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Feist, the Arcade Fire, the New Pornographers, Buck 65, and Kevin Drew: Dark Was the Night
0 comments Posted by Andrew Kurjata Posted Friday, February 06, 2009
The point of this blog is to highlight art and ideas coming out of Canada. So when you see an album full of songs by the above artists, it' definitely something you want to share. Most of the time, I would post a song or two and let you decide if you want it. However, in this case I've noticed that the forces behind the album-- an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture called the Red Hot Organization-- have been asking people to not post the tracks as they fear it would hinder their fundraising efforts. I think they are wrong on this point-- I got interested in it through other blogs-- but so as not to draw their ire, I am instead posting the :30 snippets that are freely available on Amazon. If you want to hear full tracks, you can head over to myspace.com/darkwasthenight where they're streaming one song a day. Today (Friday) it's the New Pornographers. The whole thing comes out on February 16.
Feist + Ben Gibbard- "Train Song"
Grizzly Bear + Feist- "Service Bell"
The Arcade Fire- "Lenin"
Buck 65 f. Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti- "Blood Pt. 2"
The New Pornographers- "Hey, Snow White"
Kevin Drew- "Love vs. Porn"
Best of CBC Radio 3- the Remix Special
0 comments Posted by Andrew Kurjata Posted Monday, February 02, 2009
k-Os gives props to Tokyo Police Club (see track below)
This week, the CBC Radio 3 podcast is a remix special. All in all it's a good show, if you like that sort of thing, nothing particularly mind-blowing. My favourite tracks is the MSTRKFT remix of Metric's "Monster Hospital," which I already have in my iPod, and the two I'm most likely to listen to again are the Tiesto remix of Tegan and Sara's "Back in Your Head," and the RAC mix of Tokyo Police Club's "Be Good." I've put them below, along with a track that should have been on there, except for some reason k-Os refuses to sign up for New Music Canada. He really makes it hard to like him sometimes.
Tokyo Police Club- Your English is Good (k-Os mix) (link via eastofla.com)
Playlist for CBC Radio 3 Podcast Episode #193: The Remix Special, download it here.
Rough Gem (Remix) Islands
Be Good (RAC Remix) Tokyo Police Club
Monster (rac mix) You Say Party! We Say Die!
Monster Hospital (Mstrkrft Remix) Metric
Back in Your Head (Tiesto REMIX) Tegan & Sara
The Cansecos “Rise Up” (Cadence Weapon Mix) Cadence Weapon
Blood On Our Hands - Justice Remix Death from Above 1979
Fatty Wants to Dance (Paronomasiac Remix) Hawksley Workman
Secret March (Nik 7 Remix) The Wet Secrets
Your Ex-Lover is Dead (Final Fantasy) Stars
Cadence Weapon with Final Fantasy Live- Mini TV's (Chad Van Gaalen cover)
0 comments Posted by Andrew Kurjata Posted Monday, February 02, 2009
Cadence Weapon (left) with Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy (right). And a DJ (centre).
Edmonton rapper/producer/ex-Pitchfork writer Cadence Weapon has just released a pay-what-you-want mixtape (or it would be a mixtape, if it were the 1980s). It's called Separation Anxiety, and you can download here. I haven't listened to it yet, but I do know one track is definitely worth getting-- his live cover of the Chad VanGaalen song Mini TV's with Final Fantasy, which you can hear below. As for the rest of it-- well, it's free, right?
Cadence Weapon and Final Fantasy - Mini TV's (live Chad VanGaalen cover from Separation Anxiety)
Chad VanGaalen - Mini TV's (from Skelliconnection)
*UPDATE* I have now listened to it, and if you like the more dissonant moments of C.W.'s production, then you'll like this. Plus, there's a shout-out to Joel Plaskett on "Kennedy Curse."
