Tag Archive: The Maccabees
[video] The Maccabees // Feel To Follow
[video] The Maccabees // Pelican
Daytrotter
We are big fans of what Sean Moeller does at Daytrotter. If you’re unaware of what the site is all about, allow us to give you a basic rundown: Sean brings artists and bands into his studio where they record 4 or 5 songs, which he subsequently puts up on the site for free. Some tracks have limited availability, but for the most part, the site is a treasure chest of alternate versions of songs from artists you already love.
I personally don’t utilize the site as much as I should. There’s a backlog of nearly 900 sessions, dating back to the start of 2006. Looking quickly, there are sets from bands ranging in scope from Death Cab for Cutie and Spoon to Cold War Kids (2 sessions!) and Vampire Weekend to people I’ve never even heard of. The site is well written, well drawn, and completely engrossing. Right now I’m into the session from Brazos, which was released back toward the end of January. The site is updated almost daily with new sessions, and we highly recommend you spend some time pouring through the extensive catalog. Let us be plain: you will find something you love.
Here are some of my favorite songs from the sessions I’ve collected.
Andrew Bird – Plasticities (Daytrotter Session) (mp3)
French Kicks – Knee High (Daytrotter Session) (mp3)
The Maccabees – First Love (Daytrotter Session) (mp3)
The Maccabees – Lego
Each year I reset the Play Counts for all my songs. Some people, like my girlfriend, find this to be a bit strange, possibly somewhat anal-retentive, and (undoubtedly) totally unnecessary. Instead, I keep track of my total play counts in a spreadsheet. And while I admit that it’s completely superfluous and over-the-top, it’s just what I like to do. I’ll leave it there.
How this ties in is that I also have a smart playlist based on what I’ve played recently, played a lot, not played at all – and at the start of the year, everything is thrown back into the mix. It’s a musical tabula rasa. Today as I was listening, this song came up, and I was reminded of the whole post/new-garage genre and how furiously and all-encompassing it was, and how quickly it seems to have faded away. Despite the genre’s inability to last (there’s a joke there somewhere), this song is still so great to me that I repeated it a couple of times.
The Maccabees – Lego (mp3) from Colour It In
mp3 Smörgåsbord #19
Wash down today’s healthy Smörgåsbord with a tasty beverage – be it adult or otherwise. Take your first sip following an interpretacione de Minus the Bear, before double fisting a ridiculously good Tribe remix with a Filthy Dukes remix of The Maccabees. Don’t spill – we won’t be cleaning it up.
Minus the Bear – Pachuca Sunrise (Alias Remix) (mp3) from Interpretaciones Del Oso
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A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario (Remix) (mp3)
The Maccabees – X-Ray (Filthy Dukes Society Remix) (mp3)
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002: Old Tapes - Farewell/What I Need Tonite 7" -
001: Joywave - Ridge/Traveling At The Speed Of Light 7"
