The process of recreation and reappropriation is always fascinating within artistic realms. Rather than didacticize and get ‘meta’ on your ass, I’m going to drop a pair of my recent favorites on you. Here is Amanda‘s fave new diva Mr. Little Jeans with her gorgeous, synth-dirge take on Arcade Fire‘s “The Suburbs”, and Joywave constructing “Betelgeuse” out [Read Full Post...]
And the Oscar for Best Weekly Subfeature In A Supporting Role By A Newcomer To The Field Of Music Blogging (we’ve all got to have dreams, so fuck off) goes to… New Music Monday! New music from James Mercer of The Shins and Broken Bells, AND from Ugly Casanova, the solo project of Isaac Brock of [Read Full Post...]
Daydream Station High Applauds The Sasquatch Class of 2010 For Their Continued Excellence and Fondly Remembers the Senior Trip to The Gorge Amphitheater… Most Dedicated: Shabazz Palaces. The twenty-year plus hip-hop veteran unveiled a slew of new material and is still honing his craft relentlessly. Currently you’ll find him sporting a grimy, stuttering sound unlike [Read Full Post...]
The third of four posts unveiling my favorite songs of the past year, with a few words to honor each. I’d love for you to post any of your own favorite songs in the “comments” section. Note that each song on my lists has a link to an MP3 download/stream option via Box.Net, a very [Read Full Post...]
In a good way. A great year for electro-indie artists remixing one another (and pretty much everyone else), as remix-only EPs sprouted left and right. Here are the best of the best, with kudos to remix guru Classixx and bedroom-pop auteur Passion Pit for double hardware in their trophy case. Top 10 remixes of the [Read Full Post...]
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