JT Vs Justice, Menomena, The Mugs

So, the "hot new remix" of this week/next month is shaping up to be the Justice remix of Justin Timberlakes Love Stoned. Being the music snob that I am, I have not actually heard the original of the song, but I don't really care, because I'm sure Justice made the song 100 times better. Today's next two bands are both of the indie rock persuasion. The first is not the conventional band in the sense that the lead singer plays saxophone and organ peddles for the bass. But hey, it works and they have some pretty cool songs. My friend Ross turned me onto Menomena and now I am passing them on to you. The other band is out of nyc and are about to put out their second album. The Mugs do not have any cool gimmicks like Menomena, but that is not bad. They write solid rock songs and from what I have read, put on pretty sweet live shows.

It is friday and I am ready to enjoy the weekend, a long week of two jobs is no fun no matter how easy they are.

Justin Timberlake - Love Stoned (Justice Remix)

Menomena - Weird

Menomena - Boyskout'n

The Mugs - Frank

The Mugs - Broken Signals

Justice, Spoon, Interpol.

Tomorrow is kind of a big deal to some music fans. Three big albums are dropping in the morn (no, I do not mean the lost tracks of Danzig or the Hairspray soundtrack). I am of course talking of † by Justice, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon and Our Love To Admire by Interpol. Now, the Justice album has been out in Europe since June 11th (Yay America!) and it is just finally crossing the Atlantic. I'm sure it won't be as big as Kelly Clarksons new album (no idea why) but hopefully, some savvy music consumers will stumble upon this masterpiece of an album. Spoon is a band that seems to get better with each listen. Ga x5 is full of great indie-rock songs from spoon. The Underdog is a standout track and already has itself a music video (Unfortunately it's on myspace). The last of the three greats to come out tomorrow is Interpol's long awaited third release. I have heard about half the songs on the album so far and am convinced that it is better than Antics. Not sure about Turn On The Bright Lights though. All I'm saying is that I am looking forward to this release. For now I will post the first track Pioneer To The Falls. So, go forth and be thankful that the summer has produced something more worthwhile than a bad sunburn and 40 hour workweeks.

Spoon - The Underdog

Interpol - Pioneer To The Falls

Scouring iTunes for some oldies.

Hey Gang! It is hard to find music to post here while I am not near my 2 external hard drives (pushes coke bottle glasses back up onto nose) so I usually end up finding a couple tunes to download from blogs and then reposting them here. I swear, I have a bunch of music I want to post, but it is not accessible right now. So, I think today I will look for some older songs that are actually on my computer and maybe some new stuff.

When I was home in Maine a couple weeks ago I was a music downloading frenzy because I knew when I cam back to Virginia I would not have the opportunity for a while. One of the albums I got was the new Shout Out Louds LP Our Ill Wills which for some reason is out in Europe, yet is being released in the US on September. One of my favorite songs from their previous effort Howl Howl Gaff Gaff was Go Sadness. A nice little diddy from Our Ill Wills is the popular Tonight I Have To Leave It. I will post both of them for some comparison listening.

The other song is again from Justices LP †. The song? DVNO. The song is driving me crazy because I feel like the vocals are from a popular 80's song that I have never heard. The only difference is that Justice goes to town on it to shape it into an instant party classic (according to me).

That is all for now, check back tomorrow for something on The Clientele, and if I can find it, a ridiculous electropop song by Yelle.

Shout Out Louds - Go Sadness
Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It
Justice - DVNO (Stream)

iTunes Free Download of the week=Justice!

As someone pointed out to me, the free download of the week on iTunes is D.A.N.C.E. by Justice. So, all of you (yes, all 2 of you) should check that out, if I haven't already sent it to you. Clearly, Justice is the hot band of the summer. And even though my housemates think that I am just going through a faze by listening to this music, I shall prove them wrong in showing that Justice is actually a hot band that other people besides myself and Plus Move listen to here in the U.S.. Also, if you have a chance (which I know 1 of you does) download some Devendra Banhart. I am "digging" his sounds right now and I am sure you will too. That is all for tonight because it is almost 4a.m. and I need to get up before noon tomorrow to run some errands.

New Post Finally!

Wow, it has been a while since I have posted on here. Sorry about that but this school year ended kind of rough and it is taking me a while to get situated. Plus I have not had a steady internet connection. So, quick overview, I know have the new Justice album † and also saw Alison Krauss and Union Station with special guest Toni Rice in concert last weekend. First off, the concert was amazing. Great performance from Alison and her whole band. The dude who was the singing voice for George Clooney in 'O Brother Where Art Thou played mandolin and sang some tunes which was cool. The slide guitarist was just as impressive. Some good ol amerrrcan music.

Next big item, †. It officially comes out July 10th, but it was leaked onto the internet about a week ago. The album is insane. Some of the songs have been out for a while now like D.A.N.C.E., Let There Be Light and Waters Of Nazareth but the rest are all new. Some standouts are Genesis and its transition into Let There Be Light, and New Jack. I cannot stop playing this album, which is a nice break from my usual depressing crap. And hey, it keeps me awake on my long sojourns from VA to ME. So, I am putting up New Jack for its crazy cool break down and general catchy-ness.

Justice - New Jack

† Realse Date Set For July 10th. Get Ready

Track List:
01 Genesis
02 Let There Be Light
03 D.A.N.C.E.
04 New Jack
05 Phantom
06 Phantom pt. II
07 Valentine
08 The Party
09 DVNO
10 Stress
11 Waters of Nazareth
12 One Minute to Midnight

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