DangerMouse’s Grey Album set the standard for mashups, and many pretenders have come and gone since. ‘Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers’ is less straighforward than DM’s Grey…here the Beatles mainly serve as an accompaniment to the Clan – rather than an equal partner. It’s very very good. Grab it before the music police lock it [...]

Being named as Metacritic’s band of the decade (a decision based on the music media’s overall response to their 2000 releases) is proof that for those who actually follow the industry, Spoon is the most consistent band for the past 10 years. Their catalogue doesn’t feature any ‘marginal’ efforts (in comparison to say, Radiohead with [...]

Always a sucker for a freebie, I quickly downloaded, from all places, the Nike + Sportmusic blog this ‘Audience’ from Cali indie popsters Cold War Kids. I got into their debut ‘Robbers and Cowards’ in a serious way when it first came out; full of catchy tunes, the album stuck in my melon unrelentlessly for [...]

Spoon has always been somewhat of a media darling and this seems like it will continue with the release of Transference. NPR has some amazingly glowing things to say about the Austin, TX band, Britt Daniel, Spoon’s gifted frontman, crafts brilliantly understated pop gems that follow a strict protocol: Keep the mix clean, the orchestration [...]

Flying Lotus, to me, is probably the coolest producer of the last decade. I hold his work above Dilla, Madlib, Danger Mouse et al…I know for some this would be considered to be blasphemy, but that’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it. His work has been so varied and mixed, it seems crazy to [...]

I know I’ve already posted the Fallon live version of this, but the video is worth a peek too. Thanks to Pigeons and Planes…

Metacritic’s lists always make for interesting reading, and if you, like me are looking to drain your iTunes gift cards on some good tunes to start the new millennium with, Metacritic is a great start. Take a look at the year’s summary here.