Tones Of Home: September 2009

9.30.2009

volcano choir

f you like bon iver, then check out the lead singer's new project.

download the album here (it is free!)

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9.27.2009

ok, so what you need to do is this: play the first video with the sound up.... then scroll down to the second and start that video with the sound all of the way down. then enlarge the second video to full screen.

this concert is the same weekend as the vandy game..... decisions, decisions.....

buy tix here

9.26.2009

saturday morning music downloads

metric - fantasies (2009)

download here

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9.23.2009

flaming lips - embryonic

download it here

here is a review of the album from some random soul:

Embryonic starts with "Convinced of the Hex." What's unique about The Flaming Lips is their ability to intertwine a nice voice with strange sounds. Here you can clearly hear they used some lower quality samples infused with some higher bitrate samples layered with deeper reverbs to push his vocals further back in the mix. "See The Leaves" is filled with blips and bleeps that really make no sense and portray what the 60's psychedelic wave might sound like if it were still alive today. The lyrics suggest such even more with the leaves coming out, the grass dying and the sun coming out painting a colorful image in the head.

"Silver Trembling Hands" may be one of the most fun points The Flaming Lips' Embryonic album. With a distorted bass line, one would feel as if they're floating through space listening to his echoed voice as he sings about a girl being high, forgetting some feelings and the song makes it seem like they were the ones who were high especially when they start mentioning nature. The chorus feels majestic and captivating despite a strange story being told.

Embryonic is a much longer album, 18 tracks in total. Having that many tracks it's easy for songs to start resembling one another. While songs like "Aquarius Sabotage" are a mix of instrumental, both peaceful and clashing, songs like "Scorpio Sword" sound too much like the opener. However, the album has very atmospheric tunes as well that can enlighten a mood, calm one's soul or put them in a trance such as "Sagittarius Silver Announcement" and "Gemini Syringes," the latter a sound maybe Pink Floyd would have experimented with. "Sagittarius" sends a message that one must give in to their desires in order to find one's freedom.

The Flaming Lips' "Virgo Self-Esteem Broadcast" is much like "Gemini Syringes" but offers the tone a bit more tame with a repeated line saying "This is the beginning." The album closes with "Watching the Planets" which is using a distorted percussion to set the mood. It sounds much more deranged than many of the 18 tracks on Embryonic but has a hypnotic beat that is much more enjoyable than many of the tracks on the album.

Embryonic is very psychedelic and stands out as one of The Flaming Lips best works that proves they're back to continue confusing the mind. Pick up their new album in stores October 13^th.

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9.22.2009

it has been a while since my last post!

a present for you all......

the beatles - remasters!

Here they are converted from lossless to -V0 MP3s

Download One Contains:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=50U5ASD6

Help!
Beatles For Sale
Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night

Download Two Contains:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5LCK2H78

Please Please Me
Past Masters Disc 1 and 2
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour

Download Three Contains:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MVU2VVZ2

Revolver
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles Disc 1

Download Four Contains:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X36RASQG

The Beatles Disc 2
With The Beatles
Yellow Submarine

just copy and paste the megaupload urls!

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9.15.2009

"According to reliable sources, it's finally happening in 2010! There will be multiple, possibly four, nights of shows at NYC's Central Park Summerstage in September of that year. That could be part of a tour. That could be the end of a tour, the middle of a tour, or even the beginning of a tour, but it seems reasonable to speculate that they might make their official comeback at Coachella in April.
It's also time to start guessing who might be the big curator of September 2010's ATP NY festival (the job Flaming Lips had this year, and My Bloody Valentine the year before that). Might as well put Pavement high on the list of possibilities for that too."