what i’m listening to
February 23, 2010
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and as promised, i’ve made a new mix of tracks that i’m listening to these february days. i hope you enjoy. listen HERE.
track list:
+ living in colour (frightened rabbit)
+ keep the dog quiet (owen pallett)
+ change of time (josh ritter)
+ zebra (beach house)
+ who makes your money (spoon)
+ white sky (vampire weekend)
+ walls (shout out louds)
+ when we swam (thao and the get down, stay down) (just try not to swing your hips when you hear this one)
+ thieves in the night (hot chip)
+ the wild (princeton)
+ not in nottingham (mumford & sons, covering a disney tune — i’ve mentioned it here before)
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sweet. nice to see some owen pallett on there. and shout out louds. woot. merci beaucoup.
i want to know on that window and inquire into
the titles of those books
great playlist today
erm…that would be ‘knock’
although obviously i want to know
;)
heading over to listen now. diggin’ that top photo too.
white sky is definitley a favorite on Vampire Weekends new album. very cool pictures
Just discovered mumford and sons. Love the others on the list too!
looooooooving this mix.
oh, those books in that broken window. so good.
i really need the mix, too. thanks, brian.
i saw frightened rabbit at brixton and loved them. will have to get around to buying a cd, so i can put it into rotation. thanks for reminding me!
mumford and sons! love it!
Heading over to give this mix a listen, thanks! Also, have you heard anything by One Eskimo? I just heard them and it’s a good vibe.
wooo! i so enjoy your mixes. ended up purchasing the latest mumford & sons album per your recommendation and i have to say it’s been on HIGH rotation now. always love hot chip and spoon. time for a listen!
you should listen to the new record of “the go find”. Splendid.
how perfect is it that the day i find your beautiful blog, i spent the morning listening to beach house? it feels positively providential!
Nice. Thanks.
oh i love the books in a window shot. what a lovely capture.
i always enjoy your mixes, here i go listening to them…
Beautiful tunes to start my morning :)
Great music and lovely pictures!!
Dear Brian Im going to listen to your mixes and when I click play Im I’m getting
Something went wrong! Please visit our troubleshooting page to get to the root of the problem. Error message: “Error: soundManager.createSound(): Not loaded yet – wait for soundManager.onload() before calling sound-related methods. Caller: function (track, action) { this.current_track_object = track; this.play_recorded = null; if (this.on_track_started) { this.on_track_started(track, action); } if ((action = “play”)) { this.first_play = false; } if (this.current_track) { soundManager.stop(this.current_track.sID); } if (track.item != “”) { try { soundManager.createSound(track.trackId, track.item); } catch (err) { this.pause(); TRAX.update_flash({errors: ["Something went wrong! Please visit our troubleshooting page to get to the root of the problem. Error message: \"" + err.message + ".\""]}); } this.current_track = soundManager.getSoundById(track.trackId); this.setVolume(this.volume); soundManager.play(track.trackId); } else { this.reachedEndOfMix(); } } Top of stacktrace: http://8tracks.com/javascripts/base_production_packaged.js?1267403493:41 ([object Object]).”
could you pls check if Im doing something wrong
I’m getting all oks on the troubleshooting page
For those Mumford & Sons fans…this morning the band performed a live set on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic: http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tu/tu100305mumford_and_sons_the
Happy listening!
I must retract the above comment. I misheard the announcement at the beginning of the show, and neglected to double check before posting. Mumford & Sons’ song “Cave” was the “Today’s Top Tune of the Day” (a free download/podcast) but they did not play a set. Just a tad different. As an apology, here is a link to Mumford & Sons’ cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins” on stereogum, http://stereogum.com/288202/mumford-sons-cousins-vampire-weekend-cover/mp3s/