A Cage In A Bird: Bringing Back NOT

Corona Heights Park, 2008

Boris - Afterburner (Metal) - from the album Pink which has to be the best offering so far from this Japanese musical outfit. they cannot be pigeonholed into any one genre, especially metal. the album offers up shoegazed drones to ambient textures while also throwing in the heavy distorted guitar riffs that make this one of the best guitar based releases in a long time. think heavier Sonic Youth with more melody.

Noze - Ethiopo (House) - from Songs On The Rocks..., which is being released off of Get Physical, the humorous french duo keep going down the strange path of mixing in the brass with anything else to make them sound like no one else in the music. it feels like world music with a house shuffle, but in a domestic sort of way.

Booka Shade - Comacabana (Electro) - speaking of the Get Physical label, here is one of the founding groups to offer up their new full release. it's a new path which sees the duo straying away from the groove based electro which i think made them a standout, but it's still an interesting direction as you can tell by this track.

The Replacements - You're Getting Married (Solo Home Demo) - Rhino will finally release all of the Twin/Tone releases from the Mats which is one of my favorite bands, and probably the greatest american rock band ever. Westerberg was? so good with words i think he could have worked for hallmark or better yet, an ad agency (NOT). this track is from the Stink era and it was supposedly the first introspective mid/slow tempo song that Westerberg wrote, and when he presented it to the band, they told him to save it for his solo album.

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One.Sun.Day - Covers and Remixes

red poles.

the site here is changing. we're going soopercorporate. i plan on hiring about 100 people to look important and stare out of the windows. i've already placed 1000 subliminal banners and ad buttons all over the site. what, you can't see it ? and you thought the post pics were just amateur pics taken by myself ? if you look closely at each red pole in the pic above, it displays the names of every major soft drink manufacturer. i bet you feel the need for a cool carmelized carbonated beverage right about now.

seriously...i am going to try to post more independent artists that have been so kind as to send me music. also, i am starting a series of interviews called forwardmusic. it will feature artists that are truly progressive in music in terms of production and performance.
besides the massive amounts of music i actually purchase, i find some great stuff from other blogs, in my inbox, and from other kind sources. here are some of the great remixes and covers i've obtained recently, and thanks.

Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem Cover) (Indie Beats) - my favorite song from 'sound of silver' and a great guitar-based cover.

Bjork - Earth Intruders (Spank Rock Remix) (Hip Hop) - i'm still getting my arms around 'volta', but this remix is another stake in the claim of spank rock being one of the current kings of hip hop.

M.I.A. - Birdflu (Guns up Buraka Mix) (Hip Hop) - a new song and a great remix. i think it has that kanye sample, or the sample kanye used in that song.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hyperballad (Live) (Bjork Cover) (Acoustic) - a gentle rework of the longing optimism originally done by Mrs.G. i heard she killed it at coachella on friday night and i can't wait for her show here.

Soulwax - Wouldn't It Be Good (Nik Kershaw Cover) - showing off the soulwax band side. a sweet melody and an interesting cover which i originally heard off of the john hughes soundtrack. say what you will about his movies, but he provided the best soundtracks in the 80's.

Noze - Kitchen (T. Schaeben Tombo's Teflon Wok Remix) (Techno) - thanks rayna. maybe i should trade my seasoned carbon steel wok for a teflon one. wow.