Mad Capsule Markets - Pulse
Maybe five years ago, I was flicking through music channels late at night, playing my ‘game’ where I can only go to bed when I haven’t seen anything I like for a complete cycle, and I came across this video around a third of the way in.
I didn’t know who it was, who they were, what the hell they were singing about, but I loved it. I stayed to the end and have loved Mad Capsule Markets ever since.
Tumblr MP3 Player
One of the most frequently mentioned gripes with Tumblr’s audio post functionality is the lack of a continuous playlist of audio posts. Various people have attempted to hack workarounds (myself included, with limited success), but none come close to what Dan Kantor has managed.
In his post he introduces the Streampad-powered Tumblr MP3 player, and it couldn’t be easier to get up and running. You can also see it in action, stuck to the bottom of your browser, when you’re on his site. If that isn’t a perfect solution to a problem (in lieu of an official solution, one would presume), I don’t know what is.
I exchanged a few e-mails with Dan, and he made sure to mention that this is new stuff, and if you spot any bugs, or have any feedback at all, let him know in the comment field of the above-linked blog entry.
This probably goes without saying, but expect to see this on Tuneage soon.
(Via nostrich)
Okay, this looks pretty sweet!
The Pharcyde - Drop
One of my favourite music videos…ever! I don’t know why I thought about this over the weekend, but I did. I haven’t seen it or heard the song for a few years.
Directed by Spike Jonze, cameos and a sample from the Beastie Boys, filmed in reverse, and they actually learned the song backwards! What’s not to love?
There’s a sweet link on this YouTube page with more information, including a scan of Spike Jonze’s original treatment for the video. Definitely worth a read.
Favtape.com
A Muxtape inspired site that automatically creates a playlist of your favorite songs from Last.fm or Pandora without the need to upload MP3’s. Here are my latest Last.fm favorites. Interestingly, this site is not only easier to update than Muxtape, but it’s also less likely to come under legal scrutiny since they don’t host music files.
(Via joelaz)
It’s a nice idea, but I’d recommend checking your songs before you publish them. Of my 10 tracks, three were wrong. One embarrasingly so.
Saves The Day - Sell My Old Clothes, I’m Off To Heaven is an acoustic version. (Okay, not wrong, but it’s not the version I know and love).
Chicks - Let Me Go seems to be a (I assume) Dixie Chicks live song (seriously).
Hundred Reasons - My Sympathy is some weird dance song sampling the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy For The Devil.
Like I said, it’s a nice idea but it seems far from perfect.
Maps - So Low, So High
The opening track off We Can Create, it just grabs me from the start and demands that I keep listening. I love it.
I was lucky enough to meet James Chapman after a group of us happened to see the band (it’s just one guy recording, but he has a band for live shows) play in a small club in Manchester in late 2006, just when they were starting to make waves. It was small enough that we got to chat with them for a bit afterwards and apparently we were the first people to ever ask them to sign stuff after we ripped a couple of flyers off the wall. Ten months later and they nearly won the Mercury Music Prize.
They were great live and really sound guys as well. One of them (the bassist, I think) still owes me a drink.
Last.fm has had a redesign
Whoa! I just logged in to last.fm and they’ve redesigned everything.
My first impression is that I like it.
Ozma - Korobeiniki (Traditional Russian Folk Song)
aka The Tetris tune
Ozma were one of my favourite bands in the early 2000s, and I still have a soft spot for them. They broke up in 2004, but reformed (minus the original drummer) in 2006, and have released one album since then.
They’ve played with Nada Surf, Weezer and The Wrens. That says a lot.
This song is from their second album - The Doubble Donkey Disc (2001) - and even though it’s not my favourite track of theirs, or even my favourite song on the album, (FYI, my favourite Ozma song is ‘Baseball’, from their first album), it’s definitely the most fun one.
Muse - Shrinking Universe
A largely-unknown Muse B-side from their New Born single from 2001, and also available on their Hullabaloo CD, this song will, in my mind, forever be linked to the 28 Weeks Later trailer.
