Paths To Victory

It's grand final day Australia!!! The Eagles aren't in it this year but it'll still be an exciting game. Even though Geelong have always been one of my most hated teams, all the players from the 92, 94 games are no longer around really so I can't continue to hold grudges and I think they are my pick for this game. I was going to include a song about cats and one about power but the obvious choice is to have a Cat Power song, so here's her cover of a hit by Bob Dylan thanks to Bradley's Almanac.

Cat Power - Paths To Victory

On The Flip Side

The Gorillaz have announced they are releasing a rarities and remixes album called D-Sides. It will be released in Europe on November 5th and in the States the next day (not sure what that means for us Aussies).

Bill Murray

Kids With Guns (Hot Chip Remix) (thanks to myselfmyself)

Sneak a Peak at the Boy

The Kurt Cobain doco, About a Son, will be released in cinemas next week but if you can't wait that long, check out the preview on the Rolling Stone website.

Run Run Run Girl

I've had Always on the Run in my Music Links section since this blogs conception but I've never really talked about it. This site changed my life. Before blogs became bigger and louder than Barry Hall it was pretty hard to find good music sites that included a range of music, not just a specific band/artist, and not just top-40 shit. There were a few out there but most of them were commercially driven and have since become harder to access for free.
I originally started using the site to access lyrics to songs that are hard to find, especially non-album tracks. I highly recommend this as a staple lyrics source. Once you make it back to the main page you can spend hours sifting through all the artists, and I love the 'Similar Bands' info in the mp3 boxes... very handy.
Here are some random tracks I found on their site... enjoy.

Camera Obscura - I Love My Jean

Smokey & Miho - Blue Glasses

Gotan Project - Diferente

Remix 'o Dyeus

Flashback! We all remember that fantastic remix of Carl Orff's O Fortuna from 1992, though not many people know the name of the original song (it's pretty funny when people try to sing it to you, they sound like they're from Psycho) and Apotheosis is not the easiest band name to remember. What ever happened to those guys?

When I decided to post this song I figured it would be all over the place but it's not really mentioned in any blogs. Then, to my surprise there are only two vids for it on YouTube and they are just stills of the single's album cover with the song over the top. The film clip was my favourite part! Please, if anyone has this clip saved somewhere, add it to YouTube and email me to let me know because I am dying to see it again. Do you remember all the old cartoons sped up? It was a brilliant music video. Enjoy the track...

Deerhoof mp3 album

Gotta love generous bands. There are so many out there that couldn't give a shit about their fan base. All the more power to them - you can just create music and put it out there without any kind of interaction. It is a bonus when they love you back though! Deerhoof have been so kind as to release their rarities mix for free on their site... thanks chaps!

01 Holy Night Fever

02 Rrrrrrright (Gremlin Remix)

03 Milk Man

04 Our Angels Ululu

05 Look Away Part Two

06 Kidz Are So Small

07 Someone's swizz-deerhoof mashup we found

08 Jorge B.S. Friend

09 Flower, panda, you're our two, last trumpeter swan

10 Unused Dedication Sound Effect

11 The Perfect Me - cover by So Cow

12 Twin Killers

13 Milking

Shoutout from the top of a hill at the bottom of the world

I hate the fact that the only thing I can post before you American bloggers get to it is Australian music. But, who am I kidding? I'm not going to be the voice of the latest and the greatest across the globe and the body of music I am representing is pretty fucking worth it. So, here we are. Another Aussie music post...

I am surprised to hear that the Hilltop Hoods still haven't made it off this island. They have been around for what seems like forever, they're the highest selling hip hop group in Australia and the song 'Nosebleed Section' was the most requested on SuperRequest for some ridiculous amount of time. Plus, seeing as though the Hilltops are pretty much the gods of Aussie hip hop, I am assuming you guys don't get much of that either. So take a listen, see what you think. And please spread it around if you like it - we need your help to bring Aussie music to the world.

Dumb Enough
This is their battle song. It cracks me up every time. "It's a swan!"

Nosebleed Section
This is their most famous/popular track, featuring samples from the Melanie Safka's song 'The People In The Front Row'. If you don't know the Hilltops then you might not know the Powderfinger song they are refering to when they sing "this life turned out nothing like I had planned". Even though it wasn't an album track it still made it to #1 in the JJJ Hottest 100. I believe it was off the soundtrack to the movie Two Hands, a Heath Ledger movie made before he was a 10 things/gay cowboy star. I'll see if I can find it somewhere and add it to this post...

Charlie's Bloody Bus

Ok, I can't take credit for this one, my girlfriend pointed it out to me. I have also been resisting linking to YouTube videos for a long time but this is too priceless to leave out and will hopefully lead to a more open-minded YouTube policy for yours truly.
What's the most fucked up combination you can think of? The Smiths + kids show...
You must watch this, this is why YouTube was invented.
Best line in the vid?

Kid: "Where are we going?"
Morrissey: "We're all going mad."

And on a side note - the comments are pretty funny. Ah, Smiths fans... classic.

Post-ark Animal Activity

While I was off-air heaps of albums came out but I have to comment on one in particular because I was anxiously waiting for it's release ever since it's predecessor, Noak's Ark was finally available in Australia. Cocorosie have returned with The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn and have evolved to an extent expected from a band that stays so far away from convention. Here's a track called Animals which sees a hip hop element play more of an obvious part (she kinda sounds like Faithless when she raps).

Animals

Comeback Jam

Well, it's been what? seven months since I last (dis)graced this blog with a post. I've been off in a whirlwind of full-time work and net-shame. Work is still pumping but I have gotten over the initial embarrassment of being discovered by my friends and being destroyed by a site reviewer (though not for this blog).

So where are we? What have I missed? Heaps.
I'll kick off with a new release which hit the shelves yesterday, though it was leaked onto the net well before that. That collection of beasts are back with a slightly less noisy, more vocal-centred album, Strawberry Jam, given its title because, according to Avey, "The substance and the record are kinda similar - real futuristic but also very organic. And the way light goes through jam is just real sonic-lookin'." You can check out that interview between BBC and the Collective here.

This album is the first the group has released since signing with Domino Records. Their official site is still in the making but they have a MySpace page and then there's the Collected Animals message board or if you're really lucky and you're currently in the UK, the band is scheduled to perform at the London Astoria, Thursday 1st November.

Peacebone