Dead Man’s Bones - In the Room Where You Sleep

Skrillex + The Doors - Breakin’ a Sweat for the Re:Generation music project.

Holy wow – DJ Premier, Nas, and the Berklee Symphony Orchestra for the Re:Generation music project

DJ Premier was given Classical and began his immersion into the genre with Bruce Adolphe, a former classical music professor at Juilliard. They met at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music not far from DJ Premier’s home in NY. After learning about classical music theory, the inspirations of some of the genre’s most profound composers and how traditional pieces are structured, DJ Premier went out and bought tons of classical symphonies on vinyl to mash up his own creation. We then took that mash-up and orchestrated it for sheet music. In the first step of the actual recording process, DJ Premier partnered with Stephen Webber, a professor and conductor at the Berklee College of Music. Stephen taught Premier how to conduct and helped him in studio with the 58-piece Berklee Symphony Orchestra you hear on the track. Of all the takes, the one you hear is the “wild” version (which means they recorded it without the metronome in their headphones) DJ Premier conducted himself. Then DJ Premier brought that instrumental track back home to NY and Nas laid down his rhyme on top of it.

The Crystal Method, Martha Reeves and The Funk Brothers – I’m Not Leaving →

Track by The Crystal Method for the Re:Generation music project.

Pretty Lights - Wayfaring Stranger (feat. Leann Rimes, Ralph Stanley)

Part of the Re:Generation music project, upon which I am just now stumbling.

lizistwentythree:

Old 97’s- Won’t Be Home

The best thing about Sunday mornings is United States of Americana on the Current. 

Michael Winslow - Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

HOHME →

From pandatoes:

OK. So there’s this kid I know. HOHME. Who does heaps of cool stuffs. Like win Let’s Mix competitions. And go to Puerto Rico on that entrepreneurial tip. And DJ some of NYC’s most popping daytime parties. And blah. Blah. Etc. And so on and so forth.

Anyways, the kid does mash-ups. Or blends. Or whatever. And I mean, usually that sort of thing isn’t really. Well. My thing. At all. But HOHME? He pulls it off. You know. Like it’s evident that he spent more than fifteen minutes on each of these. Which of course is more than can be said for most people’s mash-ups. Dude puts in the work, and he gets results. Quality music songs for your earholes:

Interview with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys by GQ.

Tallest Man on Earth - Graceland →

bringing today full circle with Tallest Man on Earth covering Paul Simon’s “Graceland.”

Lyrics:
“She comes back to tell me she’s gone; as if I didn’t notice… as if I didn’t know my own bed.”

Jens Lekman - You Can Call Me Al →

Another “Al” for your consideration. Spoiler alert: I prefer this one.

Julie Doiron - Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard →

I suppose I would have to be in the mood for a song like this. Regardless, it sounds lovely and I am offering it here for your evaluation.

Noah and the Whale - You Can Call Me Al →

a song I love by a band I just started hearing about.

G. Love - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover →

“Paul-Simon-Cover-Thursday-Afternoon” brought to you by me.