SOKO - “We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow” (Official Video) (by noisey)

Just heard about Soko’s new album! The official video for “We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow” is cute but definitely NSFW.

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  • Sweet Dreams That I Used To Know

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My mash/blend of Gotye & Kimbra’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” over the instrumental to Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams”.

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Magnifier: St. Vincent

Romantic & Square’s 15 Best Albums of 2011

A long long time ago, I used to manage a music site called AekiTuesday.com. The site focused on local music news, reviews and views. Every year I would painstakingly work on my best of music list. I figured I should start this tradition on this lonely tumblr site. Perhaps it will give me the nudge I need to get back into the music blogging world (maybe). I am modestly starting with a top 15 list of 2011.

ROMANTIC & SQUARE - 15 Best Albums of 2011 
1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2. Adele - 21
3. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
5. Feist - Metals
6. Real Estate - Days
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
9. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Washed Out - Within and Without
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
12. Wilco - The Whole Love
13. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
14. The Decemberists -The King Is Dead
15. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

Notable Mentions:
* Radiohead - The King of Limbs
* Wild Flag - Wild Flag
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne
* Tom Waits - Bad As Me
* Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
* Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials
* Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
* The Weeknd - House of Balloons
* The Horrors - Skying

Here is a Spotify playlist of the albums I’ve enjoyed this year: [TUMBLR] Romantic & Square - Best of 2011

nprmusic: Ministry Of Sound founder Justin Berkmann, DJ Danny Tenaglia and others share stories about the late Larry Levan, the producer and DJ whose residency at New York’s Paradise Garage between 1977 and 1987 remains the most storied in clubland.
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Ministry Of Sound founder Justin Berkmann, DJ Danny Tenaglia and others share stories about the late Larry Levan, the producer and DJ whose residency at New York’s Paradise Garage between 1977 and 1987 remains the most storied in clubland.

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  • They Dont Know (Live Acoustic On KEXP)Ben Gibbard

Artist: Ben Gibbard
Song: They Don’t Know (Live Acoustic on KEXP)

So I don’t listen to the boys who say,
That you’re bad for me and I should turn you away.
Cause they don’t know about us, they’ve never heard of love.
I get a feeling when I look at you,
Wherever you go now, I wanna’ be there too.

Little Joy - Don’t Watch Me Dancing - (UNPLUGGED) (via grooveman81)

Sea of Bees - “Marmalade” - Off Air / In Studio (via)


If Eisley and Heather Nova ever decided to write an album together and record at a small studio in Rhode Island, it very well may sound like this.

Haiti : Arcade Fire à l’Oloffson (via Ayitijf)

Great performance!!

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  • BreathlessAdorable

Artist: Adorable
Song: Breathless
Album: Against Perfection

I’m scrambling ‘round the floor
Looking for some fresh metaphor
All the words to describe this just do not exist
I feel better than ever before

Mélanie Laurent - En t’attendant (via Atmospheriques)

The first taste of Mélanie’s new single. It’s quite catchy.


Here’s a bit from an Elle Magazine interview (via):

I hear you’re recording an album with Damien Rice. How did that come about?

It’s a crazy story. I went to Woodstock a year and a half ago to record the album, and I was unhappy with what happened there. I called my manager and asked him to call Damien Rice’s manager and organize something. I didn’t expect him to come, but he did, and we started to work together. I fired everyone and followed him to Ireland. He taught me everything about being a musician. I was a huge, huge fan, so it was weird for me to just speak with him like it’s natural, when I was like, “Oh my God, I’m speaking with Damien Rice and we’re creating music together.” But he’s my dearest friend now.

There’s no one way to define a great voice: Genius might lie in the phrasing, the range, the power, the control, the words themselves, or some sort of indescribable something else. But one way to diagnose genius for sure is to have a singer walk into a crowded room with little to no accompaniment, open his or her mouth, and command breathless attention in a matter of seconds.

NPR Music http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133687905/adele-tiny-desk-concert (via lilygirl2400)

So precious.

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  • Let's DanceDavid Bowie

tobia:

David Bowie
Let’s Dance
1983 

BOOM! 
#SoundtrackOfMyChildhood