Sleigh Bells vs Lil Wayne

Droppin it like it's hot... not sure who created this beaut but it has been making the rounds today and since I'm on a Sleigh Bells binge I thought it only right to share.

Lil Wayne vs Sleigh Bells - Fireman on the Ground

Scene Not Heard - 11.14.09

Tune in every Saturday night 9-10:30 MST to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest...

You can listen to a replay of the show whenever you would like for the next two weeks right here.

If you are an artist/producer or whatever and want to do an interview on the show sometime please contact me.

Scene Not Heard 11.14.09 Playlist


Surf City - Headin' Inside
Surfer Blood - Swim (To Reach the End)
The Mantles - Don't Lie
Surf City - Free the City
Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover)
Summer Camp - Ghost Train
Summer Camp - I Only Have Eyes for You
Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring
Junior Boys - Parallel Lines
Cut Copy - Lights and Music
She Wants Revenge - Out of Control
Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets (Pariah Remix)
The xx - Fantasy (Don't Wait Animate Remix)
Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody (Gza vs Cadence Weapon)
Joy Orbison - J. Doe
Zero 7 - Ghost Symbol
Portishead - Machine Gun
The Flaming Lips - Watching the Planets
Pictureplane - Goth Star
Washed Out - Luck
Pictureplane - Transparent Now

Reuse Recycle Remix - November 12

It's been a little over a month since the last Reuse Recycle Remix and while I've been going pretty heavy with the remixes on Scene Not Heard there are a bunch that I've not had a chance to play. A couple of these are so new the wax is still warm... (this Pariah remix is just a few days old and it is fiyahhhh!)

Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets (Pariah Remix)
Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets (Baby Monster Remix)
The xx - Shelter (Death to the Throne Remix)
Pictureplane - Goth Star (Brenmar Remix)
Duck Sauce - aNYway (LAZRtag Remix)
Private - My Secret Lover (Lifelike Remix)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes Remix)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Mad Decent Remix)
Max Tundra - Which Song (Passion Pit Remix)
Air - Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix)
Music Go Music - Warm in the Shadows (Fred Falke Remix)

Sleigh Bells

I debuted a pair of tracks from Sleigh Bells on last Saturday's Scene Not Heard but today I heard Gorilla vs Bear call the group overrated. This is unsurprising since GVB editor/founder Chris seems to not be a fan of poppy dance music (with a few exceptions of course, today he played one of my favorite songs from Major Lazer's album, "Keep It Goin' Louder."

So, you be the judge. Listen to these tracks on a decent stereo otherwise the blown out sound comes across as a muddled mistake rather than the deliberate noise it is intended to be.


Sleigh Bells - A/B Machines
Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground
Sleigh Bells - Beach Girls
Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

And here is a fifth track not found on the group's EP.
Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars

Scene Not Heard - 11.07.09

Tune in every Saturday night 9-10:30 MDT to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest...

You can listen to a replay of the show whenever you would like for the next two weeks right here.

Scene Not Heard 11.07.09 Playlist


LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega Cover)
Keenhouse - Ari-es (Grum Remix)
Joy Orbison - Wet Look (Original Mix)
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Jakwob Remix)
Phaseone - Panda Jawn
Phaseone - Villain Jawn
Dizzee Rascal - Freaky Freaky
Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawking - Glorious Dawn (Cosmos Remixed)
jj - Ecstasy
Major Lazer - Cash Flow (Classixx Glass Bottom Dub Mix)
Delorean - Seasun
Miami Horror - Make You Mine (Fred Falke Remix)
Miami Horror - Sometimes
Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Memory Cassette - Surfin (Sail A Whale Version)
Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
Duck Sauce - aNYway
Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground
Sleigh Bells - A/B Machines

Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawking - Glorious Dawn

I don't know who had this idea but it is really incredible. The music is excellent and the words are beautiful. They paint a very brilliant image of sunrise from outer space.

Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawking - Glorious Dawn (Cosmos Remixed)

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

Typically I try and avoid posting videos that are on every other blog but there are many reasons I'm posting this one:

1. It may be the best video I've seen this year.
2. I find the video very inspiring from an artistic standpoint. You can tell the person who made it spent so much time molding those creatures and really thought about the story they wanted to tell. An artistic success.
3. It's the best Grizzly Bear video yet.
4. This was initially my favorite song on the album (While You Wait had already been floating around and maybe Fine For Now is my favorite now).
5. Shoestring budget.
6. Clay penis.

Amazon's Top 100 Albums of 2k9

I hate when a list starts with #1 and runs backwards so I'll present their top 10 in reverse order:

10 Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Cool sound but not something I go back to over and over

9 Jay Z - The Blueprint 3
Mostly mediocre but I do like "New York State of Mind" and I know a lot of peeps are bagging on that track.

8 K’Naan - Troubadour
Never heard knaan but he may be related to Kano from Mortal Kombat.

7 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Not sure how AnCo, Knaan and Neko Case end up on the same list. Feels like a lie.

6 Girls - Album
I too am a big fan of this. Expect this in my Top 10.

5 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Never heard this album but all the people I know who listen to boring dad rock are super into this album. I won't bother listening.

4 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
I like most of this album but it's certainly not better than Girls. Or AnCo.

3 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
I find this album mostly uninspiring. I often compare this to Passion Pit's Manners which I feel has more interesting parts. Expecting this album to be on every list I read --except mine.

2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
Worst YYY's album by a long shot. I listened to it a few times. Probably never listen to it again.

1 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
lulzzzzz

Get the rest of the list here. Can't believe The xx is way down at 78. I feel like that alone negates the authority of this list. And possibly Amazon. Probably won't ever buy anything from Amazon again for this.

Joker & Ginz Mixes

I know everyone is creamin their shorts over Joker but of all the new woozy Dubstept that I'm coming across lately I think he's less interesting than his contemporaries.

I featured many of these contemporaries in Pretty Much Perfect and still stand by my claim that this will be the next scene to blow up.

Joker and Ginz have collaborated on a number of different things including a "Raindrops" remix as well as a few original pieces. In digging around for some more material from these guys I came across a couple of mixes. Joker's is from the last week of 2008 and Ginz's is from this Summer. While Joker's does eventually get interesting, it starts off a little slow. Ginz on the other hand brings it from the beginning and never lets up.

Ginz - Data Transmission Podcast
Joker - Purple Wow Sound Mix

The Soft Pack - Answer to Yourself

I heard this new song from The Soft Pack today and I liked it. I've liked nearly everything I've heard from the band. I went back and listened to "Parasites" and couldn't recall including it in my best of tracks from 2k8. Turns out I didn't. I failed. "Parasites" is better than half the stuff on that list. Really love the song and am digging this new jam as well. I wonder if one day The Soft Pack will actually put out an album. I wonder.

The Soft Pack - Answer to Yourself
The Soft Pack - Parasites