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It’s been a fantastic month at SoundSuck. We’ve had some great featured artists, shared a few new videos, and played some solid original and remixed tracks. I have final exams next week so I’m afraid I won’t be posting much for the next week or two. But I wanted to be sure to thank everyone who has been coming back to the blog over the past month by giving out the SoundSuck Mixtape Vol. 2. This April mixtape is a compilation of our ten favorite tracks we’ve shared on the blog over the past month.
Tracklist:
1. Black Heroes – Ratatat
2. Kids – MGMT
3. Wake Up (Where The Wild Things Are Version) – The Arcade Fire
4. Pachuca Sunrise (Acoustic) – Minus the Bear
5. My Girls – Animal Collective
6. Heavy Breath (Live) – David Bazan
7. 1901 (Alan Wilkis Remix) – Phoenix
8. Family Tree – TV On The Radio
9. Do You Realize?? (Postal Service Remix) – The Flaming Lips
10. Videotape (Mojib Remix) – Radiohead
Thanks again for all your support. If you are interested in writing something for SoundSuck shoot me an email!
This entry was written by , posted on April 29, 2009 at 6:22 am, filed under updates. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Man I am looking forward to Summer break. Here’s a song that helps me get through the day.
The Way We Get By – Spoon.mp3 (right click to save)
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This entry was written by , posted on April 28, 2009 at 8:20 am, filed under Song of the Day and tagged spoon. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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It isn’t often that you come across a piece of media that punches you in the gut almost instantly. Visual artist Michael Marantz conveys a deep message with a fusion of author Carl Sagan’s far-reaching words and beautiful time lapse photography. What makes Earth: The Pale Blue Dot truly impressive is the sheer amount of work that had to be put into it by one person. To fully appreciate it you must consider the following; there are 30 scenes in this three minute video. Each scene took between 30 minutes to 14 hours to capture using a still photography camera. There are over 4,000 frames in this short film and every frame you see is actually a combination of three separate images created using a technique called HDR. And as if all that work wasn’t impressive enough Michael Marantz composed the music as well. Earth: The Pale Blue Dot is a powerful piece that deserves attention not only for its emotional weight but also for its technical brilliance. Below you will find the original soundtrack that Michael was kind enough to let us share as an mp3.
Earth – Michael Marantz.mp3 (right click to save)
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This entry was written by , posted on April 27, 2009 at 6:00 am, filed under Film and tagged michael marantz. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” – attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
The Commander Thinks Aloud – The Long Winters.mp3 (right click to save)
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I always thought “The Commander Thinks Aloud” was a good track until I learned the context in which it was written. The I realized it was one of the best songs I’d ever heard. Lead singer of The Long Winters, John Roderick, wrote “The Commander Thinks Aloud” in reaction to the Challenger spaceship disaster. It is a serenely beautiful song with both figurative and literal language that paints a beautiful picture of a painful event.
Boys and girls in cars
Dogs and birds on lawns
From here I can touch the sun
Yeah yeah
Put your jackets on
I feel we’re being born
The Tropic of Capricorn is below
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
We stall above the pole
Still your face is young
As we feel our weight return
Yeah yeah
A trail of shooting stars
The horses call of storm
Because the air contains the charge
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The radio is on
And Houston knows the score
Can you feel it?
We’re almost home
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
If you like this song you may also enjoy “Ultimatum” by The Long Winters.
This entry was written by , posted on April 25, 2009 at 8:38 am, filed under Song of the Day and tagged long winters. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m really pleased to bring you this exclusive full album preview of Like Bell’s self-titled debut. The three piece instrumental group was formed in Cleveland’s Oberlin Music College and they definitely know how to layer a song. Most of the music being made by college kids these days is either super poppy or just pretty mindless dribble. It’s encouraging to see young guys who have some technical abilities and aren’t afraid to put the effort in to make music worth listening to; they mixed, produced, and engineered the album all themselves. Like Bells is an album that requires repeat plays to fully enjoy and really gets better with each successive listen.
Track 1) Atlas
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This entry was written by , posted on April 24, 2009 at 7:15 am, filed under Featured Artists and tagged like bells. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
One of the great (and sometimes not so great) things about Radiohead’s music is that it gets remixed and covered. A lot. “Videotape” was my favorite track off of In Rainbows. I still think the original is the best but here are a few other versions that deserve some attention.
Videotape – Radiohead.mp3 (right click to save)
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Videotape (Mojib Remix).mp3 (right click to save)
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Videotape (Ring Trick Remix).mp3 (right click to save)
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This entry was written by , posted on April 23, 2009 at 12:31 pm, filed under Song of the Day and tagged radiohead. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
My friend Becca tipped me off to this trailer for the upcoming film Away We Go starring John Krasinski. She told me the music by Alexi Murdoch was really great. If you’re a know-nothing music blogger like myself you ask something like “the music is by a girl?!” And then proceed to be embarrassed by anyone who owns an iPod within earshot of you.
All My Days – Alexi Murdoch.mp3 (right click to save)
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This entry was written by , posted on April 22, 2009 at 8:51 am, filed under Film and tagged alexi murdoch. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
