Anytime something from Lykke Li shows up in my inbox, I pay attention. This little gem was waiting for me today, an acoustic session of “Youth Knows No Pain” (from Wounded Rhymes). Enjoy.
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[watch] Life’s a Happy Song
The marketing for The Muppets has been fantastic and this latest bit is one of the best ones yet.
In the video below, Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) and Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) perform the film’s opening song — “Life’s a Happy Song”. (Fun fact: McKenzie served as the film’s music supervisor and also wrote the film’s songs)
The Muppets hit theaters this Wednesday (11/23) and the soundtrack is out now (iTunes).
[watch] Childish Gambino Live on Conan
Childish Gambino was on Conan earlier this week in support of his recently released LP, Camp. He performed one of my favorite tracks, “Heartbeat”, and he absolutely killed it.
Camp is most likely gonna end up as my favorite hip hop album of 2011 and if you haven’t given it a proper listen, you’re definitely missing out. Go hear it now on Spotify or simply take my word for it and just download it on iTunes.
More Gambino:
iamdonald.com
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[watch] Michael B. Goode
Marty McFly lives!
Michael J. Fox flashed his guitar skills on Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” a la the “Back To The Future” finale a la the “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance at his annual Parkinson’s disease benefit. Fun fact: The “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance, coincidentally, took place on the same night as the fundraiser, 56 years earlier.
Enjoy.
and if you haven’t seen “Back To The Future” (what’s wrong with you?), here’s the original performance
[watch] Snow & Voices//Maybe Finland
Director Shannyn Sossamon says “I love Lauri’s voice. When she asked me to make the video for “Maybe Finland”, I was happy to do it. Ravi Dhar, a friend and cameraman, had been wanting to have fun with slow motion on his Canon – which was actually perfect for Lauri’s voice and the songs atmosphere. We made it one late night at Ravis house where Lauri was a trooper, having to dance for hours and hours without a clear end in sight. Here it is. Enjoy the video!”
Sossamon of course is talking about the latest music video from LA duo Snow & Voices. In case you’re not familiar, Snow & Voices consists of keyboardist Jebin Bruni and vocalist Lauri Kranz. For the recording of their album, Anything That Moves, they surrounded themselves with a musical collective consisting of friends and musicians including Joey Waronker, Joshua Grange and Chris Bruce. Their third album to date, Anything That Moves is a multi-layered aural landscape. The album features eight original songs written by Kranz and Bruni, plus their cover of the Red House Painter’s (Mark Kozelek) “Mistress” (my personal favorite, btw). Produced by Jebin Bruniand Darrell Thorp (Radiohead, Beck), Anything That Moves commits the band to the moody dream-pop sound that they have become known for.
As of late, the duo has been working on The Covers Project, for which they’ve been recording a series of cover songs and releasing them one at a time, every few months or so, with a vinyl release of the collection due at the end of the year. The first song in the series is a cover of Tir Na Nog’s “So Freely” from their 1972 release A Year and a Smile. The second release from The Covers Project is a fantastic cover of The Cure’s “Disintegration”. Both of these tracks, and more, are available on iTunes.
More Snow & Voices:
snowandvoices.com
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