Tacklebox

Yesterday, The Cool Kids released the new mixtape Tacklebox (their 2nd mixtape with a fishing-related title) available for download at www.coolxkids.com

Their album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, will be released some time in 2010...

Cool Kids - Flying Kytes (Tacklebox)

The Cool Kids - Gettin' It ft. Lil Wayne

The Whigs on Letterman

Watch the video HERE.

The Whigs play "Kill Me Carolyne" off their new album, In the Dark, out now.

Can't wait for the upcoming Whigs show with Band of Skulls next week at The Boulder Theater.

TheWhigs.com

I'd Like to Purchase a Vowel Please

O snap.  Even though the actual and complete lineup won't be revealed until Tuesday, the 2010 Lollapalooza lineup list has been posted completely blank except for all the letter "O"'s.

At this point, here are some of the scheduled/rumored acts and personal guesses for the Chicago festival:
Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Phoenix, Hot Chip, Cut Copy, Gogol Bordello, Spoon, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The xx, The Dodos, Chromeo, The Temper Trap

This year, Perry's has some repeat acts, but that's not a bad thing:  Deadmau5, Bassnectar, 2manydj's (of Soulwax), Diplo, and many more I cannot figure out.

New stuff Feb 9th

Tomorrow's a big release date for a few long-awaited albums.  Among them are Yeasayer's Odd Blood and One Life Stand by Hot Chip.

Overall, I like Odd Blood a lot.  The tracks maintain the tribal sound of the previous album, All Hour Cymbals but also has a distinct sound of its own with happy lyrics in "Ambling Alp," dancier tunes like "O.N.E." and the more romantic "I Remember."  

Yeasayer - ONE

Yeasayer - I Remember

This single was released last week.  One Life Stand is a more serious and mature album compared to their earlier jokier stuff.  I just realized it's like "one night stand" but with "life" instead of "night."  

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

Justice + Jay-Z music video

Swizz Beats samples Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." (with help from Pharrell and Q-Tip) in "On to the Next One" from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 (mp3 download from 2 posts ago).  Swizz Beats cuts "under the spotlight" for the chorus  ...whoa that was a lot of name-dropping.

One of my favorite music videos mixed up and not made worse.  Look how it's done on HipHopisDeadly.

A.A. Bondy

Scott "A.A." Bondy just had a show nearby.  I was out of town... It would've been great to see this guy live.  My friend Jackson (who knows everything) describes him as having genius lyrics, a lot like Bob Dylan.
A.A. Bondy started out in Birmingham, AL and now lives in upstate New York.  His 2nd album, When the Devil's Loose, was released in September and it's funking good.
A.A. Bondy - I Can See The Pines Are Dancing

A.A. Bondy - Mightiest of Guns

Oberhofer

I've been listening to several tracks by this guy for more than a month now.  This post has been coming for a while...

Brad Oberhofer makes music from his homes in Tacoma and Brooklyn.  I'm a big fan of his sound and his voice aaaand I'm pumped to see what else he puts out.  "Find a new band to play with, start working on a symphony (no really, do it), mix your newfound formal training with the noisy exuberance of youth. Get raucous." -Brad
Oberhofer - Dead Girls Dance

Oberhofer - I Could Go

Oberhofer - Away FRM U


Check out his MySpace page now.