Easter Island, Independence

Easter Island, "Independence" (Thanks to Team Clermont, their promotional company, for the link).

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Nice video for a different song, "Hash"

Kalen Nash, "Ramona"

Kalen Nash, "Ramona" (Thanks to Team Clermont, their promotional company, for the link)

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No, this is not a flower in my hair. Okay, so maybe it is. What of it?

Mad Planet, "Pieces of You"

Mad Planet, "Pieces of You" (Thank you to Team Clermont for the mp3)

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I wonder if the beginning of this is an homage to Annie Lennox's "Why". I hope so. That would be cool.

Efren, "The Woods and the Wild"

Efren, "The Woods and the Wild" (MP3 courtesy of their promotional company, Team Clermont).

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Okay, everyone spread out. If we concentrate in the middle, this old thing'll come down!

Disco Inferno, "Second Language"

Disco Inferno, "Second Language"

The article on the KEXP page refers to them as being part of the same genre as Joy Division, which is apt, but really I hear more of a likeness to The The and The Communards (and by extension Bronski Beat). My mind also recognizes a kinship to Shoegaze, but of course I tend to go into a trance when I think of Shoegaze, so I can't be sure. A band should be judged only against itself, though. "Second Language" is languid, rich and melodic. It's an example of the best of the unselfconscious 80's and 90's.

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Dirty Three, "Rising Below"

Dirty Three, "Rising Below" (thanks to AOL Spinner for the link)

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Barry Adamson, "Turnaround"

Barry Adamson, "Turnaround" (Available for download on his Soundcloud page)


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Dark Dark Dark, "Long Long Long"

Dark Dark Dark, "Long Long Long" (Downloadable from The Current Song of the Day's page)

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Some videos for other Dark Dark Dark songs:
 

The Neverending Beginning Holiday Complilation

There are a lot of pretty holiday songs on this compilation. They give you the option of downloading the songs free-of-charge or with a donation.

Sharon Van Etten, "Serpents"

Sharon Van Etten, "Serpents" (MP3 thanks to her label)

I posted Sharon Van Etten's song "One Day" from her album Epic a few years ago. That song became a part of my daily life. It was in my heavy-rotation playlist on my iPod, and I would find myself singing it both in my head and out loud. I related to it, even though I don't have a sister.

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I think if you buy the album you get the picture that shows her face

Heartless Bastards, "Parted Ways"

I've loved Heartless Bastards for as long as I've written this blog. I know that because I remember being in my workplace 4 or 5 years ago and incessantly singing their songs. So I have a new song to incessantly sing. And more people to annoy with my incessant singing and always alliterating.

Heartless Bastards, "Parted Ways" (MP3 thanks to Rolling Stone)

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Why is the sunlight pushing us away from each other? What is it doing to our hair?

Cass McCombs, "The Same Thing"

Cass McCombs, "The Same Thing" (MP3 courtesy of KEXP)

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Big Deal, "Chair" (MP3 thanks to AOL Spinner)

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"Chair"
"Distant Neighborhood"

Psychic Dancehall, "A Love That Kills"

Psychic Dancehall, "A Love That Kills" (MP3 thanks to AOL)

Listen to their record Dreamers at their Soundcloud page.
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Wait! I know this joke! An alien and a ballerina walk into a forest. The trees ask the ballerina to dance for them. She does, and the dance is so incandescent, it causes the entire forest to radiate with beautiful, bright light. The trees look at the alien and say "What the F do you do, man?" The alien uses the cover of the ballerina's light for his ship's tractor beam. The trees are never seen again. Yeah, I just made that up, beyotches.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich, "Atlas Hands" (MP3 thanks to AOL Spinner)

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EMA
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EMA - California (Official Video) from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Nikki Lane, "Gone, Gone, Gone"

Nikki Lane,"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Thanks to KEXP for the mp3)

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Louise Burns, "Drop Names Not Bombs"

Louise Burns, "Drop Names Not Bombs" (Thanks to AOL Spinner for the mp3)

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Widowspeak, "Puritan"

Widowspeak, "Puritan" (MP3 thanks to KEXP)

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M.I.A. releases song dedicated to Amy Winehouse and other musicians

M.I.A. released an unreleased track called "27". It's dedicated to the musicians who died at age 27, including Amy Winehouse. I hadn't thought of it, but Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and a number of other musicians died at that age.


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This is probably going to be all I post this week. I found out recently that my older cat is very sick, so I've been very stressed and preoccupied.