Week 16, 2009

Week of IFFLA. This was the first IFFLA I skipped. Well almost. I went to see Indian Ocean documentary, mainly to support Jaideep. I used to really respect Indian Ocean for being who they are. I never thought their music was very mindblowing to me or very original. I felt the same thing after watching the film. But Indian Ocean Live is a different beast altogether. I love their song Bandeh. Also I saw Deepeche Mode live in the streets of Hollywood this friday. They launched their new album with a free concert in the streets. It was beautiful.

1) Bandeh - Indian Ocean

2) Harder To Breathe - Maroon 5 ft. The Cool Kids(Remix) This was my discovery of the week. What a fantastic mix by the cool kids.

3) Crazy - Alice Russell This is an amazing cover of Crazy.

4) Personal Jesus - Deepeche Mode I was in that crowd in this video.

5) Bambi - Gus Gus Could not find this song on youtube. But discovered Gus Gus. I recommend them.

Week 15, 2009

This week I played Stevie Wonder a a lot. And my Verve Remixed CDs are still playing on loop. But the song i really discovered is the Method Man Mary J Blige one.

1) Love Having You Around - Stevie Wonder

2) You're All I Need - Method Man f/ Mary J. Blige

3) Keep On Running - Stevie Wonder

4)California Soul(Diplo/Mad Decent Remix) - Marlena Shaw

5) Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Edit) - Nina Simone

Week 14 2009

This week was mostly spent listening to Sebastien Tellier & Verve Remixed CDs.

1) Divine - Sebastien Tellier

2) Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles This song played a lot last week, mainly because I read Jaideep Verma's excellent book about Bombay - LOCAL. Read the book to find out. Its availabl on Amazon.

3) Something About Us - Daft Punk - I'm hooked to this track. Thanks to Michel Gondry. He was on kcrw promoting his new DVD & dedicated this song to some lady in his life.

4) Cry Me a River(Truth & Soul remix) - Dinah Washington This is in Verve Remixed 4.

5) Speak Low( Bent remix) - Billie Holiday This is in Verve Remixed 3. The audio of this song has been deleted from youtube due to copyright issues.

Week 13 2009

This week I discovered this a French Du0 ROUGE ROUGE & a LA based Electro Pop band FOL CHEN.

1) Cable TV - Fol Chen - Another LA based group.

2) C'est presque ça - Rouge Rouge French group from their Album Ce Soir, Apres Diner on Wagwam label.

3) Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake - Sufjan Stevens I love the video.

4) La Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier So Sebastian is not a one hit wonder. I'm enjoying discovering one song every week. Another French. This video seems like it was shot in my neighborhood.

5) Left Field Boogie - Free Disco. Could not find it online. Heard it on Jason Eldrege's 28th March show. The only link I found was this
http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=15317
You can buy the single there. Its out on Rong Music label.