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Local Native – Airplanes

Tom — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:39:27 +0000

Got this on repeat. They’re a little My Morning Jacket, little Cold War Kids … let me know what you think

Local Natives – Airplane

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Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able

Tom — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:01:21 +0000

great song, crazy video

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Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine

Tom — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:37:45 +0000

The singing seems effortless … the emotion that pulls on his face … the man just had it.

Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine

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Pomplamoose

Tom — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:51:30 +0000

What gets me about people who create is their enthusiasm … their passion. The ability to love what they’re doing for the sake of doing it. It shows in the final work, it’s contagious and it’s generally just positive.

Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte are two talented musicians under the name Pomplamoose (which means grapefruit in French). Their music is light, fun and quirky and you can hear that they like making it. To take things a step further, they record their sessions and create VideoSongs, which not only shows you they have a great time creating but gives personality to their songs.

“VideoSong is a new Medium with two rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).”

I can’t really pick a favorite one so here is their latest.

Keep up with them:
YouTube

iTunes

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Upular

Tom — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:34:43 +0000

From time to time, people tend to utter sounds or bits of words that just sound unlike what they were intended for and if they catch me in the right time, I’ll replay those sounds in head because they sound pretty funny. Maybe I’m weird, maybe you do that too. But so does Pogo, the Australian based electronic musician that created the above video. Sampling dialogue from Up and a self created bed of music, he orchestrates a proper music video.

I might be responsible for 23% of those 1,036,883 views.

He’s got an arsenal of these videos by the way. Check out his YouTube channel here and an unofficial fan page here (White Magic is great)

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Mos Def – Auditorium

Tom — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:12:11 +0000

got this is on repeat

Mos Def – Auditorium

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Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Tom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:18:13 +0000

Went to see Bloc party about a year ago and Does it Offend You, Yeah?, was one of the opening acts … and they killed it.

Say you threw a party. The Faint and Tokyo Police Club were there but started to get into it with eachother. Just when you thought it was getting out of control The Killers came in and settled things down. Then everyone started saying “this is the best party ever!” and “you’re so awesome for being you!” and “movie stars and models are so boring when you’re around, Tom!”. Then, the next morning as you wake up, Does it Offend You, Yeah? is standing at the foot of your bed with an asprin, bottle of water and the movie Rad on DVD.

… or something like that.

Anyway, that mashup is pretty much what Does It Offend You, Yeah? sounds like. Have a listen and let me know what you think.

Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead

Does it Offend You, Yeah? – We Are Rockstars

iTunes

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M83 – We Own the Sky

Tom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:48 +0000

Directed by Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin of Young Replicant.

This has been out for a while but I keep going back to this song because it’s amazing.

M83’s Website

M83 on iTunes

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Miike Snow

Tom — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:38:28 +0000

might wanna check this out … in case you haven’t already … just sayin

Miike Snow – A Horse is not a home

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