Cautionary Whale

Since my last post was pulled due to content that did not please the American music commercial machine I have decided to take the all-indie route with this list. Hopefully this one will last longer, if not, I'm uploading something genuinely illegal, maybe Plastic Beach. Until then, here they are.

1. Brains For Breakfast - Green Go - Borders
2. Breaking Standing - Forward Russia! - Life Processes
3. Good Bye Conscience - Frantic - Change
4. Horse Riding - Euros Childs - The Miracle Inn
5. I Am Terrified - Iamx - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction
6. I'm Outta Time - Oasis - I'm Outta Time
7. Isolation - Snow Patrol - Instant Karma...
8. Lately - The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
9. Malou - The Beasts Of Eden - End Times
10. Modern Mystery - Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
11. No Lucifer - British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music ?
12. Plate Tectonics - The Old Ceremony - Walk On This Air
13. Pretty Life - The Heavenly States - Black Comet
14. Sunset Blvd - Pacific! - Reveries
15. Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand Archives - Grand Archives

Xero & The Boombox Theorists

BOOM! Goes The Box

So im the new guy. I'm all about the house music (& electro. & progressive. & minimal. & tech house. etcetera etcetera). If you can't differentiate techno from the rest, I hate you. I don't really listen to Edward Maya, Bob Sinclar, basically the BS most people think is real house. I'm not gonna post the sick Ingrosso or Angello tracks however. I will Show you guys some things you might've never heard if it werent for the Theorists. It's not all party bangers. some is just chill house. Relaxing stuff. Other stuff is hardcore ish. Just listen and see. Pump the volume up (seriously). DO NOT fast forward! (To avoid disappointment), & ENJOY!

1. Bofe De Elite - Mastiksoul - Subliminal Sessions by Erick Morillo

Might not sound like much on your laptop or desktop, but take out your Nikon and take the big picture here! I heard it@ Cedric Gervais the other day and it rocked my pants off (figuratively).

2. Do It 2nite (Mario Ochoa Remix) - Rockefeller - [unknown]

We all know the classic version of this song. However let's spice it up a little, shall we?

3. Drop It... (Inphinity Remix) - Christian Cheval - Rise Records

Lyrics. Are. Indescribable. This track reminds me of Let The Bass Kick. Just listen (and remember not to fast forward)

4. Up feat. Jay Rocves (Original Mix) - Christian Weber - Wormland Black

Just an uplifting track. This is the chill house stuff I was blabbin' about. Movin' on up!

5. Manduco (Original Mix) - Muzzaik - [unknown]

¡Ayayayay que manduco! A nice latin house (not the latin they teach u at school).

6. Get High (Original Mix) - Hy2rogen & Fr3cky - Hy2rogen Music

I like the message. :P

7. Peace (Original Mix) - Michael Feiner - Serial Records

When I listen to it, I feel as if it's just me and the music. This one is uplifting, relaxing, makes_me_forget_about_the_rest-ing.

8. Lexar (Original Mix) - Whelan & Di Scala - Fris

Same as Peace = UPLIFTING

9. Silvia (Peter Worth Edit) - Miike Snow - [unknown]

WOW (pronounced: W-A-H-O-U-W)

10. Definition of House (Big Room Mix) - Matush - Funktion Recordings

What is house???

11. Only A Day (Christian Luke Remix) - Baby Gee & Chris Arnott - Vacation Records

"Hey, come my way, I've only a day, left with you" ? ? I just really like this one

12. Shark In The Water (Wendel Kos Sunlight Mix) - VV Brown - [unknown]

Three thumbs up!

13. Warp 1.9 - The Bloody Beetroots & Steve Aoki - Dim Mak

Now for the BANGERS! Most of y'all are going to hate this. But, this is UHMAZING! PUMP UP THE VOLUME. PUT WHATEVER STEREOTYPE YOU HAVE ON ELECTRO OUT OF YOUR HEAD. AND THEN PRESS PLAY.

14. Alright Together (Sean Sines Bootleg) - Martijn Ten Velden vs Red Carpet - [unknown]

Steve Angello played this one @ Fuego (right as he said "Haiti, I'm finally here, bla bla bla")

15. Hey Hey (DF's Attention Vocal Mix) - Dennis Ferrer - Strictly Rhythm

:D <-- my face

Now remember kids, don't fast forward house music or your just gonna end up fast forwarding to a part of the song that basically blows and you won't like it. And stay off drugs! (alcohol, tobacco, weed & MUSIC excluded :P)

_ Mickey Mau5 & The Theorists

My Ears

Today I think I'm gonna make my first song recommendations. So without further ado I present my list:

• My first selection is from Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind", I'm of course talking about their number one hit: "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Kurt Cobain has been praised before for being the 90's greatest lyricist with his complex and profound words and this song is no exception even though I find that lyrics written a few minutes before the actual recording are close to being devoid of any deep meaning at all (I mean the song barely rhymes but sounds good). Regardless of this, this track effectively ended the Glam/Hard Rock era that had ruled in the 80's and paved the way for Punk Rock, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock and Grunge bands. So here is one of the most important rock songs of our generation :
  

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana - Nevermind

• My second choice is by the US indie rock band Great Northern and off their album ''Remind Me Where The Light Is'', this is : ''Snakes''. What first attracted me to this particular track are the truly unique vocals and ambient feel of the instrumentals, and after listening to this fifty times, the lyrics seem to have sexual undertones to me but you can make up your own minds. The album was released back in 2009 after I had almost lost my faith in this generation's originality when it comes to music production but this song is a small step towards my recovery. More popular in the underground scene, Great Northern are slowly moving towards the mainstream and have not sold-out. Hope you enjoy :

Snakes - Great Northern - Remind Me Where The Light Is

• My third recommendation is by Aerosmith and taken from their 1989 album ''Pump'' and is one of their most controversial songs in terms of it's lyrical content and it's subject matter, this is ''Janie's Got A Gun''. As you can imagine it talks about a young gun-wielding girl who takes revenge on an abusive father. Upon it's release, it caused quite a stir among fans and critics due to it's social impact and how it differed from previous Aerosmith works. In my opinion, this is one of their greatest songs, true to the band's creativity and shear playing ability: Steven Tyler can still hit those epic notes and Joe Perry killed the guitar.
  So here is the Aerosmith classic :

Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith - Pump

_ Xero & The Boombox Theorists

Finding Dakota Grey- Tony Williams- 2010

So not too long ago, I listened to thsi mixtape. Never got to finding a downloading link. I happened to come across it on another blog, so here you go. Some Funky R&B, different to say the least, but... It's all pluses. Smooth voice, a bit of that 90's feel to it, a few remixes you'll soon recognize & some international features make this mixtape quite an album. (thanks to whomever i got the link from).