Friday VOTD - Vampire edition

My god there are a lot of vampire shows on these days. Personally I'm a fan of True Blood and I plan on making a true blood inspired mixtape one of these days, but those twilight people... they got every girl and teeny bopper excited. And even if their sissy lala Vampires won't have sex before marriage, they can sure pick a soundtrack. Now if only they could figure out how to politely give Kristen Stewart acting lessons.

So here are my bunch of Vampire related videos... some of them stretch, but hey just enjoy the videos and get off my back! I don't need your abuse! You're not the boss of me...

..whoa sorry... got carried away there.., and on with the show....

Not the official Video mind you, but I have to share the song... Bat for Lashes and Beck collaborate for the Eclipse soundtrack and its an awesome song.



Here's a cool video from Black Mountain - Old Fangs




Another Sweet one from Woods - Death Rattles




Here's another strange little video by experimental metal band Ghengis Tron - Endless Teeth. Get it?



I guess you can count a vampire movie as a Monster Movie right? well here's Monster Movie - Bored Beyond Oblivion




And finally, new music from the Suckers.

Washed Out

Today's edition of You Got Booned features the music of the cartoon network. Seriously. Adult Swim has put out some mad tunes in their lifetime, and I think it all started with Danger Doom back in the day when Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken were the thing to watch. Now they are doing an Adult Swim Singles Promotion with Kia to put out 8 singles in 8 weeks for download.

Week 4 was the song "You and I" by Washed Out, featuring Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek. In case you don't know who Washed Out is... it is one guy... A one man band named Ernest Greene who made some damn fine music out of his bedroom. I guess there is one caveat though... He was in town not long ago... I had to miss the concert but Guy was quick to point out that because he's only one guy some equipment, he's not that exciting to see live. And I would expect that, since he's really got that Chillwave sound that is more suited for a loungy trendy scotch bar. Well, Boon Loved the song and requested I post and I agree with him. It reminds me a little of New Order or even Kenna from back in the day.


Listen: Washed Out" You and I "





And for shits and giggles I'm posting week 5's song too. The Black Lips are kinda of hit or miss, but when they hit, they knock it out of the freakin park.

Listen: Black Lips" Before you Judge Me "

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Cymbals Eat Guitars is another band out of New York, but unlike everybody else that's hot these days, they aren't from Brooklyn... They are actually from Staten Island. However nobody really cares unless you are actually from one of the boroughs. Regardless the latest album Why There Are Mountains was really well reviewed... I'll have to get back to you on my review however, because I haven't quite made it all the way through. However I really love the track "Wind Phoenix"... it's a Wilco meets a not so weird Architecture in Helsinki with a dash of Apples in Stereo.

Here ya go:

Listen: Cymbals Eat Guitars" Wind Phoenix "

VOTD - Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

Today its more about the video than the song... the song is pretty good... kind of a throwback to the Hall and Oates eighties... but this is a freaking cool video Directed by Irina Daveka from Wizz animation studios in France. Ooh la la. It ain't your average rotoscope... Over 2000 handpainted watercolor paintings were used. Craziness.

Montezuma's Revenge Mixtape

Boon is in vacation in beautiful Riviera Maya Mexico probably sipping tequila with his toes in the sand. Or more than likely he's lying on the beach naked and sunburned.






Meanwhile I'm stuck here trying make a deadline. Where is the fairness in that? Well for all of you peeps that like me don't get to be wasted in Mexico this week, I put together a lil' mixtape of the burgeoning indie scene in Monterrey and other parts of the country. So buy some cheap tequila for margaritas, turn on the mixtape, and watch as Mexico takes on France tomorrow in world cup action. It's almost the same. Ok maybe not, but like MGMT says, its time to pretend. Pretend time is fun. Oh and for an added bonus... a video from the Mexican Lily Allen... Natalia Lafourcade.


Tracklist:
1) Listen: 60 Tigres " Modelos Sin Personalidad "



2) Listen: Los Llamarada " I'm Sorry "



3) Listen: Quiero Club " Minutos de Aire "




4) Listen: Yo! Linares " Unos Amigos, Uno Vatos, Uno Gueyes "




5) Listen: Lazaro Valiente " Benvindo "




6) Listen: Chikitia Violenta " Laydown "




7) Listen: Furland " Quiero Ser un Color "




8) Listen: She's a Tease " Datos Intimos "




9) Listen: Alexico " 33 Cadaver Fresco "




10) Listen: Los Fancy Free " Ja Ja Ja "




11) Listen: XYX " Anel and her Problem "




12) Listen: Rafas Del Vaticano " El Cholo Del Salon "




13) Listen: Piyama Party " Nosotros los Rockers "




14) Listen: Jesse Bulbo " No Escuches a tus Idolos "




15) Listen: Bam Bam " Hi-Q "




16) Listen: Hello Seahorse! " Volando Me Voy "




17) Listen: Carlo Morrison " No Viniste (Natalia Lafourcade Cover) "

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

I know... I'm sorry I can't help it... another retro soul psychedelia band. But I've been meaning to post these guys for some time... actually ever since Gabe and I were talking about them back in College Station a few months ago.... Not to mention that they are on the ever fabulous ACL lineup. AND... Quite honestly the music fits in with my summer in the fun soundtrack theme. Besides, being 60s retro is the rage these days. just like being 80s retro was last years theme. However, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros aren't your every day nostalgic hipsters riding the latest wave... I honestly think its more of a lifestyle choice. Alex Ebert of Ima Robot essentially created the essence for the band... his alter ego Edward Sharpe... after a bad breakup and a bout with addiction, and drawing his inspiration from Bob Dylan and Donavon, and with his resurrected life as Sharpe, gathered his band of merry musicians including the awesome vocals of Jade Castrinos to tour the world in a white school bus with a bus driver named Cornfed. Now that's a lifestyle. Actually some might call it a cult... Kinda like the Bright and Shiny kids from Bubble Boy. Bright..... and Shiiineeeeee....

Here is some stuff from the Self Titled Album. I know you are gonna hear a sixties folk and psychedelia influence, but you are also gonna hear some Journey in there. Sooner or later, it all comes back to Journey.

Listen: Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros " 40 Day Dream"





Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream


Listen: Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros " Home"





Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros - Home


And here's the Video for "Home"


Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS | MySpace Music Videos


and just for shits and giggles... the Bright and Shiny cult. 'cause its stuck in my head now.

V. V. Brown

Another chick singer you may ask. Why yes. Yes it is. Part time fashion model / Singer Songwriter V.V. Brown is from the UK and she's definitely part of the retro-soul scene that was started by Winehouse and Duffy a few years back, and to a lesser extent the Pipettes. She's definitely one to watch as her jams seem to have staying potential as pop staples or soundtrack material... perhaps "Crying Blood" will show up on True Blood this season. Did you catch the premier. I was quite satisfied. The album is Traveling Like the Light.

Listen: V V Brown " Quick Fix"





VV Brown - Quick Fix

Friday Video Dump

Sorry for the missed posts this week... deadlines kinda messing with my music life. I did manage to go see MGMT and Tame Impala this week though. I don't care what people say, the new MGMT album sounds good live. and Tame Impala is a trippy band to see live. the music was good, but they looked too stoned to actually care. and they weren't very personable.

So here's some videos... first some girls and boys...

Dum Dum girls - Bhang Bhang I'm a Burnout




Male Bonding - Years not Long ... with a video disturbingly living up to their name




and then a booty call?
Amy Miles has a new video. it's pretty awesome with its clever use of bananas . I noticed David Wain was in it and found out she's a long time collaborator with the guys from the State. I'm fairly certain those guys quietly rule the world.





and another 2 songs for your summer playlist...
Vampire Weekend - Holiday

Jemina Pearl hates people

Jemina Pearl is totally a Punk Rock Girl. I used to have all these sorts of definitions as to what Punk Really was, and I don't think I ever had it spot on. It's not how hard your music is. It's not how loud or how fast you play. It's not your socio-economic underlying message. It is all about attitude. It's about being a bad ass without having to have the word bad ass stamped on your forehead. And how better to disguise your bad-assedness than by playing 50s or 60s style popish music with darkish lyrics and looking all sweet and innocent.

But she's not innocent. She will beat you up. Always known as an explosive live performer, she's also been known to beat the ever living hell out of audience members who feel like they need to be vocal about the show. She made a guy Bleed in Detroit last year. Oh... If you don't know who Jemina is... she used to front Be your Own Pet before they broke up. Which is sad because they seemed like they were gonna be a pretty good band... personally I loved them. But now she's on her own and doing the same sort of music so I'm ok with that. The new album Break It Up dropped in Oct last year, and it has a few surprise guests like punk legend Iggy Pop and Tv on the Radio's Dave Sitek.


Listen:Jemina Pearl ft Iggy Pop " I Hate People"





Jemina Pearl ft Iggy Pop - I hate people


And the video for the song as well...







But wait... there's more...

Here'a a Bonus Video for BYOP - Becky (great video)

Covers Friday

Lets do a little Covers action today... Perhaps BP should come to recording artists to show people how to cover something... I mean they've already gone to James Cameron asking his help. I personally think his ideas would consist of ripping off something he saw in Costner’s Waterworld and then add the blue people. I smell blockbuster. Perhaps James Cameron could actually offer to do an underwater docu-drama-mentary of them using his ideas to plug the well. With CGI sea Monsters added in post of course in 3-D. and a manufactured love story between oil roughnecks. It could be like a Brokeback Titanic in the Abyss. But I digress.

Let's talk about Beck. Did you know that Beck actually wrote and produced the song by Charlotte Gainsbourg that I posted yesterday. He likes to pimp himself out... evening offering vocals on tracks of other artists, such as Tobacco and Bat for lashes. And getting on Vampire related soundtracks... hes' good at that too. But the greatest thing Beck does... He pays tribute to great albums by doing covers of said albums in a day. That's right... since June of last year he's been getting a bunch of bad ass artists together with no rehearsals and record a whole damn album in a day. This is from the INXS Kick cover with St. Vincent providing the vocals.

Record Club: INXS "Never Tear Us Apart" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Speaking of tributes to greatness. Shel Silverstein was a brilliant writer and a brilliant songwriter. Best known for penning "A Boy Named Sue", he also wrote this little ditty made famous by Dr Hook and covered by Pixies Frank Black and Joey Santiago.

Listen:Black Francis and Joey Santiago " Cover of the Rolling Stone"





Black Francis and Joey Santiago - Cover of the Rolling Stone



Wait, did someone say cover of the rolling stones? Eh Why not.

Listen:Avengers " Paint it Black"





Avengers - Paint it Black


Speaking of Black... Black Eyed peas... how bout a little Fergie and Slash... and Cyprus Hill for good measure.


Listen:Slash with Fergie and Cyprus Hill " Paradise City"





Slash with Fergie and Cyprus Hill- Paradise City


And while we are on the chick singers, I got to share this Solange Knowles cover of the Dirty Projectors. Beyonce's lil sis has got some pipes. And good taste to cover this song.

Listen:Solange Knowles " Stillness in the Move"






Solange Knowles - Stillness in the Move


That's just sexy. And I love Sex... and Candy. and so does Keller Williams. that's why he covered it.


Listen:Keller Williams and the Keels " Sex and Candy"





Keller Williams and the Keels - Sex and Candy

VOTD -Charlotte Gainsbourg /LCD Soundsystem

Sorry for the late post... Windows 7 has officially ruined my life. I'm a PC and windows 7 was sure as effing hell not my idea. and I will hunt down anyone who says it was their idea. Hunt them down and feed them to the pigs. Best way to get rid of the bodies you know.

But I digress... some video goodness in lieu of a post today.....



Speaking of assassins... here is your Summer Mellow song for the day...

Charlotte Gainsbourg- Time of the Assassins from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo.

and here is your Summer In the Fun for the day....





... and this one is a bonus VOTD from the band North Highlands... the song is called sugar lips, and this goes out to all those people ready to get their summer beach body going... its like a switch

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Today on You got Booned... More happy music. yeah I know It's gonna happen all week people... I just got a 4 day extension on my project at work. I'm pretty less stressed so I'm ready for the happy music. Now you all know Denmark's The Asteroids Galaxy tour. You might not know you know them but you do. If not by name, but you definitely know the music. "Around the Bend" was featured in an itunes commercial. Yep. Told you.

So back in 2007 the band started with Lars Iverson and Mette Lindberg, with Lars doing the production and the songwriting and Mette doing the singing. They did some songs with all the music done on Lars' computer, and somehow it got around to Amy Winehouse, back when Amy was a big deal and not skeletor with implants and a crack pipe. Amy asked them to go on tour, and so they decided it was best to have a band so they called up their buds, practiced for like 20 minutes before doing their first show ever as a band opening for Amy.

Their debut album Fruit was finally released in September of 09 and they are currently on tour in Europe and quietly recording a new EP. but until we can scrape up some of the new stuff, here's some of the old. I included "Satellite" because it totally sounds like Len, Gorillaz and the Cardigans got together and made a song. Mette sounds a lot like Nina Persson sometimes. "Sun Ain't shining no more" was their first single... and it sounds like it belonged in a James Bond movie from the 60s... right up my alley... so I gave ya the video for that one.


Listen:Asteroids Galaxy Tour" Around the Bend"





Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Around the Bend


Listen:Asteroids Galaxy Tour" Satellite"





Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Satellite

Dum Dum Girls

I'm still on a kick of posting happy summer in the fun songs. I mean, schools out for Summer. Its like 100 degrees. Everybody already has a nice sunburn or peel going on. Wooderson is throwing a party at the Moon Tower... So it is my civic duty to help you make your summer soundtrack. So today we are going to spotlight Dee Dee and her Dum Dum Girls. The Dum Dum Girls have been around for a little bit, making a splash on the internet they started out as a one woman show and a homemade CDR demo. Dee Dee soon became the lo-fi queen de jour for a while... all the rage around the blogosphere. However me personally... I wasn't originally a fan. It was far too lo-fi for me, although I saw promise in the 60's bubble gum pop that was happening. Now with their debut full album I Will Be, there is a more production, and an all girl ensemble that brings it all together in a nice package of sparkling 60s punk pop goodness. Not to mention the fact that Dee Dee got Richard Gottehrer to produce the album... He's produced The Strangeloves, Blondie, the Go-Gos and the Raveonettes and penned the bubblegum anthems "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy". How could this go wrong.

There are numerous fantastic tracks on the album. "Jail La La" was originally the title track when the album was supposed to be set in a women's prison in the 60's. "I will be" is the new title track straight out of a grindhouse flick. Other notable tracks would be "Your's Alone" and "Blank Girl"... the former featuring guitars from Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the latter with vocals of Brandon Welchez from the Crocodiles.

Listen:Dum Dum Girls " Jail La La"





Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La


Listen:Dum Dum Girls " I Will Be"





Dum Dum Girls - I Will be