The newest blues from the The Black Keys comes from the album Brothers which was released two days ago and is chalk full of the same good stuff. The first single Tighten Up is complemented by the a video directed by Chris Piliero featuring two kids fighting over a girl in a playground. Aside from Tighten Up, the track Never Gonna Give You Up stood out as a catchy soulful ballad with some amazing horn parts (trombone i think?). The band will be playing a smattering of shows in US & Canada as well as in Europe. They will be in Montreal for the Osheaga festival in August.

The Black Keys – Never Gonna Give You Up

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The Black Keys – Tighten Up

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Just a quick reminder that the Pop Winds will be playing tomorrow night at Casa Del Popolo, pay what you can. For more on the band and their latest album check out this post while you listen to two more songs from The Turquoise.

Pop Winds – Feel It

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Pop Winds – Owl Eyes

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For anyone who heard the new M.I.A. track Born Free and saw the video (below) and thought it a harbinger for the direction her music was about to take, listen to this. Her new(er?) single XXXO could not stray any further from Born Free and I am more than pleasantly surprised. I’m certain that there is some reasoning behind Born Free being introduced before XXXO as if the order had been reversed, we would certainly be inundated with people crying foul over the new radio friendly club sounds of XXXO. This is exactly what M.I.A. does best and I couldn’t be any happier with it, so here you have it. The Born Free video and the XXXO single here in one place.

M.I.A. – XXXO

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Yesterday night Sala Rossa hosted Berkeley’s The Morning Benders, playing the Big Echo album in it’s entirety along with some old favorites (Damnit Anna). Their soulful sound translated perfectly into the live performance and they managed to make the space feel more intimate than it really is. Check out Promises from Big Echo below (the band promises they will be back in Montreal for the Osheaga festival) as well as pictures from the show.

The Morning Benders – Promises

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The Morning Benders Pictures (Sala Rossa, Montreal: April 15, 2010)

Washed Out is a South Carolina project by Ernest Greene with a handful of relaxing and engaging songs like this one. Hoping to see a full release sometime soon.

Washed out – Feel It All Around (zshare)

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Summer easy listening gravitates us towards the classics. Here we have two classics, the original Islands in the Stream duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton as well as the cover Ghetto Superstar by Mya, Pras and ODB popularized the 1998 film Bulworth.

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Islands in the Stream (zshare)

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Pras [feat. Mya & ODB] – Ghetto Superstar (zshare)

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I heard a radio piece the other day that analyzed all the political nuances of the Eurovision song contest. Apparently who enters the contest and who wins bequeaths quite the political fallout. If you don’t know it’s a 53 year old american idol type contest in which european countries enter bands or individual artists to perform an original songs. The winning country also gets to join the EU! I remember 2006’s eurovision in particular because the ridiculous Lordi which scored a record 292 and gave Finland it’s first victory.

Gwar inspired costumes aside, Junior Senior is ridiculous in a completely different way. While the band broke up last september, Jeppe Laursen (aka senior) recently wrote Denmark’s entry into the 2009 eurovision song contest. Here are some of my favourites from Junior Senior’s second and final album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (2007).

Junior Senior – Hip Hop a Lula (zshare)

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Junior Senior – Can I Get Get Get (zshare)

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I’ve been listening to a disproportionate amount of radio lately, and maybe this post is testament to how this little habit of mine has gone too far. I’ll try to limit myself to only when I forget to bring my iPod into the car. Anyways, its a classic song that I probably would not have thought to post if it weren’t for the radio, so it’s getting posted.

The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love (zshare)

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I don’t usually post on Saturdays, but then again I don’t usually post anything in the realm of Chet Baker. He is one of those artists that you can’t help but pay some attention no matter who you are. If you don’t like Chet Baker you basically don’t like music. Okay that’s extreme but what the hell kick my ass if you think otherwise. In the comments section of course.

A few months ago I was in a music store that was on the verge of closing its doors and becoming something more profitable – selling stereos i think. I ended up picking an amazing black and white Chet Baker poster and as a result I ventured to purchase download his entire discography. I remember the two male employees getting far more excited than was appropriate about the fact that I had picked this poster. I think they were also relieved that I hadn’t chosen a The Darkness poster. Perhaps Chet Baker is now only music for music nerds. This song is a classic – I think it was composed by George Gershwin – and I’m a bit curious to see how people like it. Maybe Chet Baker can still be relevant? Maybe not.

Chet Baker – They all Laughed (zshare)

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You might recognize the beat of Move On Up by the late and great Curtis Mayfield from the Kanye West hit Touch the Sky featuring Lupe Fiasco. This remix by Dj Ayres and is part of the remix album It’s the Motherfucking Remix Vol 2.2 by The Rub crew.

Curtis Mayfield – Move on up [Dj Ayres Remix] (zshare)

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Tomorrow night is Friday and also the first night of a new weekly in Montreal at Blue Dog by our friends at HGHLY TGGBL, check it out.

BRINADA and HGHLY TGGBL present:

Lindsay Lohan Sextape Fridays
launch party hosted by HARSKEET

with special guest

DJ GRANDTHEFT
(Team Canada DJs, MTL)

http://www.myspace.com/grandtheezy

featuring

GIRL PROBLEMS
(HGHLY TGGBL, MTL)

http://www.myspace.com/doyouhavegirlproblems

and

KID LEGIT
(Brinada, MTL)

http://www.myspace.com/legitproductions

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Cheap Booze!
Loose Morals!
$5 (free for peeps that confirm on facebook)
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