VOTD - Yeasayer - One

I've got a weird evening ahead of me. Headed to the Yeasayer concert at the Granada tonight, then going to have a conference call with guys in Singapore. Here's a pretty cool video for "One".

Yeasayer "ONE" By: Radical Friend from ODDBLOOD on Vimeo.

VOTD - Enter Sandman (Smooth Jazz Remix)

This was amusing.

Band of Horses

Today's edition of You got Booned is going to feature an old favorite... Seattle's Band of Horses. After 2 records that may have not gotten any air play on terrestrial radio yet somehow managed to find an audience by being in every car commercial ever made and every Josh Schwartz created TV show. OK so Maybe that's a bit of an embellishment, but they were seriously on the verge of getting over-exposed before they could even be stars. Still, we love them. Now they're all growns up... For their third album they've moved on from Sub Pop and actually signed to 3 different labels... Fat Possum and Brown to keep their indie cred, and Columbia so they can play with the big boys if it really takes off. Haven't heard much off the new album, Infinite Arms due out in May, but the first single "Compliments" is an upbeat little ditty and a little bit of a departure from the other albums.

BTW, whats up with all the courtesy from bands lately.. We got Congratulations from MGMT, and Compliments from Band of Horses. Somebody needs a song that says "you go to hell... you go to hell and you die" just to even out the karma.

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And here's the video for good measure.

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim

These two men need no introduction... the Talking Head and Norman Cook are pretty much icons and both are musical geniuses in their own right . And when they get together its a bit magical. The last time, it was on the BPA album, and it produced "Toe Jam" which was an insanely catchy little Ditty. Now they have re-united to create the electronic opera that is Here Lies Love. Eat your heart out Evita. This concept album's inspiration is Imelda Marcos. You remember her right? The first lady of the Philippines that was obsessed with Shoes who was exiled and later stood trial for misappropriation of government funds and racketeering and fraud. The album is pretty ambitious little project... two discs and 22 songs sung from the point of view of Imelda and her servant Estrella Cumpas. But its well written, and although the storyline isn't entirely obvious, its a great listen. Oh did I mention the bevy of guest vocalists? All but one track has a guest vocalist singing it... A whole Bunch of awesome chick singers... Florence Welsh from Florence and the machine, Tori Amos, Martha Wainright, Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Jones, Sia, Nicole Atkins ... The only other guy besides Byrne to sing is Steve Earle, but he rocks his song.

Here's a couple of tracks. The first is a song that has what I like to call the Tom Hicks connection... With Dallas's own St. Vincent and Liverpool's Candie Payne offering the guest Vocals. The second is the official first single by Santogold.

Go out and buy the album.. the double deluxe edition... you get a DVD of videos from the album, and a 100 page book.

Listen: David Byrne & Fatboy Slim "Every Drop of Rain"




David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Every Drop of Rain

Listen: David Byrne & Fatboy Slim "Please Don't"




David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Please Don't

San Saba county

Austin, Texas natives San Saba County like to call them self post.alt.country. I'm gonna have to agree. I keep listening to this song over and over again, and I can't help but think of Son Volt meets the Old 97s.. I can even hear twinges of Jay Farrar in Saba's voice. Unfortunately for everyone, the No Depression era has came and went paving away for the Indie Folk Explosion that we have now. It's really sad though... The country roots are gone or at least Fading. The Texas Music scene just hasn't been the same since 2004.... I think around the time Pat Green sold out and went to Nashville. Red Dirt tried to pick up the slack but now its just a bunch of pretty boys trying to get a Nashville contractas well. I think in Texas, Indie is the new Outlaw. It is far better to sound more like Wilco than Jack Ingram. Some of the greatest songwriters ever have come from Texas. Lets hope that always stays that way.


Listen: San Saba County "The Devil and Marie"




San Saba County - The Devil and Marie

VOTDs - Matt and Kim - Lessons Learned/Jamaica - I think I Like U2

So apparently people here in Dallas are outraged at Erykah Badu for her guerrilla video where she not only stripped down naked in the streets of Dallas, but she did it with unsuspecting passer-bys including little kids watching. Oh and then she simulates getting shot right around where JFK was shot. Some people are up in arms about her desecrating a "sacred" place. some people just say she should have been arrested for indecent exposure. Some people are even actually playing the race card, saying that if she was white she would have gone to jail. You can watch the video here if you want to see what the fuss is about. I personally think is pretty cool. And if you look around at all the unsuspecting people in the video, no one seems to be appalled. or seems to care. Especially the kids. Which blows my mind, cause if I were a kid I'd totally be checking that out. BTW, when asked about the children, Badu said that she tried to "telepathically communicate" her intent to them so they would not be scarred for life.... Maybe it worked?

Oh, so at the beginning of the video, it says "inspired by Matt and Kim". So Ladies and Gentlemen, I decided to post the video that inspired the controversy. I like this one better than Erykah's video, but I think its cause I like the song better.




As an extra unrelated bonus, here is a really cool video for a good song by Jamaica. Formerly called Poney Poney. They are from France, and I don't think they would care if people were walking naked down the street. They would probably be all "Le sigh... another naked boody"

Mount Righteous

It's strange that I happen to be working on a Food Mix... you know... to decide what to have for lunch... you just hit random and go to where the song suggests. Well I came across the song "Eat your wife and Kiss the Barbecue" from the DFW and Grapevine's own Mount Righteous. These guys are a huge ensemble band much like other locals the Polyphonic Spree... and they are pretty quirky as far as songs go. Mt Righteous is however a far less like a cult than the spree. Yet that doesn't really make them much weirder. They can be considered more a weird folk punk marching band with a really angry percussion section. The New Self titled album drops on Tuesday (Apr 3) . here's a song and a video.


Listen: Mount Righteous "Eat your Wife and Kiss the Barbecue"




Mount Righteous - Eat your Wife and Kiss the Barbecue


And the Video for Suburban Homesick Blues... The song and the video a bit of an Homage to Bob Dylan