Lipsynchsuck

Connan Mockasin – It’s Choade My Dear – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:14:56 +0000

Like falling down the rabbit hole to find Nirvana and MGMT jamming with the cheshire cat on vocals.

Download: Connan Mockasin – It’s Choade My Dear – MP3 (Track)
Buy: Connan Mockasin – Please Turn Me Into The Snat (Album)

Also on repeat: Faking Jazz Together, Megumi The Milky Way Above
Found where? Five recommendations of Kiwi artists from The Phoenix Foundation

Round and Round – PS22 x Ariel Pink – Video (2011)

lipsynchsuck — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:14:32 +0000

A chorus of fifth graders from PS22 (Public School 22) in Staten Island (New York) cover Ariel Pink’s ‘Round and Round’, proving beyond a shadow why it appeared on so many of 2010′s best-of lists.

Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go – MP3 (2000)

lipsynchsuck — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:51:28 +0000

As though Air travelled back in time to collaborate with Petula Clark on the soundtrack to a 60s sci-fi film.

Singer, Trish Keenan, died earlier this month from pneumonia complications. RIP Trish, I’m so sorry I never discovered you til now.

Download: Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go (Track) – MP3
Buy: Broadcast – The Noise Made By People (Album)

Also on repeat: You Can Fall, Echo’s Answer, Look Outside

Found where? 17 Dots

Villagers – Becoming a Jackal – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:06:58 +0000

Like the best work of fellow alt-folk faeries Sufjan and Joanna Newsom, Villager’s fantasy/confessional invades your personal space, winding in through your pores and exiting in a puff of magic dust.

Also on repeat: That Day, Set The Tigers Free – the whole shebang.

Download: Villagers – Becoming a Jackal ( Track) – MP3 (2010)
Buy: Villagers – Becoming a Jackal ( Track) – MP3 (2010)

Found where? NPR

Future Islands – Tin Man – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:19:01 +0000

Sounds a bit like Tom Waits doing vocals on a Wolf Parade track. Tastes like something totally new – not chicken.

Download: Future Islands – Tin Man – MP3
Buy: Future Islands – In Evening Air (Album)

Found where? Seewhatyouhear on Twitter

Songs I should have blogged about in 2010

lipsynchsuck — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:56:19 +0000

This entire blog is dedicated to big-upping what I consider to be the best songs I stumble across, so there’s not much point in putting out a best-of list. There is, however, a whole heap of songs I should have blogged about in 2010 but didn’t. In my defence I moved countries, got married, started a new intense job, blah blah – excuses!

Anyway, the music. Ninety nine percent of ‘best of lists’ are out by now and it appears my list is related (cousinly rather than brotherly) to Pitchfork’s, Stereogum’s, NPR’s etc, but with a pronounced chillout/electronic/pop/disco (ahem – party?) bent. This is listening for sunny days, not rainy nights. Ironic considering my hometown of Brisbane is breaking rainfall records right now!

So please enjoy the songs I should have shared with you months ago – the songs I loved, flogged! in 2010. I promise to get them to you sooner in 2011. As usual, the mix is seasoned with a handful of oldies ( pre-2010 releases – waaay!), including the song I walked down the aisle to (the last one). Feliz navidad.

Note: Rather than the usual single file download, I’ve packaged all 50 songs into 5 .rar files after the song list. Enjoy!

HEALTH – In Heat (Javelin Remix) – MP3
Deerhunter – Revival
Tame Impala – Alter Ego
The Morning Benders – All Day Day Light
Matthew Dear – Little People (Black City)
Jeff Buckley – So Real (oldie)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Bright Lit Blue Skies
Charanga 76 – Music Trance (oldie)
Arcade Fire – Modern Man
Atlas Sound – Doctor (Five Discs Cover) (oldie)
Datarock – Ganguro Girl (oldie)
CocoRosie – Lemonade
The Last Dinosaurs – Honolulu
Beach House – Walk In The Park
Harlem – Friendly Ghost
Department of Eagles – While We Were Young
Gorillaz – Stylo
Groove Armada – Just For Tonight
Sufjan Stevens – I Walked
Bonobo – We Could Forever
Japandroids – Art Czars
Dimlite – Diana Won’t
Bear In Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers (oldie)
Young Veins – Take a Vacation
Twin Sister – All Around And Away We Go
Interpol – Barricades
Kings Go Forth – One Day
Local Natives – World News
Philadelphia Grand Jury – The Good News
Lower Dens – Truss Me
Primary 1 feat. Nina Persson – The Blues
The Radio Department – Heaven’s On Fire
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (oldie)
Tanlines – Real Life (Memory Tapes Remix)
Here We Go Magic – F.F.A.P.
Kelley Polar – Here In The Night (oldie)
AM – Jorge Ben
Caribou – Odessa
Women – Eyesore
Javelin –Tell Me What Will It Be
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions – For The Rest Of Your Life
Bullion – Say Goodbye To What
The Love Language – Pedals
Gladys Knight – Better Than A Good Time (Walter Gibbons Remix) (oldie)
Real Estate – Out Of Tune
Hard Mix – Memories
Wild Nothing – Chinatown
Tim Buckley – Morning Glory (oldie) – The live version is best but I can’t find it on MP3 – anyone?
Cloud Control – There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight
Aphex Twin – Avril 14th (oldie)

Part 1 – Download songs 1-12 – RAR
Part 2 – Download songs 11-24 – RAR
Part 3 – Download songs 25-37 – RAR
Part 4 – Download songs 38-48 – RAR
Part 5 – Download songs 49-50 – RAR

Girls – Alright – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:07:20 +0000

If you’re finding all that lo-fi fuzz a bit too lo and fuzzy, let Alright’s crystal chords, up-front riffs and layers of swirling free jazz pep you up.

Download: Girls – Alright (Track) – MP3
Buy: Girls – Broken Dream Club (EP)

Also on repeat: Heartbreaker

Found where? Pitchfork

The Black Keys – Never Give You Up – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:24:09 +0000

An old-school tune best stumbled upon in an old-school setting – playing live in a smoky club or on vinyl in an outta-the-way cafe. Third-best option, hear it here.

Download: The Black Keys – Never Give You Up (Track) – MP3
Buy: The Black Keys – Brother (Album)

Also on repeat: Unknown Brother

Found where? Trash-mag Who

Janelle Monáe – Tightrope (featuring Big Boi) – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:11:48 +0000

Presenting your left-of-centre house-party-floor-filler. Follow it up with an OutKast classic.

Download: Janelle Monáe – Tightrope (featuring Big Boi) (Track) – MP3
Buy: Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid (Album)

Found where? Pitchfork

James Blake – CMYK (Track) – MP3 (2010)

lipsynchsuck — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:15:29 +0000

Soul futurism, post-dubstep – call it what you want. Blake’s jerky red-coat refrain is contagious and the world’s forward-thinking musical slicers and dicers should be working it into their mixes right now. Bullion?

Download: James Blake – CMYK (Track) – MP3
Buy: James Blake – CMYK (Album)

Found where? emusic