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Song of the Week - June 4th, 2010

Blitzen Trapper has been around in various incarnations for years before finally crystallizing in July 2000 on the slopes of Mt. Hood. And it's this modern version of the experimental folk-rock sextet that we have to thank for my pick of the week. Off their 2008 release, "Furr", "Black River Killer" spins a tale of perpetual sin despite being a hairs breadth from 'heaven's gate'. Opening with the murder of a young girl, it follows a serial killer through several states, not to mention a few prison cells, as he seeks blood and redemption. Depressing, sure but it sings to the darkness in all of us in a profound yet simple manner and invites the listener to really examine his or her subconscious with this one seemingly innocent question: What would it really take to pull me back from heaven's gate?


Honorable Mentions

Simple but catchy as hell pretty much sums up this track. The boy/girl duo Sleigh Bells has garnered critical claim from the likes of NPR, The New York Times and ABC with nothing but a couple of apparently astounding live performances and a few leaked tracks. Rare as that is what's rarer still is the talent these two share, talent severely lacking in todays world of Autotuned pop artists. 

Swelling, haunting, epic, profound, thoughtful... These are but  a few of the adjectives I would use to describe "Blank White Page". A folk/bluegrass group from London, England, Mumford & Sons pretty much rocketed to the the top of my favorite artists list this week standing beside the likes of Delta Spirit, Laura Marling and Sunset Rubdown. Granted, there are a shit-ton of artists in my favorites list but it takes some pretty amazing song writing skills to make it up there.

All I can say about this one is it's just good fun. Seriously, unless you've been hiding under a rock you've already heard their first single "Something Good Can Work" and this is more of the same. Trust me, that's a good thing!


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Matt's Pick for the week of September 25th

Bah! Yeah, ok fine. I suck at updates but you know what? Fuck you. So I can't always find music good enough to share here, sue me. But you know what? This week... This week I've got some high quality shit to lay on you. Because this week I discovered the new Freeland album. This week I discovered some pure audio awesomeness!

"Cope" is Adam Freeland's first album in six years and let me tell you, it was well worth the wait. "Do Ya!" the first track on the disk has proven it's self pretty much undefinable - imagine DJ Shadow given a Mooged-out Krautrock retrofit by Can with Bonham sitting in on drums, and you kind of get the idea. Bringing fantastic back to the dance floor this is easily one of my favorite tracks of the year!

Freeland - Do Ya!

Honorable Mentions

King Khan and the Shrines - Land of the Freak

Portugal, The Man - Guns and Dogs
Port O'Brien - Stuck on a Boat


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Future Blues

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A good friend of mine could be considered a futurist, he believes than in less than a few decades, the human race will achieve singularity. He defines that as a point where the human race no face bodily ailments, with the help of nano-bots constantly repairing and improving our bodies. In a conversation (not involving alcohol surprisingly) I proposed that if the human race will no longer needs to worry about STD's and has the option, through the use of these nano-bots, for body modifications you get, in my words, 'loads of pretty people doing it all the time'. Similar 'dawning of the age of Aquarius' in the early 60's without the big hair.

Not quite the utopian society everybody is interested in, but quite intrigueing no the less.

Well that's the theme for today. Mine personal futuristic take on things will come next week.



Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy (Grum Remix)

Alex Metric - Shirley You Can't Be Serious


Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dancefloor (DIGIRAATII OUT2KILL REM!XX)

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U2 - Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix)