I found The Morning Benders by sifting thru Pitchfork.tv’s video series where he got local musicians and friends to perform his song Excuses, it came out great and it really had a memorable feel to it.
One band I want to see live this year is Yeasayer, it shouldn’t be hard since we both live in Brooklyn. If their shows are anything like their video for Ambling Alp then even Daft Punk might have a contender for best band characters.
Lindstrom moves closer and closer to what Moroder did in his career by setting aside the 15+ minute songs and starts working with a vocalist, Lovesick is definitely a good pop direction for the synth genius.
I felt like the blog needed some upbeat funk and soul, so here’s some Donald Byrd, this 8 minute jam makes you do one of those “yeah I know the lyrics now!” half way thru the song and you just end up lip syncing the song all wrong but you really don’t care.
Yeasayer “Ambling Alp” from Team G on Vimeo.
the morning benders are pretty great huh! the entire album is well worth a recommendation
“i remember” is by far my favorite track on ‘odd blood’. great choice, jakub.
I saw yeasayer at lollapalooza in 08. AMAZING!
wow, i LOVE the colors throughout that entire video. All those songs are pretty good too. Not what i normally listen to, but i enjoyed listening.
I always wanted to do a post that asks readers what they listen to just to find out whats on their minds but i never knew the best way for it to happen without it looking lame from our end
I just recently fell in love with the morning benders.
You should check out a short film by yourstru.ly about ‘Excuses’ using the Phil Spector ‘wall of sound’ style recording. really intriguing.
http://vimeo.com/8322868
Loving the Lindstrøm & Christabelle cd lately .. there’s something about his disco sound that’s just so geniously catchy. Christabelle’s vocals fit perfectly too
Jakub, I think it would be cool for the readers to share what they’re listening to.. don’t know of a good way to approach that either without it getting messy.
Speaking of sharing though, if you want some more disco house sound, check out the new one by ‘Reagenz’ (Move D & Jonah Sharp) .. stand out track ‘Dinner With Q’ .. Also the Nebraska’s new EP release ‘a weekend on my own’ is worth repetitive listens.
Speaking of Moroder,
have you guys checked out the Synth Britannia documentary? It’s been split up into 10 min intervals on youtube. PERFECT for breaks at the work-desk 😉
part 1
i checked out Yeasayer at the Los Angeles National History Museum a few weeks ago….they were amazing!! here’s some footage i shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01F9O-lk80c
I saw Yeasayer twice in 2008, and they were so amazing! I’m still not sure what to think about their new album, but they’re definitely worth seeing live!!
Yeasayer i didn’t see it before , let me see
http://www.metaldisplayrack.com/cn_contactinfo.htm
Check out Four Tet’s amazing remix of Lindstrom and Christabelle’s ‘Lovesick’ here- http://atthesinema.co.uk/?p=2595. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.