Everything But the Girl's Missing is one of my favorite songs to listen to as I walk around the city. It has the perfect cadence to match my steps and enough synth to drown out urban sounds.
When I hear it, it makes me miss living in NYC where walking is like swimming — fluid movement through millions of people and places. On the train, up the stairs, avenue by avenue, street by street.
If you're in the mood for some new music, specifically some delicious indie rock, check out The Swimmers. Hailing from Philly, they deliver a magnetic blend of layered vocals, playful keyboards and lush guitars. They've got a bit of a throwback sound, reminiscent of early Beach Boys and the more recent (relatively speaking) Lilys. Good news, you can stream their full album directly from their website.
If you like what you hear, you're in luck, they will be playing live Wednesday October 8th at the Khyber!
Last week my friend Kyle suggested I download the new Girl Talk album. Yeah, yeah, I'm busy. I will get to it later. And then another friend asked, and then another. Not to mention it was all over twitter. Nothing like a little peer pressure to get me to try something.
I decided to take the plunge and downloaded it today and let me tell you… it is the JAM. If you're looking for super fun party music with all your favorite hip-hop, pop, random indie rock… this is for you.
Girl Talk is offering a pay what you want (aka FREE) download on their site: download it today! Be sure to follow up and let me know how much fun you had the second you pressed play!
Hey wow. It looks like Typepad made an update to their album typelist functionality and that makes me pretty happy! I’ve bitched about the limited functionality previously, specifically how sometimes the wrong album title/art will come up when you try to add a new album to the list. Typepad was super responsive, commenting on this very blog with a suggestion: adding the ASIN# directly from Amazon. It is a bit of a hack, for sure, but it did the job ok. Mostly I was pleased with their customer service and responsiveness.. thanks Typepad!
But NOW, now things have gotten sort of interesting. When you go to add an album, you get a keyword search box – awesome!
Type in your album / artist name… and voila! All kinds of results! I tested this out with Prefuse 73 and was presented with an array of options:
And as you can see, I added Preparations to my Listening to… list. That was easy and fun. Yay.
If you’re looking for a new mellow pandora station, I’ve been listening to my Badass DJs station all week… it’s really mellow, but has enough electronic beats to keep me focused at work. Try it out.
I was so happy that I caught the tail end of “The Making of the Con” on WYBE last night. It’s a great documentary about.. well.. the making of The Con, the latest album to be put out by Canadian wondertwins Tegan & Sara. The dynamic duo are indie pop powerhouses and super cute to boot. I already was a big fan, so I enjoyed seeing them work out their creativity in the studio. And the forest phone is the best!! Hopefully, it will be playing again soon, check your local listings.
If you wanna give Tegan & Sara a go, check them out on pandora.
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