From STEREOGUM — Madonna is done with her baby-stealing ways and back to doing what she does best, making music that is easy to dance to, and yet, hard to listen to. Adding Justin Timberlake to her new track gives it only one thing, street cred. Decide for yourself, by listening to it, after the jump!
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FebruaryThursday
The Best Valentine Is A Daft Punk Cover
From STEREOGUM — Celebrate this romantical day with your special someone and/or dog, by saying I love you…in that digital way. Check out this great Daft Punk cover by Mobius Band, after the jump!
FebruaryWednesday
LISTEN UP: The Dude Who Cried “You Have To See These Guys Live” Wolf
- Don’t you hate when your friend says “you have to see [RANDOM-ASS BAND] live,” so you pay $20 and go to some random bar and it’s just them playing their eight songs in a different order and standing there, and you’re like, “I hate my friend?” Well trust me — you have to see Jukebox the Ghost live. (Jukebox Myspace)
- Chali2na of Jurassic 5, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and many others have teamed up for Rainydayz, a collection of remixes from Radiohead’s In Rainbows. Not to be confused with Wainydayz, the remixes of David Wain’s online videos. (onesevensevensix)
- This week also marks the 10-year anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, the first album I ever owned that made every other album I owned instantly turn into crap. (listen.)
- The Magnetic Fields are touring again for the first time in four years? Just long enough for them to come up on my iPod’s shuffle enough times for me to now want to see them. (The Music Slut)
- If you think Teyana Taylor’s song “Google Me” is ridiculous, you should’ve heard her EP, “Askin’ Jeeves”. (Youtube)
- And finally, Tay Zonday covers Lily Allen’s “Smile” on UK television, thus breaking Kato Kaelin’s record for the longest fifteen minutes in history. (Stereogum)
FebruaryFriday
Lost Parties Need Music Too
From STEREOGUM — OK, so it’s a day late, but anyone who watched Lost last night, definitely had at least a couple of people with them. 3 equals a party! Here is the most appropriate soundtrack for any Lost-watching gala, at your home, or with strangers! Check it out, after the jump!
JanuaryTuesday
Is It Just Me, Or Is This Song About Our Fav Celebutards?
From STEREOGUM — N.E.R.D., aka Pharell and Chad Hugo have done it once again. New single, same old hip-hoppity goodness [reference: Lap Dance]. Check out their newest track, after the jump!
JanuaryTuesday
LISTEN UP: Arcade Games
- Arcade Fire has released another one of their crazy interactive music videos that are both fun and sort of make you want to cry. This time it’s for “Black Mirror”. (rorrimkcalb.com)
- If you’re like me, and only enjoy things other people tell you to enjoy, you’re going to enjoy this list of the most blogged-about bands of 2007. So go enjoy it (just like I told you to). (HypeMachine)
- Oh my god, there’s a new Gnarls Barkley song that everyone’s gonna play non-stop and will never go away! (Culture Bully)
- Erykah Badu has a new music video with lots of wierd colors and hair. (Stereogum)
- Thom Yorke, live tracks, downloadable at no cost. What’s not to like about that? (Gorilla vs. Bear)
JanuaryMonday
LISTEN UP: Cut Your Hair While Ya Still Got It
- Oooh, the new Stephen Malkmus album due out in March appears to have leaked. Or maybe he just hasn’t stopped jamming since ’05. (Cause = Time)
- Big fan of “Teenager In Love” by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, although if I recall my own experiences, being a teenager in love sounded a lot more like Rush and ELP. (Merry Swankster)
- Hate Something Beautiful salutes the upcoming Breeders reunion at Coachella with an mp3 of their impossible-to-dislike single “Cannonball.” No word on that Blind Melon reunion, though — can’t imagine what the holdup is…
- This remix of “Sister Savior” by The Rapture ought to nicely fill your “Sounds like Depeche Mode without actually being Depeche Mode” quota for the week. (The Music Slut)
- Finally, a decent Robert Pollard track comes to us via the outstandingly named blog, Baby You Got A Stew Goin’!
JanuaryWednesday
LISTEN UP: Ur So Gay
- Some hipster chick named Katy Perry (who looks like Zooey Deschanel, but isn’t) wrote a tribute anthem to Jared Leto and all the other guy-liner-sporting emaciated emo douches of his ilk called “Ur So Gay”. (YouTube)
- Here’s that amazing Sonic Youth cover of The Carpenters‘ “Superstar” you fell in love with in Juno. (Aquarium Drunkard)
- This sick mixtape of covers includes Radiohead singing The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens covering REM and Conor Oberst doing his best Dylan. (Captain Obvious)
- Beulah’s written the most badass version of “The ABC’s” that’s ever been recorded, and you’d do well to go download it and put it into your ears. (You Ain’t No Picasso)
- I can’t really figure out why I’m unable to stop listening to Vampire Weekend’s track “Walcott”. Download it and help me out. (Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good)
JanuaryThursday
LISTEN UP: Val Kilmer’s Music Is Like The Wind
- Go ahead and clear out the rest of your day, because you’re definitely going to want to spend it listening to the smooth, sultry sounds of Mr. Val Kilmer. This is even better than Steven Seagal’s first album, though not quite as good as his second. (Val Kilmer Music’s MySpace)
- Here are Billboard’s Top 25 Songs of 2007 mashed up into one huge melody of sounds you never want to hear again. (DJ Earworm)
- A late Christmas present: a bunch of rare tracks from The National. (Sixeyes)
- Here’s a few songs from the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets. (Aquarium Drunkard)
- And how about a couple of weird tracks from Destroyer and Patrick Wolf just to make sure Val Kilmer has been cleansed from your aural palette forever. (Said The Gramophone)
JanuaryWednesday
LISTEN UP: Out Of Rainbows
- If there’s one thing that will make the first day back to work after your break somehow bearable, it’s this hour-long in-studio performance video Radiohead put out on New Year’s Eve. (Goldenfiddle)
- Wanna hear some bearded guy whisper to you whilst playing a folk guitar? Then head on over to my apartment later on. Or just download this new track from Iron & Wine. Your call. (Spinner)
- If you think Led Zeppelin is the only band capable of making decent rock and roll and about fantasy geek topics such as hobbit warfare and battle axes, then you’ve clearly not heard the fantastic sounds of Dead Meadow. (Obscure Sound)
- Here’s a pretty sweet “Mega Download” with tracks from Apes & Androids, Caribou, CoCoRosie and Andrew Bird. (RCRD LBL)
- One of your resolutions this years should be to get a little more Dan Deacon in your life. Start here. (Gorilla vs. Bear)
