M83
Posted by Vivek on May 26th, 2008I like M83. Â I’m slowly working on some posts, and will get them up soon. Enjoy this video in the meanwhile:
Archive for the 'Music' Category
Province by TV on the Radio
Posted by Vivek on September 24th, 2007Its been a while since my last post. I’ll start with a video I like by TV on the Radio…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqI0FYN-r5c
I would have linked it but the record company doesn’t let me.
Since I Left You
Posted by Vivek on February 9th, 2007I really like this video and song by the Avalanches, an Australian band. Their album of the same name, Since I Left You, is one of those albums that I listen to for weeks on end, forget about and fall in love with again. They have one of the most unique sounds I’ve [...]
Identify the System
Posted by Vivek on December 14th, 2006Here are the lyrics to Lali Puna’s Crawling by Numbers, a song I just listened to:
You’ll be charged a hundred dollars
if you can’t pay back the debts
Work your soul and work your lifetime
without money you can’t buy
Can’t you see
six feet underground?
Identify the system
Identify the system
Watch your neighbours
and their big dreams
Silent envy on your face
A life [...]
Something new?
Posted by Vivek on September 9th, 2006Sometimes, I turn on an old track off my playlist and listen. And I remember, again, the depository of memory that is this music I like.
This time, I start thinking more about the ramifications of music as an indicator of permanence, no, maybe an ensurer of permanence, a guarantor of sorts.
When I turn on a [...]
Gnarling Barkley
Posted by Vivek on August 11th, 2006I just picked up the absolutely fantastic collaboration between DJ Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob) called Gnarls Barkley. I am a bona fide southerner, having lived in Texas and Georgia for most of my life, and my ears have a special penchant for southern music. I think it took this album to make me [...]
Bush loves black people?
Posted by Vivek on July 20th, 2006Do you remember when Kanye made his mark in the collective post-Katrina conscience when he said Bush doesn’t care about black people? Those on the west coast may not have seen it in the CA NBC telecast of the Katrina fundraising event, because Kanye’s comments were edited out.
Despite NBC’s unfortunate editing, everyone knew about [...]
Friend of the Night
Posted by Vivek on June 18th, 2006I really like the song ‘Friend of the Night’ by Mogwai. Here’s a link to the YouTube video.
Black Eyed Peas perform in Tel Aviv
Posted by Vivek on June 14th, 2006I was browsing through electronic intifada when I found the following letter written to the Black Eyed Peas (a group that has blown up commercially of late but were much better back in the day) regarding their recent performance in Tel Aviv.
Apparently, BEP thought Israel is “one of the most fun places on the planet” [...]
