I first heard of this delicious group when, believe it of not, I saw The Thrills, Phantom Planet, and Stereogram play a little show north of Indy. For some reason they were handing out little Franz Ferdinand flyers at the door and it served to pique my interest a bit.
Now that was all years ago. Before the 'nand hit it big both in the states and elsewhere. Before they sold out shows and jet setted around the globe, buying pints of milk and going out for a smoke every now and then. That was also years before they took a Gwen Stefani staple dance tune and made it their own. Pay special attention to the way they incorporate some brilliant Billy Idol lyrics into the end of the song. It's glorious.
Well, the Foo Fighters never seem to disappoint. I've heard it said that they are one of the most consistent rock bands currently out there and I would have to agree. Each and every album they turn out seems to be a pure and wonderful rock album. And, to be honest, we don't get those very much anymore. Even the venerable RHCP seem to dabble a bit much in psychedelic funk to be called simply a rock band.
The Foo Fighters do have a new album coming September 25, available for preorder now, and I'm going to go ahead and say that it will be the best rock album of 2007. There, I said it, and there's no going back now. And seriously, just check out the below video for the song The Pretender, and you'll have to agree; Dave Grohl and company are genius.
The second track listed here is taken from the Foos recent performance on Radio 1 over yonder in Britain. They played a smashing set and are quite amazing on this cover of Arcade Fire.
So awhile ago I posted these songs because literally everyone I know was asking about them. Well it only takes a second to google and wiki it and then I figured I would share it here. Especially considering all of my previous links have been killed by the old file host that I was using.
I posted the preview for the movie Sunshine, below, for two reasons. The first being that it contains the song Lux Aeterna (Lord of the Rings Remix). This remix of Lux Aeterna (originally a song on the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack) has come to be the quintessential preview song. If you watch movie trailers you'll recognize this song instantly. And you've probably asked all of your friends, "what is that song?!". Anyway, the second reason is because I really wanted to see this movie. Unfortunately I live in a little bit of nowhere here in the States and the movie never played on a screen close to here. I guess I'll have to wait for the dvd to come out.
Well it looks like Rilo Kiley is all growns up now. Using a new, and somewhat eccentric, mix of psychadelic throwback disco with other noise that appears to hail from Yeah Yeah Yeahs it's apparent that Rilo Kiley has come a long way from dancing the frug. To be honest I'm not a huge fan of this metamorphosis, but it is what it is. I'll let you decide how much you like their sound now.
08.30.07 - Nouveau Casino - Paris 08.31.07 - Academy 2 - Birmingham 09.01.07 - Connect Music Festival - Inveraray, Scotland 09.02.07 - Electric Picnic - Stradbally 09.06.07 - Warfield Theatre - San Francisco 09.07.07 - Crystal Ballroom, Lola's - Portland 09.07.07 - MusicFest NW - Portland 09.08.07 - The Showbox at the Market - Seattle 09.10.07 - David O. McKay Events Center - Orem 09.11.07 - Ogden Theatre - Denver 09.12.07 - Jesse Auditorium - Columbia 09.13.07 - Sokol Auditorium - Omaha 09.14.07 - First Avenue - Minneapolis 09.15.07 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago 09.17.07 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak 09.18.07 - The Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto 09.19.07 - Cabaret la Tulipe - Montreal 09.21.07 - Avalon - Boston 09.22.07 - Webster Hall - New York 09.23.07 - Webster Hall - New York 09.25.07 - The Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia 09.26.07 - 9:30 Club - Washington DC 09.27.07 - 9:30 Club - Washington DC 09.28.07 - The Orange Peel - Asheville 09.29.07 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta 10.01.07 - Revolution - Fort Lauderdale 10.02.07 - House Of Blues - Orlando 10.04.07 - Republic New Orleans - New Orleans 10.05.07 - Warehouse Live - Houston 10.06.07 - Palladium Ballroom - Dallas 10.07.07 - Stubb's Bar-B-Q - Austin 10.09.07 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson 10.10.07 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe 10.12.07 - SOMA - San Diego 10.13.07 - The Joint - Las Vegas 10.15.07 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - Santa Monica
Rogue Wave : noun -a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas. Rouge Wave : noun - a kickass band with a mellow side and a new album available fro preorder on their website. Oh, and they're also playing Conan on September 19th. So set your Tivos or DVRs, cause they'll be sure to bring the noise.
Sep 09 @ 8:00pm Flynn Theatre Burlington, VT Sep 11 @ 8:00pm Ram's Head Baltimore, MD Sep 12 @ 8:00pm Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA Sep 13 @ 8:00pm Carnegie Music Hall Pittsburgh, PA Sep 14 @ 8:00pm Messiah College Grantham, PA Sep 15 @ 8:00pm Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, MI Oct 10 @ 8:00pm The Casbah San Diego, CA Oct 11 @ 8:00pm El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA Oct 12 @ 8:00pm Bimbos San Francisco, CA Oct 15 @ 8:00pm Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR Oct 16 @ 8:00pm Neumo's Seattle, WA Oct 19 @ 8:00pm Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO Oct 20 @ 8:00pm The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS Oct 21 @ 8:00pm Waiting Room Omaha, NE Oct 23 @ 8:00pm 400 Bar Minneapolis, MN
We bloggers seem to drool over Jose and his style of music. I can't really pin down just why it sounds so good other than that it has a certain road ready [weary] feel that makes me want to jump in a car and drive west. Or rather just drive. On one hand, when I listen to Mr. Gonzalez, I feel the need to nod my head to the groove. On the other hand it feels like the music I would play over a nice slow motion scene in the new indie film. Something about a guy, running through an airport, in slow motion, with this music in the background. I think it would make everyone cry. I'm even crying a little bit right now just thinking about it.
Well, we are undergoing some changes here at The World Forgot. The most notable being that we finally went legit, bit the bullet so to speak, and bought our own domain name. We'll hopefully be migrating over to that new platform soon, but not right today. There are still decisions to make such as Movable Type vs WordPress or cerulean blue versus indigo violet. Trust us though, we will be making this blogging experience more enjoyable. Please have a little faith in us. For some reason I really love this song. It's a classic to be sure and it's also a shame that it hasn't achieved much more love in its time. We only thought it appropriate to list this song as the very first song with our new service and we only hope we can find another suitable song to mark the launch of the new page.
Josh Ritter was brilliant on his album The Animal Years. Especially upon listening to his previous efforts. One begins to realize that he has progressed a lot through his long and tangled history, but it also leaves one scared for the future. It's hard to capture genius twice. Even Dylan, who at times Ritter seems to imitate, had some songs and albums fall flat.
Here to stand against the doubt and the fear is a brilliant song off of Josh's album which dropped yesterday. Honestly it's amazing, and if this is any indication as to what the rest of the album sounds like then we're in for quite a treat. Quite a treat again.
Mp3's are now brought to you from three sources. Pick your poison.
mp3 : Josh Ritter - To The Dogs or Whoever [gigasize, file available conceivably forever. open link in a new window or tab and follow their simple directions to download.
Well thanks for proving our popularity by continually crashing our bandwidth allowances. It seems that no matter where we go we just can't seem to fit. If you want to help you can follow this referral link and sign up for a free account. That would help us a lot. http://boxstr.com/7828
Since our last post promptly crashed our account here's the Radiohead track posted again.
mp3 : Radiohead - 15 Step (Live) [hosted on gigasize. you must left click this link or simply right click and open in a new window. you cannot download this file directly.]
Good day to you all, you fair weather fiends. It is odd how friend and fiend are so closely related in the English language. Look at them, total opposites yet only one letter separates the two. Ah, bugger.
Speaking of good Britain, I refuse to use great before the term Britain anymore. I also refuse to call it the great Wall of China. Even Chinese people simply refer to it as the Long Wall. Nothing really great about it.
But speaking of Britain these boys from across the pond seem to be taking a bit longer than normal to spin out their next disc. New estimates have it being dropped early 2008 although rumours can hardly be trusted. To tide you over here's a little gem of a track that I found floating through the interwebs earlier this week. Enjoy the Radiohead.
A new day rises, a new file host has come around, and this wee little blog begins afresh. Also today, a frequent reader Josh, begins his college career. And in his honor we're hosting the last mix he threw together and emailed us. He made a little compilation as a gift for his girlfriend in anticipation of Prom. Some of it's a bit sappy, but he designed it as a walk/listen through of all that Prom night would entail. Enjoy the music.
Prom - A Walk Through
zip file : this is the place to get all tracks in one easy to go package. please note that with this link you must right click and open in a new window or a new tab. you cannot, repeat cannot, download directly from this link.
A thousand thanks to Josh for emailing us a copy of this mix. Maybe some of you will follow suit, our email is inconspicuously located up there on the left. Also, we're glad to see Will Smith rounding out the list. Quite the artist.
Well my friends, the time has come to buck up and begin blogging again. There has been far too many days spent in lackadaisical ways and it simply cannot go on. In other news I was thinking of starting a Non-Profit Organization. Except it would be very unorganized, indie, grass roots, or some other appropriate word amalgamation.
Cheers, enjoy the repost which might actually work now that it's on a new file host. Here's to BOXSTr and their new service. And also, here's to hoping I don't kill my 500 MB per day of bandwidth.
[What follows is a repost from two weeks ago, if this works then I'm sure we'll be updating more frequently from here on out. Just got the best album of 07 in advance. Think The Weakerthans, and think amazing. I mean honestly, they have an entire song about curling. Get excited.]
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"Someone tell these ____ who Kanye West is."
Honestly the best song of the summer. It's Hey Ya meets Crazy with a whole lot of attitude. And honestly, Kanye West is one of the only true talents in hip hop anymore. Who else is taking old Daft Punk tunes and rhyming over the top? That's right, no one.
Honestly the best song of the summer. It's Hey Ya meets Crazy with a whole lot of attitude. And honestly, Kanye West is one of the only true talents in hip hop anymore. Who else is taking old Daft Punk tunes and rhyming over the top? That's right, no one.
Hey all readers, we've been getting some amazing emails from you all wondering where we're off to, what we're doing, and if we're giving up on this blog. And verily we say unto you, we are not done. We're not dead. We're just busy.
Everyone is out and about enjoying this globe that grows smaller with each passing day. Some are in the States, some are travelling to Korea, some are probably sleeping right now. We can never really be sure.
Leftovers are all that is still good to eat, but wasn't quite good enough to cram down your throat at the first meal. I'm not saying that aren't quite delectable, they're just not what you put on your plate the first time. Well, unless you come from a big family where everything is made, bought, packaged, and stored in bulk.
EA Mix vol 09 - Leftovers
zip file : no, really, you cannot direct download. right click, open the link in a new tab or window and follow their directions.
See I really did travel to Everest. And all you had to say was "uhhhhhh, a little comment."
EA Mix vol 08 - Fix Me Now
zip file : seriously you cannot download directly form this link. aw, c'mon! yeah, it's tough but you need to open the link in a new window/tab, jump through the hoops of gigasize, and download with all alacrity.
This post is coming to you no frills attached [ie no pictures] as the internet connection here in the boonies is currently suffering from a serious case of "I Hate You" for which, of course, there is no cure. So without further ado here is the next round in our EA Mix series.
EA Mix vol 07 - Oh Where Have We Gone
zip file : this is the place to get all tracks in one easy to go package. please note that with this link you must right click and open in a new window or a new tab. you cannot, repeat cannot, download directly from this link.
Vol 06 of this EA series was turning a new page for us here at The World Forgot. For once we we got serious about posting in this online format [before we relied heavily on word of mouth and links that were passed around the nets via email] and we also switched the format from seventeen songs [the perfect prime number to fill up a full burned disc] to thirteen tracks [still a prime number but more realistic].
So here is Vol 06 of the popular series of compilations we've thrown together. We're rapidly approaching the release of Vol 10. Get excited.
EA Mix vol 06 - A Fresh Start
zip file : this is the place to get all tracks in one easy to go package. please note that with this link you must right click and open in a new window or a new tab. you cannot, repeat cannot, download directly from this link.
Welcome back readers. We're not actually sure if any of you read this blog or if you just pillage your way through cyber space looking for downloadable content. But we're not here to judge, we're just here as a messenger of good music and lazy Tuesday mornings.
Enjoy the show.
EA Mix vol 05 - Going Home
zip file : this is the place to get all tracks in one easy to go package. please note that with this link you must right click and open in a new window or a new tab. you cannot, repeat cannot, download directly from this link.
The World Forgot is nearing our first birthday. We've come a long way from our first post. In fact we've come along way from that first mix album we threw together and emailed [and in some cases actually mailed] to our close friends. Now it's been almost a full year since this little blog was created and what once started as just a space to host our series of EA Mix albums has grown up into something a little more sophisticated. At least we hope it has.
In honor of this upcoming milestone, as well as the fact that EA Mix vol 10 was just completed, we thought it would be nice to go back and re-release all of our old compilations. There's some great music on these nine albums and we hope you enjoy them all.
Keep reading.
EA Mix vol 01 - Sounds for You to Hear
zip file : open link in new tab or window to snag them all at once
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I first heard of this delicious group when, believe it of not, I saw The Thrills, Phantom Planet, and Stereogram play a little show north of Indy. For some reason they were handing out little Franz Ferdinand flyers at the door and it served to pique my interest a bit.
