Pay Your Fucking Taxes!

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Our good friends the Luxury Tax were playing this last Saturday at Temple. They fucking killed! For 2 straight hours, they assaulted the crowd (and it was a fucking crowd) with some of the funkiest electro-house I've ever heard them play. I don't know what happened. it was like we we're watching and hearing them evolve into something wholly more sexy and terrible before our very persons. Sweat dripped from every neck. All bodies moved in a kind of horror-movie-esque syncopation which was driven on into further and further states of sublime delirium by the builds and breakdowns of each set. By 05:00, no one was left standing. We filtered out in a daze and waited for them in awe on the street. What a fucking set! They gave me a few cuts for your amusement, but seriously, these are really just the going-in proposition. Multiply the resulting priapism by 37 and then you'll be halfway to how awesome this was:


The Luxury Tax - Who Died? >> http://www.mediafire.com/?2pdc22dsdcn

The Luxury Tax - Sometimes >> http://www.mediafire.com/?60cx0c5xy5d

The Luxury Tax - Cherish >> http://www.mediafire.com/?8dmkzygdqzm

The Luxury Tax - Let's Quit Your Job >> http://www.mediafire.com/?fzfowr1zzkm


Cheers,

Raise The Black Flag

New Music Friday >> 02/08/2008

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Hi kids! I have one song for you this week. It adequately represents my mood: manic desperation.


The Wombats - Lets Dance To Joy Division >> http://www.mediafire.com/?5yo5cddpaxx


Enjoy!

Raise The Black Flag

Bunny Hop!

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I'm always amused when people combine the idea of a dance number with some kind of large prop. Its especially cool when the 'dancers' aren't really dancers and you can tell it took alot of work to get right. I thought I'd show you some of our favorites


Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do



Can someone say "bunny hop"?


Feist - I Feel It All



I'm not a huge Feist fan. They always leave me feeling like I've eaten a bunch of artificial sweetener. They do make fun videos though...


OK Go! - Here It Goes Again



Treadmills. Very clever, OK Go.


Have fun!

Raise The Black Flag

Urban Cougar

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I didn't get any response on this one. I think it didn't have the same incentive the aardvark one did. And as E. noted, the cougars can't use computers.




Cheers,

Raise The Black Flag

New Music Friday >> 02/01/2008

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Yeesh! I dropped the ball and now Friday is comming on Monday!!! Wtf!


Mates Of State - Fraud In The '80's >> http://www.mediafire.com/?5f39nn1zuek

I love it when a good pop song makes you wanna jump up and down and run around the room. Thanks Mates Of State!


Radical Face - Welcome Home, Son >> http://www.mediafire.com/?bniy9afx71n

This song has eluded me for some time. It kept comming on while we were coding as background to a stat-shot but they never said who they music was by. Then, it popped up on Hypemachine randomly and I actually shouted. I really like this haunting, driving melody. It reminds me a little of the Shins, if they were less cynical and didn't rock out as much. The vocal harmonies really get me.


Ben Gibbard - Carolina >> http://www.mediafire.com/?btrm0jazym0

You'll know Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service. I had never heard any of his solo stuff, so I thought I'd pass this along. It has the same sweet sensitivity and clever literacy that his other stuff has.


Throw Me The Statue - This Is How We Kiss >> http://www.mediafire.com/?4m1bzxtzdjw

I really like TMTS. Their music is so personal and energetic. They don't always hit when they swing, but Moonbeams is a really solid record and I thought this song was worth a listen. It reminds me of an old Cars song and I guarantee it will get you bobbing your head.


Justin Townes Earl - Yuma >> http://www.mediafire.com/?cmzyiyz82sm

This put me right back in Iowa City. "Gimme your worst whiskey in a dirty glass."


Thats all for (um...) last week. Hope you enjoy!

Raise The Black Flag