Category Archives: MP3 post

The Beach House Theory of 2k10.

[MP3]
Beach House Norway

Analysis of the Cultural and Critical Impact of this Song:
This mp3 is the ‘beginning/launching point/kickoff’ of the 2k10 music season. The first step on an annual cycle to attempt to understand ‘who is the best/most culturally relevant/buzzworthy/meme-able’ band of the year. It is this cycle which gives the blogosphere purpose, giving [...]

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Relevant Band + Relevant Band = Relevant Remix?

[MP3]
Phoenix – Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)
2 of the most relevant bands of the year, Phoenix and Animal Collective ‘collab’ to output a remix of some song. I feel like this takes me back to the bloghouse era, when the most relevant bloghouse bands would create alt-synergy by remixing one another. [...]

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Miss u Remix Economy.

Photo via HRO, October 2k8

[MP3]
Au Revoir Simone Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)
Does n e 1 remember the glory days of 2k7-2k8, back when ‘remixes’ were something to get ‘fucking pumped up about’ with your bros. Now that they have become such deliberate marketing strategies, it is more difficult to ‘get wrapped up in [...]

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I think this is the first ‘fuzzy-sounding’ song that I have ever actively ‘liked.’ #chillfuzz theory

This is a picture of the band Trailer Trash Tracys ‘working on music’ in their ‘d.i.y. studio.’

[MP3]
Trailer Trash Tracys Candy Girl (demo)
Last year in indie music has been kinda weird. There has been an emergence a bunch of bands that sound like they are ‘in a fuzzy garage,’ but I have never really ‘understood’ [...]

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