December 2009
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The Chairs | Flume (Bon Iver Cover)
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WatchSugar & Gold | Neighborhood
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Passion Pit | Sleepyhead (Piano Acoustic)
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Tracklist: Courses
As per usual, here’s a collection of my favorite tracks from the past few months, arranged & packaged. If you’re looking for some new stuff, this might be a good place to start. Download .zip file here (119 MB). Smaller chunks: pt. I, pt. II. [こちらをクリックして、最新のミックスをダウンロードリンクへ]
01. The Tallest Man On Earth | This Wind
02. Frightened Rabbit | Swim Until You Can’t See...
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Portugal. The Man | People Say
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Striking truths in an interview w/Brad Pitt
Pitt: Man, I know all these things are supposed to seem important to us—the car, the condo, our version of success—but if that's the case, why is the general feeling out there reflecting more impotence and isolation and desperation and loneliness? If you ask me, I say toss all this—we gotta find something else. Because all I know is that at this point in time, we are heading for a dead end, a numbing of the soul, a complete atrophy of the spiritual being. And I don't want that.
Rolling Stone: So if we're heading toward this kind of existential dead end in society, what do you think should happen?
Pitt: Hey, man, I don't have those answers yet. The emphasis now is on success and personal gain. I'm sitting in it, and I'm telling you, that's not it. I'm the guy who's got everything. I know. But I'm telling you, once you've got everything, then you're just left with yourself. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it doesn't help you sleep any better, and you don't wake up any better because of it.
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Mix for Mon(st)roe
Just a tracklist of songs for my friend. Most of it’s been seen on here before, but it might be worthwhile to bring ‘em up again. Download available here (106 MB). Tracklist below:
01. The Tallest Man On Earth - This Wind
02. The Silent Years - Madame Shocking
03. New Villager - Genghis On
04. Ramona Falls - I Say Fever
05. Jose Gonzalez & Junip - Ghost Of Tom Joad
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WatchThe Dodos, Un Soirée de poche (Mini-concert)
(feat. the songs Fools, Men, Ashley, Jody, & The Season / Impro)
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Gregory Alan Isakov | That Moon Song
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WatchThe Black Atlantic | Dandelion
Top 5 of '09, #1
#1. The Black Atlantic | Old, Dim Light
My guess is that few would put the album Reverence For Fallen Trees in their #1 spot for the year 2009, and fewer still would put this track as their #1. Old, Dim Light is nothing amazingly new or spectacular - it won’t break conceptions of how music can be played/enjoyed/made or anything of the sort. But this track is all about what I like best in...
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Sufjan Stevens | Come On! Let’s Boogey To...
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Top 5 of '09, #2
#2. Animal Collective | My Girls
Yeah, everyone else has this song or album on their list as well. But it’s my firm belief that it isn’t just the hype. Animal Collective is not a band I’m extremely familiar with, and I’m not even sure if I knew of them before this year - but My Girls had me before I’d even heard the song. At first, I was only presented with the...
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Top 5 Of '09, #3
#3. Asian Kung-Fu Generation | 新世紀のラブソング [Love Song For A New Era]
This will no doubt go out of the range of most people’s listening circles, but it can’t be helped. Going on my 3rd year of living in Japan, there is just some music I am exposed to that will never be heard by a majority of the English-speaking world. Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Ajikan, for short) has been making music...
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Young Man | Playtime
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Top 5 Of '09, #4
#4. Ramona Falls | I Say Fever
Even before it was brought to life in the stunning music video, I Say Fever struck me as an extremely well-crafted song from beginning to end. I can’t particularly say I identify with the lyrics - but even despite that it dragged me into itself from the first listen strictly because it’s told so well. As a side note, had I been doing a top albums list,...
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“It says as much about America as any Ken Burns documentary, it makes me laugh as...”
– User comment from Scoopy (imdb.com) on Nickelodeon’s timeless show from the 90’s, The Adventures Of Pete & Pete
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Top 5 Of '09, #5
‘09 was the first full year of this site. It would have been hard for me to say I’d be keeping at it ‘til the end of the year (& beyond) back then, but it’s been an unbelievably fun & rewarding side project. And as one of the main intents of 1000xpm has always been to share new music, I feel it’s important to stop and reflect on what I believe are some of the...
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'09: A Year In Downloads
I do my best to post a new song everyday (as Tumblr allows) and offer the song as a download for those who are interested in taking it home w/them. I would say a majority of those posted songs go neglected beyond the initial listen - which is fine, there’s no one who says anyone has to like the music posted here or wherever else - but a handful of these songs garner a significant amount of...
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Field | Sunday
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The best music of ‘10...
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“Nobody wants to write endings in television. They want to sustain the franchise....”
– David Simon, creator of The Wire, in a long interview with Vice. Simon is right on this point, I think — look at Dollhouse, which has known where it’s going from the very beginning and has been blowing my mind over the last few episodes. They only have a few episodes left to tell their story before...
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Field | I’m The Enforcer
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Sleeveface →
One or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.
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The Go Find | Everybody Knows It’s Going To...
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WatchMenomena | Wet & Rusting