Ohmpark Mixtape #15: Forever Summer


All photos by Adrienne Claire Darnell. Check out her awesome blog here.

Emeralds : “Candy Shoppe”
Tame Impala : “Alter Ego”
Here We Go Magic : “Casual”
Local Natives : “Wide Eyes”
Beach House : “10 Mile Stereo”
Crystal Castles : “Celestica”
Broken Social Scene : “All To All”
Wolf Parade : “Ghost Pressure”
This Piano Plays Itself : “Where We Lived”
Best Coast : “Boyfriend”
Phantogram : “Mouthful Of Diamonds”
Of Montreal : “Coquet Coquette”
CocoRosie : “Lemonade”

Video Of The Day: The Eternal Children

Here’s a great documentary by David Kleijwegt on some musicians that I really dig, CocoRosie and Devendra Banhart. In the second video below, you’ll notice Antony touch on the current music revolution of this decade that I constantly espouse.

Part 1:

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Ohmpark’s Top 50 Best Albums Of 2007

2007 was an incredible year of music and there were so many albums I really liked that didn’t make this list. I noticed that most of the lists I pay attention to were very similar to one another this year as opposed to last year. Also, I’ve found myself in more of a disagreeance with those lists than last year. If there is any theme to be taken out of this list, I think it’s that I feel like too many great albums were underrated by the blogosphere elites, and that they were way in love with some albums I think are overrated. This list represents my personal assertions more so than the rest of the Ohmpark crew, but I worked hard to get every one’s opinions and influences in this thing. Feel free to comment on how much you hate or love it. I feel like every album on this is an essential one from last year, so go listen to some new music:

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Live Show: CocoRosie (Coachella)

As we wait for them to get through their legal problems and come to Atlanta, here they are at Coachella this year:

COCOROSIE
2007-04-28 Coachella Festival, Indio CA
Gobi Tent

MATRIX MIX (mixed in CEP2.0 multitrack)

SOURCE1: Sonic Studios DSM6s > PA-6LC > iRiver H120 44.1khz WAV (70%)
SOURCE2: Sony PC-62 stero mic > iRiver H320 44.1khz WAV (30%)
TRANSFER: iRiver USB > PC (matrix mix, BBE processing) > CD Wave

TAPING LOCATION: right side, 8 feet from stack

(click to listen)

01 Houses
02 Animals
03 Promise
04 K-Hole (technical difficulties during intro)
05 Sunshine
06 You Wanna F*ck Me
07 Japan
08 (Tez from Paris)
09 Beautiful Boys
10 Werewolf

RECORDED BY: JLW

Downlaod Lossless Torrent Here

CocoRosie Busted

The CocoRosie show I was very excited about at the Masquerade this Thursday has been cancelled because the band has been arrested. Here’s the Myspace bulletin they posted:

“dear loves
we are so sorry to announce that we cannot play the rest of the us tour dates
the band got arrested, thats all i can say
we love you all
we are playing a free show in New York on may 19th
please come if you can
we are crying
say a prayer for our band
love
Sierra and Bianca
later…”

Well, this is a lame development.

What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

CocoRosie : The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stilborn

This album has been pretty much trashed by most of the blogosphere (Pitchfork gave it a 2.3) but I really love it. I don’t have a lot of familiarity with their previous albums (although that will soon change) but i really believe that Ghosthorse And Stillborn holds up to almost any record to come out this year. CocoRosie is two sisters doing indie-folk with a little opera and hip-hop thrown in. They both do vocals, and one plays alot of instruments and the other plays experimental percussion instruments like children’s learning devices and gold chains. Check it out:

Check Out CocoRosie Myspace

Buy The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn Here

Low : Guns And Drums

I have been listening to many mediocre albums lately and Guns And Drums has been an exception. This Duluth, Minnesota trio has something really special here and I wish I would have gotten into this band earlier. Stylistically they feel like a stripped down indie rock outfit with very anthemetic songs, or “Slowcore” as they are known, and i will be delving deep into this band’s catalog after hearing this great album. Give it a listen:

Low’s Myspace Page

Buy Guns And Drums Here

Humpday Random Tracks

Listen to the track and click the album cover to get more info:

CocoRosie: Rainbow Warrior

Illinois: Alone Again

Ruby Isle: Teenage Riot (Sonic Youth cover)

Voxtrot: Firecracker