Lucky Now

Here's some music from one of my favorite musicians ever

-Pagoda

Blackbird Blackbird

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Nostalgia!!!

Here you go mate

-Pagoda

Blast This Shit

Please do as I say.

-Pagoda

Givers - Up Up Up

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Americana

For all the lovers of their southern brothers out there...

-Pagoda

Meestah Burns

ASAP Rocky - Palace

-Burns

Polaris



-Pagoda

Why Big Sean Sucks and Why You Should Not Like Him At All

This is Big Sean in his cool outfit. He likes to be like wow, I have a cool medallion that costs a lot of money. I won't get into the morality of ya know a lot of poverty in the world and blah blah blah because that's probably not within his depth of field. What I do appreciate is his little like, alternative watch he has on there. That's pretty cool.

Okay enough screwing around, Chris Brown is on your album. Not cool. In a sense I can't even take what you have to say seriously. Second of all, your beats is whack. Get off your computer a bit. Stop working with Kanye chode West and Wiz chode Khalifa and come on, Chiddy Bang? And people, don't think I stopped listening to the album at this song. I listened to the whole thing. I just had enough material to write this much from the first two songs. These lyrics below are not even close to the worst (These are: (shiz). yuck 

"Ok, now where that alcohol
You aint even got to ask
Cause I'mma drink it all like, like its my last
She a 7 in the face, but a 10 in the ass
She even look better by the end of my glass"


Like, how much of a disgrace of a person are you? Yeah, I guess if say one were drunk, like really really drunk, they might think in that like, sort of inebriated process, ...ugh more alcohol, not that attractive chick, sort of not that attractive chick, hot chick. Chya, I just finished all that alcohol I was just bragging about. Dude, plus we're still like juniors in high school. Getting drunk and objectifying women is still cool because we're 16 and impressionable and watch MTV and listen to music like....oh.. right, like this. Suck it "big" Sean.






-Woland

We Are Trees

Not to be confused with Neon Trees cause they suck

-Pagoda

Wise Blood - "Here Comes The Sun"



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Check out all of his music

-Pagoda

Two Songs

and the oldie but goodie......

-Pagoda

Seabear

I Sing I Swim

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Maps & Atlases - "Solid Ground"

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Shayby Baby

CHABON!!!!!!!!

-Pagoda

Nostalgia

Lemme give a little bitta this to you

-Pagoda

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens. Sounds like Sufjan Stevens.

-Pagoda

Fah Q Boi

Trashcan. sounds like Dr. Dog.

-Pagoda

I'm Back

Much to the chagrin of Bixypants, I'm making a post again. Fug you dude. And fug this state.

-Pagoda

The Glory of Hip Hop

Our hip-hop selection has been slim to none, so I want to start off in the DJ realm (not to be confused with DJ Realm). One of the best 'trip-hop' albums ever made, DJ Shadow's Entroducing, is known to most if not all hip-hop enthusiasts as one of the greatest and most influential albums ever made. DJ Shadow's ability to mix jazz and funk and a seemingly infinite amount of samples is unparalleled. Ironically this album came out around the time hip-hop took an exponentially accelerating dive down into the ignorant abyss of gangster rap, hence one of the songs' titles being, "Why Hip Hop Sucks In 1996," where the only vocal sample echoes, "It's the money." Brevity is the soul of wit, as they say.

Here's a classic off the album: "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt"

What is probably even more relevant from an education standpoint is the movie Scratch (Watch it! It's awesome). It details the origin of hip-hop, its acting as a medium for unity and social progression among the black community, and unfortunately its deviation from culture to what is today's "rap' or "hip-hop", which mostly consists of the manipulating, money-grubbing corporations promoting "artists" who facilitate the elevation of topics such as: money, womanizing, gang violence etc. Or, more aptly put, OneManArmy of Binary Star states in the song "Honest Expressions" : "Hip-hop, and then there's hip-pop... You got the Top 40 version of hip-hop, ya know what I mean?" There are many problems with the way rap has evolved not simply just because one musically pretentious person thinks it sucks . But hey political music commentary could take up an entire blog, so I'll leave that out! 

-Woland

Doug Martsch - "Window"

The man is better than anyone else in the world. That baby talking at the beginning? Pure genius, man. Shit's gold.

-Pagoda

Wake Up To...

A little Jeff Buckley

-Pagoda

Work Drugs - "Rad Racer"

I like the name of the band a lot because it sums up life.

-Pagoda

Jonsi's Back... Albeit Lamely

Matt Damon may have become a sellout solely because he's in that "We Bought a Zoo" movie that makes me nauseous when I see its trailer play. But maybe it was when he appeared in The Adjustment Bureau. Cause that shit sucked. But one good thing about the Boston's boy Matt Damon becoming a pit of a poo is that Jonsi just made a soundtrack for his horrible movie. Yeah buddy.

-Pagoda

Blind Pilot

Another great song, this time from the Portland-based band Blind Pilot.

-Pagoda

The Roots

Surprisingly, they do more than play for Jimmy Kimmel. The Roots have produced yet another gem with the release of their 13th studio album titled 'Undun' (apparently they don't subscribe to the theory that good music takes time). The critically acclaimed concept album dives deep into the mind of the troubled fictional character Redford Stephens. The individual tracks most accurately reflect journal entries, and when combined, the album depicts a story of a man's unlucky circumstance - and how his reactions led to his demise. Here's 'The Otherside' ft Bilal & Greg Porn.

-Burns

I feel low, but it feels alright

Yet another band out from Canada, Handsome Furs' album Sound Kapital came out this past summer. The album took me a little while to get used to being that electronic music is still a bit foreign to my ears, but now I jam to this on the daily. Check this: 

And to convince you to download the whole album, listen to dis: Serve the People

-Woland

(M)an. (D)rive is (M)eg(A) Good!

Quite frankly... I found out about College cause I have a crush on Ryan Gosling. Whatever though, I am cool with who I am.

You want some more unabashed Gosling love? Listen to THIS!!

-Pagoda

Nostalgia for your ears.

Pagoda and I, as you can see, love nostalgia. We seem to almost thrive off of its unhealthy energies. Anyway, one of my favorite MM songs dates back to my high school days:

Sometimes all I really want to feel is love
Sometimes I'm angry that I feel so angry
Sometimes my feelings get in the way
Of what I really feel I needed to say
If you stand in a circle
Then you'll all have a back to bite

I think the song has pretty teen-angst, archetypal shit going on here, and Brock pulls it off so it's fuggin' sweet. From their EP Interstate 8, "Edit the Sad Parts" is one of the few MM songs that I've come across where I'm equally as impressed with the lyrics as I am with the music (most MM songs are more lyrically concentrated in my opinion).

Pay attention because I just spent 10 minutes writing this 'bishes'.

-Woland

AIH is back .. with one song

Australian band Architecture in Helsinki came out with 2.5 good albums before creating an almost portfolio-spoiling piece o' poop album, Moment Bends. I like this song though. One song don't make an album dough, so don't even bother illegally downloading it.

-Woland

Stephen Malkmus - Jo Jo's Jacket

If you like some poppy, upbeat music then listen to Stephen Malkmus

-Pagoda

Top 10 Wes Anderson Soundtrack Songs

I once read somewhere that liking Wes Anderson is one of the whitest things you can do. Guilty.

Here's my favorite 10 songs from some of his movies. I was almost going to put in a Cat Stevens song because it is so memorable in Rushmore, but my strong dislike for the guy's music couldn't let me do it.

1. The Who - A Quick One, While He's Away
2. The Creation - Making Time
3. Nico - These Days
4. Van Morrison - Everyone
5.

6. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
7.

8. The Zombies - The Way I Feel Inside
9. The Clash - Police & Thieves
10. John Lennon - Oh! Yoko

Remember to open the links in new tabs so you can keep reading here bishes

-Pagoda

Atlas Sound - "Walkabout"

I don't care if you've already heard this song. It's amazing so listen to it again.

P.S. The guy with the inverted chest is Bradford Cox, the lead singer of Deerhunter, who has Marfan Syndrome.

-Pagoda

Kid Cudi - Teleport 2 Me

We have a new snippet released by Kid Cudi for the first single off of his new band's (WZRD) album. It's called "Teleport 2 Me".

 -Burns

Ducktails

The solo project of Matt Mondanile of Real Estate. The guitar is great. Better than Coldplay even!! Or Matchbox 20!

-Pagoda

The Pride of Worcester?

Listen to Dom. Probably not even old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to make me... like them. They're also from Worcester which makes them all legends in my book. Not to mention the song title, Burn Bridges, is my favorite thing to do ever. May the bridges I burn light the way.

-Pagoda

The Indie/Electronic Combo

It's obvious how indie rock has influenced rap music (see Jay Z or Kanye West for examples). Another genre that also has been combining a lot with indie is electronic music. The classic example of this is The Go! Team. They were what turned me on to electronic music, and are one of the most well known bands in the genre--probably because of all the commercials they're featured in. Anyway here is a song released in 2011. Give it a listen...

P.S. Here is a link to the some of the best indie songs of 2011. Definitely take it upon yourself to listen to a few of these...

Indie Rock Cafe! (open in a new tab so you can keep reading bishes)

-Pagoda

I love Beirut

One of my favorite bands by far, Beirut did this extremely cool film for La Blogotheque performing their entire second album The Flying Cup Club (2007). Zach Condon has one of the most rich and beautiful voices my young ears have heard. The video was filmed in only a few takes, but I couldn't find them all in one clip, unfortunately, so the direction can't be appreciated as much. It's an oldie but goodie.

-Woland

WU LYF !

Need something to do? Listen to WU LYF you jabroni!

-Pagoda

Paradise Stomp

My friend is a DJ and just made this new song. Listen to it and check out his other songs. He's called Paradise Stomp.

Paradise Stomp - "Cinemaddict"

Click it!


-Pagoda

My 5 Favorite Take Away Shows

Much like the NPR Tiny Desk shows we showed you earlier, if you don't know what Take Away Shows are you should check them out. Here are my favorite five.

1. Kurt Vile
2. Local Natives
3. Yeasayer
4. Bon Iver

5. Grizzly Bear

Later this week I'll give a list of my favorite live radio performances, but until then those five should hold you over.

-Pagoda

They're small! Get it??

This came up on my Pandora. One may describe this as 'kitschy', but I like it. Sometimes you need something light, ya know? Just like a salad or something with some croutons on top and some shredded cheese maybe. 

-Woland

Many syllables

In addition to being the art director (whatever that means) and an integral part musically in Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Robbie Guertin, along with CYHSY's Tyler Sargent, and a nice lady named Annie Hart make up the Brooklyn band, Uninhabitable Mansions. Obvioulsy they're from Brooklyn. They've come out with a single and an LP, Naturee is a Taker (2010), which has this catchy song, "The Speed is Deceiving"

-Woland

Radiohead Remix

Amplife with "Nudez". Pretty good d00d..

-Pagoda

You, You're Awesome - "Two Muffins"

Give this one a listen..

-Pagoda

This Song's About Me!!

-Pagoda

Gold Fish - "Fort Knox"

A pick from my fellow ginger friend, Shayby Baby

-Pagoda

Nostalgia

Vetiver - "Luna Sea"

-Pagoda

Yuck - "Get Away"

I was listening to a lot of Girls and Cymbals Eat Guitars when I learned about Yuck. Here's their song "Get Away". If you don't like lo-fi music don't listen to this!

-Pagoda

Cults

Cults have been lingering all over the internet for years now. There's free downloads you can get online and they finally released an album last May. Here's a song by them...

-Pagoda

My Boy Thad

My boy Thaddeus told me to post this song because it's such a Hoss song. Enjoy...

-Pagoda