Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I was listening to the LSTN #3 playlist on Urban Outfitters relatively-cool-because-they-give-you-free-music blog when I heard a song come on by someone called Fever Ray. After 10 seconds I realized it was Karin Dreijer of the Swedish group The Knife singing. Fever Ray is her new solo project without brother and other half of The [...]
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Everyone, it is with the highest level of enthusiasm and anticipation that I announce the arrival of long-time Medium Happiness’ friends, Howlies, debut record, Trippin’ With Howlies. The new record is out via NYC-based Over Under Records. Trippin’ With Howlies is available through iTunes and Amazon.
Check out the video for one of my favorite songs [...]
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Little man Jermaine Dupri looks like he has had enough of working for the man.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Not his best. But not bad, either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRQynJPS6s
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Yes, the Onion’s AV Club review of Chinese Democracy by Chuck Klosterman is vintage Klosterman—him flaunting his encyclopedic back catalog of cultural references at the expense of coming across as a self-fellating pseudo hipster nerd bag. But, in between all the Chucking around there are some funny jokes, and most importantly, evidence of a guy [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Hey guys, two of my good friends, Michael Faircloth and Jack Neatus, who are in the band Sea Legs, have just put out their self-released, new album Ghost of Alabama. Here are all of the songs off the record for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to “pop” the player and put it wherever you’d like.
Some [...]
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In what could be a very astute marketing move, NBC has retained the musical talents of The Flaming Lips, the B52s, and guitar god BB King to give their old, instantly recognizable, bottom half of a D chord, chimes a new sound.
The best part of this whole thing though is that Wayne Coyne revealed his [...]
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Dear friend of Medium Happiness, member of The King Left, longest punt by a high school punter national record holder, and total bass shredder, Ian Bullet, was recently asked by New York Press to throw down on the New York City music scene. If you’ve ever been a working musician in New York then you [...]
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Apologies for the dearth of postings over the past week, I was in California. While there: I did not see a single cloud in the sky for 9 days (perhaps the reason they have not had rainfall since April in some parts), drank at least a gallon of wine; saw: hawks, elk, seals, leatherback turtle, [...]
