Musically Inclined Mondays - Matt & Kim

Matt & Kim are a couple that makes fun music. Which is just what my life needs right around now. Too much work and no play make Jaime a dull . . . something something something. But, I just put on this song and all that dullness melts away. If you want a copy of this, just head out to this Mountain Dew website. Why? I don't know. But they have the song available for download.

You can also get it below, while my bandwidth holds. Which shouldn't be long.

Daylight - Matt & Kim

MGMT, Spoon & Beck w/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Strings 09/20/2008

This past Saturday, the wife and I went to The Hollywood Bowl to check out our second most anticipated concert of 2008. Our most anticipated show of 2008 actually happened last month, when we were down in San Diego, where we had the pleasure of seeing Radiohead in concert. Surprisingly enough, even though we had wanted to see Radiohead more, this concert we went to on Saturday ended up being way more enjoyable. It was a combination of better seats and great music. Let's get to the bands.

MGMT
MGMT were the surprise of the night. We had picked up their album, "Oracular Spectacular" a few weeks ago and, despite having some good songs, it hadn't wowed us. Not until Saturday night that is. They had a short, half an hour set, but they fully convinced both my wife and I that these guys were fucking rock stars. Every song they played got cheers from the crowd. This band is fantastic live, and it was just a great way to kick off a great concert. Here's an MP3 download of one of our favorite MGMT tunes not called "Time to Pretend".

MGMT - Weekend Wars

Spoon
Spoon was next up on the bill. I've enjoyed their music for quite some time, but I'm not up on my current Spoon releases, so most of their set, while technically and musically excellent, didn't get a whole lot of crowd participation from myself and my wife. Not to say that we didn't enjoy their set. It was longer than MGMT's, every song they played sounded great. But that's what we've come to expect from Spoon, so it was business as usual with them. Not that it's a bad thing. Here's an MP3 download of one of the songs we knew, and sang along with, at the concert.

Spoon - I Turn My Camera On

Beck
Beck came on stage for a full hour and a half, and just rocked my metaphorical pants off. He did the best thing I've ever seen him do when opening a concert . . . he started off with "Loser". That got the entire Hollywood Bowl to get up and not sit down through maybe 3/4's of his set. Even I, a staunch anti-dancing in public kinda guy, got up and fucking danced like one of the drunk motherfuckers seated next to us (will get to that in a minute). Towards the end of his set, Beck brought out the Hollywood Bowl's string orchestra, and while the tone of the concert went a little mellow after that, it still did not detract from the awesome set it was. There was an encore, which included the two turntables and a microphone song (the name eludes me right now). Here's an MP3 download of "Timebomb", one of the many fun songs Beck played during his set.

Beck - Timebomb

Concert Gripes
Unfortunately, no concert at the Hollywood Bowl is perfect. Even though we had better seats than ever, we still fell subject to people who would rather talk about their personal lives, in drunk volume (which is like turning your outside voice to 11), effectively ruining a considerable chunk of Spoon's set for us. And these people were not even supposed to be seated next to us. That's concert gripe #2. When you buy tickets, and they tell you that you need to be seated at a certain seat, stay there! I don't want 15 sluts trying to crowd my section, when I paid way more than retail for it, and ruin it with their presence and retardedly loud conversations about what their douche-bag boyfriends did to them 10 minutes ago. Fucking shit.

I did get to see a rather funny altercation between a couple of young seat poachers and their rightful owners. The people that had bought the tickets that corresponded to the seats next to us had wandered off (most likely to drink) after MGMT's set, and came back just as Beck was launching into "Loser", to find these two chicks seated in their spot. Now, the people that had been there originally were tore up by now, so even though justified, they might have gone a little overboard when trying to get back their seats. All they needed to do was get an usher and get these silly bitches evicted, but the guy (it was a couple) took it upon himself to get these broads out of his seats on his own. I heard him call the chicks "bitches" repeatedly, he did a rather inappropriate dance right in front of their faces in an effort to get his seats back, and when they finally left, after him repeatedly asking them "show me your tickets bitch!", the two girls kicked the chairs over and walked off, most likely with the guy's girlfriend's purse, because now she couldn't find it anywhere.

So, there you have it. A great show, punctuated with inevitable annoying moments that were beyond our control.

Next month we're going to class it up and spend a night with a philharmonic orchestra. I need to dust off my blazer. I hear only fancy attire is allowed.

Musically Inclined Mondays - Bowerbirds

The Bowerbirds's "In Our Talons" is one of my favorite new songs of 2008. I find myself singing along to this every single time it plays, either in my car or on iTunes on my computer. The video is equally as good, and you should give that a whirl as well. Check out the MP3 download link below if you want a free copy of the song. While it works. I'm not sure if my free hosting's bandwidth allowance will hold for the next couple of days.


Bowerbirds - In Our Talons

Musically Inclined Mondays - Annuals

The "Annuals" make pretty music. Pretty music that gets you relaxed, and then slaps you around a little when it hits its peak. I highly recommend that you download these tracks ('cause, well . . . they're free) and check out the band. I could go on and on about how I ran into this band on a weekly round-up of free MP3's somewhere and how I thought they were genius and I've been meaning to include them in playlists I make for my car driving pleasure . . . but, well, I guess I have been going on and on. Why don't I stop this, let you get to your downloading (fucking MP3 pirates . . . thank you come again), and then you can go back to looking for naked pictures of your favorite celebrity train-wreck. I know, I'm looking for them too.

Annuals - Brother
Annuals - Bleary Eyed
Annuals - Dry Clothes

Musically Inclined Mondays - TV On The Radio

Holy shit. How much do I love TV On The Radio? Enough to bold their motherfucking name. This band will rock your shit. These three tracks I've uploaded for your downloading pleasure should give you a general feel for the band, but it's not enough. You have to hunt this band down. Get all their shit. I'm not fucking around either. Just look at all the expletives I've used so far to write about them. This is serious motherfucking shit. Get a little fucking rock & roll culture in you. Fuck whatever is playing in your MP3 player or car stereo.

Disclaimer - Band is not actually made out of Lego's, it's just the coolest picture I could find of them.

TV On The Radio - Staring at the Sun
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
TV On The Radio - Robots

New Britney Spears Single = Hot Steamy Shit EDITED and MP3'd

Ugh . . . I can't believe I'm linking a page from PerezHilton.com. But, this is legitimate news. Britney's new single is out, and it must be heard. Not because it's great. I think it might be the single most atrocious song ever produced. Even worse than "PoPoZao". Everything is terrible. From the lullaby'ish feel of the song, to the spoken words. Is she fucking serious? I'll post the lyrics, but you can head over to the actual site and click on the audio player at the bottom of the post, if you're into seeing car-wrecks as they happen. Because this is what this single is. A musical car-wreck.

Everyday, I’m in a daze
Looking for that someone
And everyday, I sit and kneel and pray
Oh, sweet love, can I get some?
So why do you desert me, baby boy?
I need your love right now!
And if you desert me, baby boy
Don’t you leave me in your crowd

Talking
Hey baby, what time you gonna get home?
Oh, really?
[Sigh]
Alright, well, I’ll see you later, then
Oh, wait
Would you mind getting some…
Yeah, when you come home
Yeah, that’s it
I love you too
Bye

[Singing again]
Some day when you see my face
You will think that you have won
And some day when it’s all away
Our love just begun
So why did you desert me, baby boy?
I thought that you, you were the one
So if you preferred the other one
She won’t bring you the sun(son)


EDIT: Since the PerezHilton.com player is busted, or was busted when I tried to subject my wife to this slow-paced torture, I've secured an MP3 of this delightfully terrible track for your listening dis-enjoyment.

Britney Spears - Baby Boy

Musically Inclined Mondays - Junior Senior

How can I properly describe the duo known as "Junior Senior" without sounding like my nose is right up their asses? Ah, fuck it. I love this band. They make music that makes even me, a stalwart non-dancer, shake my "groove thang", to quote the popular youth vernacular. Sure, it might sound a little cheesy from time to time, but it's quality dance music which would be at home at any party or kick-back you're hosting. Your guests will ask you who this is, and those in the know will knowingly nod at you, further cementing your coolness. No need to pay me back for making you the coolest kid on the block. Just keep reading the blog and buy some shit from my sponsors.

Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Musically Inclined Mondays - Feist

I like Feist. I didn't know much other about her before I started downloading . . . illegally . . . her music. But you know, after listening to her music, I almost want to go out and actually purchase her latest CD. Almost. What can I say. I'm a cheap, free-music loving, bastard. Check out these tracks I have along with their corresponding music videos.



Feist - One Two Three Four



Feist - One Evening



Feist - Mushaboom

Musically Inclined Mondays - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is a weird name for a band. But that's just what their music makes you want to do. The two MP3's I'm uploading represent some of their best work (as far as I'm concerned, and my opinion is fact. Scientific fact. My head's not just big because of some freak genetic predisposition. It has to hold all that extra brains. And why is this parenthisized space so large? Let's get back to the actual post). So, what're you waiting for. Eat up my precious bandwidth with your internets music pirating. And then, check out the band's website here for some more Satan filled Yankee expelling fun times.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Yankee Go Home
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance

Musically Inclined Mondays - Malajube

I am not a big fan of anything French. Their general attitude towards the United States and their love for eating snails and giving it a fancy name (escargot) just leaves me cold. That is not the same for French-Canadians though, which thanks to Malajube, I'm really starting to love. It might be their relaxed laws when it comes to hashish, or just because they rock out pretty damn well. It doesn't even bother me that their music is in French. It's just damn enjoyable. The first track here is highly recommended. It's catchy, fun, and you will feel very cosmopolitan as you blast this on your computer, car, or MP3 player. The second track is all about the mellow, and it's a nice counterpart to their more pop'y first offering. Download them both and then head out to AltaVista's Babelfish translator if you really want to know what they're singing about.

Malajube - Montreal-40c
Malajube - Etienne D'Aout

Musically Inclined Mondays - Plan B

Before I head out to work this afternoon (yes, I don't have to be in until 1 PM) I thought I'd post up the MP3 post, and since I was feeling a little on the hip hop'y side, I thought I'd post up these great Plan B tracks which feature The Rolling Stones and Radiohead. It is as good as it sounds, and I highly recommend you take up my bandwidth with the download. What else can I tell you about Plan B . . . um, fuck it. Get these tracks and make your own judgements. If you don't like it you can always delete it.

Wild Horses (feat. The Rolling Stones) - Plan B
Paint it Blacker (feat. The Rolling Stones) - Plan B
Missing Link (feat. Radiohead) - Plan B

Musically Inclined Mondays - How I Became The Bomb

"How I Became The Bomb" is a peculiar band. Don't get me wrong, they're great and have a perfect sound, but it looks like they mostly sing about super-hero secret identities and how they pertain to romantic relationships and how befriending a robot might not be the smartest thing to do. The MP3 files in this post are definitely download-worthy, so check them out yourself, and if you want to know more about the band, you can always check out their MySpace page here. I don't usually link to MySpace, but this band is good enough that I will break my own ban on that social networking website.

How I Became The Bomb - Secret Identity
How I Became The Bomb - Robo

While at their MySpace page you can also download 2 more tracks, "Killing Machine" and "Kneel Before Zod". Take advantage of that.

Musically Inclined Mondays - Peter Bjorn & John

I just recently came across "Peter Bjorn & John" while traversing the interwebs for new music to listen to. I don't know much about them, but what I know I am really digging. This "Young Folks" track is infectuously good. I can't help but scan through my iPod shuffle to find it whenever I'm out and about. If you have a Shuffle, then you can imagine how hard this can be. But it's worth it. So, today, you're not only getting that track, but another one from a live show they did. If you think stuff is lost in translation from produced to live music, this would not be the case with this band. Check out the downloads. You won't be disappointed.

Young Folks - Peter Bjorn & John
Paris 2004 (Live) - Peter Bjorn & John

Musically Inclined Mondays - Girl Talk

I don't write very well about music. I think I'm lacking in the adjectives that I use to describe it. So, you know what . . . I'm just going to throw out the links for your downloadable-pleasure. The first one is titled "Bounce That" and it mixes some of my favorite bands of the 90's (The Breeders & Elastica) with Ludachris and Ciera and it's a combination that I did not think would be pleasurable. I was wrong. The 2nd download is a cover of a Grizzly Bear song which mixes in some rapping and actually improves on the mellow tones the original version has. It gets the ass to jiggle and wiggle, which is always fun. Snag these and come back next week, where hopefully I can keep the typing to a minimum and keep the linkage to a maximum.

Bounce That - Girl Talk
Knife - Grizzly Bear (Girl Talk Remix)

Musically Inclined Mondays - Tokyo Police Club

Chances are, you won't find Tokyo Police Club playing your local radio station. Maybe if you're lucky enough to have an independent, non-mainstream, public radio station available or a college radio station, you might catch a listen of this Canadian band's infectuous music. It gets in your head, in a good way. These two tracks from their "A Lesson in Crime" EP are my favorites. Finding these guys a few months ago is pretty much one of the few highlights of 2006 (musically). I now, share them with you, my Daniel Radcliffe cock-size/picture seeking public. Yeah, I know why you're really here. But, since there's none of that around, get some tunes instead.

Oh, and check out the band's site here for more information.

Citizens of Tomorrow - Tokyo Police Club
Nature of the Experiment - Tokyo Police Club

Musically Inclined Mondays - Cold War Kids

I have to say, this year is shaping up to be much better than last year. Musically that is. The Cold War Kids are helping quite a bit with this task. Their melodic and piano backed songs are all fantastic, and the links below are for two of my favorite tracks from them. You can find their website here. Visit, support, tell your friends about them. Snag these MP3's while my fileden supports them and go crazy. Well, maybe not crazy strapped into a straight-jacket crazy. Or you know what, do whatever you want. If you want to be in a padded room . . . be my guest. But, be sure they're playing this for you. You can also get more MP3 tracks at the website that I listed above.

We Used To Vacation - Cold War Kids
Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids

Musically Inclined Mondays - Of Montreal

Of Montreal is a weird band to describe. And now that I've seen the music video of "Heimdalsgate like a Promethean Curse", I'm even more befuddled. You can classify them as "indie rock", which is usually where most of these unique acts reside. It doesn't matter though. They are amazing. This video, directed by the Homestarrunner.com guys is all sorts of wacky. Where else will you have a pimp-bear, bedsheet ghost, and a guy in a head to toe unitard interacting. Not to mention his lobster-claw arm. That's another head-trip altogether. In case you want to rock out to this song, I've included a handy MP3 download for you. If you like it, seek out this band and support their upcoming album.

Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse - Of Montreal

Musically Inclined Mondays - Kick out the Chairs

"Kick out the Chairs", brought to you by James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) and Munk (a chick that likes to say "Oh Yeah") is a fun as hell song. I ran across this a couple of weeks ago and I can't stop playing it. So much so, that my wife is starting to hate it. But, that's not to say the song isn't quality music. I've got an MP3 download for you of it. Click it, share it, tell your friends where you got it. Network a little. You really should get out of in front of your computer. It can't be that healthy to hang out there for prolonged periods of time . . . checking out online pornography. Burn this song to a CD and then play it in your car on your way to 4th Meal.

Kick out the Chairs - James Murphy and Munk