Disclaimer: You May Find a Broken Link
So, there USED to be freenapster.com, and it USED to provide access to almost any artist's music. It was pretty awesome, and I linked ~90% of this blog's recommendations to that site. Now, apparently, Free Napster is no more. Booooooo.
It will be a long, on-going task of mine to redirect the links to somewhere you can hear the music, but in the meantime, if you click on a link that brings you to Napster where it asks you to sign in:
1) Be angry at them, for disrupting your chance to enjoy a good song
2) Google the song and still check it out, because it's awesome
If you have another source I should be using, please don't hesitate to send it my way. Email me for that, and any music recommendations, at tracy@groundwm.com. Thanks!
and I SO wish I could go :(
I will certainly be at
Lollapalooza and
Pitchfork again this year, but I really hope I can find a way to make it to
Coachella or
CMJ or
SXSW or
Bonnaroo too. Either way, I posted the Coachella line-up below for your reference, and I also called out which bands made me immediately excited. The bands are listed in relative order of excitement. :)
MuseLCD SoundsystemPassion PitSPOONFlorence and the MachineOwen PallettHot ChipYeasayerKing Kahn
PhoenixShe & HimWhite RabbitsGirlsPavement
Them Crooked Vultures
Avett BrothersMGMTGossipBeach House
GorillazTemper Trap
The xx
Matt & KimDirty ProjectorsVampire WeekendHockeyGrizzly BearTokyo Police ClubSia
So, the very fine blog
Consequence of Sound posted a pretty thorough list of album releases for Q1 2010. I highlighted what I'm most excited for below, and you can check out the full list
HERE.
1/12/10Ringo Starr - Y Not [Hip-O Records]Vampire Weekend -
Contra [XL]
12/19/10Editors -
In This Light And On This Evening [Fader]
Eels -
End Times [Vagrant]
Fredrik -
Trilogi [Kora Records]
Spoon - Transference [Merge]
1/26/10Animal Collective -
Campfire Songs [Reissue] [Paw Tracks] Beach House -
Teen Dream [Sub Pop]
David Bowie -
A Reality Tour [ISO]
Four Tet - There Is Love In You [Domino Records]Los Campesinos! -
Romance Is Boring [Arts&Crafts]
2/9/10AM -
Future Sons & Daughters [Filter Recordings]
David Bowie -
David Bowie: Deluxe Edition [Decca/Universal]
Galactic -
Ya-Ka-May [Anti-]
Hot Chip - One Life Stand [Astralwerks]
Yeasayer - Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]
2/23/10April Smith & The Great Picture Show - Songs For a Sinking Ship
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim -
Here Lives Love [Nonesuch Records]
Xiu Xiu -
Dear God, I Hate Myself [Kill Rock Stars]
3/2/10Rogue Wave -
Permalight [Bushfire]
The Whigs -
In The Dark [ATO Records]
3/9/10Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -
Beat The Devil’s Tattoo [Abstract Dragon]
Frightened Rabbit -
The Winter of Mixed Drinks [FatCat Records]
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach [EMI]Ted Leo & the Pharmacists -
The Brutalist Bricks [Matador Records]
3/16/10The White Stripes - White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights [Third Man]
3/23/10Goldfrapp -
Head First [Mute Records]
She & Him - Volume Two [Merge]
Well, I had a FABulous time at P4K 2009. :) Like the rest of my postings, I'm going to keep this review brief!
HIGHLIGHTS - Yeasayer - They were on my list of "must sees" and I had pretty high expectations for them, and yet they still blew me away. (Dancing in the rain to Yeasayer = favorite Pitchfork moment of 09) Way to be really awesome Yeasayer and turn an existing fan into a exciting fan. :)
- Final Fantasy- I love a good one-man band, and what Owen Pallett did to that violin was inspiring.
BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT - The Walkmen - Not only are they "above" playing the song that made them famous, but their set was blah overall. So sad.
HAPPY MOMENTS - Seeing that Whole Foods had gigantic bags of cherries available for sale as a healthy snack. Those were delicious and refreshing.
- Perusing the poster artists - found a few promising designers.
- Randomly running into folks from Moxie Motive, Loyal Divide, Verona Red and Bully in the Hallway.
- Making the most awesome picture buttons ever. :)
- Pretty much every moment, as music festivals are my heaven-on-earth.
SAD MOMENTS - Realizing that the crazy, colliding fans I burried myself in for Matt & Kim actually squished all the ripe and juicy cherries in my purse, getting cherry juice on my purse, my pants, my sweater, my hand, my boyfriend, my phone, etc.
- Losing one of the most awesome picture buttons ever. :(
- Watching some drunk loser cut off some handicap guy waiting to use the handicap porta-potty. All the folks in my porta-potty line gave him the stink eye when he got out. Loser.
Check out some more images from my 2009 P4K experienceSee clips of P4K performances from Yeasayer, Final Fantasy, Flaming Lips, Black Lips, Matt and Kim, and Bowerbirds HERE.
Brooklyn, NY
7/18/09: Bear, by The Antlers
Listen to it HERE
Antlers is one of the many bands playing Pitchfork today that I'm excited to see! MOST pumped about Yeasayer, Final Fantasy, Matt and Kim, and Bowerbirds.
DAY 2
The National Beirut Doom Yeasayer Final Fantasy The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Fucked Up Plants and Animals Cymbals Eat Guitars The Black Lips Matt & Kim Lindstrom Wavves Ponytail Bowerbirds The Dutchess and The Duke Antlers Disappears
Tracy :)
Just stumbled upon this and HAD to share. A playlist of artists performing at this year's Pitchfork festival. CAN'T wait!
4/6/09: God?, by The DodosI really like this band! If you like Yeasayer, Iron and Wine and/or The Decemberists you probably will too! It took me a while to pick which ONE song to post, so feel encouraged to check out their whole album, Visiter.
Tracy :)
San Fran, CA
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