Mixtape series at FWBA

A cool mix-tape series made by artists, for us, at Friends With Both Arms--.zip files downloadable with Mediafire

Moray McLaren-We Got Time

Such a great...animation? Not sure what to call it, 'cept for awesome.

Cell Phone/Violin Jamming Improv

Dubstep Drumline

Listen: Wild Nothing-Nowhere

Listen/Download: Wild Nothing: "Nowhere" (right click to download)

Mister Heavenly-Bronx Sniper

Crazy video:

Steve Reich to Perform Piece Inspired By Radiohead: "Radiohead Rewrite" will premiere March 2013 in London

"The Guardian reports that next year, minimalist composer Steve Reich will premiere a new work at London's Southbank Centre, based on two Radiohead songs. Titled "Radiohead Rewrite", the piece reimagines "Everything In its Right Place" from Kid A as well as "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" from In Rainbows. "

Read full article here.

MIXTAPES of the year

The Indie/Rock Playlist--a monthly collection of the best and brightest releases for alternative music. Kind of like those old mixed CD's you'd get inside music mags like CMJ during the 90's (back when CD's were still relevant, hah). The November edition was especially worth listening to. One of the best tracks is Lissie's rendition of Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness. 

Torrent the newest release,  Indie/Rock Playlist Best of 2011 here

Under appreciated artists of the day: Shooter Jennings and Hierophant

When you think of Shooter Jennings, you think of country music, right? Clearly, that was before you'd heard his newest album, Black Ribbons. It sounds like it would be more at home playing in some subversive underground nightclub than it would be in a country bar. Most of the songs are somewhere between progressive, psychedelic, and electronic, with vocals that sometimes verge on Marilyn-Mansonesque, and a little southern rock thrown in there for good measure. And sidenote--Stephen King collaborated with Jennings on Black Ribbons, being the voice of Will O' The Wisp, the fictional underground radio DJ whose dialogue (written in part by King) is featured in between tracks on the album. Here's one of the bangers of the album, "When the radio goes dead". Give it a listen here. DL here (looks a bit sketch, mostly because it's in Russian, but promise, it's clean).

Monster Mashup-E.T. Feels Starry Eyed, by Kap Slap

This is an epic dubstep mashup by Kap Slap. It features cuts and samples from Katy Perry's ET, Ellie Goulding's Starry Eyed, Empire of the Sun, and Modestep to name a few. Listen to the track and see the video, below. DL here.

Ennui

An awesome piece of neo-psychedelia--or in other words, stoner music! This is Lights by Ennui. 

sick video for a sick song

This is the official music video for Hooray For Earth's track, True Loves. Makes no sense. But that's not to say this vid isn't fantastic: what do you get when you combine a cool song, a space cowboy, a futuristic indian, trippy Sliders-esque smoke portals to alternate universes, and levitation? Stunning visuals, and all around awesomeness, that's what.

no.9 spotlight on cults

Finding information about this band on the web is like pulling teeth, seeing as they have no Myspace page and a virtually ungoogleable name. What's more, finding a full album for download is nearly impossible. A guy/girl duo from NY, Cults recently put out their debut album (self titled), after they became an internet indie hit with the track Go Outside. Download the track here.

no.6 the earth is on fire

Yacht-Dystopia

I don't even know. This song kinda sounds like if classic rock (think Kansas and Blue Oyster Cult) and eighties electro got together and had a sweet but illegitimate love child who happened to be obsessed with the apocalypse.

"The earth, the earth, the earth is on fire. We don't have no daughters let the motherfucker burn"

Nuff said.

NO. 5 a summer tune about polygamy; thanks alex winston

Alex Winston-Sister Wife (Star Slinger Remix)

This song is so damn catchy. Alex Winston is a newer singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Michigan, who was just recently signed on to Usher's Label. Sans remix, Winston makes giddy, homespun, folky music, with a bit of quirk and good hooks. On this track, Star Slinger's influence adds a  shade of electro-pop a-la Passion Pit's Sleepy Head.