Can, Haz, Do: Blog by Gregory, Act III of V

Happy Birthday To You All

Gregory Barnes — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:21:32 +0000

My gift to you

the one

the only

Scraper Bike

Catching up and looking back

Gregory Barnes — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:48:42 +0000

Two Silver Trees by Calexico

Gobbledigook by Sigur Rós

On A Neck, On a Spit by Grizzly Bear

Stay Where You Are by Ambulance LTD. Ambulance LTD. are really solid. I love their first album, this is more of a jam track but it was the only one I could find that link worked well. All in all check them out in depth. I think people will kick themselves in the face years in the future for overlooking these guys

California Dreamer by Wolf Parade

Drugs in My Body by Thieves Like Us Once again I was extremely lucky to stumble upon these dudes junior year on myspace. Its nice to see they are getting some attention.

That\’s Entertainment by The Jam

This is pretty cool its on vinyl: Damaged Goods by Gang of Four

To Protect & Entertain (Feat. Murs) by Busy P

In all honesty this is rubbish: Bats Over The Pacific Ocean by Jaguar Love

Half A Person by Welcome Wagon

What reminds me of Benji Hughes: We\’re From Barcelona by I\’m From Barcelona

Heart It Races by Architecture In Helsinki

Look up The Same Old Innocence by Architecture In Helsinki…I love to get down on the dance floor to that one.

See a Penny by YACHT

No Longer Reminds me of Benji Hughes…Icy Demons: way to go Chicago’s finest psychedelicsomething experimental rock band starring the best drummer ever from Man Man

Miami Ice by Icy Deamons

Man Man newish album “Rabbit Habbits” may be my favorite for the whole year so they deserve three songs off the album

Big Trouble by Man Man

The Ballad Of Butter Beans by Man Man

Top Drawer by Man Man

Definitely on the top 5 best of the year…Saw them live at Lolla this summer. The surprised me, the show was stunning. They are such a powerful force live, wouldn’t of thought so. Everything just fits perfectly, elements that make no sense in any-other context just work here so well, such a sweet blend.

2080 by Yeasayer

Finally Peter

Gregory Barnes — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:59:44 +0000

Beg Steal Borrow by Bart Davenport

This one took me awhile to like but don’t let the indie simpleness get to you its not really that pretentious

Berlin Heart by The Dears

Reminds me of a French Cat Power Chant de Grillion by White Hinterland

The Crook Of My Good Arm by Pale Young Gentlemen

Probably the best of the bunch and now I cant find it so you have to: Dirt (feat. Aesop Rock) by Tobacco

Dumb Terminal by Simon Bookish

The Smiths with a female lead? I think so: Let The Bells Ring by The Organ

Mr.Electric by Chandeliers

Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second by Starf*****

Pretty tight to hear this Chemical Brother classic in a more “natural” composition Star Guitar (feat. Au Revoir Simone) by Shinichi Osawa

Learn To Learn by The Week That Was

A Beatles cover cannot get much better than this: What Goes On by Sufjan Stevens

What on earth has Sufjan been up to? I don’t know but he has produced these guys and I love it. Great stuff. Sold! To The Nice Rich Man by The Welcome Wagon

Reminds me of some 70′s Bowie instrumental Fatino by Sebastian Tellier

Hot Chip? Kinda ZZZPenchant by Rafter

Speaking of Hot Chip I LOVE this song off newest album…”Here we come, drop kick. Half Nelson, Full Nelson, Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson.”Wrestlers by Hot Chip

Chrome\’s On It (The Mae Shi Remix) by Telepathe

Prime: German Love by Starf***er

Lady Faire by The Cassettes

Apparently these guys have been around for awhile, they are the definition of hit or miss: Loro by Pinback

Penelope by Pinback

Fortress by Pinback

Three Women by Stereolab

Witch by Maps & Atlases

Sour Cherry by The Kills

why not

No Wow (MSTRKRFT remix) by The Kills

I know the chances are still slim but…

Gregory Barnes — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:25:08 +0000

YESS! YES! YEAH!HIZZAH!

I know I shouldn’t believe or even post these rumors cause they popped up last year and nothing happened, besides NME loves to make something out of nothing and also have a nasty rep of lying. BUT its nice to hear Damon talk about it and the Gorillaz news is appreciated

Stay Windy

Gregory Barnes — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:47:04 +0000

Kanye West’s new stuff is old news. Videos? Slightly less old.

New Video for Heatless. Good old Hype Williams has been doing most of Kanye’s new stuff…

Awesome liveness for Love Lockdown

The screen as a floor is something i can dig for hours. Plus the whitness when he walks out. SWEET. Funny thing is he was banned from ever preforming on the EMA’s ever again cause of the blow up against Justice, claiming he had the better video and deserved the award over them. But two-ish more like one-ish year later we can compare Justice’s original D.A.N.C.E to Kanye West’s Good Life and well…Kanye is obviously inspired by Justice, who apparently cheated him from winning a award for his genius video back in 2006.

As for his new stuff…its a new sound that I am not totally in love with BUT at least he is brave enough to branch out.

Cause I can…Homecoming. Great video showing off Chicago, once again, by Hype Williams

Finally Part II

Gregory Barnes — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:03:16 +0000

I have always been lookin for this song ever since my brother took his library off the families computer. I dont know why it took so long once again. But i gots it now! Turns out it was beck

Who knew…

Beck-Satan Gave Me A Taco

Perhaps it was from Betos, no no too good

Can, Haz, Do: Finally

Gregory Barnes — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:46:07 +0000

It took me forever to find this song. I dont know why,its quite old and now its a little to late for the song. Oh well…stellar cast

Do They Know It\’s Halloween by the North American Halloween Prevention Initiative

Can, Haz, Do: Grant Kirkhope

Gregory Barnes — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:14:17 +0000

Grant Kirkhope is the soundtrack of my childhood; a brilliant mind; a flash of genius; composer of all things Rare. Unfortunately he is no longer with us in this sense.

Listen

Can, Haz, Do: Girl Talk

Gregory Barnes — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:02:49 +0000

I never got Girl Talk. His mashups can be good but lots of time they are way too schizophrenic for me to enjoy. The album is one long song, he knows it, but its not really a song just a DJ set. Anyway I went to his concert last night cause I heard his shows are great; they are. He is meant to be listened to live. The short and jumpiness of a song fuels the audience and if the audience digs a certain part of the song he will elongate it, which is needed on his albums but there is just not enough space. I got on stage during the show (but who hasnt?); the people were really nice up there and the best part was there was space to move if you wanted to and if you wanted to get close to Girl Talk you could with ease. A couple of times the stage felt like it was going to collapse, thats never a good feeling. The photos will speak for themselves. A video exists, but just watch that on my facebook…link? i dont know if that works for you non facebook people or those that aren’t friends with me. In total, Girl Talk went from a 4.7 to a 7.3 (scale from 0.0 to 10.0) in my book last night so thats a pretty good improvement. Now if people ask me if I like him I will be like “He is alright [schizophrenic complaint] but he knows how to put on a live show and he is meant to be experienced liked that”

Can, Haz, Do: You Seen/Heard this right?

Gregory Barnes — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:53:15 +0000

You know of She and Him right? Resurrecting a 60′s sound, simple and sweet. Genius.

You know of Brian Wilson right? DUH. If not…well…you kinda uhhhhh….dont deserve to live…

Any way combined New with Old and you get one of my favourtite interviews ever.

HERE