Posts Tagged ‘Man Man’

Videos for the Veekend // 5|14 – 5|16

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Got a mega-edition of this week’s video round-up, so let’s just jump right in:

The first video is the official cut for the Swedish percussion duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums track “Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood” (via It’s A Trap). The beautiful visual projections match perfectly with the mysterious, if not all out dark, tone of the chorally-dense song:

Switching gears a bit, this mash-up between Weezy F. Baby and The Office is unbelievable (courtesy of Get Off the Coast). Once you get past the initial shock of hearing the two paired together, you find that the two actually work pretty damn well together:

Although I’ve been a bit mum about them on the blog, I’ve been spinning the blissful lo-fi pop songs of Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils a lot lately. Here’s a stellar video put together by Wooden Lens for their track “Window View” (via Delicious Scopitone):

Behind Sincerely Yours, I would say that Labrador Records is my second favorite Swedish label. They somehow have a knack for finding and signing bands that pump out a great variety of pop songs. The latest music video from one of their artists is this treat by the Mary Onettes entitled “The Night Before the Funeral”:

Nice to see the behemoths over at Pitchfork give some love to PT-Music favorites Memoryhouse. Here is their official music video for their beautiful bedroom pop song “Lately (Deuxieme)” as premiered on p4k’s .tv spin-off:

David Greenwald posted this amazing video on his Rawkblog of Dan Bejar (of Destroyer, New Pornos, Swan Lake fame) acoustically performing “The Freedom”. Take a listen:

In case you’ve been living in a cave, here is the official video for The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (via IGIF). Great stuff as usual…

To wrap-up this mega listing of videos, here is a brand spanking new track by Philly uncategorizable band Man Man as posted by Matt over at You Ain’t No Picasso. Soooo excited for this record to be released!

PT Music Mixxx // Laid & Paid: Weak ‘n Mixxx

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

We’ve all had those moments waking up late on a Saturday morning after a long night of partying where the only plans for the day is laying on the couch, mindlessly surfing the net, and drifting in and out of sleep. Well my new mix Laid & Paid: Weak ‘n Mixxx is the soundtrack for these times — keeping it nice and chill so not to exacerbate the hungover headaches.

You can download the mix directly from here (EDIT: rapidshare seems to be having problems this morning, so here’s a more direct link) and after which sit back, relax, and enjoy the 75+ of smooth tunes while drinking your Bloody Marys and downing your Ibuprofen. There’s a good blend of foreign/domestic, popular/obscure, full-band/instrumentals, so you’re sure to be able to pick up a couple of new favorites while revisiting some classic songs you might not have heard in a while. Here’s the tracklist:

Jóvenes y Sexys // El Reloj
Mountain Man // Animal Tracks
jj // Let Go
Jens Lekman // Jag Tyckte Hon Sa Lönnlöv
Broken Bells // The High Road
Acid House Kings // The Heart Is a Stone
Cryin’ Sam Collins // Lonesome Road
Sara Lov // My Body Is a Cage (Arcade Fire Cover)
El Perro del Mar // From the Valley to the Stars
The Wave Pictures // Just Like a Drummer
Woods // The Dark
Beach House // Gila
Chromatic Flights // I Am a Rock (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)
Man Man // Doo Right
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba // Bambugu Blues
The Knife // Vegetarian Restaurant
A Studio // Self Service (Short Version)
Run DMT // St. James
Cass McCombs // Don’t Vote
Moonface // Marimba and Shit-Drums (Excerpt)
Ducktails // On the Boardwalk
jj // My Way

If you like the mix, check out the Pre-Party one I did a month ago.

Rainbow Bridge // Big Wave Rider 7”

Monday, December 14th, 2009

You know the expression “never judge a book by its cover,” well it seems applicable with vinyl records as well. Although the front of Big Wave Rider b|w Birdcage looks like someone threw up a bag of skittles on top of a magazine collage, the music from Olympia-based duo Rainbow Bridge has been one of my favorite finds of the year. I first came across them when the infamous Pitchfork forkcasted (sounds dirty, I know) their single “Big Wave Rider”. In a summer chalk full of lo-fi electronic outfits like Neon Indian and Washed Out, it was refreshing to hear some dirty White Stripes-esque garage rock burst onto the scene.

The A-side of the 7” features their insta-hit “Big Wave Rider”. Not particularly concerned with maintaining a steady tempo, guitarist Adam Croce intros with a series of arpeggios before entering into a lazy strum repeated throughout the song. Somehow drummer Bridget O’Brien-Smith is able to keep the wheels from falling off completely, bringing the song back from the edge of implosion and driving it forward. The lyrics, with the repeated “big wave rider / try to ride a little higher / you’re a glider / sole survivor”, certainly adds to the carefree feeling of the track.

The B-side is composed of a duo of sub two-minute songs. The first, entitled “Birdcage”, sounds like it could easily pass as an early Man Man with it’s bouncy rhythm and oddball percussion. “Sensitive as a Dream” is a drugged out psychedelic nursery rhyme that, with its dark undertones, is sure to give children more nightmares than pleasant sleep.

If the displayed hand-written count of 476/500 is to be believed, there aren’t too many copies left to grab. If you aren’t down with sifting through your local record store to see if you can find a consigned copy, you can order directly from their label True Panther. Also, I recommend seeing them live — I caught them opening recently for Real Estate and they almost outshone the headliners (quite a feat, I know)! Here’s an mp3 of “Big Wave Rider” to try to win you over:

Rainbow Bridge // Big Wave Rider