Trust Me, I Love My Phone

New from Mike Skinner, via his Twitter, it's the latest from The Streets. Not sure how I feel about the freebies yet. I miss the era of Original Pirate Material.

The Streets - Trust Me [mp3]
The Streets - I Love My Phone [mp3]

I'm a AA, Who Thinks XXX

Viewer Beware: Radness follows. Peaches spanking new vid for the single "Talk to Me" surfaced today. If you haven't already heard, the stellar new album I Feel Cream drops May 5th. Circle, heart, and peach that date on your calender because this one is going to be epic.

Here's a classic track from The Teaches of Peaches to get your engine revving. Double R Dirrty.

Peaches - AA XXX [mp3]

XXX O,
LtK

Listen and Love

Today's Listen and Love: The Tallest Man on Earth's 2008 release: Shallow Graves. He opened for Bon Iver, and manages to pull off contemporary Dylan. I love on it.

The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener [mp3]
The Tallest Man on Earth - I Won't Be Found [mp3]
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Sparrow and the Medicine [mp3]

The Way We Move From A to B, It Can't Be Up to Me

Though it's been out for awhile, I'm just getting into this Drake and Mickey Factz reworking of Lykke Li's "Little Bit." Call me unfashionably late to this party.

Drake and Mickey Factz - Little Bit (Lykke Li Sample) [mp3]

Now sample some more samplers.

Chiddy Bang - Kids (MGMT Sample) [mp3]

Wale - W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E. (Justice Sample) [mp3]
Kid Cudi / Kanye / Common / A-Trak - I Poke Her Face (Lady GaGa Sample)
Rhymefest - Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson Sample) [mp3]

Listen and Love

Today's Listen and Love: The latest release from Minneapolis-based rapper/emcee P.O.S., Never Better. The title is completely appropriate. He's never been better.

P.O.S. - Goodbye [mp3]
Giving up is like Latin; it's dead.
P.O.S. - Drumroll (We're All Thirsty) [mp3]
P.O.S. - Optimist (Live on Radio K) [mp3]

Ta Douleur

I love on this song, from french pop singer Camille, despite not understanding a word. The crazy crazy video makes me think it must be genius. That, and I now want to burn any and all blue sweaters.


Camille - Ta Douleur from Francès - IES Pere Fontdevila on Vimeo.

Camille - Ta Douleur [mp3]

1000 Minutes Vol. 2

Time to knock another installment off my 1000 minutes. If you're lost, start here.

3. Portishead - Glory Box (5:06) [Time Remaining: 990.41]
It was difficult for me to resist tossing on Dummy in it's entirety. After all, it seems impossible for a girl to outgrow such heavy-hitters as "It Could Be Sweet," "Sour Times," and "It's a Fire." You see, Dummy effectively tamed my inner tomboy. In an age of grunge, flannel shirts, and all-around poor hygiene, Portishead brought the glory back to femininity. If I were brave enough to use the term "sexuality," this album made me own it. I treasure "Glory Box" because it's the ultimate female inner-monologue. We may be notorious for over thinking, but this track simplifies our most basic desires, and poetically. I'm so tired of playing / playing with this bow and arrow / I'm gonna give my heart away / leave it to the other girls to play / for I've been a temptress too long / give me a reason to love you / give me a reason to be a woman / i just wanna be a woman.

4. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (3:50) [Time Remaining: 986.91]
We all know The Clash is my favorite band of all time. I've driven that point into the ground. So I'll just tell you why this London Calling track gets me every time. It was love at first verse. I wasn't born so much as I fell out... "Lost in the Supermarket" may be another cautionary tale of crushing commercialism, but observations by a disenchanted narrator set it apart. Nay, above. We all strive to dig out our place in society. A desire to belong means we take instructions on our work, love, and consumption. Joe Strummer is so brilliant he can make me laugh at this very sad fact: Everything we do to belong has actually made us more lonely. I'm all lost in the supermarket / I can no longer shop happily / I came in for that special offer / A guaranteed personality.

Portishead - Glory Box [mp3]
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket [mp3]

Let Me Feel Your Hands Go Clap

New Peaches, I Feel Cream hits stores May 5, 2009. We are tots excited. Exhibits A-C:

Peaches - Show Stopper [mp3]
Peaches - Mommy Complex [mp3]
Peaches - Take You On [mp3]