MIIKE SNOW

Hey everyone!  Tuesday Tunes has turned into Thursday tunes for this week!
I've been digging Miike Snow. So catchy- what do you think?





VvV Amanda

Tuesday Tunes: Theophilus London

Hey so it's 11:47pm,  I still have a few minutes left to the day to make it a Tuesday Tunes post about this musical artist I'm digging.  Close call right?


Theophilus London (why do I keep wanting to call him Thelonious Monk?) is a pretty cool dude, based in Brooklyn, NY and is also part of Mark Ronson & the Business Intl.  His sound is very easy to listen to and I love how he can blend genres. 


This is the first song I ever heard by London and it's a good one...




He has a blog where I can believe you can download some things.

This song has also been on repeat all day...







London looks like a bit of a 80's throwback but he's definitely worth checking out.  Let me know what you think! Good night!

VvV Amanda

Tuesday Tunes n TeeVee

Apologies for my recent failure at sharing great Tuesday Tunes, but today is an extra special media-related post. I have recently become obsessed with Miami Vice, aka the best cop show in the whole wide world. We watched it in my Cinema and Media Studies class (which is aptly called Television... who woulda guessed) and I now can't stop watching it, thinking about watching it, or telling other people they should watch it. It's got all the fun aspects of a cop show: car chases, drugs, and guns... aaaand some great 80s enhancements: ladies with HUGE hair, an alligator on a leash, an explosion of pastel blazers and some brilliant 80s choons. Like the sound of it already? Check out the clip below, and I have no doubt that you will be obsessed with it. The pilot episode is 96 minutes long (can't get enouuugh) and all the episodes are on Hulu so there's no excuse.

Be sure to put the video on full screen and crank up the sound so you get the full effect. I thought this would be a great clip to show since it's Tuesday Tunes day, and this is for sure a good tune.

You're welcome.

♥, Azzara

Tuesday Tunes

Sorry the Tuesday Tunes post is SO late today, but better late than never right? This is Lykke Li's new single "Get Some" (saucy, eh?) which is a lil bit raunchy, but mostly just interesting. The video is weirdly suggestive, but hey... I guess she is singing about being your prostitute so, for some reason, it works.

What have you guys been listening to lately? I just got the new album "Bubblegum" by Clinic and I'm into it. This is their first single off the album, and it's called I'm Aware. Peter Fowler, the guy who worked on Super Furry Animals' artwork, is behind this wonderfully weird video.

Have a groovy Tuesday!

♥, Azzara

Tuesday Choons - COVERS Edition

Today is an exciting Tuesday Tunes, all because of today's special edition of Southern Comfort. This week we're dedicated to covers of great songs, some eeeeven better than the original. I don't want to give away what a great show it will be, but here's a taste of what we'll be playing tonight from 7-8pm EST on WZLY.net.

Stars - This Charming Man (The Smiths cover)

CSS - Knife (Grizzly Bear cover)

Want to hear more? Be sure to tune in to Southern Comfort from 7-8pm EST on 91.5FM or WZLY.net or just CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

And please feel free to call in from 7-8pm and request a cover at 781 - 283 - 2690, we'd love to hear from you.

♥, Azzara

Irish Dance for the Post-Pop Generation

My dear friend Monica showed me this video recently, and I can't stop wishing I was coordinated enough to be able to do this myself. We've tried many a time, but really it just ends up with us banging on the table with no rhythm or rhyme to it. Believe me, Suzanne Cleary and Jonny Reed (aka upandoverit) are much better at it. Don't you wish you were this coordinated?

Check out their YouTube channel if you want to see more, and let us know if you learn the hand dance. We will most definitely be jealous...

♥, Azzara

Tuesday Tunes

Well, again Tuesday is upon us so all you delightful folks will be wanting some musical goodness. And you're in LUCK. Today happens to be the second installment of Southern Comfort, the most foolish, boisterous and generally entertaining radio show of our time. We'll be broadcasting TODAY, Tuesday September 28th, from 7-8pm (EST) on WZLY 91.5FM, so please turn your dials to our wavelength if you happen to be in the area. Otherwise, click this link and open up the stream in your iTunes for some good, old fashioned family fun. We'll be playing some new Sufjan Stevens and Deerhunter as well as some other great choons, so be sure to be there... cuz you don't want to be a square.

★ ★ ★ CLICK HERE TO LISTEN ★ ★ ★

Ps - Check out this great little heart-shaped strawberry I saw. & look forward to another fashion week post for me in the near near future.

♥, Azzara

Tuesday Tunes- another remix!

An RAC remix of "Boy" off Ra Ra riot's latest album, The Orchard

One more Tune

If you're a sucker for a good remix like I am then I hope you enjoy this version of Local Native's "Wide Eyes" by Teen Daze.

Tuesday Tunes

So I was recently clearing out my email inbox (exciting, right?) and I came across the ticket I'd bought to see one my of my favourite bands, Foals, at the end of September. And then I realised that I hadn't done a post about all of the music I've been listening to/obsessing over recently. So here goes.

Foals Foals Foals! They came out with their new CD, Total Life Forever, in May of this year but I think I'm still partial to their debut album which is just a lil bit more spunky and funky and interesting. This is their weirdly cool video for "Spanish Sahara" off their new CD, although I would also recommend checking out the song "Black Gold" which I'm weirdly obsessed with.

"Balloons," off their first CD Antidotes, is also strangely compelling:

I've also been listening a lot to the Dodos, particularly their 2008 album Visiter. When I first started listening to them, I was wondering why they'd decided to spell visitor incorrectly and assumed it was just the band trying to be hip 'n fun. BUT, I then read their Wikipedia page and was pleasantly surprised. It turns out that they played a show for a bunch of children before the album came out and were given a drawing (now the cover) by one of the lil kids where "Visiter" was spelt wrong. And I guess it stuck. Pretty cool, huh? I wish I'd been a cool enough kid to get my drawings on the cover of a CD. Anyway, check out one of my favourite songs "The Season":

Just one more, Menomena! Whaaaat a good name. I used to be obsessed with their old CDs and there had been much discussion about them having new music out for AGES. So when it finally happened in July (at least a year overdue), I was pretty excited. I can't tell if I like it as much as the other stuff yet, but there are some good toones on hurr. Have a listen to "Taos."

What are you guys listening to these days? I find that the beginning of a new school year always inspires me to listen to my old music. Perhaps it's because I never want to grow up. Hey, maybe if I'm a kid forever I can finally get one of my drawings on the front of someone's CD. I'll just have to keep trying...

♥, Azzara

Tuesday Tunes

So Amanda and I have decided to start our blog off right, with a lil bit of everything to read about. So on that note, welcome to the first ever Tuesday Tunes, which will hopefully be a regular addition to our ramblings each week. A few weeks ago, I got a hold of the new album by Bombay Bicycle Club. They’re a four-piece hailing from London who released their second album Flaws on July 12 and have already managed to reach #8 in the UK charts, their first time making it to the top 10. The best part of the whole story? They formed the band at the tender age of 15. And they recorded their new acoustic album by themselves with a really low budget. Kind of puts us to shame, eh?

Now onto the real music part. My friend first sent me a demo of this song in 2006, right after I graduated high school and I remember listening to it over and over again on all the trains, buses and planes I took that summer (it was a busy one).  It’s called "The Hill":

A rerecorded version of The Hill is included on their debut album I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose, released in 2009. However, my latest obsessions on their new album (very obvious from my last.fm profile) would have to be "Ivy & Gold" and "Rinse Me Down". Check out a fun version of "Ivy & Gold" below, complete with whistling. The funniest part would have to be when a girl in the background burns another onlooker with a cigarette, watch out.

They received mixed reviews on this album because it’s just so different from their previous musical endeavours, but I happen to like it. If you’re digging this stuff, or just intrigued, check out some of their earlier tunes which are aren’t as acoustic, but are still equally as impressive. What’s on your summer playlist?


♥, Azzara