In the Mountain In the Cloud is the Pacific Northwest band’s seventh album and first for major-label Atlantic. I had never heard a Portugal. The Man album before this one, and since listening to it I have checked out their older stuff. I said that because their previous label was Equal Vision, and having liked some bands that were on Equal Vision I was pretty sure most of their acts were metal or hardcore. Turns out I was wrong, but that, for some reason, made me very surprised when I heard In the Mountain In the Cloud. It reminds me of psych-pop bands like Supergrass, Of Montreal, and MGMT. That’s not a bad thing at all, but it seems like they’re going for Bowie, but they end up sounding like a product of bands influenced by Bowie rather than Bowie himself. Check this album out if you’re into MGMT, Of Montreal, Supergrass, etc.
Here’s their first single from the album
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Zomby – Dedication
Dedication is the second album for the dubstep/grime producer Zomby, and his first for 4AD. The easiest way to describe it in a way most people would understand is a slightly sped up Burial. I don’t think many Burial fans would have a problem with this album, but it doesn’t have the same chill atmosphere as a lot of his work does. It also goes a lot broader than just dubstep and goes into almost dance music territory on a couple of shorter songs. This album is a bit of a genre-hopper, but it stays electronic.
The only glaring downside is that it’s only 35 minutes long, but then that’s kind of reflected in the price for the album on Amazon, so that nullifies it.
I’ll definitely be giving this a few more spins in the future and I’d recommend this for fans of electronic music in general.
Favorite tracks: “Natalia’s Song” & “Things Fall Apart”
Zomby – Things Fall Apart [ft. Panda Bear] by One Thirty BPM
Music Video of the Week!!! – Mastodon (Part 2)
Yeah, that’s right, three exclamation points! Oh hey, one more. Mastodon, who released what was unanimously our favorite album of 2009, just released a new single for Adult Swim. It is AWESOME. I love Mastodon AND Adult Swim. I don’t feel like Adult Swim loves me back though. Why don’t you love me back Adult Swim? I love your stuff!!
Check out the video for “Deathbound” here (it’s un-embeddable, again not feeling the love Adult Swim).
Music Video of the Week!! – The Black Keys (Part 2)
“She’ll bang ya, but then she’ll hang ya”. In a world of fake trailers becoming real movies can someone get this one made? The whole plot is there. Check out the video for “Howlin’ For You” below.
Best Albums of 2010
We’re over a third of the way through 2011. I would have to be crazy, an asshole, or a crazy asshole to be posting something like this this late in the year. But yeah, I’m doing it anyway.
I was going to do a Kanye West picture like I did last year, but I didn’t want to confuse people into thinking his album was on this list.
Check out the list below.
Music Monday – Man Man
Man Man are what I would describe as “pirate music” or drinking music for those of us who aren’t into The Hold Steady and their spoken vocals. In other words, Man Man is good stuff, and they have an album coming out tomorrow. Check out “Knuckle Down” & “Life Fantastic” from the album Life Fantastic below.
Music Video of the Week!! – The Lonely Island
Michael Bolton is a cinephile. That’s really all the intro you need to this video. Check it out below.
Music Video of the Week!! – Cheeseburger
If you’re a fan of Adult Swim’s Superjail! (why wouldn’t you be?) you have heard Cheeseburger before. Cheeseburger is responsible for the Superjail! theme song and is going to have songs from their upcoming album Another Big Night Down the Drain featured in the show throughout this season.
Check out the video for the first single, “Winner” below. The album will be released on May 3rd via Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records.
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Music Monday – Cave In
Cave In, one of the best bands to come out of the Boston area (I don’t like Aerosmith), is releasing a new album in a month. It’s called White Silence and it will be released by Hydra Head Records on May 24th. You can check out a song from the album called “Sing My Loves” below. It might be a little too metal for most people, and if you feel that way I can’t blame you. Give it a listen though.
Music Monday – Broken Social Scene
As many of you may know, Coachella happened over this past weekend. Youtube streamed a good amount of the bands either live or a few hours after they were recorded. There aren’t many videos left to view now that the whole thing is over. That is, except for some awesome Broken Social Scene songs! Check out a performance of “Cause=Time” below.
