Posted: July 18th, 2010 | Author: Cody | Filed under: Articles About Music | Tags: beach boys, cut copy, elvis costello, the avalanches | No Comments »
Other blogs have mentioned this track having a Beach Boys vibe in it. As for myself, while I see where they derive that, I’m not feeling that description so much. Instead, I get a bit of an Avalanches vibe from it. The sampling and reusing/mixing of sound has their style written all over it.
But as Elvis Costello said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” Listen to the track and tell us what you think. Is Cut Copy back for a thumping third major release, or is this the sign of their aging sound?
Posted: November 18th, 2009 | Author: Cody | Filed under: Articles About Music, Remix of the Week | Tags: beach boys, the girls can hear us | 1 Comment »
Goodness I’ve been out of action for awhile! I’ve got a few reasons, and a couple more excuses, but I’ll save that for a much larger post that I’m planning.
I’ve been keeping my eye on the remixing scene during my absence, and it’s been pretty slow. No major activity by Soulwax or any other big name, and no real key albums dropping to remix.
Simply: it’s the slow season for remixes.
So let’s just take a moment to relax to some Beach Boys shall we?
Wait a second! This isn’t your grandparent’s Brian Wilson! This cozy little remix is a vibrant seizure of sound that will rock your cortex.
If it doesn’t, I promise a full money back guarantee.
I hope your ears get their moneys worth. Ω
(p.s.) I hate when remixers plug themselves in their own mixes. It’s stupid, and so was the “Mac OS X Alex” voice they used. So “The Girls Can Hear Us”, if you’re listening… stop it.
Posted: February 19th, 2009 | Author: Brady | Filed under: Articles About Music, Limited Series | Tags: beach boys, interpol, pavement | 3 Comments »
A coda is a musical means to an end. It’s the final transition into a song’s finish. This concluding passage is often what the listener remembers after the glow of the music has faded, and it determines whether a song sprints or stumbles over the finish line. These are a few of my favorite songs with instrumental codas, in which the singer is either too exhausted or too overwhelmed to continue.
1. “PDA” – Interpol
Interpol’s albums have grown exponentially worse with each new release, but this song is from their moody masterpiece of a debut, Turn On The Bright Lights. The song chugs along mechanically, led by throbbing bass drum hits and stabbing, dissonant guitars, returning to a confounding chorus about sleeping on “200 couches.” But then the song pauses, brightens. The chugging returns more excited than before, carrying a fragile organ coo on its shoulders, and the sounds zigzag and crash into silence.
2. “I Know There’s An Answer” – The Beach Boys
This wonderful Pet Sounds track is buried awkwardly in the third quarter of the album, which is perhaps why it is so criminally ignored. All the components of the song’s final 37 seconds are singularly present throughout the entire song: the bizarre circus piano, the merry banjo, and that tambourine. But it’s not until the song’s wordless coda that the threads are played together, and it is the blending of these elements that create true magic. It’s Christmas morning, it’s your first kiss, it’s absolutely perfect.
3. “Stop Breathin’” – Pavement
The song seems to begin in the middle of a phrase, without introduction. Stephen Malkmus croaks, “Dad, they broke me,” over drunken arpeggios and repeats the line twice at the finish of the first chorus. But he sings it only once for the second chorus, so we know a change is coming. Suddenly all falls silent, save for the sluggish 6/8 heartbeats of the drums. A brooding finger picked guitar line enters and is soon joined by another, each of them rising, falling and intersecting. The noise builds to a fever pitch, narrows to one single note of feedback, and then erupts again, roaring into a second coda.
Posted: August 11th, 2008 | Author: Nathan | Filed under: Articles About Music | Tags: beach boys, beirut, counting crows, five iron frenzy, james taylor, jets to brazil, olympics, playlist, spoon, the neighborhood, the shins, wilco | 2 Comments »
There are a few things that get me to sit on my butt and stare at a television set all day long and not regret doing so. And on that short list along with March Madness and the World Cup, is the Olympics. The Olympics is the most recent addition to this list, because 2004 was the first time I really watched the Olympics. And then I only really watched it because I wanted to spend time with this really hot girl I liked (who I later decided to marry). Anyway I decided that this event was worth of a post. So here is my post in honor of the opening ceremonies for the Olympics.
So China in my opinion really raised the bar when it came to the opening ceremonies. I really enjoyed watching the theatrics of it all. They continued to just wow the crowd and the millions watching all over the world. So in honor of the events that have taken place and are going to be happening for next couple of weeks, I have created a little olympic-style playlist for you all. If you like you can leave a comment and vote for your favorite songs and then maybe I’ll hand out some medals. Anyway. Here is the playlist. Hope your ears bleed.
1. The Neighborhood – China Boy (removed 2/13/09)
2. Counting Crows – Holiday In Spain (removed 2/13/09)
3. Beirut – Postcards From Italy (removed 2/13/09)
4. James Taylor – Mexico (removed 2/13/09)
5. Five Iron Frenzy – Oh, Canada (removed 2/13/09)
6. Wilco – Impossible Germany (removed 2/13/09)
7. Jets to Brazil – Sweet Avenue (removed 2/13/09)
8. The Shins – Australia (removed 2/13/09)
9. Spoon – My Little Japanese Cigarette Case (removed 2/13/09)
10. The Beach Boys – Surfin’ U.S.A. (removed 2/13/09)
It seems the internet is booming with excitement over the release of a new single by Melbourne based electronic outfit Cut Copy. Well, I think it’s worth mentioning that IHYEB shares in that excitement. I, Cody, have been posting my favorite Cut Copy remixes for what is now years here on the blog, so now when a new release comes my way I can’t help but be a little over excited.
