ScatterPoints: Mid February

This is some cool music stuff I've found over the past week. Enjoy!

DOWNLOADS:

Vampire Weekend - Ruby Soho (Rancid Cover)

I saw these guys do a DJ set at Lollapalooza '09 and it was a pretty damn good time. I found a bunch of cool mash-ups they've done, check it out:

The Hood Internet BEST OF ABX 2009 by hoodinternet

This is unrelated, but also good:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)...

ONE-SENTENCE REVIEWS:

Spoon - Transference

Rating: 80/100

Spoon continues their streak of solid albums and although less upbeat than some of their recent releases, it is a consistently enjoyable and interesting listen.

High Point Tracks: "Written In Reverse", "Who Makes Your Money"

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Rating: 82/100

Sort of wacky, and at times brilliant, Odd Blood is certainly a departure from their debut but it is also an enjoyable and modest improvement. Show all

High Point Tracks: "O.N.E.", "Ambling Alp", "I Remember"

ScatterPoints: Late January/Early February

Welcome back to ScatterPoints! Here's some cool stuff I've found in the world of music over the past few weeks.

DOWNLOADS:

Peter Gabriel - Flume (Bon Iver Cover)

Also, check out the Peter Gabriel cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage here.

VIDEOS:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Skeletons"

Crazy orchestral trailer for the Gorillaz forthcoming Plastic Beach:

Crazy orchestral trailer for the Gorillaz forthcoming Plastic Beach.

ONE-SENTENCE REVIEWS:

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

Rating: 82/100

Although it lacks the some of the layered complexity present on Animal Collective's last few releases, the mostly acoustic Sung Tongs is a strange and enjoyable journey through the softer side of AC.

High Points Tracks: "Winters Love", "Who Could Win A Rabbit", "Sweet Road"

Beach House - Teen Dream

Rating: 88/100

Teen Dream is a beautiful, haunting, and flawlessly crafted indie pop album that is definitely an early contender for album of the year.

High Point Tracks: "Silver Soul", "Used To Be", "Real Love"

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP

Rating: 83/100

This companion piece to Merriweather Post Pavilion, is yet another catchy, weird, and impressive release from the ol' Animal Collective.

High Point Tracks: "What Would I Want? Sky!", "I Think I Can"

Discovery - LP

Rating: 85/100

Comprised of members of Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend, Discovery offers up a brief but impressive debut with more infectious hooks and synth riffs than you can shake stick at.

High Point Tracks: "Can You Discover", "So Insane", "I Want You Back (Jackson 5 Cover)"

The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir

Rating: 25/100

I like the Fiery Furnaces well enough, but bizarre music and painfully boring spoken word narratives make this album almost entirely unlistenable

High Point Tracks: N/A (It was really that bad)

Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

Rating 79/100

Its a very top-heavy record beginning with a slew of wild and memorable tracks and ending without much of a bang but this unique debut certainly hints at some greatness to come.

High Point Tracks: "Sunrise", "No Need To Worry", "2080"

Lil Wayne - Rebirth

Rating: 50/100

Oh god, I love me some Lil Wayne but this monstrosity is baaaaaaad and it is only redeemed by that fact that Weezy is a genius, albiet a terribly terribly misguided genius but hey, at least its not Tha Carter IV.

High Point Tracks: "Prom Queen", "Drop the World"

New Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

Wow.  Right now I'm listening to "Zero", the new single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I'm really liking what I hear.  The single is the first from the YYY's forthcoming third album It's Blitz!, set to be released on April 14.  I wasn't particularly impressed with the bands last album Show Your Bones, but this new song has got me purty darn excited for what they've got up their sleeve.  Until then, "Zero" will have to suffice.  

Check it out on YouTube here.