Posts Tagged ‘music’
Covers Covered Well: Vol. II
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
As Kate most beautifully said in a previous blog (see?), there is a fine art to covering music. Covers covered well are great. Covers covered badly are beyond shit: (this!) DAMNIT BRITNEY.
Here are some of the great variety:
Pomplamoose - “Mrs. Robinson” [listen]
This duo does some mean covers, but this has to be my favourite. I lahv her voice, his guitar skillz… but I can’t get over that mole. Normally I don’t mind them, but .. er. Yeah.
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Tags: correspondents, covers, good tunes, music, paramore, scissor sisters, weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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RIP JAY REATARD
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Last week on January 12th, the sad news that garage rocker Jay Reatard had died suddenly in his sleep shocked music fans everywhere. Speculations that this 29-year-old legend had passed away was at first deemed to be a rumor, but to everyone;s dismay the tragic death has been confirmed. Now rumors of homicide are beginning to surface and it is being reported that the Memphis police are currently searching for a possible suspect pertaining to his death.
Regarded highly for his near perfect album Blood Visions (2006) and recent hit Watch Me Fall (2009), Jay Reatard was responsible for reviving lo-fi garage punk. With his prolific career spanning 22 full length albums, there is no doubt of Jay’s talent as a performing artist. Playing nearly a thousand shows all over the world as a solo artist and member of numerous bands by the age of 29, there is no telling what more he could have accomplished in his lifetime.
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Tags: correspondents, deaths, in memoriam, Jay Reatard, music, rip
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Matt’s Weekly Tunes
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Happy Friday, peeps. I’ve decided that I’m going to start doing a weekly segment on Fridays: Weekly Tunes. It’ll be short… but mega sweet. It’ll pretty much just be three songs that I’ve been loveloveloving over the past week. HERE WE GO, SMELLIES.
“Zero” - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It’s Blitz!, 2009)
[listen]
“1901″ - Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, 2009)
[listen]
“He Lied About Death” - Stars (Set Yourself On Fire, 2004)
[listen]
Have a great weekend, me sexies.
Love,
Uncle Matt
Tags: correspondents, good tunes, music, phoenix, Stars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Life Lessons With Liz: Vol. 1, Ep. 1
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Key Albums of the week:
• Beach House - Teen Dream
• Vampire Weekend- Contra (stream album)
• Dead Man’s Bones - Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Goslings New Band)
• Ke$ha - Animal
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Tags: good tunes, liz trinnear, music, vjs
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Metric: Exposed. In 3D, On Ice
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
So, there’s a band out there. A sorta indie, sorta pop, sorta dance, sorta new wave band. They gotsa sexy as hell lead singer, a questionably high-pitched guitarist, a wicked as hell bassist and yes, they have a (post concert) sweaty ass drummer. They’re the only band that can sport sunglasses indoors and have sex with an entire crowd through music. They are the shit.
They’re Metric.
Metric, oh, Metric. Hailing from Toronto since 1998, Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Josh Winstead and Joules Scott-Key form the best band in the world.
I present to you, a complete exposé of their discography. “Metric: Exposed. In 3D, On Ice,” if you will.
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Tags: albums, correspondents, expose, good tunes, metric, music, on ice
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Your Music Genre Fortune
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Bonjour. I, magical Matt (pffft), will (in a matter of moments) tell you your favourite genre of music, and then recommend you some artists to listen to accordingly. Now, give me your palms … kidding. For each of the following questions, choose the answer that best answers the question for you. Keep track of how many As, Bs, Cs and Ds you get, ‘cause at the end you’ll need to know to find out your musically-tainted fortune!
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Tags: correspondents, fun, music, quiz, things that are awesome
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Songs We Were All Over In 2009: Playlists
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Two different music tastes, two different playlists of tunes! These aren’t necessarily ranked in order of our favourite songs of the year, but a mish mash of what we felt best represented 2009 for us.
After the jump, see & listen to our lists - including tracks from Kid Cudi, Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Julian Casablancas, The XX and tons more.
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Tags: 2009, alicia keys, bat for lashes, drake, Florence and the Machine, good tunes, holiday wrap, jay-z, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Kings of Leon, lady gaga, lily allen, listen, metric, michael jackson, music, passion pit, phoenix, playlists, the xx, wale, weezer, white lies
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50 Music Moments That Mattered
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
After months and months of discussion, research, meetings and SWEAT, a crack team of pop culture experts at MuchMusic compiled a list of 50 Music Moments That Mattered. Say what you want about the list - debate the rankings, debate the choices - but you cannot deny that each moment has its place in music history. We took these moments and shined ‘em all up to make 5 episodes discussing their impact on music history (and the world!)
If you missed the first airing on Sunday, you can watch it online anytime you want! And also, make sure to read some words about the show from its writer (here) and producer (here).
After the jump, we reveal the 50 Moments … have your say in the comments! We know EVERYONE’S got an opinion!!
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Tags: 50 music moments that mattered, holiday wrap, lists, music, tv
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Mehek’s Music Monday: Jay Sean
Monday, December 14th, 2009
It’s near impossible to escape the pop-R&B sounds from this Indian-UK native; his debut North American single, “Down” featuring Lil’ Wayne started to gain momentum towards the end of this past summer, and there’s been no stopping him since. It went to #1 back in October, and his latest release, “Do You Remember”, features Sean Paul and Lil’ John.
For me… he’s old news. Thirteen year-old self old news (fah real – that’s a lil’ old). So I’mma share some tales about this dude, cause I think you all really need to know about his past … and his future.
Intrigued yet?
More after the jump!
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Tags: correspondents, jay sean, music, music monday
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Don’t Forget About Stars
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Well. Happy Monday. I guess.
Okay, that was so obviously sarcastic, that I feel the need to make it up to you. Allow me to re-introduce you to a (mind da lingo) F#CK!NG amazing band - Stars.
Bare with me while I venture off into - cue Maggie & The Ferocious Beast theme song - nowhere land! (Mad props to whoever’s actually seen that show before, btw). Okay so… yesterday morning, I get up, take a shower, get dressed, eat leftover sushi from the night before, etc etc. K. My aunt picks me up to take me out for lunch (yeah, she one of those cool aunts). She turns on her CD player… and I hear something… eloquent. Something… indie. Something… pop. SOMETHING ELOQUENT INDIE-POP ISH.
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Tags: correspondents, good tunes, music, Stars
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