- Wild'N Cuz I'm Young - Kid Cuid
- Monster (Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj) - Kanye West
- Right Side of My Brain - The Dream
- No More You (The Dream cover) - jj (video)
- Make Her Say (Feat. Kanye West and Common) - Kid Cudi
- Fembot - Robyn
- Dancehall Queen (Diplo remix) - Robyn
- In For the Kill (Kanye West remix) - La Roux
- Hot Mess (Feat. La Roux) - Chromeo
- You Ain't No Dj - Big Boi and Yelawolf
- Under the Sheets - Ellie Goulding
- Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding
- Poodlehead - The Dirty Names
- Castle Walls (Feat. Christina Aguleria) - T.I.
- Let Them - jj
- Red Hot Chilipop - Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Lil Wayne
- Death (Crystal Castles remix) - White Lies
Monday, December 6, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
Sunday, November 14, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
- Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend
- Nerds - The Dodos
- Half Hearted Attempt II - Emperor Clouds
- The Owl and the Tanager - Sufjan Stevens
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes on (video)
- You Are Not a Robot (Marina and the Diamonds remix) - Hoodie Allen
- Chillin (feat. Lady Gaga) - Wale
- Hot Tottie (feat. Jay - Z) - Usher
- Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
- Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) - Janelle Monae
- Down by the Water - The Decemberists
- La Musique - Yelle
- Vesuvius - Sufjan Stevens
- In the Summer - The Forest and the Trees
- Rumpshaker - Wreckx N Effect
- Look at What the Light Did Now - Little Wings and Feist
- Requiem - The Americans (video)
LIMNOLOGY radio
- I Walked - Sufjan Stevens
- Whip My Hair - Willow Smith
- What's My Name (Feat. Drake) - Rihanna
- Only Girl in the World - Rihanna
- Cold War - Janelle Monae
- Chicken and Meat - Das Racist
- Islands (xx cover) - Shakira
- Undertow - Warpaint
- Tell 'em (Kingdom Remix) - Sleigh Bells
- Because - Chiddy Bang
- Shutterbug - Big Boi
- Leaving on a Jet Plan (John Denver cover) - Chantal Kreviazuk
- These Days - Jackson Browne
- I Was Made for Sunny Days - The Weepies
- 24-25 - Kings of Convenience
- Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens
- You Love Me - Devotchka
- Space - M.I.A.
- Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
- I Get Crazy - Nicki Minaj
Sunday, October 3, 2010
LiMNOLOGY radio
Download the show from October 3 here
- Finn Bikkjen! - Casiokids
- Mercy - Duffy
- Symphonies (Feat. Kid Cudi) - Dan Black
- Star of Wonder/None Shall Pass (Feat. Aesop Rock) - Sufjan Stevens/Tor
- All Things Go - Chiddy Bang
- Six Severd Hates - Entrepreneurs
- Horchata - Vampire Weekend
- Last Love - Matrimony
- Wasted Daylight - Stars
- Feeling Today - Botany
- Toxic (Britney Spears cover) - Yael Naim
- Internet Connection - M.I.A.
- 4THEPEOPLEINTHEBOAT - M.I.A. and Diplo
- Teenage Girl - The Darlings
- Be My Thrill - The Weepies]
- Love Me Two Times - The Doors
- Hold Me - Masha Evans
- PDA (We Just Don't Care) - John Legend
- Fascination - The Human League
- Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell cover) - Sufjan Stevens
- The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover) - Robin Pecknold
- Gardyn - Pogo
Sunday, September 26, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
WE'RE BACK!!!
- We Used to Wait - Arcade Fire
- Black Magic - Magic Wands (Download here)
- Neon Trees - Animal
- Bamboleo - Gipsy Kings
- Dash After Dash - Matt and Kim
- Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear cover) - Ruby Weapon
- Knife (Grizzly Bear cover) - CSS
- The Dress Looks Nice on You/Make you Feel That Way (Feat. Gift of Gab) - Sufjan Stevens/Tor
- Right On (Feat. Joanna Newsom and STS) - The Roots
- Lover of Mine - Beach House
- I'm Leaving You for Solitude - Manic Street Preachers (Download here)
- Heart it Races (Architecture in Helsinki cover) - Dr. Dog
- Marathon - Tennis
- And the Leaving is Easy - Guts
- God - The Dodos (Listen here)
- So This is Goodbye (Remix) - William Fitzsimmon
- Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
- Your Love - The Outfield
- Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Lemonade
Friday, August 13, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Black Magic
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tennis
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Françoise Hardy
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sunshine
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Joanna Newsom + The Roots = Perfection
Found this gem on the blog Pretty Much Amazing. Any attempt that I would make to describe and praise this rework of Joanna Newsom's already sassy song The Book of Right-On (Off her album The Milk-Eyed Mender) would fall short of The Roots' new version, from their album How I Got Over.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
And the living is easy...
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Internal Combustion
I couldn't find much about Phillip Oskar Augustine on the world wide web (though he's from Columbia, South Carolina and his real name is Tyler Wallace), but give this short track a listen - because Washed Out's Ernest Greene contributed rhythm synth, it's a bit like the Magnetic Fields or Of Montreal created the electro-instrumentals and Avi Buffalo/the Shins collaborated on the vocals ... and it all turned out really, really well.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Manu Chao
Though Manu Chao has been around for awhile (I've loved his song Me Gustas Tu ever since I listened to it in 7th grade Spanish class), I've recently revisited him and fallen in love again. The French/Spanish Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao) sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, English, and Portuguese, and began his career in the french band Hot Pants. He later founded the band Mano Negra with his brother Antoine Chao in 1987, and became a solo artist after the band's break up in 1995.
Post-Everything
Hey!
I’m the other person who talks between songs on Radio Limnology (returning in September!), Ezra. I’m gonna post here now too. For my first post I figured I’d tell you about something you probably already know about, just to really bring it home. If you don’t already know, you should read the New York Times magazine from last Sunday, follow M.I.A. on twitter, or get some friends.
The most good track so far is “XXXO,” which has a lot going on but seems like progress from her previous work and isn’t annoying/scary/offensive/poorly executed. It’s a little edgy (the chorus is “you want me be somebody who I’m really not,” thanks for teaching our kids about how be somebody who is really not a grammarian), and a lot electro-pop, but it works and even has a Quentin Tarrantino shoutout! What’s not to like?
Sunday, June 6, 2010
French Connection
Growing a little bored of the top hits in the US, I recently turned to the french top 100 and found some gems. Not only do you sound cultured (or snobby..?) by casually putting on an international jam at a party, but you can also enjoy the bangin' beat without taking offense to the presumably dirty lyrics (assuming you don't speak french).
Friday, May 28, 2010
Discovery
Created in 2005, Discovery is the collaboration of Rostam Batmanglij (the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (The vocalist from Ra Ra Riot). They released their debut (and only, so far) album, LP, in July 2009 - music critic Patrick Sisson described it as "filled with innocent, lovelorn lyrics and the last 30 years' worth of guilty-pleasure keyboard cliches" while John Meagher (of the Belfast Telegraph) said it was "appalling".
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Marina and the Diamonds
The past week or so I've been listening almost nonstop to Marina and the Diamonds, a 24 year old half-Greek half-Welsh singer songwriter whose real name is Marina Lambrini Diamandis. (According to wikipedia, 'Diamandis' means 'diamonds' in Greek...) She has an extremely powerful, full and gorgeous voice, and her music is upbeat and dramatic - I think a Mama Mia or Moving Out - esq musical is in order.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
Alas, tonight was our last show of the semester - fear not, we will be back in the fall and the blog will continue to be updated. (I'm sure no one was that scared)
- I Don't Know What to Say - The Magnetic Fields
- Demonized Nature - TwinSisterMoon
- Kiss Me Again - Jessica Lea Mayfield
- Girl in the War - Josh Ritter
- Sofia's Song - Sufjan Stevens
- Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - Tracy Jordan
- I Am Not a Robot - Marina and the Diamonds
- 100,000 Fireflies - The Magnetic Fields
- Crimewave - Crystal Castles
- Radio Gaga - Queen
- Girl With One Eye - Florence and the Machine
- Habibi Ya Omry - Amr Diab
- When the Night Comes In - I Said Yes
- Janglin - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie - The Submarines
- Goods (It's All in Your Head) - Mates of State
- Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol cover) - Nouvelle Vague
- The Party Punch - Oh No! Oh My!
- The Outdoor Type - Frank Turner
- Answers Like - Unklesounds
- Miss Me My Dear - Bitch & Animal
- Infinity - The xx
- Juicy-R (Notorious B.I.G. vs. The xx) - Wait What
- Going Down (Bruce Springsteen cover) - Florence and Kid Harpoon
- Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
TwinSisterMoon
TwinSisterMoon is the solo project of French Mehdi Ameziane, half of the duo Natural Snow Buildings. TwinSisterMoon classifies her music as "experimental psychedelic folk", and her first album, When Stars Glide Through Solid, is a slightly disconcerting, hauntingly beautiful tangle of Nico-esq vocals, echoing guitar and distorted reverb.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Babies
Pardon the theme of young children in the recent posts - if any of you know anything about me, then you're not surprised. I saw the movie 'Babies' last night, and not only was it too adorable for words, but it had a great soundtrack. I can't find more than a one minute preview available for download for most of the songs, but I've posted the full track list and if you're not as cheap as I am I recommend buying it on itunes.
- The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?" - Sufjan Stevens (full song)
- Baby
- Les Bébés
- Hattie
- Moulins
- Marie - Bruno Coulais (45 second preview)
- Evell Marie
- Les Chutes
- Le Jeu des Bébés
- Bercuese
- Premiers Pas
- La Tollettes de Bébés
- Sommell de Hattie
- Bayarjagal - Bruno Coulais (50 second preview)
- Réverie
- Ponijao
- La Marche des Bébés - Bruno Coulais (1 minute preview)
- Les Cheveux
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Oh, the temptation
Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.
A video on a study done by Dr. Walter Mischel, in which he tested delayed gratification in preschool age children; the experimenter gave each child a marshmallow and said that they had to go do something in the other room. They then told the child that he or she could either eat the marshmallow now or wait until the experimenter got back and then have 2 marshmallows. They filmed the kids while the experimenter was out of the room, and it's really too cute.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
summersummersummer
Summer is so close and yet, so far. The weather's been shitty, morale is down, students are trudging through their finals.... enjoy this song not only for it's inspirational chorus; "I have been sad for so long / but I know I'll be fine in the summer, in the summer, in the summer, in the summer..." but for the soothing harmonies and the girl's cute little veil-hat.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Summer days through the folkish haze
- Girl With 1 eye - Florence and the Machine
- Secret Circus - Emmy the Great
- Simplify - Marina and the Diamonds
- I Wish - Drew Helsinki
- Holly - Jay Jay Pistolet
- If I Die Tonight (Live) - Noah and the Whale
- Biology Hearts - Slow Club
- Going Down - Florence & Kid Harpoon
- Summer on the Thames - Thos Henley
- I Like Giants - Kimya Dawson
- The Outdoor Type - Frank Turner
- Beans on Toast - Lucy & The Caterpillar
- Hey Momma - Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
- 1973 - Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family
- The Box (Live) - Johnny Flynn
- You Me and the Bourgeoise - The Submarines
- Breaking It Up - Lykke Li
- Comme Des Enfants - Coeur de Pirate
- Grey Weather - Gregory and the Hawk
- Favourite Color Blue - Tom Brosseau
- Sleepyhead - Run Toto Run
- Mowgli's Road - Marina & the Diamonds
- Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
- Back When I Was 4 - Jeffery Lewis
- Birds (On a Day Like Today) - Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
- Ampersand - Drew Helsinki
- Nobody Cares About Railroads Anymore (Harry Nilsson cover) - Laura Barrett
- It's Not Too Late Too Wait - Small Crew
- Oh Caroline - Jay Jay Pistolet
- Roll Away Your Stone - Mumford & Sons
- Big Blonde - Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs
- Backstreet Lovers - The Crookes
- Love is a Trap - The Damn Choir
- Living a Lie! (Live) - Daniel Zott
- Shovelling - Alessi's Ark
- Typewriters - My First Tooth
- And In Real Life He Wears Corduroy Pants - Trips and Falls
- Goodbye Song - Planet Earth
- Nectarine - Twin Sister
- Can't Buy Me Love - Beans on Toast
- Hadlock Padlock (Kimya Dawson cover) - Peggy Sue
- Squealing Pigs - Admiral Fallow
- Kentucky Pill - Johnny Flynn
- When the Night Comes In - I Said Yes
- Home (RAC mix) - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Monday, May 10, 2010
Novos Baianos
Sunday, May 9, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
LIMNOLOGY radio was back tonight for its penultimate show. As my co-host Ezra said, second to last show, second to none awesome. Maybe that doesn't make too much sense.
- She Wolf - Shakira
- Mowgli's Road - Marina & The Diamonds
- Sleepyhead (Passion Pit cover) - Run Toto Run
- Warrior - The Bitters
- Stay Loose - Belle & Sebastian
- Home (RAC mix) - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
- 5ft7 - Tonstartssbandht (download a mix, including 5ft7 here )
- Bruleé - Ratatat
- Truth Sets In - Avi Buffalo
- Laisse Tombre Les Filles - France Gall
- Comme Des Enfants - Coeur de Pirate
- Think Long - Mates of State
- Life Coach - Fang Island
- Rain Dance (feat. M.I.A.) - The Very Best
- Independence Day - Elliott Smith
- Anna - Taken by Trees
- Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
- Mary - Noah and the Whale
- Tapping the Source (Moonage day Dreamix Swingset Remix) - Cocosuma
- So Begins Our Alabee - Of Montreal
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Avi Buffalo
Avi Buffalo is a high school - hailing group consisting of Avi Zahner-Isenberg (short for Avigor Zahner Isenberg ... I'm guessing he was Bar Mitzvah-ed..), Rebecca Coleman (maybe she was too? Well, Bat...), Arin Fazio and Sheridan Riley. The group met at their school in Long Beach, Cali and, though young, are badass enough to be on the radar of the Long Beach Police Department; due to Avi's "really tasteless brutal speaker gargling" (his words, not mine), he and his pals can no longer rehears in their own garage.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
Download the show from Sunday, May 2 here!
- Dust in my Face - Sweet Tooth Nelson
- Beautiful People - The Books
- 4:47 - Alexander Brett
- Epitaph for my Heart - The Magnetic Fields
- Communist Love Song - Soltero
- World Picnic - Shai Erlichman
- Stories of the Street - Leonard Cohen
- Dopplerton - Bibio
- Fondu au Noir - Couer de Pirate
- 1977 - Ana Tijoux
- Diablo Rojo - Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Palabras Para Julia - Paco Ibáñez
- Icarus - Santogold
- Ceo Birthday - jj
- Rough Gem - Islands
- Moth's Wings - Passion Pit
- Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers
- Hummingbird - Langhorne Slim
- 20 Miles - Deer Tick
- Rainwater Cassette Exchange - Deerhunter
- Belong - Washed Out
- Dominos - The Big Pink
- The Hop - Radio Citizen feat. Bajka
- Gettin' Up - Q-Tip
- Represent, Cuba - Orishas feat. Heather Hadley
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
jj
jj is a super mysterious, super sexy Swedish band that not only has fantastic original songs, but also can do a mean cover (and we all know how I feel about covers). The band released their debut album jj n°2 with the Sweedish indie label 'Sincerely Yours' in early 2009. In December of last year the group announced that the American label 'Secretly Canadian' signed jj, and their new album, jj n°3, was released on March 9, 2010. As I said, I love a good cover, so here are some of their best, posted with the songs they're re-making.
Monday, April 19, 2010
LIMNOLOGY radio
- The Temptation of Adam - Josh Ritter
- Cristobal - Devendra Banhart
- Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie - Joanna Newsom
- Willy Robinson (live) - Vikesh Kapoor
- Leftovers - Johnny Flynn
- Friday XIII - Deer Tick
- On a Sunlit Stage - Villagers
- Song for the Painter - Lost in the Trees
- Restless - Langhorne Slim
- Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
- Evident Utensil - Chairlift
- Blessa - Toro y Moi
- Lemonade - Cocorosie
- When I Grow Up - Fever Ray
- You're So Pretty - Field Music
- Twenty-Two - Wakey Wakey
- Lordena, It's Easy - Soltero
- Wasted - Emperor Clouds
- It's Raining Again - Holly Brook
- Debbie - Architecture in Helsinki
- In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins cover) - Boyz II Men
- Come Softly to Me - Fleetwoods
- Funnel of Love - Wanda Jackson
- Runaround Sue - Dion
- Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes