MP3: “Boneless (Terrible Records Remix)” by The Notwist
Using his new Terrible Records label and CANT solo moniker, Grizzly Bear mastermind Chris Taylor puts his spin on The Notwist’s “Boneless” from their 2008 LP. Although not as brilliant as Panda Bear’s take on the song last year, both of the remixes are better than the original. Download “Boneless (Terrible Records Remix” here (via Fork/Knife) or stream it below:
Fishpork’s 100 Favorite Tracks of the 2000s
This is an attempt at the impossible. Here are our 100 favorite songs of the past decade (featuring multiple tracks from Animal Collective, The Knife, Radiohead, and Elliott Smith). Our top two choices are more like 1a and 1b. Be patient, as the page needs to load the embedded songs.
1. Panda Bear - “Bros” (2007)
2. The Knife - “We Share Our Mother’s Health” (2006)
3. Animal Collective - “For Reverend Green” (2007)
4. Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait For The Others” (2009)
5. The Knife - “Heartbeats” (2003)
6. Grizzly Bear - “The Knife” (2005)
7. LCD Soundsystem - “Someone Great” (2007)
8. TV on the Radio - “Staring at the Sun” (2003)
9. Crystal Castles - “Crimewave” (2008)
10. Beirut - “Ciloqut” (2007)
11. Thom Yorke - “Harrowdown Hill
12. Animal Collective - “Derek” (2007)
13. Nine Inch Nails - “Me, I’m Not” (2007)
14. Beck - “Lonesome Tears” (2002)
15. At The Drive-in - “One Armed Scissor” (2004)
16. Animal Collective - “Grass” (2005)
17. Deerhunter - “Nothing Ever Happened” (2008)
18. Atlas Sound - “Recent Bedroom” (2008)
19. Panda Bear - “Comfy in Nautica” (2007)
20. System of a Down - “Chop Suey” (2001)
21. Animal Collective - “Peacebone” (2007)
22. Battles - “Atlas” (2007)
23. Error - “Jack the Ripper” (2004)
24. Enon - “Pleasure and the Privilege”
25. Elliott Smith - “Son of Sam” (2000)
26. Animal Collective - “Did You See the Words” (2005)
27. The Knife - “Marble House” (2006)
28. LCD Soundsystem - “All My Friends” (2007)
29. Thom Yorke - “Analyse” (2006)
30. The Flaming Lips - “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell” (2002)
31. Girl Talk - “Smash Your Head” (2006)
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32. A Perfect Circle - “Judith” (2000)
33. Radiohead - “Idioteque” (2000)
34. Tapes N’ Tapes - “Manitoba” (2006)
35. TV On The Radio - “I Was A Lover” (2006)
36. Radiohead - “Reckoner” (2007)
37. Fever Ray - “Coconut” (2009)
38. Animal Collective - “My Girls” (2009)
39. Built to Spill - “Things Fall Apart” (2009)
40. Wilco - “I’m Trying to Break Your Heart” (2002)
41. Modest Mouse - “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” (2000)
42. Animal Collective - “Leaf House” (2004)
43. Modeselektor - “Happy Birthday” (2007)
44. Arcade Fire - “Wake Up” (2004)
45. Autolux - “Blanket” (2004)
46. MGMT - “Time to Pretend” (2007)
47. Built to Spill - “Conventional Wisdom” (2006)
48. Wilco - “Side With the Seeds” (2007)
49. Elliott Smith - “Happiness/The Gondola Man” (2000)
50. Avey Tare - “I’m Your Eagle Kisser” (2007)
51. Department of Eagles - “Waves of Rye” (2008)
52. Animal Collective - “Summertime Clothes” (2009)
53. Radiohead - “2+2 = 5″ (2003)
54. Dredg - “Sang Real” (2005)
55. While Lies - “Farewell to the Fairground” (2009)
56. Grizzly Bear - “Ready, Able” (2009)
57. Matisyahu - “King Without a Crown” (2005)
58. Modest Mouse - “Paper Thin Walls” (2000)
59. Dillinger Escape Plan - “When Good Dogs Do Bad Things” (2002)
60. Elliott Smith - “Twilight” (2004)
61. Deerhunter - “Flourescent Grey” (2007)
62. Holy Fuck - “Lovely Allen” (2007)
63. LCD Soundsystem - “Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up” (2006)
64. The Notwist - “Boneless (Panda Bear Remix)” (2008)
65. Liars - “Nothing Is Ever Lost or Can Be Lost My Science Friend” (2004)
66. The Mars Volta - “Inertiatic E.S.P.” (2003)
67. The Notwist - “Solitaire” (2002)
68. Of Montreal - “The Past is a Grotesque Animal” (2007)
69. Queens of the Stone Age - “Tangled Up in Plaid” (2005)
70. Radiohead - “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” (2007)
71. Saul Williams - “Raised To Be Lowered” (2007)
72. Autolux - “Great Days for the Passenger Element” (2004)
73. Sigur Ros - “Untitled 8″ (2002)
74. Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - “Maps” (2003)
75. Portishead - “Threads” (2008)
76. Sufjan Stevens - “Chicago” (2005)
77. Ugly Casanova - “Things I Don’t Remember” (2002)
78. Animal Collective - “Brothersport” (2009)
79. Radiohead - “Pyramid Song” (2001)
80. Nine Inch Nails - “Only” (2005)
81. El-P - “Flyentology” (2007)
82. Queens of the Stone Age - “No One Knows” (2002)
83. Ghostface Killah - “Shakey Dog” (2006)
84. Modest Mouse - “Missed the Boat” (2007)
85. UNKLE - “Persons and Machinery” (2007)
86. Amon Tobin - “Verbal” (2002)
87. The White Stripes - “Denial Twist” (2005)
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88. Tomahawk - “Captain Midnight” (2003)
89. Modest Mouse - “Bukowski” (2004)
90. Sigur Ros - “Hoppipolia” (2005)
92. Fuck Buttons - “Sweet Love For Planet Earth” (2008)
93. Bon Iver - “Skinny Love” (2008)
94. Built to Spill - “In Your Mind” (2001)
95. The White Stripes - “Icky Thump” (2007)
96. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - “We Are Rockstars” (2008)
97. Dub Trio - “Not Alone” (2006)
98. Modest Mouse - “The World At Large”
99. The Walkmen - “In the New Year” (2008)
100. Nine Inch Nails - “The Great Destroyer (Modwheelmood Remix)” (2007)
Album Review: Atlas Sound’s Logos
Fuck this shit. I can just make another album. [Logos is] not finished and now it never will be. It was also going to have a rad cover. I would describe it to you but that would be stupid. P.S. there are no vocals on “Quick Canal.” I never got the chance to record them. This record was not free to record, so if you’d like to pay for hearing it send a paypal donation to lastdeerhunteronearth@yahoo.com. I am not a fucking opportunist so don’t think I expect it.
And so goes the complicated and extroverted personality of Bradford Cox. Lucky for us, the Deerhunter frontman had second thoughts after fans begged and pleaded. He posted a follow-up with new intentions:
I have no idea what people want me to do. I’m not trying to be a cunt to anyone. I will finish the fucking album and stop bitching. I honestly really truly do not want attention from this. Sincerely. I wish none of this shit would have happened. I was just trying to give away another virtual 7″. Now everyone that reads this thing is going to think i’m a fucking lunatic. I just have nothing to do. I guess I’ll go clean my room.
But enough drama queen gossip. Is the album any good or what? No, it’s not. It’s incredible and well worth the wait (if you consider 20 months between albums a long wait). Our first taste of finished tracks beyond the original leak was the Noah Lennox supported “Walkabout,” which immediately raised the legitimacy of our BBQ playlists exponentially. Apparently, Panda Bear provided Cox with sampling lessons during their European tour together. The result was nothing short of a perfect, blissed-out homage to nostalgic summer jams. Surprisingly, “Walkabout” is not the best track on the album. It barely squeezes into the top 5.
Other standouts include the album’s centerpiece, “Attic Lights.” Here Bradford Cox is at his best with just an acoustic guitar and some minimalist percussion. The addictive chorus slowly builds into a payoff featuring a string section. Although Logos is much more accessible than 2008’s Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Hear, “Sheila” is a radio-friendly 60’s-style pop song featuring the juxtaposing lyrics, “Cause no one wants to die alone,” and “We’ll die alone together.” In the middle of this “pop” album is the eight and half minute ambient gem “Quick Canal.” When the unfinished version of the album leaked months ago, “Quick Canal” didn’t have lyrics. Here the song is polished with accompanying vocals by Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier. The song is an atmospheric and moody intermission that explores new ground for Atlas Sound. It certainly leads one to question where Bradford Cox will lead his Deerhunter alter ego next time around. Until then, Logos has provided us with one of the best albums of 2009.
Fishpork’s Favorite Albums of the 2000s
Compiling a list of your favorite albums for an entire decade is quite the challenge, especially when that decade was as strong as the 2000s were. Six of our favorites come from two bands (Animal Collective and Radiohead), and two were from this past year (Veckatimest and Merriweather Post Pavilion). This list is by no means a definitive statement of the best music from last decade. Instead, these are our favorite albums that were on heavy rotation in our iPods and scrobbled endlessly on Last.FM.
1. Strawberry Jam (2007) - Animal Collective
2. Silent Shout (2006) - The Knife
3. The Moon and Antarctica (2000) - Modest Mouse
4. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead
5. Figure 8 (2000) - Elliott Smith
6. Veckatimest (2009) - Grizzly Bear
7. De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta
8. Future Perfect (2004) - Autolux
9. The Eraser (2006) - Thom Yorke
10. Person Pitch (2007) - Panda Bear
11. Return to Cookie Mountain (2006) - TV on the Radio
12. Sea Change (2002) - Beck
13. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) - Wilco
14. High Society (2002) - Enon
15. The Loon (2006) - Tapes N’ Tapes
16. Microcastle (2008) - Deerhunter
17. Feels (2005) - Animal Collective
18. Sound of Silver (2007) - LCD Soundsystem
19. In Rainbows (2007) - Radiohead
20. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) - Animal Collective
MP3s: “Untitled 1 (Live)” and “Untitled 2 (Live)” by Panda Bear
This weekend’s Flaming Lips-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties show in the Catskills (in the same location as the resort in Dirty Dancing) featured a strong and eclectic lineup over three days (Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Autolux, Sufjan Stevens, etc.). Panda Bear played a solo set on Friday night which featured two new songs. The entire set can be downloaded here. You can download “Untitled 1 (Live)” and “Untitled 2 (Live)” or stream them below:
“Untitled 1 (Live)”
“Untitled 2 (Live)”
Animal Collective @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Animal Collective has lost my interest as a live band. Merriweather Post Pavilion is, of course, one of my favorite albums of 2009, but a third straight snoozer from the live incarnation requires me to reconsider their abilities as an engaging stage presence. The problem mainly lies with the live presentation of electronic music in general. Watching three guys bob their heads up and down while triggering samples does not stir excitement.
Comparing AC’s live show to other bands who have engaged audiences while playing electronic elements in their songs is inevitable. Battles, for example, spend much of their show playing real instruments and sampling rhythms live on stage and going back to these sounds and manipulating them while building upon an organic composition. That’s exciting! Grizzly Bear, although not an electronic band, has bassist/producer Chris Taylor sampling all sorts of wind instruments live and building upon them as though accompanied by a full orchestra. That’s exciting!
During parts of Animal Collective’s set, Panda Bear did pound live drums and Avey Tare did hold his guitar. However, both instruments seemed more like props than important components of the live versions of their songs. I could easily sense from the crowd that a collective interest was lost about mid-way through the set, as side conversations tended drown out a lot of the sound. Maybe that’s just the product of a large outdoor venue filled with indie hipsters who do not really like the music they claim to. It could also be a result of unyielding 10-minute jam sessions of “Fireworks” or “Daily Routine” that embrace segues and ignore all elements of song structure.
This was my favorite live performance by the band, and Avery Tare seemed especially excited to be playing in Brooklyn. Highlights included Strawberry Jam standout “Chores,” and “Lion in a Coma” from MPP. Unfortunately, the experience did not support the notion “third time’s a charm.” Setlist follows:
Setlist:
What Would I Want Sky
My Girls
You Could Win a Rabbit
Summertime Clothes
Slippi
Daily Routine
Chores
Fireworks (medley)
Brothersport
encore:
Lion in a Coma
Guys Eyes
Leaf House
MP3: “Walkabout (featuring Panda Bear)” by Atlas Sound
“Walkabout” first surfaced when Bradford Cox (Deerhunter) played a New Year’s Eve solo gig as Atlas Sound last year in his hometown of Atlanta. The shitty live recording of the song, which was known as “Dover’s Jam,” featured one of the catchiest samples conceived in recent years. It was later revealed that the song contained a sample from The Dovers’ 1966 “What Am I Going To Do?”
It was also revealed that Animal Collective’s Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) had been giving Bradford Cox some lessons on how to sample classic tracks during last year’s European tour in which Atlas Sound opened for Animal Collective. The result is a mind-numbing collaboration by Atlas Sound and Panda Bear. The new track will appear on Altas Sound’s sophomore effort (aka Logos) due later this year. You can download the track here or stream it below:
Bradford Cox Announces New Solo Album (Again)
July 9, 2009 by Mark
Filed under Experimental, MP3s, News
Deerhunter mastermind Bradford Cox has decided to release his second lone effort afterall. Atlas Sound, as he is referred to as a solo artist, will release Logos via Kranky on October 20. Last summer, Cox accidently left both Deerhunter’s Weird Era Cont. and an early version of Logos in a public folder on his MediaFire account. It wasn’t long before someone found and shared them. Cox reacted angrily at first by posting on his Deerhunter blog, “I am a dumbass,” but “that does not excuse people from sifting through my garbage.” He went on to say, “fuck this shit. I can just make another album. It’s not finished and now it never will be.” Apparently, he changed his mind. Cox later apologized for and deleted his angry posts.
The new album features a guest collaboration with Animal Collective’s Panda Bear on a track called “Walkabout.” As it turns out, Panda Bear gave Cox some sampling lessons during their European tour together. Atlas Sound played an early version of the song last New Year’s Eve. It takes a while to get started but is worth the wait. You can download that version here or stream it below:
MP3: “Daily Route (Phaseone Remix)” by Animal Collective
Phaseone, who also remixed Panda Bear’s “I’m Not,” takes a crack at Animal Collective’s “Daily Routine” from Merriweather Post Pavilion. I’m usually not a big fan of these types of remixes, but this one isn’t too bad. Download the track here or stream it below:
In case you haven’t heard it before, you can download his remix of Panda Bear’s “I’m Not” here or stream it below:
Animal Collective @ Grand Ballroom
Animal Collective got their psychedelic freak on last night at the Grand Ballroom of New York’s Manhattan Center. It was a somewhat strange walk up 7-8 flights of empty stairs and desolated hallways to the venue. We arrived just 10 minutes before AC took the stage, and the crowd seemed thin for a sold out show. Once the lights went out and “In the Flowers,” Merriweather Post Pavilion’s opening track, blared out of the massive floor and ceiling speakers, the crowd went into a frenzy.
Most of the talk during the week on the Animal Collective discussion boards was less about the music and more about what kind of mind-altering substances everyone was going to be bringing to enhance the experience, a conversation I had little interest in joining. The crowd seemed older than I had imagined, especially since it was a 16+ event. However, it was obvious, by all the side chatter, that much of the crowd were not hardcore fans. This was not surprising due to Animal Collective’s recent but small mainstream pull. With their most accessible record to date in MPP, the band has a new and evolving fanbase, which stretches beyond the pages of Pitchfork and Stereogum.
Several interviews informed fans that that band would not practice the same experimental touring style which involved playing unrecorded tracks that were being worked on for future release. The band promised mostly tracks from the new record, as well as some new reworkings from older favorites. For the most part, they stayed true to this approach.
The track listing was not overly impressive but did include some treats. Reworked versions of “Leaf House” and “Slippi” were intoxicating and served as the high points of the performance. Panda Bear’s reworking of the vocals on “Daily Routine” made up for the song’s relentless second half, a point in the show when it was not hard to tell the real fans apart from the wannabes. A 10-minute conversation behind me didn’t ruin the experience but did annoy. The one-two punch of “My Girls” and “Brothersport” to end the show was impressive, but the missing hand claps in “My Girls” was a minor disappointment.
The encore included a 10-minute, reworked version of “Banshee Beat” with pulsating bass that had the front row holding their ears as to keep their eardrums from rupturing. Each pounding beat was like a punch in the face. Either Geologist was taking notes from My Bloody Valentine or wanted to punish the crowd for downloading the leaked version of the new album. The setlist finished with an energetic performance of old school track, “Slippi,” off of Here Comes the Indian. Here is the complete setlist:
Our good friend NYCTaper recorded the show in both FLAC and MP3. His site seems to be down at the moment, so I’ll post the links later.