All In A Week's Work - 3/14/2010

This is going to be a quick post this week because I'm going to be leaving to go see Ben Folds tonight soon but here's your AIAWW:

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
This song was found when I started listening to the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album and found "Dull Life." As far as mashups go this is pretty damn good
Lobsterdust - Dull Sex & Magic (Ciara & Justin Timberlake Vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life

This was a close second just because Peter Gabriel's voice manages to break my heart every time I hear it. His new covers album is REALLY effing good and rumor has it he'll be going on tour soon. I'll be there with bells on...
Peter Gabriel - Flume (Bon Iver cover)

More fabulous stuff courtesy of Sirius:
Biffy Clyro - Mountains
Dr Dog - Shadow People
Official Secrets Act - So Tomorrow

And finally, trip back in time to 1997 when the "Spawn" soundtrack came out. Sucky movie, excellent album:
Filter & Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do

And now I'm going to prep my singing voice (as Ben Folds as well-known for audience participation) with a bit of whisky - whoo!

All In A Week's Work 3/07/2010

Posting earlier than usual this week as the Oscars and all of its Red Carpet snarky/gloriousness is starting at 6:00 p.m. I am beyond excited as this is the pinnacle of awards ceremonies and I devour each and every minute every single year. So, with five hours of television viewing ahead of me here's your music for the week:

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
Nicki Minaj is appearing...well, pretty much everywhere right now but more so on Ludacris' new album "Battle of the Sexes" that drops tomorrow. Plus, yay Usher for not bringing out a shit song and getting back to your "Confessions" roots. I still hold a soft spot for that album...instead of a single song, she just wins outright. Hear for yourself:
Ludacris Feat. Nicki Minaj - My Chick Bad
Usher Feat. Nicki Minaj - Little Freak
Nicki Minaj - I Get Crazy

Another fabulous female rapper, Kid Sister is currently blowing it out of the water and I'm really hoping I catch her set at SXSW...
Kid Sister Feat. Cee-Lo - Daydreaming (SXSW PLAYA)
Kid Sister Feat. Estelle - Step (Produced by Rusko, my favorite!)

RANDOMS
Andreya Triana was featured on Flying Lotus' "Tea Leaf Dancers" and basically made that song. Apparently Flying Lotus is producing her upcoming album and you can hear his influence just dripping off this track:
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong
Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers

And finally, these next two are just plain rad. Randoms and there's not much else out there for them but they made me smile...
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
Inspired Flight Feat. Eligh of Living Legends - Pull, Push, Let Go

11 more days until SXSW...

Muse - Live in Atlanta + AIAWW 2/28/2010 + SXSW Updates

I woke up this morning sounding like friggin Bea Arthur, after I spent the night screaming at a moving stage containing members of Muse. Hopefully that goes away because I'm only 28 and don't want to sound like a 60 year old with a two pack-a-day habit.

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
More on Muse in a second but first, I need to get this song in your collective earbuds. I recently acquired Sirius for both home and car and had a "blissful" moment when I was driving around today after discovering this band. This song makes me wanna dance...
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?
And just for shits and giggles:
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (Joker Remix)

More SXSW announcements:
Scissor Sisters will be playing Stubb's on March 20th. Unfortunately you need a SXSW pass to get in - anyone got an extra? Please? I asked nicely!
Scissor Sisters - Paul McCartney

Oh yeah, and rumor has it that Muse will be playing Stubb's the night before. DAMN YOU!

More SXSW playas:
Donnis - Superman High Freestyle
Kidz In The Hall - Grizzly Man

Just some cool stuff:
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
Caribou - Odessa

And now, onto Muse. The evening started off with this:


...and just naturally progressed. Silversun Pickups apparently didn't go on at 8 like the ticket said and so we only caught the last three songs which was fine by me. I saw them at Coachella last year and I'm not sure that any other venue will beat that for me. Anyway, the build up for Muse's opening (incidentally with "Uprising") was epic, complete with backdrops, atmospheric music, and mobile plinths for each band member (and the lone piano player who never got a spotlight on him - poor dude). Well, see for yourself:








All in all it was a fabulous show (minus the glaring omission of "Butterflies and Hurricanes") but what can you do? Ben Folds in two weeks time and believe me, that's a fun night filled with crowd participation and giggling. Excited to see him again. In the meantime, 18 more days until SXSW and I'll be listening to The Heavy's "How You Like Me Now?" on repeat for the next week...

All In A Week's Work - 02/21/2010

25 days left to go until SXSW. Not that I'm counting or anything...

Big show coming up this week - Muse and Silversun Pickups at Gwinnett Arena which I'm beyond excited for. I'm just hoping that Muse plays more of their back catalog because, let's face it, their newest album sucks big donkey dick. There I said it. And I feel better for it.

As for this week's offering, I happen to think that "Black Cab Sessions" are AWESOME!!! Aaaaaaaaand I just tested it and I only have permission to post the Bon Iver. My recommendations? The Cool Kids and VV Brown ones (incidentally they've both just been added to the SXSW lineup. Who's a happy camper? ME! Girl over here! HEY!). Go to Black Cab Sessions and check em out!

Bon Iver - Creature Fear

Bon Iver from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

The VV Brown one is so awesome that I post the actual song for your listening pleasure (although I'm not sure that it can top the acoustic version at all...)
VV Brown - Shark In The Water (SXSW PLAYA)

And here's your AIAWW:
Kidz In The Hall - Jukebox (SXSW PLAYA)
Ludacris (Ft. Lil Kim & Lil Fate) - Hey Ho (new album drops March 9th - whoo!)
Rusko - Woo Boost
Major Lazer (Ft. MIA & Busy Signal) - Sound Of Siren (SXSW PLAYA)
The XX - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) (SXSW PLAYA)
Hot Chip - I Feel Better

As far as covers go this is pretty damn awesome:
The Flying Changes - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
And just for good measure, here's the original:
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

And finally, here's the new Timbaland video featuring JT. Anyone else think this is a cheap remake of Kanye's "Gold Digger" video? The only redeeming quality is Justin Timberlake giggling at Fatty McFatterson Timbaland. Go watch the "My Love" video if you want some quality...

SXSW - Bring it on mothereffers...

In four weeks and four days I will be descending on Austin, TX for my very first SXSW and I am beyond excited (for several reasons, some of which cannot be disclosed on this here blog...yet ;) ). The line-up is absolutely crazy and it'll be a three day extravaganza for me to try and see as many bands as humanly possible while imbibing alcohol - heels may be banned. I'm desperately hoping that the bands I really want to see will wait until Thursday, Friday and Saturday to play instead of Wednesday night (the night I won't be there) but a girl can only hope. So, below are a few of the people who are going to be there...which in turn is getting me excited again and I really need to calm down because I have work in the morning and need to sleep (damn caffeine).

Four weeks and four days, four weeks and four days...it couldn't go by fast enough ;)

Alphabeat - Fascination
Alphabeat - 10000 Nights of Thunder
(Definite beer drinking, dancing around like a fool night IF I get to see them)

Donnis - Country Cool
Blue Scholars - HI 808
Q-Tip - Breathe & Stop (J. Period Remix)
(J. Period's gonna be there. I'm still holding out that Q-Tip'll show up...)

edIT - Battling Gogo Yubari in Downtown LA
(The WHOLE Glitch Mob's gonna be there which I have a feeling will be slightly insane...and I can't wait!!!)
NASA - Gifted (Ft. Kanye West, Santigold, Lykke Li) - Steve Aoki Remix
(If Aoki's set is anything like it was last year at Coachella it's going to get insane...)

Rye Rye - Shake It To The Ground
Uffie - Pop The Glock

Elevaters - Daft Punk Tribute
General Elektriks - Little Lady
Fanfarlo - I'm A Pilot
Freelance Whales - Location
Phantogram - When I'm Small
The XX - Crystalised
Spoon - Don't Make Me A Target

Click HERE to check out my SXSW schedule (and see just how above was just scratching the surface).
Annie = VERY happy girlie ;)

Synchronized dancing DOES happen in real life...

Awesome in so many ways. Apparently 800 people were taught this in an hour and were placed throughout the crowd to quickly teach the others around them. Now if this could happen to me in real life I would be giddy :)

[Dipdive] Black Eyed Peas Video+Audio » Oprah Feeling / I Gotta Feeling Live at Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party

Mmmmm Crown and Diet Coke

I am sitting here drinking that aforementioned drink and listening to She Wants Revenge "All Wound Up" ("because I'm all wound up and I like to ball...") - sucky day turned into a good night. Last time I had this drink (or should I say 1/2 a bottle of Crown in one night) was February 17th, 2009. My body crapped out, my hands lost their feeling and one of my oldest friend's both laughed at me and force-fed me orange Gatorade. This time around I just feel....effing fabulous. All I apparently need is my Ma to offer me a big girl drink and it changes everything ;)

This work malarkey is slowly killing me. I may have been lazy, or not cared in past jobs but this time around I do. A hell of a lot. And I love what I do. It's that whole pesky lack of sleep/stress combo that is knocking me into the ground and I need to man up. Mmmmm whisky....

Songs I've been listening to lately? Kinda the main point of this blog right? I've delved into the back catalog, hitting things up as random as Slipknot, Basement Jaxx, Justin Timberlake, Massive Attack and Twista. Speaking of, his verse on Ludacris' new single "How Low?" Fuck me. Listen for yourself...

Ludacris - How Low (Remix Ft. Rick Ross & Twista)

And just for kicks
Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy

OK. I'm done. Gone all glazy eyed...