Jazmine Sullivan: Fearless

Girls got a voice!
There is a flawless break-up-because-he-cheated song on this album.
Watch some videos here & here.

Q-Tip: The Renaissance

I love A Tribe Called Quest and I'm happy Q-tip has a new album and is doing some great collaborations. Watch some videos here & here.

Paper Bird

A Colorado band that is pure sweetness.
If you get a chance, see them live at a smaller venue.
They tend to perform barefooted.
(If music were Summer in the woods)
View here & here.

Maria Rita

Daughter of Elis Regina
Brazilian Singer
View here.

Ceu

Brazilian singer/songwriter

View video here.

Brightblack Morning Light

This album has been a new discovery for me and has taken its place as my evening music of choice.

Brazilian Girls

I love how strange and haunting it is.
It's a good album for walking around the city with no particular agenda.
Two of my favorite tracks are Don't Stop & Lazy Lover.
Listen here.

Metric: Live It Out

I have been into this album lately.

It has the right amount of everything with a dash of French.

One of my favorite tracks is
The Police And The Private
Listen here.

Monolith

For Monolith photos go here:

http://aaronandalina.blogspot.com/

I just saw Sigur Ros @ Redrocks and it was other worldly for lack of a better term.

Jose Gonzalez: Heartbeats

Pretty pretty cover of the Knives song- Heartbeats.
Thanks for this one Steve.

She & Him: Volume 1

Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward
Zooey has a lovely voice.
I don't always love covers, but they put their own pretty twist on well known songs.
Watch the video here.

Danger Mouse: The Grey Album

Jay Z + Beatles = pretty rad. Oops, but they didn't ask permission. Oh well. I really like it.

Check out the controversy at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Album

Wikipedia... My official unofficial source.
Listen here.

Jenny Lewis

The word is she's recording a new solo album featuring such artists as Chris Robinson, Matt Ward, Elvis Costello, Zooey Deschanel, Farmer Dave and boyfriend Jonathan Rice.

She is the singer for Rilo Kiley and she's previously put out a solo album featuring the Watson Twins.

Yay for song writers.

Scissors For Lefty: Underhanded Romance

*Comedy you can dance to if you are recovering from self-inflicted Flight Of The Concords overdose. Their photo shoot is reminiscent of the childrens book, The Red Balloon. I like.

Hot Chip: Made In The Dark

2008 album from the British electro-pop group.
Mostly I enjoy the banana.
View here and here.

The Octopus Project: Hello Avalanche

I saw them this past week for $10 at a small dive in Denver.
They are from Austin, Texas.

Yvonne wears pretty vintage dresses even when performing-not just for photo shoots.

She plays a glockenspiel and theremin among other instruments.
I danced a lot and bought the vinyl.
View videos here and here.

Tegan & Sara: The Con

Fun photo of Tegan & Sara
Twins from Calgary, Alberta
I like all their albums but their latest has been my favorite thus far.
I couldn't find any quality videos for this album, but listen here for older stuff.

Beach House: Devotion

With Devotion & their self titled album,
Beach House has slowly crept into my heart.
Time spent listening to them on my porch at night accompanied by the crickets has become the summer ritual of choice.
Listen here.

slagsmalsklubben: Boss for leader!

(Minus the umlaut thingys)
Crazy Swedish electronica
Listen here.

Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor

An all around good record as you may already know.

He features artists I have already loved.
I am not quite as skilled a skateboarder.

Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push

Ratatat: Remixes Vol 2

Ratatat just makes everything better.
Fair warning: Contains naughty words
haha

CocoRosie: La maison de mon reve

More rainy day music.
I also like their other albums.
View here.

Kaki King: until we felt red

I stumbled across this gentle little thing one day and I really enjoy it on a rainy evening such as tonight.
It is airy & beautiful.
Watch the amazing talent here and here.

Tender Forever: Wider

This album has been growing on me.
It's mostly just she and her laptop.
She's from France.
Super creative... Watch here.

My Drive-Thru

Produced by Pharrell Williams of NERD

Featuring Pharrell, Santogold & Julian Casablancas
for Converse marketing.

Ian Cooke: The Fall I Fell

A beautiful voice with his cello.
Ian is a local here in Denver.
He's amazing in to listen to live.

Sufjan Stevens: Come on feel the Illinoise

Listen to the track "Chicago"

His lyrics are great.
He has a newer album, but this one's my favorite.
He's super Christian.
His music is super pretty.
It's found on many soundtracks.
Listen here.

Robots in Disguise: Get Rid!

Power pop from Great Britain and Germany
(If you can't get enough Le Tigre)
Listen here.

Chromeo: Fancy Footwork

Chromeo is hilarious
Fancy Footwork is fun for dancing
View here and here.

Lykke Li: Youth Novels

Because I like a lot of Swedish music, and I just picked up my brother from the airport from Sweden and he let me borrow this album.
Listen here and here.

Sigur Ros: (Icelandic words I can't type)

The latest from the Icelandic band
has a magical summer vibe to it.

It's so pretty, you don't need to know what he's singing.
The Gobbledigook video is essentially this cover photo in motion.
(A bunch of Nakee friends dancing about the woods)
The album title translates to,
"With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly."
Watch here. (Contains nudity as a warning to those of you who are bashful)

Third

The new Portishead album is lovely.
Sultry vocals with some electronic accompaniment rather than the orchestral emphasis.
It may take a couple listens to get into it if you are expecting a Dummy duplicate.
SEXY

New new wave goth

Formerly a major label scout.

Watch here.

Last.fm

http://www.last.fm/user/alipeine

Super fun website for music bios, music, videos and a live feed for you and all your friends of what they are listening to.

Ode to the mixed tape

http://alinamoran.muxtape.com/

My friend Christy compiled an amazing mix at this site and I miss mix tapes so I made one of my own.
It's a bit crazy.
Get your dancin' shoes.