Friday 20 November 2009

Three Quick Music Picks for the Weekend

The Mumlers are a California-based band. You can't go wrong with a zombie-themed music video.

The Mumlers - Coffin Factory




Fuck Buttons are a two-piece band from Bristol that makes experimental electronic music. Their second record is called "Tarot Sport".

Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar




And finally, a geeky endnote: Jason Segel of "Freaks & Geeks" and "How I Met Your Mother" joined Swell Season (the Oscar-winning band consisting of "The Frames"-member Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová) on stage for a concert in Los Angeles, and sung his own little song. It's pretty funny, and "includes as much personal information" as he could fit into it. Also, here's the best part of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall".



Also, I just discovered an amazing site to discover new music: Daytrotter features sessions with musicians, the layout of the site is beautiful (no pictures, just drawings of the artists) - and the best thing: you can download the songs after registering, and there is no evil "locating where you are and then discriminating against you based on your home country" (which is one of the many reasons why Pitchfork disappoints me). The song "Everything Thermals" by The Thermals is a neatly packed parcel of awesome ("The Thermals go right to your head / The Thermals had sex in your bed").

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