Showing posts with label Gotye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gotye. Show all posts

2.22.2012

Occupy Goes Pop - Gotye and South Park

South Park delivers some of the best instant anthropology/social critisicm around. This was on last night...(this actually happened in my Alaskan hometown)



full episode: http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s08e09-something-wall-mart-this-way-comes

And then my shuffling IPOD poured this into my ears today. Not usually a fan of political pop, but I'll break all of the rules for Gotye.



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8.22.2011

Australian (pop-folk) Invasion

Sleep Decade are local lads from my neck of the woods. I swear they're gonna blow up quick.
 
 

The Holidays' first album (very island rock/pop) was my beach trip soundtrack last summer.


Finally, Gotye is a ridiculous musical mad genius who is seemingly obsessed with oh-so-raw break up songs.  Anyway, this single (with Kimbra - you know her 'Settle Down' track, right? Ah stuff it, I'll include it too) is from his new album that was released last week.

And this track of his still gives me chills 5 years later.

 And here's the Kimbra track