roubalot.com http://roubalot.com/blog Sun, 02 May 2010 02:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Hot Spa, Tame Impala http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/05/hot-spa-tame-impala/ http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/05/hot-spa-tame-impala/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 02:41:44 +0000 nick roubal http://roubalot.com/blog/?p=479 Tame Impala

Tame Impala

Both of the songs below exude soaking UV on the beach with a Tecate in one hand and freshly grilled braised pork taco in the other.

Hailing from Perth, the new group off of Modular, Tame Impala, brings an updated, breezier sound to the Modular catalog.  They’ll be touring US this summer supporting MGMT.

Tame Impala – Runway, Houses, City, Clouds.mp3
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And a track by another AUS native, Hot Spa.

Hot Spa – Kiola Beach.mp3
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From album due out this year… Look out for their tour supporting U2 beginning in June.
Interpol – Lights.mp3
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Devendra is back with the release What Will Be.  Video for Foolin’ is exactly what the start of summer needed.

Devendra Banhart “FOOLIN’” HD Version from Isaiah Seret on Vimeo.

via Stereogum

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After acquiring a leaked release this morning, I popped on the first track… When the snare suddenly erupts after the first few verses into a cochlea shattering A-bomb of pounding keys, I knew the album was going to be promising.

Murphys Law of booty shakin'

Inaugural track – Dance Yrself Clean:

LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean.mp3
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Can’t wait for the Austin show in a few weeks with HOLY GHOST!  Summer is here.

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Yeasayer

So the new Yeasayer album, Odd Blood, is definitely going to have the same sort of impact 2010 that Animal Collective/Grizzly Bear/Dirty Projectors/etc/etc/etc did in 2009 for sensible and interesting pop music.  They’ve taken their formal more tribal, melodic tone from previous work and instilled a more approachable dance-ready steadiness to it… and the live shows are dead on so far.

Yeasayer – O.N.E.mp3
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Yeasayer – Ambling Alp.mp3
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Yeasayer – Love Me Girl.mp3
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Yeasayer – I Remember.mp3
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Yeasayer – Madder Red.mp3
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Performing on Jimmy Fallon, Ambling Alp:

]]> http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/02/yeasayer/feed/ 0 First Number One Single of the Decade! http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/01/first-number-one-single-of-the-decade/ http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/01/first-number-one-single-of-the-decade/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:58:58 +0000 nick roubal http://roubalot.com/blog/?p=447 Ke$ha

TiK ToK geTz mE hiGheR tHaN LolLerCopTerz!

Ke$ha’s TiK ToK.

adequately followed by the first number one quote of the decade, from James Reed of the Boston Globe:

“Say what you will about last year’s big bubblegum anthems – from Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the U.S.A.” to Lady Gaga’s string of pop confections – but compared to “Tik Tok”, those songs are practically masterpieces written by Bob Dylan and produced by Phil Spector.”

Ke$ha – Tik Tok (Skeet Skeets Pseudo Steppin Rmx).mp3
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Centralia, PA

The Ruins of New York City

Oil of LA

More videos at Palladium Boots Explorations Page

]]> http://roubalot.com/blog/2010/01/exploration-apocalypse/feed/ 0 home home home… always puts me in good spirits http://roubalot.com/blog/2009/11/home-home-home-always-puts-me-in-good-spirits/ http://roubalot.com/blog/2009/11/home-home-home-always-puts-me-in-good-spirits/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:08:39 +0000 nick roubal http://roubalot.com/blog/?p=435 Just a little something to brighten up everyone in the mid-west living under a blanket of rain and cold.  Wait, that’s home for me… it’s also a safe bet to say I have a strong affinity for the merriment of the female vocalist, ie in Luvvvvv.

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Today that spell is broken and we will be back some posting regularity.

little joy

little joy en la playa

I woke up today having an allergic reaction to Tennessee (the puppy, not the state) and listened to the Little Joy track Brand New Start… that album is such an easy listen.  Thought I’d jump back in by sharing a song that has withstood the test of time for me.

Little Joy – Brand New Start
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Since we’re dabbling in the Strokes repository, mentioning Julian Casablancas‘ recent album Phrazes of the Young seems appropriate.  After several listens, I stand that the single 11th Dimension is the prominent danceable track.

Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
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The Twelves Episode II Mix

The Twelves Episode II Mix

Here it is, numero tres de tres of The Twelves.

The Twelves – Episode II Mix.mp3
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Tracklisting after the jump…

BUT, before you listen, make sure you watch this trailer for Schwarzenegger’s hit, Total Recall (1990) below.  I’m obviously ecstatic to see it tonight at the Drafthouse as a precursor to watching Peelander Z human bowling at the neo-communist themed bar down the street.  An uncanny match, Japanese comic pop + the frustrated crust punk USSR bar.  America, the melting pot.

Tracklisting

1 – Zeigeist – Humanitarianism (The Twelves Replay)
2 – Radiohead – Reckoner (The Twelves Replay)
3 – Mirwais – Naive Song
4 – Of Montreal – Gronlandic Edit
5 – David E. Sugar – To Yourself
6 – The Virgins – Rich Girls (The Twelves Replay)
7 – Daft Punk – Voyager
8 – Jupiter – CHIP
9 – Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal (The Twelves Replay)
10 – Metronomy – Heartbreaker
11 – The Twelves – Works for Me (The Twelves Replay)
12 – Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance (The Twelves Replay)

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