Brian Wilson Raps?!?

Apparently so.
"My name is Brian/and I'm the man./I write hit songs/with a wave of my hand."
This is just so incredibly strange. From the manic giggle at the beginning to the awkward clips of various Beach Boys tracks, it's just...wrong. Although I have to say there was one portion that sounded a bit like the Beastie Boys. Who knew?

Janelle Monae

Looove this video of Janelle Monae's song "Tightrope." Plus the album is hot! Go nab it, I'm know I'm going to :)

My Drive Thru

Apparently Converse has a series called Three Artists, One Song where they bring together three artists in the studio to write and record a new song. The most recent one is called "All Summer" and is a collaboration between Kid Cudi, Vampire Weekend guitarist Rostam, and Best Coast. You can download it on the Converse website, linked above. I thought it was aight. But it led me to the first song in the series, "My Drive Thru," which I really like. It's a collaboration between Santigold, Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes), N.E.R.D. and Pharrell. Check out the awesome video below!

Temporary Secretary

Would you ever believe this is by Paul McCartney?!? Very strange. I want to hear this in a DJ set.
I've been on a total Beatles solo career kick lately...it started with getting Oh Yoko!, one of my favorite songs ever, stuck in my head.

Then I moved on to What is Life...

I'm just missing Ringo. Any suggestions?!?

Standing Cat!

Now here is a wonderful example of the right choice of music making all the difference in an otherwise somewhat lackluster video. The original just has the standard retarded rustling noises in the background but this version is absolute edge-of-your-seat amazing.
Found on the "answer to my dreams" website Kitteh Roulette.

Stefani Germanotta

Having just watched the 'Telephone' video for the first time, I was reminded of this video of Lady Gaga before she was Lady Gaga, performing at NYU:

BUST Magazine

How on earth did that transformation take place?

Die Antwoord

Greetings from Riga!
Check this ish out.

DIE ANTWOORD crew is:
Zef rap-rave master NINJA
Fre$h, futuristik rich bitch, YO-LANDI VI$$ER
And beat monster, DJ HI-TEK
DIE ANTWOORD represents the sounds of the Zuid Afrikaanse streets. Their fierce, hi-energy sound is inspired by Cape Town's fast and furious mini-bus taxi's you can hear coming from blocks away with an evil
DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!

Check out their website for more, including "20 fun facts" and a hilarious slideshow as the background.
Ninja has a tattoo on his neck that says "pretty wise," one on his chest that says "how can an angel break my heart," and one on his side that says "A woman is more dangerous than a loaded pistol." And then there's Richie Rich on his pec. Oh, and Caspar with a huge boner on his shoulder. Wow.
Check out this video and the extreme close-up shot of Ninja hip thrusting in Pink Floyd boxers. Genius.

What does "Die Antwoord" mean?
The answer.
Answer to what?
Whatever man. Fuck.

Too hot to handle, too cold to hold
Betta not fuck with my Gameboy or I'll
BOOST
YOU

Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

MATT AND KIM | MySpace Music Videos
love it.
PS-this is real, they actually stripped down in Times Square and got chased by the cops. Awesome.

Total Eclipse of the Heart

=Best Karaoke Song EVER.

My 10 Most Played in Words

Inspired by Flavorwire, I took the lyrics from my top 10 most played songs in iTunes (minus my actual top 5, which are non-vocal tracks from the Streets of Rage soundtrack that I like to run to...haha) and made word clouds with Wordle. My top 3 songs are all Jackson 5 :) The rest are kinda influenced by my running soundtrack, but ah well. Enjoy...and try making your own!












PS. This video is amazing:

Pop Song Word Clouds

Using Wordle, the geniuses over at Flavorwire created word clouds for iTunes' 12 top-selling songs of all time. They write: "If you’ve ever bemoaned the state of modern commercial music, the inanity of looking at these consolidated lyrics will do nothing to ease your pain. But it is kind of funny." Haha, I agree.
Can you guess which songs these word clouds belong to?



See them all here.

Fever Ray

I never knew much about Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson, the female half of The Knife) until I stumbled across this video:

of her accepting an award in Sweden for best dance performer. I was intrigued, a singer who does not show her face and comes up with ever more imaginative ways to hide it...I mean look at that melting makeup!
So I checked out her music and found this video:

It's gorge...I think I will have to try painting eyes on the palms of my hands.
Check her out!

Xmas Music Playlist

Wanna rock some season-appropriate tunage but wary of hitting on 'Last Christmas'? I hear ya. Check out this youtube playlist I'm working on. Suggestions welcome!

Marina and the Diamonds

Love this video and this song. I will definitely be picking up her debut album, The Family Jewels, when it comes out early next year.

New Albums 2010

Vampire Weekend...can Contra live up to their eponymous debut? We'll find out on January 12th. In the meantime, what do you think about this video? I can't make up my mind. The effects are cool but I think the band kinda hams it up too much. Then again, maybe I'm just hatin for the sake of it.


This collab between Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg I am more sure I like. What a fantastically nonsensical video, and the song's good too. Oh Beck. You melt my heart.


Unfortunately I couldn't seem to find an embeddable version of the video I'm most excited about, for Yeasayer's new single 'Ambling Alp'. Check it out here.

Much music joy to look forward to in the coming months!

Passion Pit!

Saw them tonight in Berlin...it was awesome!
look at me oh look at me
is this the way I'll always be?
oh noooooo!
oh noooooo!
and now I dream that somebody
will swiftly come and kidnap me
oh nooooo!
oh nooooo!
and everyday I lie awake
and pray to god todays the day
oh nooooo!
oh nooooo!
but here I am
oh here I am
oh when will someone understand
oh noooooo!
oh noooo!
Love it.

The Knife

Grizzly Bear singing 'The Knife' a capella on the streets of Paris.

Shift

Another Grizzly Bear video...this time squished in a Parisian bathroom. Delicious.

Two Weeks

by Grizzly Bear from the album 'Veckatimest'.
This video is so strange. I guess that's why I like it!
I'm excited to see the band live TOMORROW! :)

Tchaikovsky via Vodafone

This is SO COOL.
There are 'making of' videos on youtube as well!