The Deep Vibration

The Deep Vibration is a band out of Nashville. The lead singer and creator of the band, Matt Campbell was a student of mine at Belmont. The band is deeply influenced by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, The Band, The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Clash, The Ramones, Phil Spector, Stax Records, Townes Van Zandt, Flying Burrito Brothers, & Hank Williams. You can definitely hear the Neil Young in there and they remind me of early angry Ryan Adams. Hope you enjoy!

The Deep Vibration

brothersport

In the vein of what I'm listening to lately:

I've come around to Animal Collective slowly. I didn't go gaga over Strawberry Jam, but I did like Panda Bear's Person Pitch, so I thought I'd give them another go. Tracks like "My Girls" and "Bluish" got me going, but it was the synth breakdown at the 3:00 mark on the last track "Brothersport" that hooked me. Which is why I've had it on repeat this week:

Brother Sport.mp3 - Animal Collective

Sorry- Imeem is doing the dumb 30 second thing. I'm sure you all have the album anyways.

P.S. This is an interesting take on Hipster Run Off. Entertaining.

Some New, Some Old

3 songs have been on repeat on my new 120 GB ipod lately(thanks super hero wife), and when you realize that i've had my ipod for only 5 days that's what i call driving your point home. yes, there are other songs on repetition, but you have already talked about them. "so make of that, what you will."

i'm really digging A.C. Newman's album, Get Guilty, this LA band, No Age, and my brother in law reintroduced me to a band that i discarded into the list of bands that i should pretend to like but never really listened too. he even went to go see their final show in a cave in McMinnville, TN. i'm definitely not jealous.

There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve - A.C. Newman

Eraser - No Age

Random Rules - Silver Jews

the last one is from American Water.

mykonos video

cool video. those tall legs in the forest are kind of creepy. saw it first on pitchfork.

the bird and the bee

I was bored and looking through Pitchfork's recent reviews and ran across The Bird and The Bee. Maybe because Third has gotten me into the mood for "Trip-Hop 2.0", a female singer and "space-jazz" DJ pop duo hit the right note, so to speak.

MySpace

Pitchfork Review



The Bird and The Bee - Polite Dance Song [mp3]

via quietcolor.com

hot chip "transmission"

i imagine there are a few readers of this blog who know and listen to hot chip. i'll also go out on a limb and assume that many of you read pictfork as well, which means that you may have already heard about hot chip's cover of joy division's "transmission." if you're cringing at the very thought of hot chip covering joy division, step back a second, because its good. way better than that lame killers cover of "shadowplay" (admittedly, i listened to it, but that was because of the source material...i promise). check it out, i don't think you'll dissappointed. it's part of yet another project to raise awareness, war child. the idea is that a classic artist nominates and up and comer to perform one of his/her songs. here it is.

Transmission (Cover Joy Division) - Hot Chip

also, because pitchfork posted this video on their hot chip post and it rocks...i will too. not that i have a problem with my lack of originality or anything. 

titus andronicus

do you ever need to hear screaming, ballistic music? if the answer is no, it's a safe assumption this post isn't for you. admittedly, i am easily overwhelmed with many of the punk-themed acts. but for my part, i need a fair amount of discord along with the harmonies. so i can still get excited about music like titus andronicus' indie punk.

titus andronicus manages to keep me listening for more than two songs because they have also a pop sensibility. listen to "arms against atrophy. " the beginning makes me think of the walkmen's "the rat." but where the walkmen focus on rage, titus andronicus is concerned with irony in the vein of catch-22 (hat tip to atkins for the book recommendation). check out "my time outside the womb" for some good lines. or how about the list of things that won't be around when you die: "no more cigarettes/no more having sex/no more drinking 'till you fall on the floor/no more indie rock..." on the song "titus andronicus?"

this makes the lyrics wryly funny (in the modern sense of the word, which of course means un-funny, but whatever) and the music fun (again, if you're into a little screaming and guitars, so that probably makes it in the modern sense of the word, too).  i hope you enjoy the screaming.

titus andronicus