MP3 blog 2011/01/21

blog 2011/01/21 - never compromise, never give up.

Another quick update before the weekend!  Lots of new music has been tickling my ears.
I've mostly been listening to György Ligeti and Harry Belafonte, but these ones are good too.  Promise.



Barbara Morgenstern - Blackbird
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin:  Barbara Morgenstern has always had a untouchable perch in the realms of electro pop and IDM.  Ceaselessly interesting and criminally overlooked, the new collection "Fan No 2" is a double CD of BM goodness, featuring the fun euro dance pop that will appeal to any fans of Kompakt, as well as the lush instrumentals that outdid most of Morr Music releases from the same period.  And hell, Annie Lennox (Eurtyhmics era) fans, too.

Body Language - Sandwiches (Alaska in Winter Remix):  The goofy 90s electro classic gets a mellow 21st rework.  Lovely.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (Brian Wilson cover)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords:  The Horse Power EP is full of great pop fun!  We dropped a remix of a track from it earlier, but here are 2 more lovely nuggets, including an irresistible Beach Boys cover.

Freelance Whales - Hannah:  From the 2009 release Weathervanes, pop that is almost too saccarine, but just rides that edge ok, leaving that whisp of delight.  Oh yes, I went there.

Helios - The Evening Walk:  Helios always walked that path that Arovane first laid out, combining IDM with a few acoustic samples and a good wash of ambience.  From the 2009 album Unleft.

Lazydisco - On (Aphex Twin cover):  Ha!  It's always great when people cover Aphex Twin, and here's a great rendition on probably one of his best tracks ever.

LoveLikeFire - Stand In Your Shoes:  Reminds me of The Balconies, in a few ways.  Soaring rockin' girl pop!

Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius Of Love):  New album, Steal Your Face!  Might immediately appeal to those that like Marnie Stern, but also for anyone in to Wolf Eyes or Ponytail.  A total aggro noisey mess of goodness.

Pretty Lights - I Can See It In Your Face:  sample-dense breakbeat that nicely straddles both the RJD2 and Bassnectar worlds.

Run Toto Run - This Is A Lull:  Epic electro-pop ala Bats For Lashes, except with the energy levels of The Gossip.

SL - Year Dot:  From the new album Kaleide.  One pile of bones?  WTF, what is this Blair Witch?

Starkey - Paradise ft Anneka
Starkey - Playing With Fire (Ital Tek Remix):  Space Traitor EP Vol.1 is craaaaaaazy good.  Starkey steps it up a notch and delivers some amazing tracks, and has some hot remixers in tow.

Sunday Girl - Four Floors (Diplo Remix):  Diplo mixes up the dubstep with some downtempo for this wonderful slinky groover.

Wick-it the Instigator - Follow The One:  The Black Keys get sampled and looped in short time, with this track off the new The Brothers of Chico Dusty.  It DOES make a fricking incredible beat...

Yellow Swans - Foiled
Yellow Swans - Limited Space:  The new album Going Places is totally intruiging.  It will appeal to fans of the indie noise cassette culture, post rock, sludge metal, and ambient drone.  It's like those, but even better.  Highly recommended.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Barbara Morgenstern - Blackbird
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin
Body Language - Sandwiches (Alaska in Winter Remix)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (Brian Wilson cover)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
Freelance Whales - Hannah
Helios - The Evening Walk
Lazydisco - On (Aphex Twin cover)
LoveLikeFire - Stand In Your Shoes
Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius Of Love)
Pretty Lights - I Can See It In Your Face
Run Toto Run - This Is A Lull
SL - Year Dot
Starkey - Paradise ft Anneka
Starkey - Playing With Fire (Ital Tek Remix)
Sunday Girl - Four Floors (Diplo Remix)
Wick-it the Instigator - Follow The One
Yellow Swans - Foiled
Yellow Swans - Limited Space


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MP3 blog 2011/01/18

blog 2011/01/18 - oh it hurts why does it have to hurt?

Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
Daedalus - LA Nocturne
Diplo - Summer's Gonna Hurt You (Diplo 2010 Remix)
Emika - Double Edge
Quincy & Zen Cuts Allstars - I Hear The Drummer (Tunng Edit):  Each time it gets bigger and better.  Ninja Tune XX was released as a deluxe 6 CD box set.  It's like unwrapping the bestest xmas present ever.  I grew up on the first Ninja Tune sampler Funkjazztical Tricknology, and oh how far they've come!
Here are some of my faves from the massive collection.  Timber is one of my favourite ninja cuts ever, and I love the rework.  Same with Summer's Gonna Hurt You.  Before Diplo went all dirty club, he did a few soulful downtempo cuts, and this was the bestest.  The Emika cut is awesomely deep, but we all know I just love it because it samples Metroid.
And of course the mega mix I Hear The Drummer, which sums up all of the label's brilliant karma and meshes it all together in Reader's Digest fashion.  As a music fan, you should be able to ID at least 60% of the songs within.  If you can't, get digging through the Ninja Tunes crates.

2.3 Children - Drunk In The Afternoon:  Uhhh yeah I just figured everyone neeeded to hear this.

DID - Another Pusher (These New Puritans Remix):  The first of two tastes of These New Puritans.  This one feels all slimey and gross and belching, but oddly irresistible.

Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody:  Another great cut from the Expanded Edition of Bitte Orca, the 2009 classic.

Feist - Limit To Your Love (Live):  From the CD of the DVD document, "Look At What The Light Did Now".

jj - New Work
jj - Still:  From their new Kills mixtape, some of their funnest stuff since their No. 2 album.  Who can resist dreamwave vox over a Dre beat?

Lykke Li - Get Some (Beck Remix):  So excited for new Lykke Li this year!  This track just killlllls it.  Mike D also did a remix that's out there.  It's like Jon Spencer's Orange days all over again!  hell yeah.

Mogwai - Letters To The Metro
Mogwai - Rano Pano:  New Mogwai!   The album is "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" and it's fresh for 2011.  Fans of the band will love it.  Fans of GY!BE will finally be able to cross over.  Fabulous instrumental musics.

Of Montreal - Famine Affair (Leonidas & Hobbes's Aftermath Remix):  Really unassuming, but this is a totally great plodder of a remix.

Sleigh Bells - Run The Heart (RUN With DRUGS) (Ensemble Economique REMIX):  Slowed down and mellowed out really works for Sleigh Bells.  They should totally have a dub remix album.  RELEASE THE STEMS!

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp:  Rollicking pop off the brand new album Departing.

These New Puritans - Attack Music:  Filthy stomping goodness!   Eeeee love the dark reeds.

Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder:  And we'll close on something a bit more bubbley and happy!  From the new album "Causers Of This".




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

2.3 Children - Drunk In The Afternoon
Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber
Daedalus - LA Nocturne
DID - Another Pusher (These New Puritans Remix)
Diplo - Summer's Gonna Hurt You (Diplo 2010 Remix)
Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody
Emika - Double Edge
Feist - Limit To Your Love (Live)
jj - New Work
jj - Still
Lykke Li - Get Some (Beck Remix)
Mogwai - Letters To The Metro
Mogwai - Rano Pano
Of Montreal - Famine Affair (Leonidas & Hobbes's Aftermath Remix)
Quincy & Zen Cuts Allstars - I Hear The Drummer (Tunng Edit)
Sleigh Bells - Run The Heart (RUN With DRUGS) (Ensemble Economique REMIX)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp
These New Puritans - Attack Music
Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder


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MP3 blog 2011/01/13

blog 2011/01/13 - it burns so gloriously!

NO CHIT CHAT!  ONLY MUSIC!


µ-Ziq - Ease Up:  We're kicking things off with 2 blasts from the past!  2005's Ease Up was a classic for Paradinas, but he's always given us some jungley surprises of goodness over the years.

Bikini Kill - Reject All American:  The classic from the album of the same title!  Never go to a riot without it.

Congrorock - Babylon (Peodepitte ft Chronz) (RD Remix):  R/D is back with another incredible remix!  Not content with the mind-warping IDM stylee, he now mashes it up for this dancefloor killer.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Nothing But Our Love (Prussia Remix):  Something so perfectly 1980s lounge about that synth.  You could totally picture Phill Collins singing this after a PCP bender.  Crooning to the jello mold.  From the new album My Love Is Easy: Remixes Pt. 1.

Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (GOBBLE GOBBLE's Wings for Eyeliner):  I wanted oh so hard to love Diamond Rings, but it took the real saviour of Canadian music, Gobble Gobble, to highlight all the right parts with pink and yellow.  From the remix collection GOBBL'd Volume 1 Tape.

Feed Me - Jodie (Radio Edit):  I was thinking to myself... What is the perfect way to transition from the nightclub to a Trecartin themed artstar party where we pour paint and sauces all over ourselves and stutter around on the floor?  Oh this'll do for now.

Gatekeeper - Storm Column:  GATEKEEEEEPER!  He used to do more generic dubstep stuff.  It was solid, but not quite as unique.  Now he's bakc with Giza, having watched one too many Italian horror films that he finally broke his brain and took his dubstep samples back and applied it to a dark cinematic electro framework. 
Whether it's 21st century Goblin or the best video game music ever, it's all awesome.

Gregory and the Hawk - Boats and Birds (Protohype Remix):  Cute and freezepoppish, and totally bouncey fun.

Raz Mesinai - Resurrections For Goatskin II:  Resurrections For Goatskin cameout on Tzadik (*swoon*) back in 2003, but I am just discovering it now.  Long recovered from his mediocre illbient days, Raz Mesinai has ended up as one of my favourite textural composers, mixing classic percussion with drones and other sounds.

The Decemberists - Dear Avery
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight:  HURRAY!  NEW DECEMBERISTS!  The King Is Dead is a pretty fabulous album.  Much more lowkey and straightforward than 2009's Hazards Of Love, many fans will applaud the return to form.  I really loved Hazards, and was hoping this would continue that thread, but it's still an incredibley satisfying Decemberists album, twangy slide guitar and all.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The Mynabirds - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies cover)
The Mynabirds - Ways of Looking
The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire:  The cover is of probably one of my favourite sentimental pop songs EVER.  It's not on the album, but the other 2 tracks are indeed from the brand new "What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood", which is low key fabulous.  A bit of rootsy folksy charm ala Be Good Tanyas or Sarah Harmer, or even some Cowboy Junkies vibes there, but it's tempered by some Neko Case style freshness and defintely deserves a good listen.

The New Pornographers - We End Up Together:  From 2010's album Together, oh I do love the bombast.  They are starting to remind me of that super sweet first Fiercy Furnaces album.

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Zeds Dead Remix):  Ha!  Take that, zombie jagger!

Wye Oak - Civilian:  After their 2010 EP rocked my socks off and then back on again, I am super hyped for their new album Civilian.  The title single is leaked and sounds amazing.




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

µ-Ziq - Ease Up
Bikini Kill - Reject All American
Congrorock - Babylon (Peodepitte ft Chronz) (RD Remix)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Nothing But Our Love (Prussia Remix)
Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (GOBBLE GOBBLE's Wings for Eyeliner)
Feed Me - Jodie (Radio Edit)
Gatekeeper - Storm Column
Gregory and the Hawk - Boats and Birds (Protohype Remix)
Raz Mesinai - Resurrections For Goatskin II
The Decemberists - Dear Avery
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
The Mynabirds - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies cover)
The Mynabirds - Ways of Looking
The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire
The New Pornographers - We End Up Together
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Zeds Dead Remix)
Wye Oak - Civilian


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MP3 blog 2011/01/10

blog 2011/01/10 - *phew* finally getting back on top of things.

Last day of catch-up, let's get right to it...


Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Rmx):  Breakbot is always good for the elecro funk styleeeee

Dessa - Dixon's Girl:  Any track that starts with an oboe is well on its way to getting my panties off.  The structure here is at once wholly familiar, but every aspect is flipped in a playful way making this the funnest bit of contemporary R&B in a while.

Eliza Doolittle - I'll Be Your Pillow:  From the 2010 album "Pack Up", this sound ends up as a cross between Lily Allen and more traditional singer/songwriter stuff like Be Good Tanyas.  And who the hell doesn't want to be someone's pillow?

Errors - A Rumour In Africa (Gold Panda Remix):  Gold Panda hits us with another cold metal electroklink rework.

Friends Electric - Golden Blood (The Dirty Tees Rework):  Ecstatic, epic electro reworks!  About time we got back to these.

Goth-Trad - Sunbeam:  Some dubstep from the "OMG I really love Shackleton" world of things where we do just enough and not a handclap more.

Hauschka - Kamogawa
Hauschka - Sunny Mission:  I was really looking forward to the new album, "Foreign Landscapes", as I'd loved their prior album to death.  These two songs pulled me in, but the album as a whole didn't gel for me.

Horse Feathers - Drain You (Nirvana cover):  I have to admit I love sappy and romantic takes on Nirvana songs.  My childhood is ok with this!

Josh Ritter - Change of Time:  blah blah blah nothing to say!~

Mariage Blanc - Whatever You Say I Am:  A bit on the radio-friendly side, but it has the classic pop chops down pat.

Marty Party - BeBa:  Beba.  What is says on the tin.

MRK1 - Digital Orient:  has that good dubstep grind without getting obnoxious, and that sexy dubness without stumbling over it's own feet.

Painted Palms - All of Us:  I swear this is what Panda Bear would sound like if he wasn't singing with a fishtank on his head.  From the new Canopy EP.

Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me:  Anyone remember illbient?  Drum & Bass got so fucking boring that it spawned that short lived genre.  Looks like someone dusted off the old sample packs and is giving the goodness another spin.  No longer a frenetic pace, we of the post-dubstep world nod with approval.

Rubik - It's Not Really You:  What was I saying about slowed down DnB?  Oh yeah, things get sexier and sexier.

Siberian Railway - Host ft Nuria Tamayo
Siberian Railway - Naoko:  Clicky yummy IDM, for fans of Saycet, CocoRosie and MuM.

Sub Swara - Bend You:  From the new release Triggers, Sub Swara shows why they are on of the most exciting dubby sounds on the dancefloor.  Almost a bit of garage action on the bass synths there.

The Belle Stars - Clapping Song (Rat Salad Re-Edit):  I'd always been a fan of the original chant, so it's fabulous and a bit odd to have it sneak it's way in like this.

Tokyo Police Club - Favorite Coulour (PUNCHES Remix):  YEAH!  One of the best TPC songs finally gets a dancefloor rework.

Two Fingers - Keman Rhythm:  We'll finish things off with a dope track from none other than Two Fingers!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Rmx)
Dessa - Dixon's Girl
Eliza Doolittle - I'll Be Your Pillow
Errors - A Rumour In Africa (Gold Panda Remix)
Friends Electric - Golden Blood (The Dirty Tees Rework)
Goth-Trad - Sunbeam
Hauschka - Kamogawa
Hauschka - Sunny Mission
Horse Feathers - Drain You (Nirvana cover)
Josh Ritter - Change of Time
Mariage Blanc - Whatever You Say I Am
Marty Party - BeBa
MRK1 - Digital Orient
Painted Palms - All of Us
Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me
Rubik - It's Not Really You
Siberian Railway - Host ft Nuria Tamayo
Siberian Railway - Naoko
Sub Swara - Bend You
The Belle Stars - Clapping Song (Rat Salad Re-Edit)
Tokyo Police Club - Favorite Coulour (PUNCHES Remix)
Two Fingers - Keman Rhythm

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MP3 blog 2011/01/06

blog 2011/01/06 - round 2 of caitlyn playing catch-up

I have 2 gigs coming up I should let you know about:
Friday January 14th, playing @ Barrymore's
with Daft Punk Tribute Band
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Saturday January 29th, playing @ Perfect 10
Venus Envy's 10th anniversary party @ Club SAW
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No other preamble, let's get back to the goodness I harvested in December...


Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs:  The accent is oh so lovely, but it's wrapped up in a perfect little sing-a-long pop song, so it's all perfect.

Angus & Julia Stone - Hold On:  Shades of Lykke Li here, with a string section used to great effect.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show - Movie Loves A Screen:  A bit adult contemporary listening perhaps, but there is a fun little Kate Nash kind of groove going on here, or a goofier Emmy The Great thing.

ARP & Anthony Moore - Wild Grass I (for Arthur Russel):  a stunningly subtle chamber piece from the album Frkwys Vol. 3.

Don Johnson Big Band - Cocoa Cacao:  This heralds back to 2006, but I just discovered now.  Total ecstasy on that chorus, and great flute grooves.

Gobble Gobble - Nikki (I Am Not The-Dream cover):  Mmmmmm Gobble Gobble!  My favourite new find of 2010!  They kick off 2011 with a new single, the Secret 7", and we're all weak in the knees.

Heike Has The Giggles - Robot:  Bikini Kill sounds for the 2011 world!    An oddly titled band, with a track from the oddly titled album "Sh!"

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - River Like Spine:  Drone ambient off the new album Love Is A Stream.

Los Chicharrons - Ma Do Nar:  No no, not the Josh Martinez side project.  This one's even doper.

Mansions on the Moon - This Life (DJA  Mad Decent Remix):  The Paradise Falls albums was kind of a bust, but this track bumps in all the ways you'd expect a Mad Decent track to bounce.

Mar - Mar Variation, 1st Session:  From the 2010 album Mar Variations, a smooth slice of down-and-out soul.

Martian Gang ft Insight & Dagha - Got Skills Galore (Groovemanspot Remix):  This is from 2005, but I only recently heard the 12" that had this rare remixes on it, and I just loved it.

Meursault - Crank Resolutions
Meursault - William Henry Miller Part 1:  I haven't heard the full album, "All Creatures Will Make Merry", but these songs are amazing, giving me impressions of The Twilight Sad, but with more of an acoustic dingy cabin sort of feel to them.  OK, some Frightened Rabbit too.  And no, it's not just the accent!

Nosaj Thing - Light #1 (Take Remix):  2 of my favourite producers make out and give us this little groover as a memento!

Peter Wolf Crier - Untitled 101:  Not much to say here, quaint little folk pop.

Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ Remix):  I love the light discey synth and the bubblebass on display here.  Perfect pop achieved with great restraint and just having enough of everything, like an 70s pop funk groove.

Säkert! - Dansa, fastän
Säkert! - Riot:  From the 2010 album Facit.  Wow, lots of music in this update where I have no idea what they are saying.  But good music often transcends language boundaries, and these songs are truly awesome.

Sky Larkin - Kaleide:  Radio friendly grrl pop fun, ala The Pipettes.

The Big Pink - Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix):  I never thought The Big Pink would get a slick bass remix like this, but leave it to the magic of Mount Kimbie to take something so poppy and fun and make it mysterious and alluring.

The Details - The Original Mark:  ...aaaaaand we're outta here for the weekend!  This is from the "The Original Mark EP".  Enjoy!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
Angus & Julia Stone - Hold On
April Smith and the Great Picture Show - Movie Loves A Screen
ARP & Anthony Moore - Wild Grass I (for Arthur Russel)
Don Johnson Big Band - Cocoa Cacao
Gobble Gobble - Nikki (I Am Not The-Dream cover)
Heike Has The Giggles - Robot
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - River Like Spine
Los Chicharrons - Ma Do Nar
Mansions on the Moon - This Life (DJA  Mad Decent Remix)
Mar - Mar Variation, 1st Session
Martian Gang ft Insight & Dagha - Got Skills Galore (Groovemanspot Remix)
Meursault - Crank Resolutions
Meursault - William Henry Miller Part 1
Nosaj Thing - Light #1 (Take Remix)
Peter Wolf Crier - Untitled 101
Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)
Säkert! - Dansa, fastän
Säkert! - Riot
Sky Larkin - Kaleide
The Big Pink - Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix)
The Details - The Original Mark


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MP3 blog 2011/01/05

blog 2011/01/05 - and I awake and rub my eyes... and I have travelled in to the future!

It is truly a miracle!  The future!  Here it is, upon us!
Not moments ago you were in a drunken stupor, it being the innocent age of 2010, and lo', I say lo', you have awoken to the madness that is 2011.
Stockpile rations and arms yourself with zombie-stompin' boots, because the future waits for no one.

I have been doing my part.  Don't think that all of December I was merely working on the BEST OF 2010 lists and the holiday music post.  Oh no, there was still a regular operation of sifting sieving and scavenging for the best new sounds.
So much so, that there is a ridiculous backlog.
What this means is that you are getting a triple wammy of oversized updates.  Today, tomorrow, and probably again on Monday, I will be posting updates that flagrantly exceed my self-imposed "80 minutes only so they can like, burn it to one of those CD-R things for the car" rule. 
I can't be held down.

Quell your rage with the first dose of fabulous new tunes! 
The future is swell, and not nearly as zombie-filled as we once feared!


A Band Called Quinn - Letting Your Light Shine:  Super sweet loungey pop from the new album Advent Calendar.  Totally takes me back to 90s-style pop ala Bran Van 3000.  A simpler era where rap stoners like Len could suddenly have a bubble-gum pop and music videos played on tv.  A time when children could laugh and play and "trip hop" wasn't a dirty word. 

Alessandro Bosetti - Laida and Mikel looking for rhymes.:  A totally seductive little number for voices and upright bass from the new album Zwölfzungen.  I have no idea what they are saying but oh my it kind of gets me all hot and bothered.

Amiina - Over and Again:  Like a hippier take on a MuM song!  From the album Puzzle.

Blackbird Blackbird - Little Respect:  OUt of the slightly seasick woozy-core scene comes Blackbirdx2, and I think this is the first track of theirs that I like as it is.  All of my other favourite tracks by them had remix work from someone else

Bossasaurus - Light Pollution:  This is a fun electro breaks song, and it's terribley disorienting since it includes a sample that sounds like I am getting a call on my bluetooth headphones.  Remember when people first started inserting default cell phone rings in to songs?  The future is a horribley cruel place feeled with lots of feelgood breakbeats.

Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour ft I-Kay
Danny Byrd - Planet Earth:  Rave Digger is my favourite TOTAL jungle album since Venetian Snares dropped that proto-ragga madness.  Byrd has all the best parts of the big rave sound, the ragga samples, the '92 oldschool breakbeat joys, and the contemporary techstep compressor stack to make it all bust your fucking skull until rainbows bleed everywhere.

El Tigre - Quien Como Yo:   no no no, not "LE", it's "EL Tigre"!  Totally dope and bouncey.

Forest Swords - Rattling Cage:  When that witchhousey aesthetic bleeds in to indie rock, we get glorious little tracks like this.  It's like when IDM was mulling about, and people first decided to mix it with some live guitar.  Goodness abounds.

Frail Limb Purity - Ghostface Killah v. The Shirelles:  You all know my strict rules on mashups.  Must be TIGHT.  Must be in key.  Must be greater than the sum of the parts.  And most importantly, must MAKE ME SMILE.  Yesssss.

Fullness - Butterfish (Marlow Remix):  Butterfish is often billed as white tuna, but it's real name is escolar.  It is the most delicious thing in the ocean, and will make you excrete an indigestible waxy ester if you eat too much.  THAT IS AWESOME.

Japandroids - Younger Us:  Fabulous new single from Japandroids!  Again on the themes of being totally awesome party rockers dealing with their suddenly realized mortality.  A perfect lament for days slipping by far too quickly.

MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop:  MJ Cole gets so much friggin' right on this track, and Wiley manages not to sound like a total asshole, and keeps a dope flow just underneath the snappy beat.  A wicked wicked track.

Producer Snafu - Bowser's Cock:  Oh come on, don't tell me you never thought about it before.  I'm SURE there's some of it on deviantart...

Salem - Asia (Jokers Of The Scene Remix):  Ottawa boys who were doing the bloghouse thing and then the meh electro thing now try their hands at the witchhouse thing and end up sounding like epic prog rock monsters.

Shugo Tokumaru - Lahaha:  EEEEEEEEEEEEE!  I am soooo excited for the new Shugo Tokumaru album!  It will be called Port Entropy and this is a leaked preview track and omg omg omg omg!

Stephen Francis - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover):  A fabulous take on my favourite LCD Soundsystem song ever.  oh so yummy.

Stupid Bastard - Hype Up:  1999 breakbeat madness!!!  And then it all falls deep in to mashy house business that sounds almost retro.

Styrofoam - Looking Glass Two Zero:  I didn't love the new album "Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers" as much as I had hoped for, but I do like this track.

Sub Compression - When It All Comes Back (Vladimir Corbin & Peddy's Sunshine RMX):  I love tracks like this.  Totally enchanting creeper beats, downpitched vocals that aren't pretentious and trance you right out.  WIN.

The Bug - Catch A Fire ft Hitomi:  Released late in 2010, The Bug's Infected EP has some friggin' cold ass dopeness on it.  How did early 90s Tricky get ressurrected in to modern bass boogaloo?  Who knows, who cares.  We gots it good.

Young Circles - Lightning:  A great way to end off!   Like a somewhat bassier Yesayer, perhaps?  All gooood.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

A Band Called Quinn - Letting Your Light Shine
Alessandro Bosetti - Laida and Mikel looking for rhymes.
Amiina - Over and Again
Blackbird Blackbird - Little Respect
Bossasaurus - Light Pollution
Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour ft I-Kay
Danny Byrd - Planet Earth
El Tigre - Quien Como Yo
Forest Swords - Rattling Cage
Frail Limb Purity - Ghostface Killah v. The Shirelles
Fullness - Butterfish (Marlow Remix)
Japandroids - Younger Us
MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop
Producer Snafu - Bowser's Cock
Salem - Asia (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
Shugo Tokumaru - Lahaha
Stephen Francis - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
Stupid Bastard - Hype Up
Styrofoam - Looking Glass Two Zero
Sub Compression - When It All Comes Back (Vladimir Corbin & Peddy's Sunshine RMX)
The Bug - Catch A Fire ft Hitomi
Young Circles - Lightning


It's only 100 minutes!  Just get on this, because tomorrow is a brand new day.  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110105.zip

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Divergence Movie Night events, kicking off 2011

CPI live on January 14th

10:30-midnight 8-piece Daft Punk Tribute funk band
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Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Mauricio Kagel - Orient-Occident, etc (1970)

Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Mauricio Kagel - Orient-Occident, etc (1970)



A1 Luciano Berio - Moment 1
A2 Luciano Berio - Omaggio A Joyce
A3 Bruno Maderna - Continuo
B1 Iannis Xenakis - Orient-Occident
B2 Mauricio Kagel - Transiton 1


836.897 DSY

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Pierre Henry - Apocalypse De Jean volume III (1968)

Pierre Henry - Apocalypse De Jean volume III (1968)



Apocalypse Of John
ELECTRONIC READING TIMED IN 5 PARTS BY
Pierre HENRY

On a text translated by Georges LEVITTE
Reader: Jean NEGRONI

Execution and technical supervision of Pierre HENRY
assisted by Isabelle CHANDON


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Musique Electronique Norvegienne (1968)

Musique Electronique Norvegienne (1968)

Dedicated to Continuo's, one of the best blogs out there, who I think at one point requested a good rip of this album.





A1. Arne Nordhheim - Epitaffio
pour orchestre et bande magnetique
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE D'OSLO
Direction: Herbert Blomstedt

A2. Herbert Blomstedt - Response 1
pour deux groupes de percussions et bande magnetique
Per NYHAUG et Per Erik THORSEN, percussions

B1. Alfred Janson - Canon
pour orchestre de chambre et bande magnetique
Astri HERSET, soprano
Willy ANDRESEN, piano
Kare KOLBERG, orgue
Bjorn Jon JOHANSEN, saxophone
Knut GUETTLER, contrebasse
Per Erik THORSEN, percussion
Direction: Sverre BRULAND

B2. Bjorn Fongaard - Galaxy
pour trois guitares electroniques en quarts de tons
Bjork FONGAARD, guitares

1968, Prospective 21 Siecle
836.896 DSY


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my mother told me not to stare into the sun

Restate my assumptions:
1) Music and art are essential for a developing society.
2) There is an ever-increasing amount of amazing new music to discover.
3) There is far too much good music for anyone to listen to mediocre music.
4) My friends are far too busy being beautifully brilliant forces in society.
Therefore, I will research and gather all of the greatest new music for them and share it with them in the most convenient ways possible.
Everyone else is more than welcome to come along for the ride.

Happy 2011 everyone.  Prepare for full-speed-ahead resumption within a week.

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MP3 blog 2010/12/20

blog 2010/12/20 - HAPPY SOLCHANUKWANMAS/that cold annoying time!!!

We here at CPI's MP3 blog wish you all the neurosis and discombobulation that you have coming to you during this awkward period of:
 - shit not being open
 - seeing a year's worth of family in 1 week
 - binge drinking
 - people travelling too much and getting in accidents
 - DIM SUM

To celebrate this odd cultural phenomenon (that you can avoid as easily as the dinosaurs could dodge the asteroid), we have compiled ANOTHER fabulous edition of our alternative holiday musics for you to get Blitzened to.

We also have links to our past xmas blogs, meaning you now have 6 CDs of holiday grooves to annoy friends and family with.
LUCKY YOU!!!!


Once again we have it all for you!  Chanukah conspiracy classics!  70s and 80s novelty records!  The date-rapiest of all holiday songs sung by glorious homos!  James Brown shouting to his fans "I love you!  James Brown loves ya!  You lucky so-and-so!" and thanking them for attending his shows.  Instrumental funk classics and breakbeat reworks!  8-bit video game renditions!  Demented acid soaked freakouts!  Hiphop ghetto tales!  Depressed indie rockers getting drunk and breaking up with their partners again!
EVEN MOTHER FUCKING DOLLY PARTON!

2 CDS OF MATERIAL!!!


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20101220a.zip
Atom and His Package - What WE Do on Christmas
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Kaskade Remix)
Bosque Brown - Silent Night
Bright Eyes - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby (MNO Remix)
Chris Garneau - It's Almost Christmas
Culturcide - Depressed Christmas
Daz Dillinger - Christmas In the Hood
Doctor Octoroc - Icarus! the Angels Sing
Doctor Octoroc - Ryu, the Red Nosed Ninja
Dolly Parton & Cast - Hard Candy Christmas (The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas OST)
Electric Jungle - Funky Funky Christmas
Hybrid Kids - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
James Brown - Funky Christmas
Lee Perry and Sandra Robinson - Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Lisa Hannigan - Silent Night (Damien Rice hidden track)
Matisyahu - Miracle (youtube rip)
Nat King Cole - Chestnuts Roasting (V_VM Remix)
Parenthetical Girls - Carol Of The Season
Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends (Forever)
Star Wars Christmas Album - Christmas in the Stars
Star Wars Christmas Album - What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)
The Found Sound Orchestra - Holiday Jangle
The Residents - Jingle Bells
Vandals - Oi To The World
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas OST)


http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20101220b.zip
Afrika Bambaataa - Deck the Halls
Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Baron Zen - My Lovely Christmas
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Winter Wonderland
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls - Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
DYM - Little Drummer Boy
Glee Cast - Baby It's Cold Outside
Mavado, Flexxx & Savage - Gully Christmas
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time
Sufjan Stevens - Do You See What I See
Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Tree
Swastika Girls - Tinseltown
Swastika Girls - When It's Time For Christmas
The Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne
The Cathedral Brass - Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)
The Deer Tracks - Christmas Fire
The Jon Matthy Quartet - The World is Waiting for Misery and Suffering Forever
The Moog Machine - Deck the Halls
The Moog Machine - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
William S. Burroughs & The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - The Junky's Christmas



It's all here.  Happy holidays people.  Get your groove on.  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091219a.zip
Yes, you are oh so welcome.  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091219b.zip





AND WHAT'S THAT UPON YONDER HORIZON?  IT BE THE 4 MORE CDS OF HOLIDAY CHOONS FROM THE PAST!

http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091219a.zip
Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (A Shrift Remix)
Brak - 12 Days of Christmas
Bright Eyes - White Christmas
Coil - Christmas Is Now Drawing Near
David Hasselhoff - Joy to the World
Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
DJ BC - You Shook Me All Noel
Doctor Octoroc - Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy
Duke Ellington - Jingle Bells (Robbie Hardkiss Remix)
Eazy-E - Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frightened Rabbit - It's Xmas So We'll Stop
John Denver & The Muppets - Deck The Halls
Paddy Roberts - Merry Christmas You Suckers
Pizzicato Five - Silent Night
Ren and Stimpy - Cat Hairballs
Sex Pistols - Jingle Bells
Skindred - Jungle Bells
Stevie Wonder - The Little Drummer Boy
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite (Baz Kuts Breaks Mix)
The Long Blondes - Christmas Is Cancelled
The Muppets - One More Sleep 'Til Christmas
The Simpsons - Jingle Bells
Tittsworth - Titts'mas Time (2007 Edit)
Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy

http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20091219b.zip
Atmosphere - If I Was Santa Claus
Bing Crosby - Happy Holidays (Beef Wellington Remix)
Circlesquare - Untitled (For Christmas)
Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)
DJ John - The Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown
Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
Frieder Butzmann - White Christmas
Hard Call Xmas - My Christmas Bells
In Memory - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Jill Sobule - Jesus Was A Dreidel Spinner
John Denver & The Muppets - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
King Of Pants - Alala Falala Hasselhoff
Lou Rawls - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (awayTEAM Remix)
Michael Palmer - Happy Merry Christmas
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time Of Year
Milly & Silly - Getting Down For Xmas
Rick Potts - Santa's Assasins
Sonic Youth - Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope
Stars - Fairytale Of New York
The Bloody Beetroots - Little Stars
The Harlem Children's Chorus - Black Christmas
The Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Christmas (MJ Cole Remix)
The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul
The Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talkin
Ween - Silent Night

http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20081221.zip
A Band Called Quinn - Its Christmas Time
A plus D - Give Da Jew Girl Toys
Big D and the Kids Table - A Wicked Hardcore Christmas
Bright Eyes - Little Drummer Boy
Dar Williams - The Christians And The Pagans
DJ Flack - Hanukkah In Dub
Frieder Butzmann - Stille Nacht Goes Disco
Hybrid Kids - Deck The Halls (excerpt)
John Denver & The Muppets - Twelve Days of Christmas
Ludacris - Ludacrismas
Mojochronic - Whoville (Won't Get Yuled Again)
Monty Python - Christmas in Heaven
nullsleep - silent night
Sam Flanagan - Frosty DMC
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - Here Comes Santa Claus
Secret Chiefs 3 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Rock Steady Drew Happy Hollabass Mix)
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
The Raveonettes - Christmas In Cleveland
Treacherous Three - Xmas Rap
Wham - Last Christmas

http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20071224.zip
Calexico - Gift X-change
Cap'N Jazz - Winter Wonderland
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy & Peace On Earth (Full Version)
God Is My Co-Pilot - Marshmallow World
John Denver - Noel, Christmas Eve, 1913
John Denver & The Muppets - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Melt-Banana - White Christmas
Merzbow - Silent Night
Poxy Boggards - Santa Dog (The Residents cover)
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let's Boogey To The Elf Dance!
Sufjan Stevens - Only At Christmas Time
Tes La Rok - Santa Claus Is Lost
The Muppets - Christmas is Coming
The Residents - Seasoned Greetings
They Might Be Giants - Christmas Cards
They Might Be Giants - Feast Of Lights
William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain - The Priest They Called Him





SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE!

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[BEST OF 2010] TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2010

blog 2010/12/15 - [BEST OF 2010] MY 10 FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2010

THIS IS IT, PEOPLE! THE BEST OF THE BEST!

After this I'll drop down some holiday music treats, and then I'm going to take a break until 2011, and there's nothing short of buying me a whole bunch of art books that can stop me! (because really, I couldn't say no then)

As everyone else on the internet cobbles their list together, I should remind you that my lists represent my tastes only. There are HUGE gaps in my top 50 versus anyone else's. But don't chalk it up to me just missing albums. Yes, I heard Ariel Pink and Deerhunter and I was bored and unengaged. etc etc. If you like that, cool!

But these are the 10 jewels in the crown that was 2010. They all tug at me in all sorts of squishy-special ways, and hopefully you can find a place for them in your life as well.
As always, if you have trouble finding a place that sells them, let me know and I'll link you up. Buy the albums, go see the live shows, buy their swag!


MY 10 FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2010

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
Bonobo - Black Sands
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
The National - High Violet
Owen Pallett - Heartland
Sam Amidon - I See The Sign
Saycet - Through The Window
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor




Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani

Songs written by Toure. Songs written by Diabate. Traditional works arranged by Toure. Traditional works arrange by Diabate. And of course a traditional work arranged by them together. It is pretty much the perfect balance. The final post-humous release from Toure, this is a document of 2 masters at the top of their game. I know you like your Dragonforce and your prog, but this here is mastery that is unparalled. I don't know what's in the water in Mali, but the quality of their musical superstars that cross the pond and find their way to my ears is huge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PKdK_68r0A

Bonobo - Black Sands

We had great albums from Bernocchi, from Mount Kimbe and others, but Bonobo released the greatest album of breakbeats by far. This veteran exists comfortably in the post-dubstep world, flipping up contemporary shifting rhythms with modern compressor warfare, and then easily sliding back in to downtempo soul that seems fresh for 2010 somehow. Producers everywhere still have a lot to learn from this master of the beats bin. He makes it seem all so easy, but as the last few years of amateur beatmakers have demonstrated, it seldom is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxJu-X0zVo

Four Tet - There Is Love In You

Kieran Hebden has a love-on for Steve Reich, and we are all better off for it. Taking the ecstasies of grinding minimalism to a funky dancefloor deepness, Four Tet has evolved in to an entirely unique sonic world. The remixes of the past few years have been flying out at a frantic rate, and they are unmistakabley Four Tet. Likewise, you'll never mistake this album for anyone else. Sure, you can mix it with minimal techy deep house whatever, but it rises above the genre aesthetics that dictate much of the morose Beatport genre pits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYV2Q6_hbI

Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

Am I a sucker for the accent? It's undeniably delicious, but it's stadium-sized guitars and impassioned song writing that gets me the most. Beautifully recorded, epicly presented, and fun to boot. Probably my favourite long-distance driving album of 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjERZU3wbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD8z7eP9xnU

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

On her first album, Newsom was a pixie to me, weaving curious and playful spells. On her album Ys she was a prog god, letting thunder rain with extended compositions. With Have One On Me, I can't help but see her as a sorceress that has mastered her control over the universe as well as the cunning to manipulate and interact with the mortals and mundanes. The album is 2 full length CDs worht of material, but it is split across 3 discs to give you some breathing room and conceptual stop/start points. It's one of the few times where I'd argue such extra packaging is rather necessary. The sound is slowly woven, each song entirely purposeful and building. This album is a day lost to daydreaming and half-remembered mornings, and one of the most startling achievements in both fantastical incanctation and modern music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORmjdiATbFs

The National - High Violet

Part pall-bearer, part lullaby, part bar room crooner, the voice of The National is more haunting and poignant and rich than ever. With not a poor song on the album, High Violet is a snapshot of a band at a high watermark for both themselves and their genres. This album will romance you and buy you flowers and will hold your shoulders while you cry when you both know it won't work out. It is an intense friendship that will always be so much more. And it is without a doubt one of the greatest, if not the singularly greatest, album of the year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfySK7CLEEg

Owen Pallett - Heartland

This complex virtuoso work is jaw-droppingly incredible. At first listen, there are many incredible songs that will weave a spell around you with their lush orchestral strings and fascinating narrative voice. But after loving the music to bits, you get to the lyrics, which after a few listens you should really open up and read along as you listen to it. When you start reading the songs as they are performed, you realize it's all a giant opera or musical about farmer Lewis and the God Owen, and then you just fall in love with it all over again. All of the epic trappings of the best of 70s prog are here, like the epic scope, the song structures, the love of apeggiators and massive string sections. This albums works both for it's fabulous singles, and as a successful whole work from a staggering musical imagination. Seriously, sit down with the lyrics and enjoy the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-cqAehehA

Sam Amidon - I See The Sign

If you took the hypnotic monotone folk of Bill Callahan and fused it with the Christian spiritual ballads of pre-"too much studio time" Sufjan Stevens, you'd be close to Sam Amidon. His voice is tender and distant simultaneously. His focus seems ethereal and when he sings of life and gods you feel as though he is tranced out and connected to a higher power. Far be it from me to listen to Jesusey music, you just can't resist the charm of Appalachian folk music. His theology bleeds like unconscious honesty, not like obligation or chore. You can't help but feel like you're getting sucked in to an alien cult as the music hypnotises you and pulls at your emotions without you realizing it, but you can't turn away and can't turn it off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YamEjDwH448

Saycet - Through The Window

Saycet blends all of the greatest bits of my nostalgia for late-90s/early-aughts IDM. The lush keys of Isan, the BOC atmospheres, the Ulrich chugging beats, and the so-delicate-they-might-shatter vocals of Mum. Like the Sharon Jones album, you hear this album and love it right away and exclaim, "my god, I'm so happy people are still making music like this!" And that doesn't mean it's derivative, it means they've been getter better while we haven't been paying attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpYS0guKFMc

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

The is so much adolescent affliction going on here, it oozes rage and hormones as much as the first Violent Femmes album. Loosely based off some Civil War (must be a USA thing, they always think they're the only ones with a Civil War), this album is an epic journey of pain and bile and rock n fuckin roll. The 5 best songs average 9 minutes in length each, but like a Joanna Newsom ballad, time just flies by and you are hanging on to each and every riff. The vocals are whined and spat and growled and puked and you can feel every saliva droplet of emotion, rage, frustration and despair. You wonder how unsanitary his beard is, but don't worry about it, you're not here to make out with him. The whole album is a rock storybook that will leave you exhausted, satisfied, and ready to rewind the whole thing and start again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fqHr_KGPY



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Machengoidi
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ruby
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Warbé
Bonobo - All In Forms
Bonobo - Eyesdown ft Andreya Triana
Bonobo - Kiara
Four Tet - Angel Echoes
Four Tet - Love Cry
Four Tet - This Unfolds
Frightened Rabbit - Nothing Like You
Frightened Rabbit - Skip The Youth
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Joanna Newsom - Kingfisher
Owen Pallett - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!
Owen Pallett - The Great Elsewhere
Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles
Sam Amidon - Pretty Fair Damsel
Sam Amidon - Relief
Sam Amidon - Way Go Lily
Saycet - Kien-Lang
Saycet - Opal
Saycet - Through The Window (2010)
Saycet - We Walk Fast
The National - Afraid of Everyone
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
The National - Conversation 16
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union; Titus Andronicus Forever
Titus Andronicus - Four Score And Seven
Titus Andronicus - To Old Friends And New

THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL!! NEXT UP IS HOLIDAY MUSIC AND I'M OUTTIE UNTIL 2011! http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20101215.zip

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[BEST OF 2010] 15 amazing albums (albums 11-25)

blog 2010/12/14 - [BEST OF 2010] It's beginning to smell a lot like awesomesauce. (albums 11-25)

Almost there!  We've had some pretty joyous albums so far, and it just keeps getting better.
This batch here alone is enough to make my knees quiver a little bit.

15 AMAZING ALBUMS (BEST OF 2010 #11-25)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son of Chico Dusty
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
The Morning Benders - Big Echo
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
Rae Spoon - Love Is A Hunter
The Roots - How I Got Over
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
Sleigh Bells - Treats
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II



Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

You really can't say anything bad about this band.  They are one of Canada's great exports, and rightly so.  Even if you didn't love Neon Bible as much as you hoped you would, they are back in top form here, with extended rock motifs that feel impassioned and honest, even when being mundane.  Except for the tragic Neil Young imitation on Month Of May, it's a pretty perfect record.  Even when the record gets synthy near the end, it always sounds perfect, and reminds you of the joys of Funeral.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f3gdyM

Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own

Basia Bulat is a Canadian whirlwind of talent of charm.  Her two full lengths pull oh so deeply at my heartstrings and only get better with age.  Live, Basia is a remarkable talent who can pull off stuffing shows solo or with a band.  I consider it absolutely criminal that people South of the border have yet to start drinking in her catalogue.  While Canada has an army of musical exports like Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, you should all do yourselves a favour and add Basia Bulat to that list.  There are just no other multi-instrumentalists who makes such impassioned, tender and powerful folk music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hANYD0_qQl4

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son of Chico Dusty

With all of the sticky repulsive charms of an early Snoop Dogg, Big Boi knocks out the competition and raises the funky hiphop bar.  Instead of just sampling George Clinton, he has learned from the master and features flashy organs and synth playing that give this record such an amazing groove.  When Janaelle Monae was coming out with her new album, I was really hoping it would be THIS record.  But the Monae was a bit to uneven beyond the hits, and all of the goodness is here.  Probably one of the greatest injustices of hiphop this year will be that Kanye will get all of the end-of-year attention, when I really think this album is far greater of an effort and achievement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWsvkW6rKkQ

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here

I feel kind of guilty posting tracks here because this album is so obviously structured as a whole experience, a singular performance of spoken word and funk that opens you up and connects you to a good chunk of Gil Scott-Heron's soul.  At only 28 minutes, you have no excuse to dedicate the extended moment to it, and you will be justly rewarded for it.  This is a genius of performance, self reflection, and emotive musical expression.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OET8SVAGELA

Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle

Gogol Bordello have always been buckets of fun.  That's never been in dispute.  But beyond that we have a solid album that shows us the value of a fabulous producer.  Rick Rubin is on board, and reportedly pressed them on the song writing, and it paid off in spades.  The album is frenetic and dense and sometimes exhausting, but it is also filled with touching moments of reflection interspersed with the political rabble-rousing.  And if songs like Immigraniada or My Companjera don't get you moving we might have to renegotiate our friendship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oioNZSPqRM

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

Hot Chip really don't get enough love.  Maybe people are just taking them for granted?  But really they have made one of the best synth pop records of the year and have pushed themselves to new heights.  They have always been really good, and despite some of their production sounding like an Ableton Live preset, it is their seasoned pop songwriting prowess that makes them growl and croon their way in to your heart.  I can't believe people are all gaga for the (somewhat boring) new LCD Soundsystem, but totally overlook this gem.  Even the sentimental tracks on here like Slush and Alley Cats are gorgeous, and just set you up for the fun and epicness to come with We Have Love and Take It In, respectively.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOZjlwIwfk

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

Like the Beach House LP, you can easily get set adrift in the mere aesthetic of the production values alone.  Big Echo gives you Big Echo, but unlike the Beach House, it is the rustic rock n roll that wins out in the struggle.  Like a cross between Phoenix and Grizzly Bear, this is my choice for the radio-friendly pop indulgence that really everyone should be loving, regardless of music breadth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwagsh--L4s

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers

This album is all about the teeny squicks and squiggles.  There are really pleasant synths and ready-to-headnod samples, but it's the small iterations of the beat components that make it a real pleasure.  Of all the albums that came out this year that people toss "post-dubstep" on, this is by far the most completely successful.  What might be forgotten of course is how much this record owes to the last 15 years of the IDM scene, which paved the way for these kinds of percussion elements to take hold.   Dubstep is dead!  Long live the sexy-slinky-click-step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fnv1CpfMq8

Rae Spoon - Love Is A Hunter

While certainly this is his most dance-friendly album, Canadian singer/songwriter Rae Spoon will probably never escape that title just there: singer/songwriter.  It is the inescapable pull of the folk roots that show in songs that are crafted to show a story or an emotion or an event, by only revealing a few emotionally triggering shards of what's really going on.  The party tracks are fabulous and will certainly make it's way to the mixtapes of whomever you are trying to seduce, but even they can't help but hint at the depth of emotion revealed bethelightbethelightbethelight or Lighthouse.  Highly recommended for fans of both Hot Chip and/or roots folk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNvuGazTYk

The Roots - How I Got Over

People sometimes forget that musicians are professional.  They have families and need to eat and music is a job as much as an art form.  Some people hemmed and hawed when The Roots were taking on their light night TV gig.  Some people winced and cried when they said they weren't making any more albums.   But even with the ridiculous expectations that their back catalogue had set, and the rampant cynicism when dealing with aging hiphoppers, no one ever expected such a full and satisfying album to pop up.  This is the new template for the mid-life hiphop career.  This is how hiphop, now 31 years old, starts self-reflecting and deciding that yes, it is indeed mortal and aging.  While the music is on point, it is the rhymes that are the highlight here, at once showing clever wordplay and proper flow, but also showing off a deep refinement of their craft and constant resistance to falling in to lazy traps. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4D1QOLGuM

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned The Hard Way

When I played this for a friend, his reaction was an enthused "They still make music like this?" and it's true, we often get lost in all of the new sounds and microgenres that we do indeed forget that there are masterful ensembles continuing the storied traditions of Motown.  The Dap Kings are a monstrous force to be contended with, and are a must-see live.  And Sharon Jones late-to-the-game success is as heartwarming as it is pleasurable.  Hipsters might skip over this because they dismiss is as adult-contemporary or too Jazz-Fest, but let your guard down and get down in to it, because it's a heaping plate of soulfood goodness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKZdzxX3qFc

Sleigh Bells - Treats

Imagine, if you will, if Le Tigre dropped the undergrad in-jokes and had a decent producer working their drums.  Take that, dial in some modern compression techniques, and you'll get Sleigh Bells.  Have yourself a sexy punk dance party!  Finally, your blog house friends and hipster punk friends can get drunk together!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fheYx_ZPU18

The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

This guy has one of the most satisfying and rollicking songbooks since John Darnielle.  With production values slightly up from previous years, it still sounds like someone recording guitar and vocals in to a tape deck with all of the sincerity and energy of the universe behind it.  The Dylan references are unavoidable, but he transcends the aesthetic similarities and builds a roots-folk world all of his own.  It is totally engaging and romantic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y-jsHj7KfE

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Another album on my list that I really think has not received the love and attention it deserves.  It is immensely creative and unapologetically addictive.  The main problem people have with it is that it is a grand departure from their prior album, but fuck the haters.  This is pop music for a new age, existing equally on the stage and in the studio, like Sufjan Stevens, Architecture In Helsinki and Hot Chip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mpqHi9RFew

Zola Jesus - Stridulum II

Like the Wildbirds & Peacedrums album, this CD collects 2 Eps (Stridulum and Valusia) to form an album of incredible depth and potency.  And similarly as well it is the somewhat dark and morose vocals that stun the listener and draw them in to the ethereal world within.  There are synths and strings and beats, but it is all about the power of voice here.  I really think this album is a perfect treat for someone that loves Bat For Lashes, Diamanda Galas, and the previously mentioned Wilbirds and Peacedrums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM8fEP8FOqE



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Arcade Fire - City With No Children
Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Basia Bulat - Gold Rush
Basia Bulat - If Only You
Basia Bulat - Once More, For The Dollhouse
Big Boi - Shutterbugg ft Cutty
Big Boi - Tangerine ft T.I. & Khujo Goodie
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron - On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 1)
Gil Scott-Heron - Running
Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)
Gogol Bordello - My Companjera
Gogol Bordello - Sun Is On My Side
Hot Chip - Alley Cats
Hot Chip - I Feel Better
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Mount Kimbie - Carbonated
Mount Kimbie - Mayor
Mount Kimbie - Would Know
Rae Spoon - Lighthouse
Rae Spoon - We Can't Be Lovers With These Guns On Each Other
Rae Spoon - You Can Dance
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Better Things
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I'll Still Be True
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Without A Heart
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'em
The Morning Benders - Cold War
The Morning Benders - Excuses
The Morning Benders - Wet Cement
The Roots - How I Got Over ft Dice Raw
The Roots - Right On ft Joanna Newsome, STS
The Roots - Walk Alone ft Truck North, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw
The Tallest Man on Earth - Burden of Tomorrow
The Tallest Man On Earth - King of Spain
The Tallest Man On Earth - You're Going Back
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Yeasayer - Grizelda
Yeasayer - ONE
Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand
Zola Jesus - Sea Talk

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[BEST OF 2010] 15 great albums (albums 26-40)

blog 2010/12/13 - [BEST OF 2010] 15 great albums

Now things are really heating up!

Last post we gave you 10 honourable mentions, albums 41 through 50 in the best of the best.
This time we are at 26 through 40, given in a respectable alphabetical order.  Can you taste the delicious organization of it all?


15 GREAT ALBUMS (BEST OF 2010 #26-40)

Beach House - Teen Dream
Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Eraldo Bernocchi & Blackfilm - Along The Corridors
Fang Island - Fang Island
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Guido - Anidea
Jónsi - Go
Laurie Anderson - Homeland
Mimicking Birds - Mimicking Birds
School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Tokyo Police Club - Champ
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers



Beach House - Teen Dream

A musical anti-depressant that comes with all of the side effects!  Being lethargic and unproductive has never felt so welcoming, but the sleepy shuffle rock of Beach House is the perfect soundtrack for just padding around in pajamas with feet.   The singing sounds almost as fuzzed out as the guitars, and the whole thing makes me feel like I took a bit too much medication so best not to get up to anything ambitious today.  It's like indie rock John Denver for the hipster age, and I'm OK with that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wfb25WmV4

Das Racist - Sit Down, Man

It's totally goofy fun, but if you don't need your hiphop laugh-free, it's one of the most refreshingly new things in hiphop for a while.  Taking on issues of race and pop culture from a new angle and building an unyieldingly amusing album in the process.  They've got an army of different producers contributing, appearances by Very Best, El-P, Despot and others, and will charm your pants off if you can just get the hell over yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP322FWfJWQ  (no videos from album available)

Ellie Goulding - Lights

Last year I got to talk about La Roux as that year's Robyn (referring to the re-release of the eponymous album of awesome).  Well this year I am happy to say that is Ellie Goulding who is filling that La Roux shaped hole in my heart.  (note:  there will also be a good fit if you have a Florence and the Machine hole in your heart, too)  The production is super slick, so much that when I first heard the singles, I immediately thought they had already been remixed.  Can you blame me with the killer way that Under The Sheets opens???   If you like great pop music with beautiful vocals and slick beats, this album is a must.  And if you don't like that, do you hate puppies and kitties too?  You horrible monster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Navl4fYI-Zk

Eraldo Bernocchi & Blackfilm - Along The Corridors

In the 90s I a young basshead and drone junky and was exposed to Eraldo Bernocchi in his pairings with my then-deity Mick Harris.  (for the record, I am now an OLDER basshead and drone junky, and still make occasional offerings to lord Harris.)  Blackfilm won my heart in 2008 with their stormy self titled album.  When I saw their names on the same CD, my heart skipped a beat.  I was setting myself up for crushing disappointment!  How could this ever live up to the promise that those 2 names offered?  I took a leap of faith, put the CD in, and was rewarded blissfully for my loyalty to the bass.  Bass crafting is a fine art where the subtleties earned with experience are easily detected.  (For example, see the amateur hour synthesis of most dubstep and jungle basslines)  Just do yourself a favour and listen to this on a big system.  Well, you should listen to all of the albums on this list on a big system, but this one especially is not about the catchy hooks and hand claps, it is made to be felt and submitted to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxXgiCBHVM

Fang Island - Fang Island

Clocking in at around 31 minutes, this album is shorter than some EPs I recently posted about, but luckily their tight playing and precision-point pop crams a huge amount of flavour in to the relatively small temporal space.  The songs have lots of sing-a-long catch phrases and gibberish, but it's all about the pep rally arena rock glee that never leaves you for the duration.   There are equal dabs of stadium guitar-god and math rock nerdiness at work here, and even though it's over before you know it, you can't help but describe it as 'epic'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIurAP4yHtQ

The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

Like the new Antony and the Johnsons record, the main problem here is that it is not their last record.  No, it's not as perfect as "The 59 Sound" was.  But if that record hadn't existed, people would be crazy for this one.  Unlike Antony however, this isn't an emotional deviation from the prior album.  Here they continue the Springsteen infused pop rock goodness that nestled them in to the part of our hearts that is ever 17 years-old.  It is an echo of greatness, sure, but still greater than most everyone else doing anything similar.  They even manage to finish things off with what I assume to be a perfect homage to Archers Of Loaf's most epic moments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZKq6ZnWH-E

Guido - Anidea

Probably one of the smoothest beat records of the year, the synths on here are just fabulous and the pacing is perfect.  Guido takes the best aspects of the Hyperdub blip and reworks them with a love towards post-dubstep and downtempo.  The bass all has a great sense of funk that would pair oh so well with the likes of Jamie Lidell.  The vocal tracks are fabulous surprises as well, making this whole record not only super slick, but incredibly enjoyable.  Ultimate dinner party music for the ex-ravers of the world?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhnQHEZAwT0

Jónsi - Go

Dear Internet:  There is not enough fan faction about Jónsi getting it on with Owen Pallett.  This needs to be rectified.  Now.  Jónsi is a magical musical fairy who creates shiny worlds of ecstatic glory that I can really boogy down to.  OK, now kiss each other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBgPmw3JCN4

Laurie Anderson - Homeland

Oh I *heart* Laurie Anderson oh so much.  Her work with audio and video is a huge part of growth as an adolescent.  And now thanks to youtube, you can find so many fabulous snippets of hers from when video art was still a young and vibrant genre.   And so yeah, she stayed awesome, married Lou Reed, and now returns with one of her greatest albums ever.  Except for the clever and dancey Only An Expert, the album is mostly dark and acts as a meditation on the decay of America The World Leader.  The soundscapes are gorgeous, with occasional vocals from Antony Hegarty buried in the mix, sax from John Zorn, violin from Eyvind Kang, and even her hubby gets on board at times.  This won't be an album to dance around with while making cookies, but I trust you do find the perfect moment to experience this:  "What are days for?  To wake us up.  To put between the endless nights..." does a good job of summing up the disillusioned wit.  But even more poignantly... "And you know the reason I really love the stars?  It's that we cannot hunt them.  We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow.  We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out.  But we are reaching for them."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBUXTVVDDw

Mimicking Birds - Mimicking Birds

There is something so dreamy and early morning sweepy about this folk music.  In the 90s there was a band called Orange Cake Mix and every song had a feel of their LP title, Fluffy Pillow.  And the Mimicking Birds have a similar sort of aesthetic blanket, meaning that while this album isn't full of big bold surprises, it is absolutely heartwarming, comforting and reliably consistent.  It's like an evening on the couch under a blanket with a cup of tea.   The use of occasional samples suggests they are fans of The Books, but the song writing hovers more around Iron & Wine and Damien Rice than anything else.  Either way, it's perfect to snuggle up to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKuPyaYRhRc

School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire

Remember when you were a young romantic, addicted to the syrupy vocals of that old Sterolab mixtape your friend had made you?  I can return to that magic with this album.  The beautiful layered vocals are ecstasy, especially over the shiny-happy-people beats that purposely never reference melancholy, like on a children's TV show.  This is top-level electro pop from a band at the height of their game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtXttiKBzs

Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz

Simultaneously a shocking album and also pretty much exactly what we were expecting.  After Michigan and Illinois, a bunch of toss-offs, and then a contemporary classical tribute to an expressway, Sufjan kinda sorta finds himself again.  Long gone is the innocent folkster documenting the history of the land, now he's like a mecha cyborg version of himself, doing wonderous things but also trashing buildings by accident on occassion.  Shades of the folkster peek out in in glorious pop songs, but classical musings of Angelo Badalamenti and Stravinsky still weigh heavy, and his affection for his laser-guided flute trills is still obvious.  There's something for everyone here, and there's enough to potentially alienate anyone, and Sufjan wouldn't have it any other way.  He's emerged through a tumultuous time as a 21st century song-writer who is now firmly constructing uncompromising music that bleeds genius, love and carnage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq9uuiC92Xk

Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky

No historical context here.  I didn't really listen to The Swans before this, so I won't expound upon the lineup, back catalouge, and all that shiznit.  But what we do have here is a devilishly good album of post-industrial freak folk that has all of the impact of baroque horror.  Underpinned with blues riffs and distortions, the dark vocals rail against all of the spirits of the earth in a voice akin to Nick Cave's.  This is bad feelings music that should appeal to all of the corpgoths and angsty witchhousers alike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSSghSFuH8

Tokyo Police Club - Champ

There's something to be said about straight-up infectious pop rock.   This is like a cross between all of the best that Canadian rock does well.  From the unique vocal stylings that seemingly drip out in a way that would appeal to Weakerthans fans, to ridiculously catchy riffs that rival Metric or the poppier Arcade Fire.  If they have a fraction of the energy live as they do on the CD, I am extremely hyped to see them tour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqNtBXN5Mc

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers

When you think FOLK DUO, you think…  what?  Dueling banjos?  Voice and guitar?  Voice and ukulele?  Piano and voice?  Banjo and washboard?    How about just voice and percussion?  No, of course not, that'd be silly.  And that is why Wildbirds & Peacedrums kinda sorta melt all expectations you might have for a folk duo 1 minute in to their first song on their new album.  It's seriously all just percussion and voice.  This album has two movements, as it collects 2 EPs that took different angles at the arrangement, but the whole comes off as a complete work in two acts.  You might need a few listens to understand what they are doing, but the vocals will suck you in.  I haven't been swayed by such understated-yet-emotional singing since Elizabeth Anka Vajagic.  In the 2nd half the steel drums offer a taste of melodic accompaniment that will refresh after the darker rewards of the start.  A stunning album of gothic moods and command performances that makes it a truly iconoclastic release.  No one else is doing anything close.  Stay with it, there are some many ecstasies hidden within.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSI0Jf7sg60



TRACKS IN THIS UPDATE

Beach House - Silver Soul
Beach House - Used To Be
Das Racist - All Tan Everything
Das Racist - People Are Strange
Das Racist - Rooftop ft Despot
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
Ellie Goulding - This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Eraldo Bernocchi & Blackfilm - Bethnal Green
Eraldo Bernocchi & Blackfilm - Mistakes Pt. 2
Eraldo Bernocchi & Blackfilm - Where We Stand
Fang Island - Daisy
Fang Island - Davey Crockett
Guido - Beautiful Complication
Guido - Woke Up Early
Jónsi - Around Us
Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi
Jónsi - Sinking Friendships
Laurie Anderson - Another Day In America
Laurie Anderson - Thinking Of You
Mimicking Birds - Burning Stars
Mimicking Birds - The Loop
School Of Seven Bells - ILU
School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm
Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
Sufjan Stevens - Too Much
Swans - Jim
Swans - No Words, No Thoughts
The Gaslight Anthem - Bring It On
The Gaslight Anthem - We Did It When We Were Young
Tokyo Police Club - Bambi
Tokyo Police Club - Big Difference
Tokyo Police Club - Favourite Food
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Fight For Me
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Course
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Wave


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deleting old blog files

Just a quick note to warn you of the upcoming deletions!
Once we hit 2011 I will be deleting all of the 2007 and 2008 blog entry files from my server.  I've decided to only ever keep 2 years of blog archives available.

I will probably be keeping some special posts, like the year-end summaries and the xmas ones, but all others will vanish Jan 1st, 2011.

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~Caitlyn / CPI


PS:  The rest of the BEST OF 2011 will be posted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week.