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Posts Tagged: The Sounds
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Oct 09
The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (75% of it)
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Jul 09
The Sounds – Beatbox / (Hey Champ Remix)
Check out the Sounds’ new single, “Beatbox” off their latest set, Crossing the Rubicorn. Better yet, check out Hey Champ’s (Yeasayser, Cut Copy, T-Pain) remix of “Beatbox.” Both the single and remix are excellent tracks to jump-start your weekend a lil bit early. Grab these and that Kesha track, and you’re good to go!
The Sounds – Beatbox | mp3
The Sounds – Beatbox (Hey Champ Remix) | mp3
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Jul 09
pmaCAST #16: For Summer Only
There are many reasons why I feel that summertime is the best time of the year, and most of them are here on this playlist. Spanning thirty-six songs (!!), this 16th pmaCAST — and our longest podcast ever, clocking in at over 2 hours and 10 minutes — is all about the tunes that make a perfect summertime listen. Download this here or on iTunes (via the links above), put it on your iPod, put it on a mixtape-shaped flash-drive (seriously, buy one) and give it to your friends, play it at a beach party — do something with it!
pmaCAST #16 The “For Summer Only” Episode Tracklist
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Jul 09
Under 50 w/ The Pains…, The Sounds, The Antlers, Dirty Projectors & Fools Gold
Just a note, the PMA Rating scale has been updated. Because it now extends to most tracks as well, you will be seeing big, bold, red ratings often and you should probably educate yourself and know what they mean. See the scale here. Thank you.
There is so much music out there and so little time to talk about it! So every time I feel there’s a build up of some songs I genuinely like that aren’t being represented here at PMA, I will do one of these bulk posts, limiting my comments on the song to 50 words. Think of this as an indescript playlist.
This time I’ll be focusing on songs by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Sounds, The Antlers, Dirty Projectors, and Fools Gold Continue reading →
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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”
The Sounds, Wilco and Sunset Rubdown albums leaked.
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Apr 09
The Gossip – Heavy Cross
You’re moments ago, but seconds away
This Washington state trio is revered for their gut-wrenching, foot-stomping indie-punk vibes and Beth Ditto’s prolific wailing (not to mention her nudist fuckeries). What will fans think of the new, Rick Rubin-produced LP? They will love it, if they happen to also like Franz Ferdinand.
If memory serves, and it usually does, the Gossip aren’t doing anything usual or despicable, and this is not another one of Ditto’s fuckeries. The Gossip are there — the moment that comes after the moment where the band crawls out of the garage. The moment where a band feels they have accomplished everything they ever wanted to accomplish. All that there’s left is to dance. We’ve seen it happen to time and time again. Most recently with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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