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”
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 2, 2010 at 2:05 am
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A Themed Mp3 Trilogy: Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Handsome Furs
Theme: Wolf Parade side projects.
Sunset Rubdown
Photo by David Horvitz
Earlier this week I picked up a copy of Sunset Rubdown‘s 2006 album, Shut Up I Am Dreaming. I had never listened to it before, but now I am totally obsessed with it. Then yesterday the Interwebs surprised me with a ton of Sunset Rubdown news including a tour, a new album called Dragonslayer coming out June 23, and even a single from it got released. From the sounds of it, I think this new album is going to be yet another winner from my favourite Spencer Krug band:
Swan Lake
Spencer Krug’s supergroup team-up with Dan Bejar (New Pornographers, Destroyer) and Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Blackout Beach) seems to have fallen victim to the sophomore slump. Where Beast Moans found their individual talent’s amplifying one another into something greater than the sum of its parts, Enemy Mine feels more like a collection of b-sides. The Bejar songs are particularly off the mark. But that’s not to say that there isn’t still some really great parts on this album, because even a mediocre release from artists of such overwhelming aptitude has its moments. One of which is the jam at the end of this short Krug piece:
Swan Lake : Settle On Your Skin
Handsome Furs
Handsome Furs is a duo comprised of husband Dan Boeckner and wife Alexei Perry. Their second album, Face Control, is my first entry point into this project and the more I listen to it the more I dig it. Combining indie rock with synthetic dance beats can lead to extremely varied results, but here it seems to work rather nicely. Fellow Wolf Parader Arlen Thompson recorded and mixed the album at Mount Zoomer. Here’s a taste:
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 17, 2009 at 6:22 am
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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?
2008 leftovers edition. There were three albums on my Top 50 list that I had never talked about prior to being on the list, #13 Wolf Parade‘s At Mount Zoomer, #10 White Denim‘s Exposion, and #48 Flying Lotus‘ Los Angeles. Well, on second thought I did mention the Wolf Parade, but not in a positive fashion. Between many, many Merriweather Post Pavilion listens, I have been jamming these three albums hard. So, here are a few mp3s for anyone who did not listen to these albums last year:
Wolf Parade : California Dreamer
Wolf Parade : Call It A Ritual
White Denim : Don’t Look That Way At It
Flying Lotus : Beginners Falafel
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 15, 2009 at 6:24 am
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Tonight In The A: Wolf Parade
It seems like there is always a drought of great shows in mid-summer around here, and I’m feeling it again. But tonight’s Wolf Parade show at The Variety Playhouse is the exception this week. I just started listening to their new album, At Mount Zoomer, and it is pretty good, although I don’t think it is reaches the bar that last year’s Sunset Rubdown release set. Enjoy:
Wolf Parade : Call It A Ritual
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 28, 2008 at 9:27 am
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