Double Ds :):):)

Ha. This is the first time in a long time (try a year!) we got double digit posts in a month. Kudos. yahoo. Yes, I'm embellishing it a bit with this post, so.

Also, I think I'm going to Bonnaroo, hoping to. Looks awesome. - B

2010 Songs

Various songs from my own batch of top songs of 2010, my lame edition. Haha, I finally made some kind of list and here are a few of my fave songs.

This one’s the opener off Booka Shade’s latest. Just a downright sexy song to get down to and jam out to in the morning, as you’re getting ready for work, as your driving to work, as your on your lunch break or whenever, it kicks ass.


A ridiculous, rambling, ridiculously good sample of Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out (Antony’s Song)”, acts as the center piece to Das Racist’s “You Oughta Know.” Naturally, the original song is what has my interest slanted, but have a listen here to the old classic by Joel:


And then here is the sped-up, crazed, super smoked-out version that Das Racist tuned out. Both their mixtapes from this year (Shut Up, Dude & Sit Down, Man) are downright awesome. I read someone’s description of these two cats as “very intelligent people willing to not take themselves too seriously and actually, willing to be downright stupid.” Love it.


And I’ve gotta include this one here to at least throw in some kind of sentimental value…right? The Hold Steady’s newest wasn’t one of my absolute favorites but this song definitely hits the spot for me. It’s genuinely sweet and the chorus’ line about how heaven is getting together, listening to records with your favorite girl, sounds like such a fantastic idea. I’m guessing the theme is that heaven is whatever we make it out to be, as good as we want to be and entirely in our control (my interpretation of THS’ album, not my own point of view) and it’s a pretty great thought: the most simple, easy things can be the most enjoyable. – Bryan

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

"But honestly, and be honest with yourself, how much time do you waste? How much time do you blow every day?"

I know it’s lame to post about an album that everyone has either heard or at least heard of already. But LCD Soundsystem’s latest album, This Is Happening, has been my most played album for the last three weeks and it’s been growing on me more and more. Not only do I think it just might be James Murphy’s best album to date but its sounds are so effectively superb that it sounds like it was crafted through years and years of delivery. It’s shocking to find out that its recording process was rather quick and all done in The Mansion, the famous ten-bedroom mansion owned by Rick Rubin.

The opening song, “Dance Yrself Clean” is easily, one of my favorite songs of the year. It’s stunning because sure, Murphy is mostly an electronic artist but the sounds he’s created are so brilliantly amazing that it’s almost like classical music in a modern setting. And by the time that explosion hits, you’re left in awe:


But as I’ve slowly gotten to get into, each song on This Is Happening is simply astounding. There’s the incredible growth of the closer and how it ties in the musical theme presented on the aforementioned opener, there is also the way “One Touch” continues to add more and more drums before offering its own change of pace, the beautifully developed sounds on “You Wanted a Hit,” and also the startlingly great indie rock of “All I Want.” But what has had me really addicted lately is “Pow Pow” and its memorable one-liners. Not only do the sounds and rhythms recall Talking Heads but Murphy’s casual delivery and his ability at creating those one-liners ("I'm paralyzed and looking through you. But if nothing's right, we try anyway") is unmatched, check it out here. – Bryan