http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/us/page/1/ Songs I Like en Vox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:55:20 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss us http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:55:20 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968474460002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968474460002-50si" alt="The Polecats-Make a circuit with me" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Casting about for new music to listen to I came across the Phenomenauts, and the description sounded all right (something like "pop-punk with some synths"), and sure enough, they're pretty fun (and unlike so many pop-punk bands, they don't sound l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69790eb0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> covers robots rockabilly 80s us 00s uk pop-punk phenomenauts http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:27:53 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96817f890002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96817f890002-50si" alt="02-pretz-chapel_stile" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968221f00003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968221f00003-50si" alt="03 - Les Professionnels" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c61050000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c61050000b-50si" alt="02-Algo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mrs. V. and I are big fans of Zero 7; that is, of the Zero 7 songs that they did not invite Sia Furler to vandalize with her breathy, pouty, "ghetto twee*" vocal stylings. Verily, she is the Jar Jar Binks of downtempo. We're okay with the other ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad693fa3e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france 90s air us downtempo zero 7 00s uk chillout tuba spool fender rhodes electric piano jhno neil cowley fragile state http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/widget.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/widget.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/widget.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:49:17 -0700 I must interrupt the skronk thread to announce this breaking news, or broken news, as the case may be; it may be old news but it's news to me. Blog favorite Nomo has a new album, Ghost Rock, coming out on June 17th, but they're streaming three so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/widget.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68fb6ed0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> michigan jazz us 00s afrobeat nomo warn defever http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-skronk-mojack.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-skronk-mojack.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-skronk-mojack.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:47:09 -0700 The posts I want to do keep getting bigger, and thus they are taking longer to prepare. Coming soon will be a post on UK Skronk, but in the meantime, Mojack brings us some brand new skronk from the US. Mojack is the current band of Greg Ginn (th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-skronk-mojack.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967c09610002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock us 00s no wave black flag greg ginn skronk mojack http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/unlikely-covers-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/unlikely-covers-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/unlikely-covers-2.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:40:32 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967b2ba20002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967b2ba20002-50si" alt="01-Rock Steady" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What could be as unlikely as a disco/southern rock cover of a Yardbirds song? How about an 80s electro cover of a Bad Company song? I've been wanting to hear Jenny Burton's cover of "Rock Steady" again since the 80s, but I've never managed to co... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/unlikely-covers-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8bfbc97000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> covers new york 80s us electro bad company john robie jenny burton http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/filling-in-the-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/filling-in-the-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/filling-in-the-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:50:54 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967a8e470002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967a8e470002-50si" alt="01 - big money" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68cbf630005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68cbf630005-50si" alt="03 - Apologize" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Having had access to the college radio station record library during the 80s, not to mention the constant stream of new releases that came in, and then spending all my disposable income (plus future income, once I got a credit card) on imported Br... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/filling-in-the-gaps.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967b82b60003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock 80s us uk postpunk sheffield killing joke nate starkman and son http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/erasing-history.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/erasing-history.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/erasing-history.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:09:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68d60bc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68d60bc0004-50si" alt="B3 Festival of Healing" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It always galls me when a new band takes the same name as an old band; for one thing it's an annoyance to have net searches mucked up with the pretender's name, and at worst they end up overwriting the history of the original band. How infuriatin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/erasing-history.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967aeee50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock 80s us gothic postpunk drowning pool nate starkman and son http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/speaking-of-breakbeat.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/speaking-of-breakbeat.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/speaking-of-breakbeat.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 May 2008 17:13:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8be68a4000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8be68a4000b-50si" alt="The Prodigy - Firestarter" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967a78a20003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967a78a20003-50si" alt="03 Breakbeat Suckers" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> or just plain "breaks," as I was last time: The Prodigy is generally considered to be the definitive breaks act, and they have been the most visible, thanks to several videos centered around frontman Keith Flint's evil-clown persona. But Prodigy ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/speaking-of-breakbeat.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68cec650004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 90s breakbeat electronic us 00s uk breaks the prodigy cirrus keith flint liam howlett http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/dap-dippin.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/dap-dippin.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/dap-dippin.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 22 May 2008 15:19:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96774e840002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96774e840002-50si" alt="Sharon Jones &amp; The Dap-Kings &quot;100 Days, 100 Nights&quot;" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9677f0730003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9677f0730003-50si" alt="04_The Dap Dip" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The State Theatre of Ithaca has just announced its 2008-09 season schedule, and the big news is, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are coming to Ithaca! Yahoo!!! Not until November, though; sigh. But I'm going! And I bought tickets today to se... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/dap-dippin.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68a60b10004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> soul us 00s r&b sharon jones dap-kings deep funk daptone records http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/shawn-lee-and-soundtrack-music.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/shawn-lee-and-soundtrack-music.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/shawn-lee-and-soundtrack-music.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 May 2008 20:23:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8bb9254000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8bb9254000b-50si" alt="09 Italy 73" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9677a34e0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9677a34e0003-50si" alt="15-La_via_della_droga_-_31" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68a14cf0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad68a14cf0004-50si" alt="A6 Infernal Crime" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967667ef0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967667ef0002-50si" alt="11 Chaiste" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Shawn Lee has just put out yet another new Ping Pong Orchestra album! It's called Miles of Styles and, as the title suggests, it's got the most varied genres of any record in the series (and it's also double the length). The tunes are mostly ins... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/shawn-lee-and-soundtrack-music.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967712fb0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> library italy 70s soundtrack us 00s uk goblin shawn lee car chase music ping pong orchestra