Chromeo: More Synth!

Talk box + synth + more synth = gold. Go stalk this guy at Columbia University.

Sea Wolf

I admit, I got started thinking about Sea Wolf again when their song "I'm A Wolf" appeared in an episode of Gossip Girl. (Yes, I was watching Gossip Girl.) I got turned onto them from the You Ain't No Picasso blog and magically, I somehow have 6 songs of theirs in my Winamp library. (And yes, I've transitioned from Itunes.)

Download "The Garden That You Planted" by Sea Wolf. (expires on Christmas!)

Here's "The Garden That You Planted" by Sea Wolf. Although perhaps overly meaningful, it's sweet-sounding and I like it.

Muppets Tonight Nostalgia

I saw this in Pitchfork's Forkcast and was thoroughly amused.

The Gospel of Matt

... Matt Berninger, that is. I can't find a good YouTube video of the full song by The National, an Ohio-based indie rock band led by baritone Berninger, but the acoustic teaser of the song is a pretty good representation. The sailboat performance? Somewhat poignant, but you can be the judge. I believe the clip was recorded early in the making of Boxer, their fourth album release, because at 38 seconds, you can hear the guitarist slip up a little in a chord change. It's nice to see someone playing a nylon-string too.

The National's Boxer was heavily praised by the likes of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, probably why I brushed over it in the first place. Thanks to shuffle, I was able to remedy my mistake. But hey... Pitchfork did love Deerhoof and I'll never understand why.



And for anyone that cares... download "The Gospel" by The National.