neil Gaiman Inspires Artists to Music
A tribute album is ready to be bought this July 18th. The album is called "Where's Neil When You Need Him?". Think of it as art inspired by art. Fabulist.org has already shared two cuts from the album. I like the Lunascape song the most. It was inspired by Stardust the book. Soon to be "Stardust" the movie. Both songs are linked and ready to be tested.
Track Listing:
1 Rasputina - Coraline
2 ThouShaltNot - When Everyone Forgets
3 Tapping The Vein - Trader Boy
4 Lunascape - Raven Star
5 Deine Lakaien - A Fish Called Prince
6 Thea Gilmore - Even Gods Do
7 Rose Berlin (feat. Curve) - Coraline
8 Schandmaul - Magda Treadgolds Märchen
9 Hungry Lucy - We Won't Go
10 Voltaire w/The Oddz - Come Sweet Death
11 Future Bible Heroes - Mr. Punch
12 Razed in Black - The Endless
13 The Cruxshadows - Wake the White Queen
14 Ego Likeness - You Better Leave the Stars Alone
15 Azam Ali - The Cold Black Key
16 Joachim Witt - Vandemar
17 Tori Amos - Sister Named Desire (New Master)
The only thing I see wrong with this album is that it misses my birthday by a solid two weeks. How am I to worm this gift out of friends when I'll be all but forgotten when the disc hits the stores. *sigh* Such is my life.
(via boingboing)
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January 07, 2006
LISTEN: Alexi Murdoch
I literally just heard a track of his on Eggradio.com. It fit the mood I'm in so I looked him up on the good ole interwub.
LISTEN: KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic show featuring Alexi Murdoch.
His sound is sorta folksy-pop(yeah, it's a down kind mood this evening/monring). But Murdoch's sound actually has a soul. If it could become a thing alive, it would live and die and get definite admission into heaven. Whichever one it believed in, of course.
There's a 2003 Austin Chronicle article that drops a good word on him, too. I'm not finding any new buzz on Alexi Murdoch. Wonder what happened to him.
He's scottish, kids. So he's not crap.
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October 13, 2005
LISTEN DOWNLOAD: "Dark Sonnet", A Song Written by Neil Gaiman
Meanwhile, over at the Lorraine and Malena webpage, Malena has put up an MP3 of the first track of their new CD.
(She phoned to ask how to put up part of an MP3, and took my suggestion to put up the whole songs instead, on the basis that if people like them they may buy the CD or share them with friends, and either way people will hear them.)
It's a song I wrote the words and music for, arranged by Chris Ewen, and is also, I'm afraid, a sonnet. (L/M are a mighty two-headed blogger as well.)
Go and listen.
(via neil gaiman)
Posted by Groonk at 08:10 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Digital Share, Music
October 11, 2005
REHASH: Ghouls with Attitude
Last October the totally free downloadable album Ghouls with Attitude was featured on Boingboing and then in my music section. Given that my music section is undergoing a change, I figure to repost the good stuff here.
Imagine my surprise to find that not only is this Halloween collection of odd and rare music is still available for download but that a new album will be added soon.
(originally via boingobing)
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August 07, 2005
LISTEN: Ditty Bops
The Ditty Bops's sound is... difficult..to describe.
It's as if someone willingly mixed bluegras, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, 40s to 50s crossover pop into a medium sized stew pot and added water. Lightly salt with Shakespeare's Sister sensibilities and you've got a very eclectic soup.
Don't believe me? Give them a listen.
(via 7d)
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LISTEN: Jack's Mannequin
Andrew from Something Corporate has a new project going called Jack's Mannequin. The album being released through this project is called "Everything in Transit".
I listened to the mixed tape featured on the Jack's Mannequin site.
I may have to buy this sucker.
(via something corporate newsletter)
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August 01, 2005
LISTEN: Danger Doom is coming
Saw the first advertisement on Adult Swim about a week or so ago. They've stepped up the campaign since then.
Two of this generation's most respected hip-hop artists, Danger Mouse and MF DOOM, have come together to produce DANGERDOOM: The Mouse and the Mask, an album inspired by Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's popular late-night animation network. The album, set to debut in October 2005, will be released on Epitaph Records, in association with Adult Swim. The album will contain character voices and skits from Adult Swim's most popular original shows, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. They played bits of the album in The Swim's bumps.
It sounds fucking awesome!
By the by, I found some mp3 samples of some Danger Mouse tracks on this thread. Some of the links are dead though.
Better get the rest while they live.
Who loves you harder?
(remember the grey)
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July 02, 2005
LISTEN: From Poe to Jane...
...and hopefully back again.
7d found out someone wrote that bit of article poorly. Poe and Chemda will collectively be Jane for the latest Conjure One album. I think that's how it works.
"Extraordinary Way" and three other songs are streamed on their myspace url.
A must have album for any true Poe fan.
(link via dunc!)
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