My listening has been all over the place lately and it’s been a little while since I posted a full-on mix. I hope you give all of this a shot as these guys have gotten me through the winter. This should get me all caught up for a new Nice 6 next month. I have a couple of themes in mind that I’m stoked on.

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1) Funky Skunk (edit) – DJ Shadow
2) Rome – Yeasayer
3) Who Makes Your Money – Spoon
4) The Modern Leper – Frightened Rabbit
5) IRM – Charlotte Gainsbourg
6) Crystalised – Xx
7) Mirrors Dam – Funk
8) Running From The Cops – Phantogram
9) Foolish – Superchunk
10) U Got The Look – Jeff The Brotherhood
11) Lust For Life – Girls
12) Disturbance At The Heron House (live) – R.E.M.

I hope you guys had a tasty Thanksgiving. Here’s a small set of what I have been listening to lately. It’s a little all over the map but that’s where I’ve been these days. Pay special attention to that Thao with the Get Down Stay Down song. Thao Nguyen has a great voice and the Get Down Stay Down is one of the best band names I’ve heard in a while.

Make with the downloading right here.

1) The Hong Kong – Mazerati
2) Slowmotions – Birthing A Stone
3) Felt – Get Cake
4) Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Cool Yourself
5) The Capulets – Samurai Lady
6) Baroness – Jake Leg

Them Crooked Vultures is the Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl super group. I have to say, they’ve done a great job of stopping leaks of this album so it’s cool that they’re streaming the whole thing a week before it comes out.

As an aside, I’ve had terrific luck finding music to stream at YouTube. It’s a wildly underrated use of that service. You can find pretty much anything.

More of what I have been listening to. It’s been re-issue heavy around here what with the Beatles catalog getting a much-needed refresh and the Stone Roses hitting me out of left field with the 20th anniversary remastering of their debut album. Don’t sleep on that Amanda Blank while you’re enjoying the British guitars, though. The 80’s Minneapolis homage is irresistible. Don’t even try.

This is where the downloading happens.

1) Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall
2) The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
3) John Carpenter – Seasons
4) Black Tambourine – Pack You Up
5) Stone Roses – Waterfall
6) Amanda Blank – Make Up

I really enjoyed Accelerate. This video (via Stereogum) is footage from a 5-night stand in Dublin from last year. Live album due out October 10th.

Living Well Is The Best Revenge

Even without all of the dense instrumentation there is a wealth of sound in these songs. It’s amazing if you stop to think about it.

[via boingboing]

I acknowledge that I am, to the core, a complete Jack White fanboy. That said, I think this is a great example of how he shreds the blues.

It’s from “It Might Get Loud” which I need to see. Not want. Need.

And if you’re into it you can buy the 7″ of the above from Third Man Records.

[via Stereogum]

Loud. Really loud. I enjoy the feedback/fuzz as much as anyone, probably more than most, but this was even more than I could have imagined. The first sign that it might be louder than I was expecting was the kid handing out ear plugs at the door. No, seriously.

I had a great time even though I don’t know every note in the My Bloody Valentine catalog. The songs I knew sounded like they were supposed to live: everything turned up to 11 but within the structure of the song. They ended the night with 12-minutes of distorted feedback that started loud and ended as jet noise. You could literally raise your hand and feel the sound. It was just crazy.

The National is such a great place to see a show. Good job getting this gig, RVA.

Mike posted a link in the comments to some video from the show. Awesome:

Go here to listen to a couple of songs. You can find tour dates for the Fall there as well. Sounds pretty good to me.

The album is due September 29th.

They have a new video coming out in a couple of weeks directed by Jonathan Glazer. I like these.