Following the very popular trending topic on Twitter, here is my musical suggestion for this glorious Monday. Max Tundra Imagine yourself in a toy store full of kids banging on toy instruments and playing 8bit games. Keyboards, drums, guitars, old school Nintendos, all coming together into an organized chaos titled ‘Orphaned’. That’s exactly what Max [...]
It’s Tuesday, one of the most boring days of the week. But not anymore, here are a few of my favorite latests tracks: Chromeo has been a staple in my dance mixes for a while now. This Canadian act can make even white people shake their ass. A mix of funk, disco and dance this [...]
Not having actually grown up in the States and immersing myself in the book, I had no idea what ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ was. It was not until seeing the breathtaking trailer with music by the Arcade Fire that I began to understand how deeply embedded the story was with my generation. So I’ve [...]
Vampire Weekend have announced their sophomore album titled “Contra” to be released on January 12, 2010. The pop superstars created quite a buzz with their viral marketing campaign by releasing images of mystery girl in music blogs linking to ithinkuracontra.com. Now we know the site redirects to Vampire Weekend’s site. Here is the track listing: [...]
Phoenix’s song is no more than 2 weeks old and it’s already poised to become the jam of this summer. Fan made videos have already sparked on YouTube here and there and the blogs can’t stop writing about them. The Following video is a tribute of a tribute from Bratpack’s mashup: The Original Bratpack video:
Face it, music is part of our daily lives whether we like it or not. But some people just have bad taste in music, here are some of my favorite recent albums that will enhance your palate. 1. Kitsun̩ Maison Compilation 7 (Electronic, indie, compilation) Fringe Element (Short Like me edit) РBeni [audio:fringe.mp3] This [...]
Tune in tonight to NY’s independent free form station WMFU (91.1 FM in New York, at 90.1 FM in the Hudson Valley) where they will be broadcasting completely by solar power. The show will feature live performances from the best of the best in the 8-bit / video gaming music world such as Glomag, Bubblyfish, [...]
One of my favorite sites, Last.fm is getting ready to roll out a new redesigned website. The new beta version of the site is looking very fresh. Imagine if Facebook and Last.fm got married and had kids, that is what the new site looks like. There is more emphasis in the music player and sharing [...]
You’ve heard right. Music pioneers, Radiohead are at it again. This time they’re not giving away free albums but making music videos without the use of video cameras. Their newest video for “House of Card’s” from the album “In Rainbows” was captured utilizing new multimedia technologies, Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Geowhat?! That’s what I [...]
Another year, another Bonnaroo excursion. It seems like I’m much less physically prepared this time but definitely mentally there. It’s going to be a wet one this year with expected thunderstorms on all 4 days! I’m hoping to come back like this: Has anyone noticed how the Bonnaroo line up has been shifting from hippie-esc [...]
Every Thursday I will be post 2 videos of opposite genres. These are songs and artists I really enjoy and think everyone should be exposed. Peace. The first one is by Death from Above 1979, the new defunct duo from Canada. Seriously these guys should have never broken up, after several EPs, LPs and one [...]
We are truly living in an exciting period. We are about to experience a major transition that will shake the very foundation of all music labels, music consumers and sharers around the globe. I am talking about the dawn of Music 2.0 as coined by Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey. Music 2.0 refers to the [...]
Stereogum has put together an amazing compilation in tribute to Björk’s album Post. They have asked the bands Liars, Dirty Projectors, No Age, High Places, Atlas Sound, El Guincho, Final Fantasy & Ed Droste, Evangelicals, Xiu Xiu, Pattern Is Movement, Bell, White Hinterland to create their own renditions of Björk’s tracks. These are all original [...]
…when Bonnaroo announces the lineup for this year’s festival. There were many rumors circulating that Led Zeppelin will be headlining the festival this year but I guess that won’t be happening but Lez Zeppelin will be there. Instead Pearl Jam and Metallica (yuck) will be the big names this year. I could careless, there plenty [...]
Watch as this amazing duo play their instruments creating an amazing mix thats just incredible. If these guys ever come out with an album, I’ll be there to buy it! Hip Hip Violin And DJ – Click here for more blooper videos
The guys over at Sounds Familyre are putting together a nice compilation of Christmas songs. The songs are remakes of classics as-well as originals played by Sufjan Stevens, Danielson and Soul-Junk, just to name a few. They will be releasing 1 song each day for 13 days, so make sure to go back for your [...]
What the heck is a Keepon you may ask? Keepon is a small yellow japanese robot designed by Hideki Kozima to study social interaction mainly amongst kids but also adults. This small cute yellow robot has been recently featured in Spoon’s newest music video for “Don’t You Evah” as a Japanese scientist takes the robot [...]
My friend’s band just recently released their new album “The Musician” and they have used one of my pictures for the cover. The band, Looking Glass Wars is an alternative indie rock band from Westchester NY. Brandon, their singer is a good friend of mine that I met years ago while designing a website for [...]
Listening to Richard Cheese a while I was trying to find other funny/ridiculous song covers by other artists, here are the best 3: The first one is by Avril Lavigne covering “Chop Suey” by System of a Down. It’s not really funny, more like…pathetic. Second one is by Alanis Morissette covering Fergie’s “My Humps”. Saved [...]
The internet has completely come to revolutionize the music industry from the way we discover new artists to how we acquire their music. Millions of music files are shared back and forward everyday between listeners, most of them shared illegally and freely. The music industry has tried everything from protecting their songs with DRM encoding [...]
For the past few months I have been listening to nothing but electronic music. Not your crappy club going electronic, I am talking about the real unheard of albums by the common populous. There’s just something about those computer made beats, chirps, beeps and clanks that has captivated me. I remember watching one of the [...]
Shhh….don’t tell the RIAA but I have been ceaselessly listening to Manu Chao’s newest album La Radiolina, set to come out early in September. The album is a bit watered down and the music has become very repetitive and similar to previous albums except for a few songs that are more rock influenced ala Mano [...]
Interpol – Pioneer to the Falls (download here) Interpol’s new album is not set to release until July 10th but here at Potatoes and Nicotine we have snatched an early copy. This marks Interpol’s first major label debut, no longer releasing the album with Matador Records but with Capitol instead, is a rather fresh change [...]
It has been a while since I’ve heard music live, specially in a small tight room like the one we were in during a recent jam with some friends. Music tends to come alive in such small tight spaces while listening to your friends put together the puzzle pieces to the song. Check out the [...]
“You Have Not Been Paying Attention”, that’s what I told some idiot at the Radiohead show last night when he confused the date on his ticket for the wrong show. How do you not double check the date on your ticket for an amazing night with Radiohead. Confused by the multitude of people and numbers [...]