Mp3 | Aesthetic Octopus

February 27, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Playlist 2/27/10

1. Small Planet – Ferraby Lionheart

2. Friday Night – Elephant Parade

3. Kevin and Brendan Paint an Image of Chicago w/Casual Women – Happiest Lion

4. Comfy In Nautica – Panda Bear

5. Icarus - White Hinterland (mp3)

6. L.E.S. Artistes – Santogold

7. Intro Like This – DJ E

8. In The Flowers/My Girls - Animal Collective

9. Excuses - the morning benders (mp3)

10. Walk In The Park – Beach House

11. Golden Phone – Micachu & The Shapes

12. iamundernodisguise - School of Seven Bells

13. David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Please Don’t (Featuring Santigold) (mp3)

14. Giving Up The Gun – Vampire Weekend

15. Ambivalence Avenue – Bibio

16. You’ve Got The Love – The xx

17. Golden Pendulum – The Big Pink

18. I’m In Love With A Ripper – YACHT

February 25, 2010

Vampire Weekend/Yeasayer Mashup

“Giving Up The Alp” – Immuzikation Blend.

Get the mp3 here.

Via.

Closing Tentacles:

Do you like mashups?
Do you make mashups?
Is this mashup really that good, or it just getting “mad press” because it’s a combination of VW and Yeasayer?
Did you read our interview with Yeasayer?
What would you give to get your mashup featured on Stereogum?

February 20, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Playlist 2/20/10

1. Zebra - Beach House

2. Excuses – the morning benders (mp3)

3. O.N.E. – Yeasayer

4. I Was A Lover – TV On The Radio

5. Blessa - Toro y Moi

6. Intro Like This – DJ E

7. Go Go Gadget Gospel/Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

8. Christmas Tree – Lady GaGa

9. I Can’t Believe You Actually Died/I’m A Pearl Diver – Microphones

10. Ephemeral Artery – Neon Indian

11. Comfy In Nautica – Panda Bear (mp3)

12. Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros

13. Johanna - Think About Life (mp3)

14. Beach Girls – Sleigh Bells (mp3)

15. L.E.S. Artistes – Santogold

16. Fake Blues – Real Estate (mp3)

17. 1901 - Phoenix (mp3)

18. Walk In The Park – Beach House

19. Walkabout (f/Noah Lennox) - Atlas Sound (mp3)

20. Before We’re Dead – Ferraby Lionheart

February 13, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Playlist 1/13/10

1. Blessa – Toro y Moi

2. Ambling Alp – Yeasayer (mp3)

3. Rich Girls – The Virgins

4. Johanna - Think About Life (mp3)

5. Zebra - Beach House

6. Anarchy In The UK – Chances R (Dave Longstreth) (mp3)

7. Terminally Chill/Ephemeral Artery (Live on Jimmy Fallon) – Neon Indian

8. He Hit Me – Grizzly Bear

9. In The Flowers – Animal Collective

10. Angel Echoes – Four Tet

11. The High Road – Broken Bells

12. All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem

13. White Sky – Vampire Weekend

14. Fitz And Dizzyspells – Andrew Bird

15. Here Lies Love – David Byrne and Fatboy Slim w/Florence Welch

16. My Boyfriend’s Back – The Raveonettes

17. Bicylcle – St. Vincent

18. Dominoes - The Big Pink

19. Ambling Alp (The Very Best Remix) – The Very Best (mp3)

February 6, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Playlist 2/6/10

1. I Was A Love – TV On The Radio

2. Bad Romance – Lady GaGa

3. Walkabout (w/Noah Lennox) – Atlas Sound (mp3)

4. Daniel - Bat For Lashes

5. When The World Comes To An End (live on Jimmy Fallon) – Dirty Projectors (mp3)

6. (Am) & Deadbeat Summer – Neon Indian

7. Norway - Beach House (mp3)

8. 81 - Joanna Newsom

9. Go Go Gadget Gospel – Gnarls Barkley

10. Don’t Be A Jerk Jonny – The Drums

11. In The Sun – She & Him

12. O.N.E. – Yeasayer

13. Keep The Dog Quiet – Owen Pallet

14. Zebra - Beach House

15. Are You Hurting The One You Love? – Florence & The Machine

16. Tonight - Lykke Li

17. Laura - Girls

January 30, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Playlist 1/30/10

1. Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois – Sufjan Stevens

2. The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You’re Going To Have To Leave Now, Or… – Sufjan Stevens

3. What Would I Want, Sky? – Animal Collective

4. (AM) - Neon Indian

5. Deadbeat Summer - Neon Indian

6. Talamak - Toro y Moi (mp3)

7. Norway - Beach House (mp3)

8. Let It Snow – Dean Martin

9. Field of Pain (Live) – Dinosaur Jr.

10. Your Protector – Fleet Foxes

11. Ambling Alp – Yeasayer (mp3)

12. Dominoes - The Big Pink

13. I Am Not A Robot – Marina And The Diamonds

14. Let’s Go Surfing – The Drums

15. Basic Space – The xx

16. Bad Romance – Lady GaGa

January 22, 2010

Links of the First & Second Daily Trimesters 1/22/10

Picture Above: Two best friends. We’re going to need a bigger AWWW!

Watch: The PBS documentary about the historic Late Night War. Jimmy Kimmel keeps his title of “King of Jokes About the Current Late Night Situation While Not Being Conan O’Brien.” A prestigious title indeed.

The family tree of internet cats. I believe it goes without saying that this was long overdue…Congrats to these guys. And congrats to the cats!

Jay Leno to Keynote White House’s Correspondents’ Dinner! WTF OBAMA?! You’re supposed to be cool and invite someone like John Hodgman or a LOL cat to do this. Not the most hated comedian in America!

Grizzly Bear cover Hot Chip. Well at least there is some good/awesome news today….

January 5, 2010

To Vampire Weekend's Contra, I Think Ur A Video Game Because You Sound Like One

So I’ve been listening to the highly anticipated, both by myself and the army of blogs and what not, sophomore effort by Vampire Weekend, Contra, and I am getting pretty upset! This album, for the most part, sounds like a soulless default ringtone! And default ringtones are lame! Every single song, except for “Cousins” which is actually great, seems to have a fairly good base, but is completely ruined on the production side. Songs such as “Diplomat’s Son” sound like they were made in FruityLoops or Garageband by the kid you thought was so musically inspired in middle school but then later realized anyone can make random bass and drum noises sound “meh.” Continue reading…

January 4, 2010

Mp3 of Dave Longstreth's Old Ironic Boy Band Surfaces

Back when Dave Longstreth (frontman of Dirty Projectors) was around the age of, in his words, “17 or something,” he wrote a parody song that he envisioned a boy band from the era may sing. Read Dave’s clarification of the project, entitled Chances R, he gave to Stereogum and the listen to the mp3 after the break… Continue reading…