Back in Black (Keys)

New Black Keys album on December 6th!! For those not privy enough to find albums before they come out, here's the first single! It's a doooooozie yoooooo. El Camino
 

 -Pagoda

Top 13 Songs to Sleep To

A baker's dozen from your's truly

1. Modest Mouse - Blame it on the Tetons
2. Yo La Tengo - More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
3. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
4. Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
5. El Ten Eleven - Connie
6. Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud
7. Sigur Ros - Staralfur
8.The Album Leaf - Always For You
9. Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
10. The Kinks - Strangers
11. Built to Spill - You Are
12. Seu Jorge - Life on Mars
13. Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats

-Pagoda

Beach Fossils - "Daydream"

I figured since I mentioned Beach Fossils last post, I might as well post their most famous song. Dere you go mate...

-Pagoda

Heavy Hawaii - "Teen Angel"

It's like a combination between Beach Fossils and Starfucker!

-Pagoda

Alt-country

Two bands to listen to:

  Lucero

Palace Music

 (Same guy in the Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" video with Zach Galifianakis)

-Pagoda

Big Ugly Yellow Ostrich

Man, these small concert venues are like, really cool! LOLz.

-Woland

Wilco!

For those of you who haven't checked out any of the "Tiny Desk" concerts put on by NPR, you should right now. They are amazing and intimate and provide a surprisingly great acoustic setting for the bands/artists that have performed. Here is one of my favorite bands performing some of their songs off their new album "Whole Love". The album as a whole (punny) is not their best work - anything compared to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot will cause this.

Anyone else surprised about how old and worn Tweedy looks? Enjoy!

-Woland

Pimps

Here's Big K.R.I.T. with "Pimps". I love it and so will you.

-Pagoda

Nostalgia

Here's another one of them nostalgia picks. Sitting in that parked Hondo Civic and making mistakes...

-Pagoda

Bill Callahan

No, not the football coach. This Bill Callahan is the musician who was with the kind of hot/kind of not that hot musician Cat Power for a while. They might have been married? Anyways.. his last album came out in 2011 and is called Apocalypse. Listen to two of his songs here, one as a solo artist and one with the band Smog. Yeah buddy!

-Pagoda

Wake Up To...

Horses Feathers - "Curs in the Weeds"

-Pagoda

Top Five Sloppy Make-Out Songs

 Looking for sloppy, classless makeout music? Here you go herbs!

1. The xx - Intro
2. Toro Y Moi - Blessa
3. Ryan Adams - When The Stars Go Blue
4. Counting Crows - Good Time

5.  Beach House - Silver Soul

-Pagoda

Ugly Casanova

Isaac Brock's (Modest Mouse) side project, last released an album in 2010. Here's a song from the 'bum Sharpen Your Teeth.

-Pagoda

Foster the People - Torches

The song "Pumped Up Kicks" is like a town bicycle these days. But surprisingly, there's some good music on the other 9 tracks on this 'bum. Give it a listen sometime and let the loin-tingling ensue.

-Pagoda

Nostalgia

Here's my nostalgia pick yo.

-Pagoda

Here Ye Here Ye

It's The Besnard Lakes with "Albatross" !

-Pagoda

'Dese guys can Jam

So some pretty Lady showed this song to me.

They're from Denver. I hear Denver is not opposed to "doing pot". Good for you R E A L M A G I C. And, I know you guys get a lot of shit for the spaces in between the letters of your band's name, but let's face it, you totally deserve it. Just spell it normally. Purposefully incorrectly punctuating your band name just to be "off beat" isn't off beat simply because of your intent. Keep the music the same, but seriously, just close the gaps. It's annoying.

-Woland

Washed Out - "New Theory"

Failed librarian from USC creates music. Interesting. This song is from the 6 song-ed "Life of Leisure" EP.

-Woland

Warm Speakers - "Waves"

Warm Speaker's album Mezcal Noon was released in 2011, here's a track from it entitled "Waves":

 Also, here's a link to my favorite track on the album called "Verda". Enjoy!


-Pagoda

Emancipator - "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough..."

Soon It Will Be Cold Enough to Build Fires

 

-Pagoda

My Morning Jacket's Top 8 Covers

Jim James may have a way with words, but that hasn't stopped him from covering his fair share of songs. In my opinion, My Morning Jacket lays claim to the best covers around. Here's my list of Jim James and company's top covers. In no particular order...

1. My Morning Jacket - "Rocket Man" (Elton John)
2. My Morning Jacket - "It Makes No Difference" (The Band)
3. My Morning Jacket - "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis Presley)
4. My Morning Jacket - "Take My Breath Away" (Berlin)
5. My Morning Jacket - "Man in Me" (Bob Dylan)

6. My Morning Jacket - "Always on My Mind" (Brenda Lee/Presley/Nelson)
7. My Morning Jacket - "Mother" (Pink Floyd)
8. My Morning Jacket - "Blue Moon" (Presley/Marcels/Holiday)

If you're interested in more covers from other bands, check out http://www.coversproject.com/.
 
-Pagoda

Nostalgia

Today's nostalgia pick is from our homegirl Rilo Kiley. Despite Rilo Kiley actually being an indie band from LA, I like to pretend it's just an individual hot chick. But I digress...

From The Execution of All Things is the track "A Better Son/Daughter", which is about bipolar disorder. Brings us back to senior year again, am I right? Feel free to belt it out when she let's dat beat drop.

-Pagoda

Christmas Cums Early

If you are going to learn anything about me, it's that I love Built to Spill. Not this.. "Oh I love Car and Carry the Zero!!" bullshit. No, it's the I friended you on facebook and solely listened to your music for my entire junior year of high school way. Holla back gurlll

Built to Spill Gear Up for Next Record

Though by the sounds of it, I may be collecting my AARP card by the time it's officially released.

-Pagoda

Wake Up To....

On this fine Thanksgiving morning, here's a little Navajo Bixby to get you going

-Pagoda

Jake Phaux

Upon request from said above, the funky, the chill, the very groovy song by Darondo -- a perfect fit for any cool jam. This is "Didn't I."

-Woland

Nostalgia

Born Ruffians came out with Red, Yellow, and Blue in 2008, and one of our favorite songs off the album is "Badonkadonkey". They juxtapose a goofy, almost overly simplistic sound with lyrics that are a bit on the darker side, which creates the option of listening to it just for fun. Unfortunately their second album, Say It, was produced by someone else, the producer for Modest Mouse I believe. It's more polished, and the boyish garage-band sound is completely absent, which let's be honest, sucks. 

More importantly, this song is filled with nostalgia for anyone who has gotten sick and tired of their girlfriend. Senior year, anyone? But seriously how does Luke Lalonde have such insights into all our high school experiences? ----

"And if you get squished I'll find another you,
And if you get squashed I'll find another you,
It won't be hard to find another one like you,
Another you, another you"

-Woland

5 Music Videos to Watch Before You Sleep

1. Blockhead - "Music Scene"
2. Grizzly Bear - "Ready, Able"
3. Passion Pit - "I've Got Your Number"

4. Is Tropical - "The Greeks"
5. Sigur Ros - "Glosoli"

-Pagoda

J'adore Justice

You see the †, and you think nothing has changed. But the French electronic duo has reinvented themselves in their 2011 'bum Audio, Video, Disco. Some bitches have been clamoring, asking why they are trying to fix something that's not broken. Personally, I love it. Here's my favorite track called "Parade".

-Pagoda

Real Estate - "It's Real"

The New Jersey indie rock/dream-pop band released a new album entitled Days on September 27th. The album has garnered just as must positive feedback as their first self-titled 'bum. Here's the first single off of Days, which uniquely enough, is called "It's Real".

Look for a little more refined sound on this album, but the same unique guitar and consistency amongst tracks that makes Real Estate great.

-Pagoda