I’m trying to fix something on my blog, so here’s another video immediately on the heels of the last. Stick around…there will likely be another shortly. Lightning Dust is a side project of some folks from Black Mountain, whom I’ve not heard.
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Not much else to say. Arcade Fire performing Neon Bible in an elevator. I especially like the use of a magazine as percussion instrument.
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If you’re not at least tapping your foot by a minute or so in to this song, well, I just don’t know you as well as I thought I did.
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I played this for the kids and they liked it. I bought the record and they haven’t stopped listening to it for weeks and weeks. Oh, and I like it too. She also made an iPhone app that is pretty cool. A song loops and responds to the motion of the iPhone. Shake it around and the song gets upbeat. Hold it still and the beat drops out and it gets very mellow and atmospheric. All the while, the app samples sounds from around you to include in the music. Never the same thing twice. Neat!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHX-znop8Q
The Hold Steady
Metric
Arcade Fire
Minor Threat
Lupe Fiasco
The Cardigans
Magnetic Fields
Die Kreuzen
The Selecter
TV on the Radio
Earth Wind and Fire
Tegan and Sara
Dead Kennedys
M.I.A.
Bad Brains
Atmosphere
Pink Floyd
Massive Attack
Wipers
X
The Specials
Metallica
The Who
Little Boots
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Devo
Pink
AC/DC
Sluglords
Okkervil River
NoMeansNo
Fishbone
Public Enemy
The Thermals
ELO
The Clash
Lightning Dust
Hunters and Collectors
Ah, youth! Operator Please – You Don’t Always Get What You Want:
One or another member of the Finn family has been informing my pop sensibilities since I bought Waiata by “Split Enz” in 1981 after seeing the video for “One Step Ahead.”
I wasn’t a huge Crowded House fan, but they had some really great songs that I still love today.
Now, here comes Liam, Neil’s son to carry on with a bit of a different take on pop from his dad and uncle.
I’m in love with Imelda May. The band is amazing and this song in particular is on seriously high replay on my headphones. In short, it’s just totally kick-ass rockabilly from Dublin by way of London.
On a related note, I highly recommend the show this video is taken from. It’s been on forever but I lost track of it for a few years. Later…With Jools Holland is on Ovation TV, seemingly, every fifteen minutes.
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It was hard to pick which song to post here, these kids do everything perfectly.
Emily Haines and James shaw who are also a part of Broken Social Scene.
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