Posts Tagged: Sunset Rubdown


5
Oct 09

The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (75% of it)

The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (75% of it) featureArtwork by the talented and generous Adam Sparpalius.
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7
Jun 09

Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer, Album Review & Giveaway

Sunset Rubdown   Dragonslayer, Album Review & Giveaway album reviews reviews 2 Sunset Rubdown
Dragonslayer

Jagjaguwar
out June 23rd

[82]
[Rating Scale]
Buy it at Insound!

[rating:82/100]

It’s impossible to talk about Sunset Rubdown without talking about Spencer Krug, the insanely prolific indie rock frontman associated with Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, and Sunset Rubdown, to name a few. He founded the band. He’s a dynamic presence on every track. He plays a million instruments. He has one of the most distinctive voices in today’s music. He’s pretty much a baller.

Yet to talk about Sunset Rubdown and only talk about Krug would be an injustice – a fact that has never been more evident than on Sunset Rubdown’s fourth full-length release, Dragonslayer. Sure, Krug’s influence (and voice) can be heard everywhere on the album. But compare this album to Krug’s first solo release under the Sunset Rubdown moniker, 2005’s Snake’s Got a Leg, and you will find yourself doing math with apples and oranges. The band has developed, blossomed, gained some flesh, and distinguished itself enough from Krug’s solo work that the fact that I’ve gone this far into my review of Dragonslayer only talking about him makes me a bit embarrassed. So onto the rest.

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22
May 09

Friday Links

I was going to do a Sunday Links thing every Sunday, but why should I discriminate against the other perfectly capable days of the week? Oh yes, I went there.

So to the question of when these will happen will be subject to my personal discretion, or sometimes based on impulse or caprice (or in other words, whenever I want to). Here are your Friday Links, I expect you to click them all, because they’re all pretty much amazing.

Listen to, Preview, and HEART all of the music posted on PMA.

Frank(ie) Ramz posted this fantastic video on Pigeons & Planes. If you sort of like Asher Roth, or even sort of hate him, you might enjoy this. “I Hate High School.”

MGMT cover Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer.” Not sure how old this is, but I like it. Saw it at Rollo & Grady via Bleakey. I wanna fuck you like a DINOSAUR!

Download_MGMT - Closer (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

Stereogum told us that Radiohead are fast at work on an In Rainbows follow-up. Mass hysteria ensues.

Soulwax & Au Revoir Simone involved in the making of the Aeroplane album! – via Ohh Crapp

Jay-Z confirms split with Def Jam.

I <3 Green Day’s “21 Guns”
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The Sounds, Wilco and Sunset Rubdown albums leaked.


22
Apr 09

Super Cool MP3 Grab Bag #8

Any Color You Like

Any Color You Like

Haven’t done one of these in a while. Here some tracks you might enjoy. I’m not entirely crazy about them, so I won’t both doing individual posts on them, but they shouldn’t be ignored altogether.

Clipse feat. Kanye West – Kinda Like A Big Deal

Little Boots – New in Town (A1 Bassline Attack Mix remix)

TV On The Radio – Shout Me Out (Willie Isz Remix by Jneiro Jarel)

Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart

Charles Hamilton – Barbara Walters

Major Lazer (feat. Santigold & Mr. Lexx) – Hold the Line (LehtMoJoe Remix)

Annie – Anthonio (Fred Falke Remix)


15
Sep 07

Even Wordpress Dickfarts… Playlist

So today I noticed my blogroll is completely gone. I did some digging around and it turns out I’ve done nothing wrong, but its the system’s fault. I was living in bliss thinking I was free from Blogger’s shitty screw-ups. Looks like Even Wordpress Dickfarts. So to all of Pretty Much Amazing’s affiliates: Sorry!

Even Wordpress Dickfarts... Playlist mp3

And the sexy pic award goes to…

mp3: Akon – Sorry, Blame It On Me

mp3: Clipse – Mama I’m Sorry

mp3: Feist – So Sorry

mp3: Youth Group – So Sorry

mp3: Sunset Rubdown – I’m Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave

mp3: The Futureheads – Stupid and Shallow *download or die*

mp3: Schoolshooter – Stuck On Stupid

mp3: Green Day – American Idiot

Free Music is nice and all, but wouldn’t you prefer the happy feeling your soul gets when you actually buy music? Take a peek at Amazon, eMusic, and iTunes.