photo: Soren Solkaer-Songbird
MP3: The Raveonettes, "Come on Santa," Wishing You a Rave Christmas (Vice Records) courtesy of Stereogum
MP3: Bodies of Water, "O Come O Come Emmanuel," Peace on Earth Vol. II (Hard to Find a Friend) courtesy of Pitchfork
Link: My Morning Jacket, Christmas Special December 2001 courtesy of Muzzle of Bees
Vice Records Compilation: Vice Gives You the Gift of Good Music, free via Amazon.com
Tracklisting
1. Japanese Motors, "Better Trends"
2. Japanese Motor
By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry and synthetic to wet and gushy), rhythm tracks can be tempo-tweaked with an upward toggle to change a Timbaland beat into a Chromeo one. Add some T-Pain-esque pitch-correction voca
In lieu of having its own Hall & Oates and Wang Chung-inspired band, Kansas City seems to have adopted Tigercity as one of its native sons. The Brooklyn band draws a dedicated crowd of KC kids who dress up to get down to the band's smooth, yacht-humpin', ultra-sexy, falsetto funk. There's really no equal around today (maybe Chromeo or MGMT) when it comes to updating the feathery vibes laid down by the Doobie Brothers, Prince, and Roxy Music. But Tigercity is no mere novelty act - their songs are
Domino Records calls Max Tundra's music "cosmic glitch-pop R&B," which is as good a name as any for the refreshing way he blends '80s pop, dance grooves, glitchy bitcore, and funk.
The man born Ben Jacobs knows how to rock a beat, and the Czar Bar's just intimate enough to make it feel like you and every person dancing next to you are getting your very own personal concert. If you like Chromeo, this is your new shit.
Deastro (pronounced just like the GI Joe villain -- the spelling chan
The Yo Gabba Gabba soundtrack, Music Is Awesome, came out nearly two weeks ago, and nobody saw fit to let us know.
No, no -- that's fine. It's only the coolest kids' show since 321 Contact or the Electric Company. It's not like I wanted to blast "Party In My Tummy" or anything like that while I was doing dishes or anything.
The soundtrack to Yo Gabba Gabba has all the original music from the series thus far, along with tunes from the Shins, Chromeo, Money Mark, and the Roots, as well as
