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Learning Music: "Cranial Contest" AUDIO

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Learning Music is a seriously dope project from the good friend John Wood. Basically, every month John releases a new album full of songs that stretch your imagination and musical palette. He has a stunning pop-sensibility and writes, records, mixes, and masters all of the music himself.

You can download a ton of tracks for free or, if you’re into it and a good soul, subscribe to the project at a variety of levels. I’m a subscriber and am always floored when I hear what he comes up with for each instalment, which shows up conviently in my mailbox on the first of every month courtesy of Vosotros.

A while ago I told John I wanted to cover his song Electric Letter, which I still want us to do. He beat me to the cover punch though by dropping an amazing version of Cranial Contest on this month’s album, You Can Take It In. The track just kills – way more complex musically than I could compute and recording wise it is perfect. That synth that comes in around the one minute mark just totally blows me away.

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Cranial Contest (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Electric Letter (CC BY-NC-SA)

posted by cameron on July 1st, 2009| categories: audio | Tags: , , , , , | comments

tim and eric: "minivan highway" video

posted by cameron on April 16th, 2009| categories: video | Tags: , , , | comments

Count Bass D: "Can We Hang Out Tonight" AUDIO

I don’t know much about Count Bass D – this is my first exposure to his work – but his production is radical. Lots of nice synth lines, great sounding beat, nice vocal line, dope lyrical abilities. Generally spooky feeling. He is on my radar – just one track and I’m stoked for L7, his upcoming album (via The FADER).

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posted by cameron on June 2nd, 2008| categories: audio | Tags: , , , , | comments

Jay Reatard: "Always Wanting More" AUDIO

I’ve been hearing buzz about Jay Reatard for a hot minute now but for whatever reason didn’t really pick up on him until I read this post on Music for Robots. Dude KILLS it so hard. This song is amazing. Perfect pop song. I can’t wait to hear more of these singles as they come out. Do yourself a favor and keep him on your radar.

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posted by cameron on March 26th, 2008| categories: audio | Tags: , | comments