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  • Jack Johnson – Breakdown

    Playful midtempo track from Jack Johnson’s 2005 release titled “In Between Dreams”.

    Last.fm bio:

    Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is a Hawaii-born singer-songwriter, accomplished professional surfer and filmmaker who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following since he first appeared on G. Love & Special Sauce’s album Philadelphonic. The release of his 2001 debut album, Brushfire Fairytales further cemented his popularity.

    Jack learned to play the guitar at age 14, and was a professional surfer until an accident at Pipeline in which his front teeth were knocked out and he received more than 150 stitches. While he was recovering in bed, he spent his time writing songs and playing guitar. However, Jack didn’t seriously pursue a career in the arts until his college years at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jack Johnson also played rhythm guitar for the party band “Soil”, and graduated with a degree in film.

    He has written, recorded, and released the albums Brushfire Fairytales (2001), On and On (2003), In Between Dreams (2005), Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies For The Film Curious George (2006) and Sleep Through The Static (2008), he has also been on 3 soundtracks “September Sessions” from the film The September Sessions, “Thicker Than Water” from the film Thicker Than Water, “Sprout”, “A Broke Down Melody” Ep and “Some Live Songs EP”. Several of his songs are also featured in the movie “Out Cold”. His latest album – Sleep Through The Static – is among the top 10 of the US charts at present, as can be seen at http://mp3walls.com/.

    Lryics:

    I hope this old train breaks down
    Then I could take a walk around
    And, see what there is to see
    And time is just a melody
    All the people in the street
    Walk as fast as their feet can take them
    I just roam through town
    And though my windows got a view
    The frame I’m looking through
    Seems to have no concern for me now
    So for now I,

    I need this here
    Old train to breakdown
    Oh please just
    Let me please breakdown

    This engine screams out loud
    Saying the beat gunna crawl westbound
    I don’t even make a sound
    Cause its gunna sting me when I leave this town
    And the people in the street
    That I’ll never get to meet
    If these tracks dont bend somehow
    And I got no time
    That I got to get to
    Where I don’t need to be
    So I,

    I need this here
    Old train to breakdown
    Oh please just
    Let me please breakdown
    I need this here
    Old train to breakdown
    Oh please just
    Let me please breakdown

    I wanna break on down
    But I can’t stop now
    Let me break on down
    But you cant stop nothing
    If you got no control
    Of the thoughts in your mind
    That you kept in you know
    You dont know nothing
    But you dont need to know
    The wisdoms in the trees
    Not the glass windows

    You can’t stop wishing
    If you dont let go
    But things that you find
    And you lose and you know
    You keep on rolling
    Put the moment on hold
    The frames too bright
    So put the blinds down low

    Jack Johnson – Breakdown

  • Crustation – Purple

    Trip Hop / Dub inspired track from Crustation.

    Last.fm Bio

    The trio of producers known as Crustation formed by Ian Dark, Stig Manley and Mark Taylerthe are quite connected in the fertile Bristol trip-hop community – they played in bands with Portishead’s Adrian Utley during the 1980s, and regularly hung out with Massive Attack and Smith & Mighty. They debuted in 1994 with two EPs for Cup of Tea Records (also the home of Monk & Canatella, Statik Sound System and Purple Penguin), and released their debut album Bloom in 1998.

    Crustation – Purple

  • The Walkmen – New Years Eve

    This track is taken from their forth studio effort titled, “You & Me”. If you’ve picked up their previous albums, be sure to pick up this release — has more of the crooning, pop, and rock influences you’ve come to love from their previous releases.

    Bio from last.fm:

    The Walkmen are five New Yorkers who have played rock music since they were 10 years old. All five originally hail from Washington, D.C. where they attended the same high school and played in several bands. Over the years, and in their many ensembles, they’ve experimented with punk, noise, a lot of “garage” sounds, ska, and rock.

    After Jonathan Fire*Eater imploded, Walter, Matt, and Paul rounded up enough investors to rent a Harlem industrial space, and convert it into a 24-track analog recording studio. Dubbed “Marcata Recording”, the new space became the birthplace, home, and virtual sixth member of the Walkmen. Joining with ex-Recoys, Walter’s cousin Hamilton and his friend Peter (who had for years been slaving away in the East Village for spots at the Continental and Luna as The Recoys), the lineup was complete by the summer of 2000. Over the course of the next year the band sedulously wrote and recorded late in the evenings after work. It was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. While adjusting to their new space and equipment, the band engaged in much experimentation with sound.

    Their first show took place at Joe’s Pub in the East Village in September of 2000. Onto the tiny stage the band lugged an upright piano, a bass cabinet that was taller than the bass player, three amplifiers, an organ, a lap steel, two tape machines, three guitars, and a set of drums. The show was a great success, so they decided to stick together. Since then the boys have remained dedicated to their instrumentation, and even got their hands on an over-sized, rotting upright in London which nearly ruined the trip (one show was on the third floor).

    Initial press for their debut EP gave the Walkmen positive reviews but focussed mainly on the former notoriety of three of its members, all of whom played in the much hyped, short-lived Jonathan Fire*Eater. The band began to be judged on their own merit with the release of their debut album, Everybody Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone (2002).

    It was with the release of their second album Bows + Arrows in 2004 that they truly came to the fore, after The Rat received heavy airplay on alternative radio in both the US and the UK.

    The Walkmen’s third album, A Hundred Miles Off was released in the US on 23rd May 2006 and in the UK on 26th September 2006.

    The band’s influences include, Bruce Springsteen, The Pogues, The Cure, Björk, The Smiths, Joy Division, Neil Young, and New Order. Primarily piano and organ provide the basis for each song, with dashes of a variety of guitars and tapes. The bass holds a steady, booming foundation, and the drums fluctuate from minimal to down right furious. The vocals range from strong and long-held highs to reserved falsettos and lazy lows. The songs can be light and playful, or huge and atmospheric.

    The Walkmen – New Years Eve