Hullabaloo

The word Hullabaloo is an English noun meaning an uproar or fuss. A fantastic album title, this was an early 2-disc set released by Muse back in 2002. Just rediscovered this gem, which is half B-sides (disc 1) and half live tracks (disc 2) from the great threesome's first two albums, Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry. Enjoy...

Megalomania

Yes Please

Showbiz

Map Of Your Head

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

At this point, most of y'all have probably heard a song or two off of the new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. So I won't go into too much detail on the album itself, except to say that it is way, way better than their previous release, Demon Days, and it isn't even close. Just about every track features at least one pretty famous artist guesting and the result is really enjoyable. Below are two of my favorites:

Rhinestone Eyes
Superfast Jellyfish

The Morning Benders - Major 60's Pop Influence

Despite the fact that The Morning Benders just released their sophmore album Big Echo last Tuesday, it feels like this record could have just as easily come out in 1965, so strong are the 60's pop influences in their music. That's not to say that they haven't added their own modern touch to the music, it is just that I haven't heard a band whose music is so heavily influenced by that era in quite a while. Although I don't think the record as a whole is that great, the below two songs are really strong and make me feel like I am again riding along in my Dad's car on the way to school (all he listened to was 60's pop music while I was growing up). Below are by far my two favorite tracks:

Excuses
Promises

Cults - Go Outside

Not a lot is known about Cults, except that it is a guy/girl duo and if I had to guess, they are probably from Brooklyn just like every other indie band on the planet. However, they have some pretty cool, generally upbeat / sunny music (all three songs that they have I should say). Below is my personal favorite and if you enjoy it, you can download it for free from their website here.

Go Outside

New MGMT Song - Flash Delirium

Okay, so the MGMT dudes put out one of their songs from their upcoming album Congratulations on their website that you can download for free called Flash Delirium. After listening to it a couple of times, a few things are clear. First, MGMT seem to be expanding their instrument base from their sophmore record and really "exploring the space". Two, this song only vaguely resembles anything that you would have heard on Oracular Spectacular; it is all over the place with a bunch of stylistic changes throughout the song. And lastly, if this is the direction they are going with the new record, I'm not enitrely certain I am as excited about the new record as I was even a few days ago. Oh well, listen below and judge for yourself:

Flash Delirium

Weekly Reviews - The Knife - Deep Cuts

So I may have gone way off the reservation with this one, which after reading / listening to some of my previous posts most of you might be thinking: "that's impossible, he's already so far off the reservation I have no idea where he finds this crazy music." But after seeing that one of the GorillavsBear guys listed this as his favorite band and I heard a song by them on SiriusXMU I decided to take a chance on this band.

May I then present The Knife, an electronic Swedish duo that are, admittedly, quite strange. I'm not the biggest fan of straight electronic music, but the vocals work really well with the beats on these tracks and I found myself really enjoying it (disclaimer, I have listened to it 5 times all the way through in the day and a half since I bought it). While some of the tracks make absolutely no sense, many of them are unique in their own right and I find myself grooving to a lot of them. This record came out back in 2006 so it is not new, but my guess is that a lot of y'all haven't come across them during your music listening careers. I would recommend listening to the two tracks below (my personal favorites) and if you like them I would encourage you to buy it. As for a rating for Deep Cuts, we'll go with a 4.0 for now (partly on uniqueness for me), but I can definitely see this one growing on me in the coming months.

Heartbeats
You Take My Breath Away

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The Pass - Colors

I'll give a shout out to indierockcafe.com on this one, as this band came up in their new releases list yesterday. These guys are from Louisville, KY and their self-released debut EP Colors came out last month. These guys have a lot of synthesizer and their music is most definitely dance pop. If you are a fan of the Killers or Phoenix then these guys are right up your alley, only a little more dance-oriented; in fact the lead singer's voice is almost a dead ringer for Brandon Flowers. Although there are only five songs on the EP, there is a lot of good music with my personal highlight being track 3, which is linked below for your listening pleasure.

Cross Walk Stereo

Apparently there was enough buzz from this 5 song offering to get them a record deal with SonaBlast Records, so expect a full length debut sometime later this year or early next year.

Dazzle and the Decoy

I got a demo tape in my e-mail the other day from a good friend and felt compelled to post it here for all to hear. My buddy Nate is the lead singer for this band and the three songs below are pretty good for a "home-recorded" demo and definitely radio friendly. They are based out of Anniston, AL right now, but can be seen playing occassionally here in Atlanta as well.

The link above will take you to their MySpace Music page.

The Way I Walk

Welcome to the War

Strokes

I'm curious to see what y'all think, so comments are encouraged.

Best of Bonnaroo

You gotta grab this free live Best of Bonnaroo compilation. Hit the name above or copy the link below and it will take you to the Music For Action site. Put your 5th grade bully's information in, then send your senator a quick email to get on this whole climate change thing ASAP, and voila! This is a fantastic group of tunes spanning the 8 years of Bonnaroos past. Track listing below - I mean look at that artist lineup, sheesh.

www.musicforaction.org

Wilco: Bull Black Nova
Pearl Jam: Animal
Jack Johnson: Inaudible Melodies
DMB: Rapunzel
Death Cab: Cath...
Ani DiFranco: Fuel
Phish: Kill Devil Falls
Gov't Mule: Banks of the Deep End
O.A.R.: Delicate Few
moe.: Not Coming Down
Raphael Saadiq: 100 Yard Dash
Bob Weir & RatDog: Throwing Stones
The Disco Biscuits: And the Ladies...
The Decemberists: The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
My Morning Jacket: Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
Guster: Happier
Phil Lesh and Friends: Box of Rain

New song from Born Ruffians

Canadian band Born Ruffians new LP Say It drops on May 31 and this is their first single off that album. These guy's 2008 debut LP Red, Yellow & Blue was on constant rotation for me back in summer of 2008 and my buddy Derek even made it his official "hair-cutting" music (kinda creepy, i know). Definitely looking forward to this release.

Sole Brother

New Music Player

Alright, as anyone that has visited this blog can attest to (all 3 of you), those damn flash players take forever to load were making it impossible to enjoy any of the music I have posted out here. Well my friends, that is no longer the case. It is with great pleasure ... drum roll please ... that I announce that I have added a new music streamer to the Cow and all the songs are now just links so the page loads a lot quicker. No more waiting for the page to load, and as soon as one song finishes, it goes onto the next one. By my estimates I have just increased the pleasure of visiting this site by 34%.

Hope you enjoy!

Vampire Weekend Video - Giving Up The Gun

Here is the new video for Giving Up The Gun, my personal favorite from Vampire Weekend's newest LP Contra. The video is pretty rad with quite a few interesting cameos, including RZA, Lil' John and even (sadly) one of the Jonas Brothers.

Very interesting mix tape

Aziz Ansari (he is a stand up comedian and played Raaaaaaaandy in the movie 'Funny People') and Dave Sitek from TV on the Radio have a new mix tape out and this is the first song to be released. It is essentially a really angry, but hilarious rant about every rapper out there right now. Check it out below:

AAAAAAAANGRY