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Knox Road in: The Year That Was, 2008

Without further ado, we present to you 2008, in review. Top 10 Best Things (in no particular order): Kanye West’s “Eat Shit and Die” Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Conan O’ Brian fighting on national television Michael Phelps sets a lot of world records and loves freedom and democracy Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes performs on… Continue reading Knox Road in: The Year That Was, 2008

iPod touch commercial music: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Another feature in our frequent “For Those Of You Wondering” posts. The iPod touch 2G commercial features the song “Around The Bend” by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. If it sounds familiar, the same song was also featured on an episode of this season’s Gossip Girl. Mp3 below. (Special thanks to Pretty Much Amazing.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6O5A83_rxk] The… Continue reading iPod touch commercial music: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Lykke Li performs “Dance, Dance, Dance” live at the 2008 MTV Woodie Awards

Lykke Li. Incredible artist, incredible performer. Basically, I love this video. Mp3s below. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.765354&w=425&h=350&fv=CONFIG_URL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtv.com%2Fwoodies%2Fplayer%2Fembed%2Fsite%2Fconfiguration.jhtml%253fid%253D1599024%2526vid%253D317045%2526autoPlay%253Dtrue%26allowFullScreen%3Dtrue] Lykke Li – Dance, Dance, Dance Lykke Li – Breaking It Up (from Youth Novels)

12 Days of Christmas Music: Bing Crosby’s “Merry Christmas”

Merry Christmas (to all who celebrate that sort of thing)! To conclude this series is the greatest Christmas album of all time, Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas. Sure, I’m old fashioned, and maybe this is a lame pick because, OH Bing Crosby is SOOO predictable and great blah blah blah. Well he is great, and this… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: Bing Crosby’s “Merry Christmas”

“Slumdog Millionaire” Trailer Music: Sigur Ros

So I’ve gotten numerous requests for “that song (not The Ting Tings’ “Great DJ”) that plays in the background of the Slumdog Millionaire trailer.” For those who don’t know, the song (which kicks in at about 1:10 in the trailer) is Sigur Ros‘ “Hoppipolla” from the album Takk. Mp3 below, along with a We Are… Continue reading “Slumdog Millionaire” Trailer Music: Sigur Ros

12 Days of Christmas Music: Odds and Ends

It’s Christmas Eve, making this day 11 of the series. Before tomorrow’s big reveal of the greatest Christmas album of all time, here are some of the random bits of Christmas I came across this month. The Best Christmas Music Video Ever Ali Lohan, Lindsay’s 15-year-old younger sister, decided to make a song called “Christmas… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: Odds and Ends

12 Days of Christmas Music: The Hotel Cafe’s “Winter Songs” Compilation

LA music venue The Hotel Cafe put out a holiday compilation this year called “Winter Songs.” Since The Hotel Cafe focuses on female singer/songwriters, the album is solely that. All your favorite women of music like KT Tunstall, Ingrid Michaelson, Fiona Apple and Katy Perry (singer/songwriter? Really?) are there giving you soft snowy goodness. I… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: The Hotel Cafe’s “Winter Songs” Compilation

I like music from 2008!

In the spirit of the season, I am going to do a “best of” list for this year. This is a big deal to me, as I have been preparing for this since January 2008. I highly recommend the following albums for consumptionā€¦ 5. Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances It is essential to… Continue reading I like music from 2008!

12 Days of Christmas Music: Sufjan Stevens

The story goes that every year between 2001 and 2006 (sans 2004) Sufjan Stevens would record an EP of Christmas songs to give out to his family and friends. In 2006 he decided to gather all the EPs together and release them in one giant collection called Songs For Christmas. The set is comprised of… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: Sufjan Stevens