Videos of the Week

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted one of these. Now that my job and life have stabilized a bit, it is much easier to consistently post on the blog, so I will try to maintain the habit of 5 days a week. So, without further ado, here are the latest videos that have been interesting me lately.



Bassnectar puts together some amazingly stomach rumbling bass in his music, and usually infuses it in all his remixes. What I love about his remixes is he doesn't really do much tinkering with the original track, but highlights the good parts while also making the track sound specifically like his trademark sound. Of course, with Massive Attack, it is hard to mess up perfection anyway, but I love what he does with this track.



Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is a band that I really don't care for in large doses. Their new cd is so manic it gives me a headache. But small doses of them are quite nice. This is a lovely summery kind of song.



The Chemical Brothers were a huge favorite of mine until they almost became a parody of themselves. Their last two cds were borderline awful. I vowed never to listen to them again. So of course, what do the bastards do? They come out with one of their best cds ever. Assholes.



La Roux has a top ten single in the US. Milkawhat? What cave have I been living in, on Mars, with my fingers in my ears? I thought surely that was a misprint when I read it. Oh well, can't argue with facts. Very surprised and very happy for them. This is a live performance of "Bulletproof" on Good Morning America. I saw them live at Coachella and they put on a great show. I get to see their full show next month at Variety Playhouse which I am very excited about.



Back when Outkast released Speakerboxx/The Love Below, I assumed I would be more drawn to Andre 3000's side of the album and that Big Boi's would not interest me. Strangely, I hated Andre's half of the album, thinking it unfocused, juvenile, and needlessly messy. Big Boi's half turned out to be amazing, and was one of my favorite cds of that year. He is finally releasing some new material slowly and surely. If this song is any indication, I think Big Boi's next cd will be very very fun.



Grandaddy have long since disbanded, but I always enjoyed their Pavement meets Radiohead sound. And Jason Lytle and the drummer are such cute bears!



New single from M.I.A. One of her producers, Diplo, stated that aside from his three tracks the rest of the cd sounded like Skinny Puppy. Based on the first minute of this single, I would sort of say he is right.