jesus dont cry

hohoho

first. merry christmas. 6 music is a good radio station. recently they had a radio takeover slot with a pretty great trio. brothers aaron and bryce dessner from the national. and richard reed parry from arcade fire. very nice. although to be fair some of their song choices were slightly dubious. the what seemed to be about an 8 minute long folk song particularly bored me. however they did also play two tracks they recorded with sufjan stevens. he makes a christmas album for his friends every year. because he is a nice guy. and because he loves jesus. which leads me to my tenuous link to this song. jesus etc. by the wonderful wilco. its not a christmas song. but it is good. and it has the birthday boys name in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMjdrXJmZ2w&feature=related

JESUS, ETC. - wilco

its not going to hurt you

times are changing

this week i got a job. actually thats not quite right. last week i got a job. this week i started it. it is my first real one. the realisation is setting in that long gone are the days of lying around. missing lectures. and mistaking the problems of one tree hill characters as your own. this is very much head down. real life. a key person to laze with in the days of old kindly played me this song a while back. as fellow believers of you can teach yourself this stuff. we would often find appropriate excuses to miss most commitments presented. and instead to eat subways and listen to music. she is back soon from new york. the apple that dreams are made of. solo project of lockett pundt of deerhunter origin this is the great lotus plaza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0V3fD8z7c

RAIN DOWN - lotus plaza

falling out of touch

the grass is always greener

i got given tickets tonight to see this new band wolf gang. a bit mgmt. a british band who sound a bit brooklyn. and i thought about posting a song. but then i found out the national are playing tonight. and now suddenly wolf gang seems less exciting. shame really. so to reference what im missing here is green gloves. from boxer.by the national. the brooklyn band who sound a bit british.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhGFu84u90

GREEN GLOVES - the national

you'll find me in the morning

good support

i saw harry potter for the second time this week. it was therefore the second time that i laughed at rons - yeah im still here - line. and the second time i cried over death of dobby - the cgi elf. the only song used in the film. o children by nick cave and the bad seeds is one of those that makes you want youtube to have a repeat button. today a friend told me to listen to a band. unfortunately im one of those stubborn people who prefers to tell rather then be told. so i tend to forget to listen. bad i know. its a similar trait to wanting do all the cooking youself. for wanting all the praise. however for this next song i will pass on the credit to the un-named friend. they are the second band iv mentioned to support mumford and sons. pattern. they are playing in london on the 16th of december. repeat button. please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFf4Dk3Hi_w

WITHIN THE ROSE - matthew and the atlas

three words you have spoken

hard to get through

i know someone who likes to tell me on a regular basis that all new music is shit. and he is impossible to argue with. but not because he is right. but because he himself is impossible. the main focus of his argument is - why would you want to sound like anything other then the rolling stones. the outcome of this mindset is a continuous and unrelenting playlist of old music. not that thats a bad thing. but its good to be diverse. however there is one band that i have been introduced to from him which does slightly divert. they are not really new. but neither are they old. 1990s. the name merges rolling stones guitarist brian jones and the cult mass suicide of the jonestown massacre. an album title too pays homage to the stones - their satanic majesties second request. now thats one sure fire way to win this guy over.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LeAsyqRNTI&feature=related

NEVERTHELESS - brian jonestown massacre

its written on my face, they say, these days

hard to find

i've wanted to put this song up for a while. but a combination not being able to find the song and forgetting its name has caused it to remain hidden within the internet. the key problem with this band is their name. girls. not a bad name for a band. in fact a good name. but try and search it on the internet and you get exactly that. girls. search girls 'the band' to combat getting actual girls. you get a girl band. frustrating. they have a new ep broken dreams club which pitchfork has kindly flagged and subsequently reminded me to not give up on my search for a song i played all last year. its a b side from hell hole rat race their second single. after a trawl through lastfm, pitchfork and google i found it. once again. through trustworthy and reliable wikipedia. its really all you need.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32NWiqD9Nw



SOLITUDE - girls

i wont give in

good day mate

not your typical aussie blokes. or typical aussie sound. these kids have only been around a year. signed to universal they've toured with homegrown favourites laura marling and mumford and sons. and if you do like them we are all in luck as they are coming to england in december. london. manchester. oxford. bristol. see you there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9ifwkPZO4&feature=related

MEXICAN MAVIS - boy & bear

you know all the right things to say

JOJO>>

i hate mondays. to make myself feel a bit better i like to play susan boyles wild horses. which brings me onto covers. remember jojo. she was nice wasnt she. but ever thought her songs would sound better sung by a man, half of brooklyn band grizzly bear, and in acoustic. then your in luck. please find below too little too late cover by department of eagles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4HeUXHqoo

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - department of eagles

we counted them all alone

it is movember

these full grown men may not all have mustaches, but two have beards. the lead singer doug martsch in particular has a mighty beard. i heard this band when their track the weather was put on my first ever mix cd. also. to reference modest mouse again i will turn to a documentary made about the band in 1997. which features elliot smith which is quite cool.  issac brock said of doug that he was one of only three people he thought should be making records. doug in reply said modest mouse exemplify the perfect rock band. any friend of modest mouse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNtZIn7L4A

BUILT TO SPILL - carry the zero

and all I can think about is a way to get through to them

glacial pace.

modest mouse have been my favorite band since when i was 14 when my friends older sister lent her a mix cd with them on it. isaac brock the lead singer used to do a&r for subpop. he has since started his own label. glacial pace. if you go on the website the page plays a selection of songs from their acts. the first is mimicking birds. a song called burning stars. having not been on their myspace for about a year they now have new songs. they are moving forward. this one is called 10%.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8HCAvHiVrs

10% - mimicking birds

http://www.myspace.com/mimickingbirds

the pain will all grow out

i used to dance.

two years ago i got introduced to coco rosie. whilst youtubing their music i found this random girl called alexa anderson dancing to 'warewolf'. i stopped youtubing cocoroise. i started youtubing alexa. i know its weird to watch videos of a random girl dancing. but to understand you really have to watch. it is because of this that i found the song relief by chris garneau. she dances a duet to it. the reason for posting the dancing video and not chris garneaus one is two fold. one: it is the best dance in the world. like all strictly final routines in one. times ten. two: the version of this song that chris g decided to actually release is. for want of a better word. a bit shit. he breaths funny in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJSCUfDgwRY

RELIEF - chris garneau

a means to carry on

everyone wants to be swedish.

this lady is from sweden. and shes not the first person to make good music from there. abba. robyn. basshunter. say no more. and they're all fit. basshunter in particular.but if you are looking for something new in the swedish pop 'scene'. look no further then this lovely swede. el perro del mar. translation: dog of the sea.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJn-nUCzQLk

CHANGE OF HEART - el perro del mar

what wood you do?

clever little brother:

to divert slightly from music. at school my brother was good at sport. not so much with the education. if he doesn't mind me saying. he decided to do art at gcse. and to everyone's surprise it turns out he was very good. and so from no where i suddenly had a creative brother. hes currently studying creative advertising. but in his foundation year he made a short film with some friends. its just about a little log. but to sound like a film student. it takes you on an emotional journey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUr069H-XM

i cant give you the moon but maybe he can

a shot at a&r

the other day i was speaking to my intern friend. we spoke about who we would sign if we were in a&r. i said - we thieves. last year when i was a emi another intern charlie mentioned he was in a band. if i am honest. i didnt expect much. i was greatly mistaken. they could be signed in a minute im sure of it. just amazing amazing music. to make a half hearted comparison - mumford and sons'y ish. the wait is currently my overplayed track. but its all pretty great. if you ask me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkyZidFTLGQ

THE WAIT - we thieves

http://www.myspace.com/wethieves

don't tell me what cannot be done

the first one should be a good one.

i found this song about 3 weeks ago. sufjan stevens covers it sometimes. i heard it on la blogotheque. i looked for it on spotify. found out that it was by innocence mission. and now here i am. about 200 plays later. this song will now always remind me of this time. also i like it because i am from canada. well half. i was born there. but really i am english. it just sounds cooler to have 2 passports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfQ58BA-2cY

LAKES OF CANADA - the innocence mission