I promise I’ll have an actual post for you tomorrow but for now, please feast your eyes on Jimmy Fallon and John Krasinski throwing it down in a lip syncing contest (you read that right) that covers both Katy Perry and RUN-D.M.C. and ends with Krasinski belting out a ballad from one of the best quartets ever to record music.
Seriously, I wish my job included acting like a goofball on national television with hilarious people while getting paid shit tons of $$$.
~Nikki
We were originally told Christmas of 2012. Then, March of 2013. Now, the release date for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire is May 10 of this year, less than a month away. At this point, I’m more eager for the soundtrack, which will be out May 7th. Here’s a convenient little sampler:
You know Florence + The Machine and Jack White are favorites of mine (I am fucking DESPERATE to get my hands on Love Is Blindness) but that Lana Del Rey song sounds promising as does the remake of Together by The xx. Nero’s Into The Past and Sia’s Kill And Run have got my curiosity piqued as well.
The full playlist:
1. 100$ Bill – JAY Z
2. Back To Black – Beyoncé x André 3000
3. Bang Bang – will.i.am
4. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) – Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock
5. Young And Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
6. Love Is The Drug – Bryan Ferry with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
7. Over The Love – Florence + The Machine
8. Where The Wind Blows – Coco O. of Quadron
9. Crazy in Love – Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
10. Together – The xx
11. Hearts A Mess – Gotye
12. Love Is Blindness – Jack White
13. Into the Past – Nero
14. Kill and Run – Sia
And, thanks to E!, here’s Over The Love in full by Florence + The Machine. Shit, is it good.
http://soundcloud.com/florencebr/florence-the-machine-over-the-love
~Nikki
Awesome music-share alert!
I just discovered a band that is not even remotely new, but that I had never really heard of until my MOM and sister brought them to my attention. I’m talking about Bombay Bicycle Club, and oh shit, am I in love.
Their latest release, A Different Kind of Fix, came out this past January and it had me at first listen. It’s rock, indie (what even IS indie, I ask you?), alternative, moody, slightly electronic…. the closest thing I can come up with is the love child of Arcade Fire and Duran Duran, with a sprinkle of both Belle & Sebastian and The Fleet Foxes. If that doesn’t pique your interest, what kind of shitty music do you listen to?
Of course these guys are from London, because EVERYTHING GOOD COMES FROM ENGLAND. Apparently they formed around 2005ish, and then won some Virgin Mobile battle-of-the-bands contest. Lucky them, and us. Sidenote: They are also really freaking cute. *waves* I’m single, guys!! *bats lashes*
This album, so far, has made me want to, in no particular order: Sleep, cry, fall in love, get it on, run, drive really fast, chill, stare at the wall, contemplate deep shit. You know, all the good things about being alive.
‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ manages to be both soothing AND toe-tap-inducing. How is that possible?
My favorite track is ‘Bad Timing’, which just completely sounds like a lost Arcade Fire track. Haunting and lush. My favorite yummy ways to describe music.
The songs ‘Shuffle’ and ‘Lights Out, Words Gone,’ will make you instantly happy and feel like doing a little shuffle yourself. They are light and airy; happy and melancholy.
Oh my god, I forgot about ‘Leave It’ and ‘What You Want’ – which are both just achingly awesome. See?! This album is so good, as I go through each track I keep being reminded how great it is. I’m just putting the spotify box in here with the whole damn album so you can take a listen yourself. As long as you have a heart and soul and ears, ye shall not be disappointed.
~Annie
Mumford & Sons, Columbus OH, 8/14/12
Well, my friends, something amazing happened. Nikki and I got a huge wish granted last week, amidst a parking lot full of thousands of dirty, filthy assholes, farting with abandon, seizing, and fainting, all whilst getting inebriated. I’m talking about the Mumford & Sons concert in Columbus, Ohio. Another concert bucket list alert. 🙂
Aside from all the human bodily atrocities we were accosted with that steamy night, came the glorious, soul-stirring sounds of the band that consists of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwayne. Having experienced this show with my own eyes and ears, I can tell you they are even more talented than I originally thought. Every song was played to perfection, with Mumford’s gravelly voice and the entire band’s tremendous skill on every instrument they touched. Really though, I don’t know how Mumford’s forearm doesn’t fly off at the elbow while he’s destroying the guitar or banjo.
Babel, their new album, arrives on September 25th, so I knew the show would be full of lots of new stuff. I was a little bummed about this, only because I love being familiar with all the material a band is putting out. Shame on me, because every. single. song. off the forthcoming album was stupendous. Phenomenal. First-listen good. After each one I leaned to my cohorts and exclaimed “That was AMAZING!” Here are a few videos my crew took of their new stuff….
This one REALLY blew me away…
And finally, this is the single, which I had heard a couple of times, and am in true, deep love with. 🙂
The foul crowd. Seriously, people, stop farting at concerts. You’re making me choke on my own puke.
Of course, they played most of their first album, Sigh No More, as well, although sadly, they did not play the title track, which is a song that never fails to soothe/depress/destroy/invigorate my life force. The other heavy hitters, “Roll Away Your Stone,” “Little Lion Man,” “The Cave” (an EXPLOSIVE final song. I might venture so far as to say I’ve never seen a group of people completely erupt as these ones certainly did. The look on the boys’ faces as they are playing this one, watching everyone go ballistic is priceless – they always seem overcome with joy. Try screaming this at the top of your lungs while jumping with around 4,500 people. Nature’s drugs, I tell ya), were all there, and NO SOUND that came off that stage disappointed.
Since I can’t in good faith post my own video of “The Cave” (as I was leaping and screaming, and at one point just gave up filming), I have scoured all the vids on youtube to find one that best conveyed how it felt to be in the audience that night. I give you, the 1:15 mark:
Marcus Mumford, up on a big screen
They were gracious, funny, charming (they kept doing the typical Ohio State chants, “O – H!” – to which everyone replies back, “I – O!” I found this incredibly adorable as they are from the UK). They are obscenely talented musicians. Their catalog of music is literally some of the best that can be found today. This band is no joke, and live (where you always find out the truth about a band), they proved all of this, unequivocally. Mumford & Sons, I’ll love you til the day I die.
~Annie
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