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Here are the last couple of weeks in music news. You may remember Ryan's post about Pitchfork Music Festival 2007, well it looks like 2008 will be another great year for this Chicago, Illinois-based organization. The Pitchfork Festival 2008 will take place July 18-20th and will feature over forty bands.
I think this Festival is shaping up quite well, and who knows? Maybe in a few years it will rival some of England's more famous Festivals like Glastonbury and Reading.
For a limited time, Pitchfork and eMusic are giving away 25 tracks for free. Since we have covered many of these bands, I have included links to our previous articles below. Grab it now because last year's 2007 Sampler is no longer available.
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01 Mission of Burma: "Academy Fight Song"
02 Boris: "Ibitsu" 03 Cut Copy: "Lights & Music" 04 Jarvis Cocker: "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" 05 Spiritualized: "Soul on Fire" 06 Extra Golden: "OK-Oyot System" 07 The Dodos: "Jodi" 08 High Places: "Sandy Feat" (7" Version) 09 Mahjongg: "Those Birds Are Bats" 10 Atlas Sound: "River Card" 11 Bon Iver: "For Emma" 12 No Age: "Neck Escaper" 13 Times New Viking: "Drop-Out" |
14 The King Khan & BBQ Show: "I'll Never Belong" 15 Jay Reatard: "My Shadow" 16 Dizzee Rascal: "Sirens" 17 Fuck Buttons: "Bright Tomorrow" 18 HEALTH: "Glitter Pills" 19 Animal Collective: "Grass" 20 Boban Markovic Orkestar: "Balkan Fest" 21 A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble: "Serbian Cocek" 22 Les Savy Fav: "The Equestrian" 23 Elf Power: "Never Believe" 24 The Apples in Stereo: "Energy" 25 Dinosaur Jr.: "Almost Ready" |
All I have to say is: Dinosaur Jr are still together? Far out.
Other news should really come as no surprise: France is banning pirates, Duffy got some mojo, LeAnn Rimes makes her very own "My Little Pony", Beatles song making it onto Rock Band, insanely expensive gasoline prices are causing indie bands to stop touring, and how to make your very own Daft Punk suit. That last story inspired me to actually want to buy these inexpensive neon lights to design my own "Sleeper" logo shirt or something? Weekend project, anyone?
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It's basically an Australian tradition, a relatively new one, I grant you, but if an Australia Day passed that I, at least, wasn't sitting next to the radio (or had one blaring loudly so that I could hear it in my beer drinking position), I would feel somewhat dirty!
A little explanation behind the whole principle... Triple J, Australias government funded "youth" radio station, each year holds an election of sort, for the top 100 songs released in the previous year. This is thoughtfully names the "Hottest 100". Each January 26th, we sit down and intently listen from about 10am to about 6pm as Triple J plays the songs one by one, starting at #100 and slowly working their way to #1
Whether you are working (unfortunate for you being a public holiday and all), driving, eating, playing Yahtzee, jelly wresting in an inflatable pool down at the local beach, plying boule whilst someone supplies you with beverages and cooks a BBQ... it's somewhat blasphemous (in my eyes) not to have the radio tuned in.
I must admit, that this year, having recently started a new job and not being able to have the radio blaring all day every day, I have fallen behind when it comes to new music. So i was a little lost, in fact many of the songs that made it up there this year, i had never heard before.
Now, if you'll kindly cast your eyes to the left, you'll see the final list and because I'm biased, I have highlighted the Australian artists in bold.
It's quite interesting to actually look at what makes it in each year, because basically, it's the favourite songs of a large proportion of Australia's "youth". For instance, but looking at the list, you see that more than half of the songs are by Australian artists. This is frankly, quite awesome to see. But at the same time reflects the fact that Triple J does a great job of promoting local artists.
Focusing on the top 10. I guess you could say that the songs were pretty much all expected to be up there.
The Panics - winners of a JJJ award for their album "Cruel Guards" another of the volumous brilliant bands that come out of Perth (my theory is because there's not a great deal else to do there).... *ahem*
Daft Punk have had a massive come back this year just passed (not that they really ever completely went away). I too agree that they're quite awesome in the realms of electronica, but another case of "i like your old stuff better than your new stuff" exists in my heart for these guys.
Faker - well... i've said all I need to say about Faker. but i admit, appealing to the vast masses by giving them that standard brand of rock that is by no means, bad.... just boring.
Both Silverchair and the John Butler Trio made several appearances throughout the day. And deservadly so.
The only similarities between these two bands is that they are based in Australia, pump out some crazily catchy tunes and have singers who could well be mistaken for hippies. Although I must say that anyone who grows up in the Australian coastal city of Newcastle, as is the case for young Daniel Johns (and myself) and doesn't turn out as a surfy wanker, it's thumbs up from me. It was easier for me being a hater of sun, sand and also being female.
I can't say i'm a big John Butler Trio fan, but talentless they are not. Their songs are well constructed and meaningful.
In the case of Silverchairs' 'Straight lines', more than one person had picked this as being the number 1 song for the day. I was inclined to agree. In my opinion, there were not obvious stand out songs of 2006.
So when i came time to huddling round the radio, beer in hand, to find out what that number one song was, we were all in quite a state of confusion. What other bands had released albums in 2007?
No idea.
And I must say, the fact that Muse came in at #1 was a huge surprise. Considering that their latest album, Black Holes and revalations, was relased in 2006.
Oh well.... another year over.
You can listen to it here, if you so desire.
So remember, no matter where you are in the world you are this coming December, voting is open to everyone! So start writing down the names of those catchy songs now.
Have a good one! Sal
p.s. you ca listen to JJJ online... just pop in here.
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Daft Punk's Alive 2007 album was released domestically, from Virgin Records, last month (December 4th), although it was available to Europe in November.
Since we've previously mentioned them a few times now (see Further Reading), I'll only talk about this album.
This is their official second live album (their previous live album is called Alive 1997) and was recorded at Bercy in Paris, France (June 14, 2007).
Looking at the tracklisting on the CD, you'd think that over 20 tracks, but in reality there's only 12 songs. All of the 12 songs are medley of their best house mix, including: "Da Funk" with "Daftendirekt", "Touch It" with "Technologic", etc.
My favorite is the irresistible "Around The World" with "Harder Better Faster Stronger". Listen as you hear the crowd cheer when the familar "Around the World" beats in.
To read about the origin of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", I suggest you check out my previous article: Daft Hands.
Alive 2007's artwork as represented here is actually not correct. I suspect that was the digital cover art version (features brighter lines). The real printed artwork is a bit darker (and thinner lines). See the scan for comparison.
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Have you had a chance to watch this infectious video called Daft Hands - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"? You must wait until the fingers starts coming out. It's pretty amazing. I think towards the end, she started messing up, but it is okay because it's so awesome.
If you were curious, the song is by Daft Punk off their Discovery (2001), and heavily used samples from "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong.
There's not a whole lot of information on Birdsong on the internet. The only thing I can piece together is that it seems that Birdsong is a funk and soul artist from the late 70s, who's career spans into the mid-80s.
Update: Thanks to connectionsuisse.vox.com:
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So, I put together a proof copy of the We♥Music CD/Booklet. You can see what it looks like on the photograph, ignore the trash cinema in the background...
The CD is free to anyone interested, I just need you to send me postage, it should be less than $3. I will post again when they are ready and finalized. In the meantime, it's always good to re-read and re-listen to some of these classic tracks on here. The track listing* :
1. Cristina | Zazie - Rose
2. Randy | Math and Physics Club - Weekends Away
3. Michael | Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
4. Brody | A Very Hip Band From London Called The Rocks
5. Gus | 23
6. Vu | Stars - Heart
7. Melinda | "Beware of the Piano": DJ Lebowitz rockin' your punkass like the donkey
8. Christopher | Halflight - Worship
9. Minh | It's Mono, so there!
10. Kristine | Nada Surf - Always Love
11. Jason | Eisley - Sea King
12. Em | RIAA - It's Whiskey
13. Jaime | Moi, le voisin
14. Maggie | My Favorite - The Kids Are All Wrong
15. Em | Daft Punk - Da Funk
16. Mads | Candie Payne - All I Need To Hear
17. Troy | Bleach - Dipping
18. Celeste | The Feminine Complex - Are You Lonesome Like Me?
* Track listing are subject to change.
My neighbor had been playing Daft Punk really loudly today. I could hear it through my window, where it was coming in through his open own. And then he put Da Funk on, and then I realized how old it was.
Apparently it came out in '97, but it probably had some club play before then. But it's roughly a decade old. So is it one of the classics, then? It's floorfiller in a club, but recognizable in the general public. It's sort of the Blue Monday of this generation - one of those generation defining tracks you could kill to, with either a baseball bat or a battle axe or a tank. But it's also better to dance to, preferably when aggressively pursing some tail. There's an intrinsic sense of fun and life in the song that's quite remarkable. And because of those qualities, this song was the sort of material that helped to broaden the appeal of dance/techno music, especially in the United States. Before Daft Punk, only raver kids and DJ's in places like New York would ever have records like this. Disco died in the U.S., and as a result only within the recent decade has it come into its own as a consumer of records like Da Funk.
And how does this song fit in with the rest of what Daft Punk has done? Da Funk dominates the album it's on, Homework. As great as it is, I can't help but have the feeling that there's some filler here, paticularly on the tracks that try to hit as hard as Da Funk, like Rollin' & Scratchin', which is the sort of thing that probably is best enjoyed with a DJ fooling around with it in his set. But Da Funk needs no adulteration. It's real ear candy. I don't know if it sounds dated to any of you, but it doesn't to me. It's the kind of record that's stuck with me ever since I really started listening to music, and I know I haven't noticed it's age until today. But maybe it's ageless.
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