Underworld - Saved From The Cutting Room Floor

It's Easter Sunday. Get off that damned internet! But since you're here...

The Saturday Beat

I missed yesterday, and today is another busy day so I'll make up for it later.



Really diggin' this new deep house beauty.



Groove Armada gettin' all techy these days.



Big fan of Tim Green's work. Nice minimalish remix.



Solid tribal percussion happenin' right here.



More groovy latin tech house.

Steve Winwood - Valerie

You might not remember this right away, but you will when the hook hits...

Peter Gabriel - Steam

Been a while since this cat got some love too. What a wacky video.

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

I posted a remix of these guys the other day but realised I hadn't actually posted any of their songs yet. Crazy. Let's fix that now.

Sloan - Carried Away

From the new album... could use a little more energy fellas!

The Shorty Tubbs - Teenage Zombie Heart

Freddy Beach crazies!

The Evaporators - Addicted To Cheese

Goodness gracious where did the day go? Quick, here's Nardwuar's band!

Fred V & Grafix - Recognise

A little bit different, liquid uptempo trippy? The whole album is pretty cool.

Boozoo Bajou - Jan Mayen

It's pretty much impossible to follow that one up... but we'll try our best anyway.

Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit

Hey look, it's Trippy Tuesday. Nobody does trippy like Lilfuchs.

Iron Reagan - Miserable Failure

These guys are not from Toronto, but they do have long hair and are metal as.....

Skull Fist - You're Gonna Pay

New video from another great hair metal band from Toronto. If you have a chance to see them live, DO IT! They put on a seriously great show. Hella nice guys too.

Harem Scarem - No Justice

Metal Monday! This one is bridging the gap maybe between metal and rock. It's pretty much hair metal at its best. The song comes from a hugely under-appreciated Mood Swings album out of Toronto from back in '93. Every song rocks, it's easily my favorite hair band album of all time. I actually can't believe I haven't posted this before...

Gabriel Rios - Gold

Ok, so that last one wasn't quiet completely acoustic, this one is. Enjoy.

Blind Melon - Mouthful Of Cavities

Ya, I know, I just posted one by these guys, but whatevs. I miss 'em.

Young Buffalo - Upstairs

It's raining, overcast, pretty much yuck outside and I'm a bit zonked after running around for a couple hours. Note to self - stop getting out of shape! Here's some acoustic jams.

The Saturday Beat

Running a bit late, but hopefully you're a nighthawk like me.



CLASSIC mid-'90s drum and bass. Killer track.




Absolutely essential old school track in any house collection.



Soulful deep progressive tech from a prime time producer.



Just one of several dope remixes of this tech banger.



 I actually had no idea this remix existed until right this second.

Kode9 & The Spaceape - The Devil Is A Liar

Good segue into this track. I was actually going to post it yesterday, but then didn't, and afterwards found out that The Spaceape aka Stephen Gordon, passed away after a long fight with cancer. So here it, his last video, not even a month old. Respect.

Busdriver - Colonize The Moon

This is some seriously wacky hip hop. Space hop?

Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson - I Can Do No Wrong

Good day for some hip hop. Love Apollo's production.

Red Snapper - Eye Liner Stab

Not throwin' back too far with this one, but it's badass so I'll let it slide.

The Servant - Cells

Remember this track? It didn't actually make the film (I don't think) but it got a lot of airtime from that killer Sin City trailer. This is the full track, it's still great.

Massive Attack - Just A Matter Of Time

Throwback Thursday? Sure, that works. This is a little-viewed short film directed by the late Roger Pomphrey circa 1990. Amazing how Massive's sound has evolved since.

Bilbo Baggins - Back Home

So I was going to post Leonard Nimoy's "Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins", but then I guess I already did a couple years ago. Instead I found this band, I do believe it will suffice.

Christopher Lee - In The Willow Meads Of Tasarinan

Here's one that I did know about. Christopher Lee probably would have made a pretty awesome Treebeard, but I suppose he did just fine as Saruman.

Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

So it was "Hobbit Day" a short while ago, which apparently is celebrated on the anniversary of the release of The Hobbit. I am a Tolkien fan, and am looking forward to the upcoming completion of the movie trilogy (despite its glaring incongruencies with the book), but this seems like taking things a bit too far. Meh, who am I to judge? Might as well just jump on the bandwagon. Happy belated Hobbit Day! Here's a relevant song with millions of views that I had no idea existed.

Céline Bonacina Trio - Ra Bentr'ol

Saxomophone!

Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax

Saxomophone?

Christos Kyriazis - Saxophone Hicaz Taksim

It's late, I wasn't going to bother posting, but then... saxomophone.

Primus - Live At Woodstock

I inadvertently took the weekend off. Let's wish Les Claypool a happy birthday together.

Ian Kamau & Jai Nitai - You I

Chilled out freshness. Diggin' it.

Roots Manuva - Witness

Dope Benji Boko remix! Feel the funk.

Lord Finesse - Hip 2 Da Game

I missed yesterday and now I'm in a rush. Here's some hip hop. Old school proper!

SBTRKT - New Dorp, New York

Might as well just come out and say it. I'm not feelin' the new album. I absolutely loved the self-titled LP, it was my favorite release of 2011, and when this new disc was announced it was a shoe-in to be a contender for my best of this year, but this one just... doesn't do it. Don't count your chickens? 

If you're into weird indie hip-hop hybrid stuff you'll probably like it. I tried to get into it. Gave it a few listens, and nothing, just... meh. This track... cool video, don't like the song. I suppose that's not surprising since I'm not really into Vampire Weekend. Anyway, I hope you like it more than me.

Sylvan Esso - Coffee

This is Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, out of North Carolina of all places. Nice and smooth, good for a late night chillin session. Like.

Austra - Painful Like

I'm back at last! Nice little road trip, good times had all around, now it's back to business. We need some beats. This one comes courtesy of Jenn. Thanks Jenn.

Coheed & Cambria - Neverender Dallas

Still on the road, so here's a totally awesome show by a totally awesome band performing their epic In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 album in its entirety about a week ago in Dallas as part of their Neverender show. Double encore bonus! So sick.

1. The Ring In Return

2. In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

3. Cuts Marked In The March Of Men

4. Three Evils

5. The Crowing

6. Blood Red Summer

7. Faint Of Hearts

8. Backend Of Forever

9. Al The Killer

10. A Favor House Atlantic

11. The Light & The Glass

12. 2113

ENCORE I

1. Neverender

2. Good Night, Fair Lady

3. Number City

ENCORE II

1. The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets Of Miss Erica Court

2. Ten Speed

3. Welcome Home

The Saturday Beat

Right, this one's been a long time coming, and I owed you some bangin' tracks. A Lannister always pays his debts. Taking tomorrow off. See you Monday.



A quality exception from that mediocre Fatboy Slim World Cup album.



New one from my man Galen, free download too!



I actually like the original mix better, but this will do.



Nice little tech house ditty here.



More bumpin' tech.



Big fan of Mr. Horvat's work...



...and El Brigante. Tribal dopeness right here.



Been a while since I posted a Gigamesh remix!



Deep and deadly.



That'll do donkey, that'll do.

The Juan MacLean - A Place Called Space

Now this is a chune. Trippy video. Solid new album too. Definitely go check it out.

Zoot Woman - Don't Tear Yourself Apart

These guys are kind of hit and miss for me. Not sure how I feel about the new album yet. On first listen, it was kind of ok. I'll give it another chance or two. This track's decent.

Joe Goddard - Gabriel

Right, it's Friday. Let's dance. Here's a groovy track I meant to post a while ago.

Sloan - The Other Man

So I guess it's sort of an unofficial Canadian rock day too? Fair enough. These great east coasters have a new album out. It's a serious throwback album. It sounds like it could have been released in the early '70s. Not as good as their earlier stuff I don't think, but worth checking out. This track... yes.

The Odds - Eat My Brain

I think these dropped the 'The' part in their name, but it sounds better so I'm sticking to it. Remember this great track??? Ya, I bet you do now. Good weird album too.

Moxy Früvous - My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors

Holy crap I almost missed Throwback Thursday! Not to fear, here I am! Here's some Jian Ghomeshi before he was... well... the superstar he is now.

The 2 Bears - Money Man

Damn these bears are versatile. Great tune.

Resonators - Surrender

So reggae. Such chill.

John Holt - Police In Helicopter

It's Wednesday. Let's reggae.

Death From Above 1979 - Trainwreck 1979

These guys have a special place in my heart... well not really, but that was a good vintage. This song is pretty much written for me. The new album is heavy, heavy, heavy, which means it's fun. Not earth-shaking in terms of originality, but it's a good solid group of songs. If you dig this track, you'll be into the rest. Bam. There's your Tuesday treats.

We Were Promised Jetpacks - I Keep It Composed

I mean really. Where do you come up with this name? They are from Scotland, so perhaps it's a bit of a metaphor for their lack of support from London. I wonder if they're voting yes? Anyway their music is cooler than their name. A lot more indie than the last group, but still with a grungy progressive feel. Kind of similar to earlier Wintersleep. Enjoy.

Thank You Scientist - My Famed Disappearing Act

What's in a name? I'm not sure how exactly it really contributes to the success of a band, but the ones I'm posting today certainly have unique monikers.

These guys have been getting a lot of support lately from Coheed & Cambria, who they'll be opening for on tour. It's not hard to see why, they have a really unique instrumentation and complex songs that are clearly heavily influenced by Coheed, as well as progressive groups like Tool, the Mars Volta, and even a little Dream Theater.. The musicianship is pretty impressive, which I imagine is almost a burden given that so many strong players are in the group and there's only so much money to go around.

Their album is getting a sort of re-release party even though it actually came out a couple years ago. I guess it's getting re-mixed/mastered, which is probably a good thing since I thought that part left a lot to be desired in the initial offering. The songs have a lot of potential. Check it out, it's well worth a listen, definitely not your every day indie punk group. If you're into the bands I've mentioned you'll definitely enjoy the sound.

Nine Inch Nails - The Becoming

This one's only a decade or so old. Still dope. Timeless angst.

Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander

From the same era here's another old school beauty.

KMFDM - A Drug Against War

It's Monday. Let's do something loud. Something industrial. Old school industrial. Remember this one? Twenty years later and it's still a badass track.

Moon Hooch - Tiny Desk Concert

This one is worthy of a single post feature, I think you'll agree.

1. Tubes

2. Number 9

3. Bari 3

Galactic - Ash Wednesday Sunrise

So good. Full performance here.

Joel Plaskett - Down At The Khyber

Always a good time.

The Revivalists - Pretty Photograph

Today is supposed to be mad house beats, but in honour of Harvest here's more of what Fredericton has in store, should you be lucky enough to be there.

Gord Downie, The Sadies, and The Conquering Sun - Crater

Triple sigh.

Blues Traveler - Run Around

Double sigh.

Buckwheat Zydeco - Hey Ma Petit Fille

Well Fredericton, I won't be there to bask in your glorious Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival this weekend. I am disappoint. Enjoy yourselves. Sigh.

Eric Copeland - Cheap Treat

Now let's get really wacky. Nowhere better to look for that than DFA Records.

Son Lux - Lost It To Trying

Ryan Lott is now part of the 'supergroup' Sisyphus, which is a really interesting but also somewhat underwhelming experiment. I find his own stuff far more captivating.

Rone - Bye Bye Macadam

So I watched Guardians of the Galaxy last night. It was good, but not really worthy of all the hype in my opinion. Pretty run of the mill story and some of the acting was fairly ordinary. Anyway for a couple hours of cheap eye candy entertainment it did its job. 

I did have one other gripe - I had to watch it in 3D. I really would have preferred to see it in 'normal vision', I didn't think the silly glasses added anything to the movie and the sooner that silly fad disappears the better.

None of that has anything to do whatsoever with this track, or these tracks, except that there's some snazzy video effects in them. I like snazzy things.

The Cat Empire - Live At Lowlands Festival

Just a quickie today, but not really because it's a whole show. These crazy Australians always have a good time on stage and this is no exception. So much fun. Enjoy.

1. Hard To Explain
2. Two Shoes
3. In My Pocket
4. Steal The Light
5. Brighter Than Gold
6. Wine Song
7. The Chariot
8. All Night Loud

Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo

Might as well finish with more latin guitar, and this duo is pretty much as good as it gets. For the full 40-odd minute performance look here.

Antonio Bandares - Canción Del Mariachi

Speaking of mariachi, this is actually Antonio singing, accompanied by Los Lobos.

Mariachi El Bronx - 48 Roses

This super-fun troupe has a new album coming out in November. Here's one from their last album. You can see the full live performance here.

Blind Melon - Walk

I saw someone suggest that these guys were a one-hit wonder the other day. Not only is this patently ridiculous, it's... Let's just appreciate Shannon Hoon for a little bit longer. A slight aside, let's also pay tribute to the old Much. Can't believe how crap it is now.

Earthbound Trio - Sinkin' Like A Stone

The one and only Mumble on the drums and sexo-fied Kelly Waterhouse guesting with this funky trio. Check 'em out if you get a chance.

Adam Ben Ezra - Can't Stop Running

There's been some surprisingly good random music posts on reddit lately. Usually it's a cesspool of massively overplayed stuff or just ordinary, but this one is a good call. Done in one take, really it's the dog that makes the video.

Dawn Golden - All I Want

Don't really remember where or when I found this one. It's got a spacey vibe.

SOHN - The Wheel

Really cool band that was recommended to me by a yoga ninja. True story.

Philip Selway - Coming Up For Air

I missed yesterday's beats. It was a long day and I just forgot. I'll find some extra-dope stuff for next week. Here's some downtempo stuff to relax to tonight.

Tune-Yards - Water Fountain

This.... is special. Talking couch anyone?

Man Man - End Boss

Man Man!

Röyksopp - The Alcoholic

It's late and I didn't think this one through. Here's some random stuff.

Deca - Breadcrumbs

Super amazing animated illustration video by Steven Martens.

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

No explanation required. Da biz.

A.D.O.R. - Let It All Hang Out

I feel like I haven't posted some hip hop in a while. Let's fix that. This one is from one of my all-time favourite hip hop albums. Funky, punchy, catchy production. Awesome.

Le Snob - Kashmir

Led Zeppelin performed by a bunch of Frenchmen on Segways. Insano.

Ronald Jenkees - Red Lemonade Remixed

Any time I'm short on inspiration, a sure place to find more is in the mind of Mr. Jenkees. He's an offbeat kind of character, and I just love the way he rocks out. 

The Extremities - Check Your Led

Today's been kind of a damp squib so I'm gonna throw up some abnormal selections today. I'm not really much of a turntablist, that as scratching is not my forte, nor am I really an aficionado, but I can appreciate talent when I see it. This is a nifty mashup of Led Zeppelin and the Beastie Boys by a couple DJs named Fresh Kils and Uncle Fester. I think these guys practice.

Banks - Goddess

New album on the way from Miss Jillian, I've heard it and it's pretty decent. Gonna take a few more listens to let it sink in, but this is a pretty good example of what's on it.

Chvrches - Recover

So are these guys gonna be a flash in the pan or are they going to rock on forever? I guess we'll see, but they're definitely riding the coattails of this album for as long as possible...

Mr. Little Jeans - The Suburbs

I am not an Arcade Fire fan. They bore me. There, I said it. Probably said it before. This is a much cooler version of their song than the original. You decide. No, I'm right. Yes I am. Yes, this video sucks. Stop arguing.

Red Fang - Crows In Swine

I post these guys fairly often, so I'll cool it for a bit, but I had to post this. Because it's awesome. And it's metal. And it's awesome. Enjoy your head-bangin' Monday.

EDIT: Oh hey I made a new header. With working links and such. Swedish.

Pallbearer - An Offering Of Grief

These guys are ultra dark heavy grunge metal, and they're pretty cool. Again not something I'd listen to on a regular basis, but sometimes you need a fix of sludge and doom. For some reason they don't have any type of music video up, or even a decent live performance, so here's a fan-made one. Get on it already fellas.

The Daisy Anthesis - Rails

It's Monday. Labor Day Monday. And that can only mean one thing:

METAL! METAL!! METAL!!!

I posted a little blurb about seeing this St. John band a while back at The Capital, and they were awesome, easily one of the best metal bands I've ever seen live. I've said it a bunch of times, but let me re-iterate that screamo metal isn't my thing. It's unlikely I'll sit down and listen to their recorded stuff once a year, if that. Live though, I will happily check them out. They are true musicians and tremendous performers in person. Seriously, so see them and be entertained. I think they're actually just called Anthesis now, but frankly I like the original name better. Switch it back, fellas.

Zammuto - IO

I loved the last album that Nick et al put out a couple years ago, and I really had no idea another one was coming out, so this was a very nice surprise. I've already listened to the new one, which doesn't really come out for a couple days, but rest assured it's excellent. Different from the last, yet similar. You can definitely expect it to be on my end of year best of list. This song is quite a bit... lighter than the others? It's cool, but there are several better ones to be found on it.

Beck - Heaven's Ladder

This was never actually released on any album, just in sheet music form in the Song Reader book slash website concept thingy that came out a couple years ago. So, in a way, this is kind of a brand new song I guess?

Down With The Butterfly - Tanks

Great song from an underrated band out of Halifax. That said I'm not even sure if they're still a thing. It's a shame, if not. Not too many bands like this right now.

The Saturday Beat

It's Saturday, and that can mean only one thing. Beats! Awwwww yiss.



Dub? Trap? I'm bad with genres. Pretty funky whatever it is.



Now this is mad funky, almost worthy of a Friday. I wanted to post the actual link to this one but some marketing 'genius' decided I shouldn't be able to embed the track in a blog. Real smart pal, let's make it difficult to hype dope tunes. You deserve a raise.



Funky. Disco. House.



I love this remix. I used it in one of my mixes a year or so back.



We've had a good little dance party, so let's wind down with this killer chiller.

Vulfpeck - 1612

Saw these guys in a reddit post. Ridiculously funky. I am a fan.

EDIT: That's Antwaun Stanley on the vocals. He's also featured on this track.

Trombone Shorty - Buckjump

Right, here's some funk.

Ben L'Concle Soul - A Coup De Rêves

Looks like it's time for some Friday Funk. Let's start with this French fella. More like soul, almost a motown vibe maybe, but still pretty funky. Meh. It works. 

Antemasque - Drown All Your Witches

It doesn't take long to hear a pretty distinct voice in this track. Of course it's Cedric from the Mars Volta and At The Drive-In. This is a sort of side project slash supergroup of sorts with him and his guitar buddy Omar, with some help from a little guy named Flea. Not surprisingly, it doesn't deviate too much from their other work. Still sounds cool though, we'll see where they take it from here.

Jonquil - Lions

I couldn't find a video for this anywhere so I'm using this fan-made one. I heard this track on the brilliant trailer for "Tomorrow We Disappear". I'd heard of these Oxford chaps before but never really paid them much mind. There's just a sort of haunting quality to this track though, it's really cool. Think I'll have to check out some more of them now.

Arkells - Never Thought This Would Happen

I missed yesterday. That was not intentional. These guys have a new album coming out. They're pretty popular in the indie circles, I suppose for good reason. Always been kind of hit and miss for me. I feel the same about this track. It's ok. I have an issue with it being labeled as an 'acoustic' rendition when there's a drum track playing in the background. Perhaps 'stripped' would be more accurate. 

Lusine - Arterial

Now this is what I'm talkin' bout. Dope track, sick video, top notch. This is the work of Jeff McIlwain, and he is in his groove. A+, keep up the good work dude.