Favorite Albums of 2008 (so far)

50 Favorite Songs of 2007

Favorite Albums of 2007

Song within a Song Mix
While it’s fairly common for artists to perform a cover every once in a while, it’s much rarer (and more interesting) for a band to incorporate a cover into one of their own songs. The “song within a song” is cool for a number of reasons. It’s much harder to pull off then just sampling the track in your song, and if done right it can add weight / resonance to the song and reinforce it’s meaning (see “Happy Hippo”, “John Allyn Smith Sails”). It also can be used to pay tribute to the original artist (”Fir

Video: Asobi Seksu – Transparence
Here’s the music video for one of the best singles of the year: “Transparence” by Asobi Seksu. Very dreamy, just like the song. I think I could watch Yuki lie in the grass and walk around barefoot all day. It seems with all the frolicking around in the woods and riding in sailboats, that this video could be inspired by Where The Wild Things Are, but that could just be me. Download the single version of the track below. MP3 Asobi Seksu – Transparence (Single Version) Buy the Transparence 10″ (which incl

Fink
Photo by Bichro I’m finding it difficult to reconstruct this musician into interpretable terms for anyone who has never heard of the band or more or less man known as, Fink. To be completely honest with you, three years ago, judging his album cover alone, I hit “play” expecting nothing more than maybe a few chords or fa-la-la’s that might never make it through the speakers… but I was wrong, terribly wrong, and in those rare cases where my assumption

Television Rules The Nation: 30 Rock, etc
This is where I talk about one of my favorite things, television. Some critics are saying that 30 Rock has lost it’s touch this season. Those critics are crazzzy. If anything, think that it just took a little longer this year for the show to hit it’s stride. You may remember last season was a bit doubtful (read: too cameo-heavy) till 5 or 6 episodes in and then it never let up. Furthermore, I think a person with any sense would realize that with last night’s episode “Sun Tea”, 30 Rock is back on the very top of it’s game. The

Commercial Watch: Phoenix, M. Ward, Andrew Bird + more
It’s time once again to highlight some the hip, indie music that soundtracks ads from cars, beers, phones, to climate change (you didn’t think the indie rock in commercials trend was going away, did you?). So for all you Hulu / DVR watchers that are missing out on all the joys of live television, here’s a few of the best songs that creative departments and ad agencies are harvesting for mass consumption. MP3s and link to video included. Cadillac SRX Crossover (Watch)