Lost MP3 of the Week: “These Days”
When I saw St. Vincent at Union Hall a couple weeks ago, I was really taken with her cover of Jackson Browne’s “These Days.” Of all the cover versions of this song, it’s unsurprisingly most akin to Nico’s, with its folky, rambling speed. Browne’s “original” — although he wrote the song, he recorded it...
Lost MP3 of the Week: “Rent is too Damn High”
It’s been a long week. One of my two other roommates decided to move out, resulting in a lot of stress over money, landlords, finding new roommates, etc. All the housing stress reminded me of my first apartment hunt, and then reminded me of something my editorial & review class professor told me about in...
Lost MP3(s) of the Week: “You Only Live Twice”
I love James Bond movies. And when I say “James Bond movies,” I mean the ones starring Sean Connery. Maybe I’m just an old fashioned kind of girl, but in my eyes, no man has been able to so much as hold a candle to Sean Connery’s Bond. Bond debate aside, one thing most Bond...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Tupac, “So Many Tears”
When it comes to the battle of great rappers of the ’90s, I don’t like to take sides in the Biggie vs. Tupac argument. As a West Coaster, I grew up being much more familiar with Tupac’s music, but can certainly appreciate Notorious B.I.G. A couple weeks ago, I saw an amazing documentary called Bastards...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Plastic Little, “Get Close”
When it comes to rap & hip-hop, my thoughts are generally, “the dirtier, the better.” With this in mind, it’s no wonder why I love Plastic Little’s “Get Close.” With lines like, “first we’re text messaging, then we’re sex messaging,” it’s a classic of filth from this Philly rap group who specialize in salacious songs....
Lost MP3 of the Week: King Crimson, “I Talk to the Wind”
When I was at Hofstra, I took a class called the History of Electronic Music. It was one of my favorite classes that I took there, partly because it was taught by Herbert Deutsch, who collaborated with Bob Moog on the creation of the Moog synthesizer. Aside from the fact that the class was taught...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Mayday, “Groundhog Day”
One of my co-workers lived in Australia for awhile. A couple weeks ago, she was listening to an Australian radio station online. It was playing a really killer mix of music, mostly indie rock, but also a lot of great indie hip-hop. A song came on that I’d never heard, but I recognized something instantly...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Autolux, “Turnstyle Blues”
I tend to be wary about “indie bands” on major labels. I don’t mean bands like the Decemberists or Death Cab for Cutie that become big indie bands before they sign. I mean bands that seem to be plucked up by major labels before they make their mark on the indie scene, and that are...
Introducing: Lost MP3 of the Week
I’ve (finally) come up with a workable feature to present here on T-Sides, and I’m calling it “Lost MP3 of the Week.” What does this mean, do you ask? Well, allow me to explain. As you can probably guess, I have a ton of music. Probably not enough to rival with the collection of a...
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