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Common – Blue Sky/Sweet

What can be said about hip-hop impresario Common? A lot apparently, but the jist of this artist/actor/author/MC is that he keeps getting better with each release. Common is one the brotha’s out here doing it the way its supposed to be done, with enough style and poise to make anyone proud to say they’re a fan. Check out his latest releases “Blue Sky” and the rawkus “Sweet” and tell me son ain’t nice. Keep a look out for Common’s new album The Dreamer/The Believer to drop in December. Peace.

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Cookies – Love Will Never Do Without You

You know er’ting is irie when you can take music from a powerhouse like Ms. Jackson and put a completely different spin on it and have it come out with so much fresh picked swag. For this reason alone I am giving Cookies and solid fist bump. The song “Love Will Never Do Without You” retains enough of it’s original bones to be recognizable, but is fleshed out with enough alter ego electro-pop to take on a new life all it’s own. The NYC trio comprised of Ben Sterling of Mobius Band fame joined by Melissa Metrick and Ian Ainley make up the bombastic Cookies. Check out more of the Cookies joyous music at the link here.  When you get to their webpage check out their cut “The Dream”, and when you listen to it just remember I said, “I told you so”. Peace.

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Ane Brun – Do You Remember (Live) ft. First Aid Kit

It’s always nice to find something random and wonderful. I was perusing some of my usual haunts and came upon this gem. Now, for those familiar with my blog I adore First Aid Kit to pieces, but Ane Brun I’d never heard of before just now. At any rate I will be looking for more of what this woman has to offer, musically that is. I love live music, especially when it done full to bursting with visceral energy enough to power the sun, moon and stars. This posting should come with the label, ‘Steal this song”, because upon listening you immediately want to share it with almost everyone you know. The song “Do You Remember” is something special and I don’t mean ‘short bus’ special either. Check it out. Peace.

Ane Brun – Do You Remember (live at Cirkus Stockholm) from valerie toumayan on Vimeo.

(via middleclasswhitenoise.com)

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eight and a half // scissors

In a wintry dream. I am slogging through a northern wood. Here, the evergreens are frilled with snow and laden with crystal icicles. I harvest a bundle. Returning home to my spartan cabin I build a fire, settling in for a coming storm. These icicles, I hang them in my windowsill. And as the last rays of the sun alight them with prismatic beauty, soon they begin to melt. As a result of their slackening a sound emits, slowly then builds. Eight and A Half is the sound. This sumptuous din comforts me, as I wait for the coming storm to pass. Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene fame, along with The Stills’ alums Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil combine musical forces as Eight and a Half. Below, I’ve included two versions of their magnificent single “Scissors”. The first is the original and the latter is a splendid remix by TOKIMONSTA. Look for a full LP sometime in 2012. Enjoy. Peace. Continue reading “eight and a half // scissors”

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Crystal Fighters – Star Of Love

I’m an ardent believer that good music doesn’t have an expiration date, and new music is only relative to the moment you first listen to it. Bringing you music, that is what we do here at Mitten Mouth Music. Our job is to cull audio gems from the seemingly endless depths of music out here on the web, new or otherwise. Then post those odes, tomes, ballads and jingles that move us, either spiritually or just our butts. Point in case, Crystal Fighters dropped an excellent album back in 2010 titled Star Of Love and we really, really like it. We hope you do too. Peace.

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Memory Tapes – Offers

If I could take the tender budding tendrils of a spring flower and the last embers of a dying flame and give these fragile objects a sound them Memory Tapes would be it. Yes, there is fragility here, but most of all there is beauty. And what is chillwave if not beautiful. New Jersey-based Dayve Hawk aka Memory Tapes, has penned “Offers” and it is as delicate a song as they come. It makes me want to crumple into my bed and dream of far off vistas. I hope you enjoy it too. For more, visit Carpark Records. Peace.

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The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love? (A-Trak Dub aka Dub For Mehdi)

What else can be said for a band whose name says it all. The Rapture are nothing short of amazing. If you need further proof check out their 2003 DFA-produced debut, Echoes, or my personal favorite the 2006 follow-up, Pieces Of The People We Love. You cannot go wrong with this dance-punk ensemble. Now, the “How Deep Is Your Love?” remix by A-Trak is a tribute to the incomparable DJ Medhi who passed due to a fatal accident back in September of this year. I’ve posted the remix (1st) as well as the original track (2nd) by The Rapture. Check ’em both out, and knock one back for DJ Medhi and party like a rock star. Peace.

(Via DFA Records)

Also, check the video for “Pieces Of The People We Love” from back in 2007. It is indeed sweet.

The Rapture- “Pieces of the People We Love” from ben dickinson on Vimeo.

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Rustie – After Light

Let’s get the night heading in the right direction. In the early stages of October we witnessed the release on an excellent debut album titled Glass Swords by Rustie via Warp Records. If you haven’t already check out the track “After Light” which is definitely a highlight on the album.

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The Morning Clouds – A Walk Home (Video)

Listening to The Morning Clouds is always delightful. However, watching their latest video for the song “A Walk Home” is tough. But maybe that’s the point. Throughout the entire video we are served a lukewarm heaping helping of starched work-a-day glibness. It’s uncomfortable to watch, mostly because it turns a magnifying glass in on the lives we live and how we chose to lead them. The video begs the question: Do we want a life of cookie-cutter mediocrity or do we search for something of real substance?  But alas, we’re all passengers, or even more depressing, participants in the rat race in one way or another. The Morning Clouds dropped their latest LP on October 11th, so it’s available now. I fear though, if I watch the video again I many just get myself a “life coach”, Peace.

The Morning Clouds – A Walk Home from Richard Karpala on Vimeo.

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Zulu Winter – Let’s Move Back to Front

What do you get when you take Will Daunt (vocals, guitar), Iain Lock (bass), Dom Millard (keyboards), Henry Walton (guitar) and Guy Henderson (drums) and put them all together? Give up? Well, what you get is a fantastic band calling themselves Zulu Winter. A collective of musical mates that are definitely going places. I’m not going to muddy the waters with sonic references to other bands. Frankly speaking, I don’t give a damn who they sound like. Right now I just know I’m picking up what they’re throwing down, so to speak. I recommend that you get these songs and put them in your iPod STAT! I’ve provided  a few samples of their music below. Listen to the buoyant “Let’s Move Back to Front” and the beautifully sedate “Never Leave”. Make up your own mind, but I kind of think I know how this is going to end. You pre-ordered it already didn’t you? Peace.

Check out the “Never Leave” video, it was directed by the very talented David Higgs. Peace

Zulu Winter – Never Leave from David Higgs on Vimeo.