MP3 Tennis

musical taste competition
Thu Oct 8
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Electric Six - Germans in Mexico

I’m going take your smattering of German and raise you even more German.  Like a lot of Electric Six’s work, “Germans in Mexico” deals in fear, evil, and sexuality, all with a nod that none of this should be taken seriously.  When I saw them last year, “vaya con dios amigo” went on and on.

Fri Sep 25
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Pale Young Gentlemen - Fraulein

A song you can’t get out of your head? I can appreciate that.

Tue Sep 22
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Land of Talk - All My Friends

Wasn’t going to post this but it’s freaking me out how I’m not tired of it after a week on repeat.  Doesn’t have anything to do with that funk chord video, but maybe we’ll work that in.  Jeez, I can’t figure out why I dig this band so much.

Thu Sep 17

Kutiman - The Mother of All Funk Chords

And two weeks later…

If we’re going to talk about weird instruments, I need to post this video that I just found yesterday. It’s like 6 months old, which in internet years makes it incredibly ancient, but it’s still amazing, and features some footage of a theremin in action.

Sun Sep 6
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Mono Puff - To Serve Mankind

Is that a Mellotron I hear?  No matter.  I thought this Mono Puff record had all kinds of Mellotron on it, but apparently a little goes a long way.

Fri Sep 4
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St. Vincent - Actor Out of Work

Look, someone cool just joined this party.

Sun Oct 26
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Welcome to Our Group, Final Fantasy II

Seven seconds for good luck.