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TSURURADIO Presents… I ain’t no Mr. Cool Mixtape!!!

November 5, 2010
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Mobile Instant Photography by your boy, T

Alright kiddos! Been a fun week back after our little break, eh? Weezer, Bees, Matt & Kim, Bad Books, more Bears Retweeting, and even a new Decemberist song.

WOOO!

Well, during the week, I kinda spent some extra time and put together a little mixtape for ya… Mostly new dingers that I’ve been digging, but, as always, spotted with a few oldies to keep us grounded… keep us real. I gotta say, for a quickie, it came out pretty darn good!

This should hold you over until we get to our next big mixtape presentation of Aaron Loves Meghan IV! Oh man, can’t wait to share it with you! Been test driving it during the week, needs a little tracklisting tweak and maybe a song switch up AND, if the good lard’s a-willin’ a little surprise tucked in the bottom of the box. We’ll see… we’ll see.

But, that’s then and this is now and it’s Friday and it’s time to get our weekend ON, so push the plays, turns its ups, and get ready as…………………

TSURURADIO Presents…

I ain’t no Mr. Cool Mixtape!!!

Full Zip

01 Bad Books – Holding Down The Laughter
02 Weezer – The Good Life
03 The Decemberists – Down By The Water
04 Tim Kasher – Monogamy
05 Andre Ethier – Easiest Game
06 Old 97′s – Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You)
07 Dead Confederate – Run From The Gun
08 British Sea Power – Zeus
09 Sharon Van Etten – Don’t Do It
10 The Bees – I Really Need Love
11 Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
12 Pepper Rabbit – Older Brother
13 Deerhunter – Helicopter
14 Grinderman – Heathen Child
15 Matt & Kim – Cameras
16 Kid Cudi Feat. Cee-Lo Green – Scott Mescudi Vs. The World
17 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Banned (By The Man)
18 The Lucksmiths – Get-to-bed Birds
19 Mexican Elvis – The Washington D.C.
20 The Shivers – Stare

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! I got lots of photos to take (really, 3 shoots this weekend! and lots of miles to ride. Have fun ya’ll, see you next week, and until then… may all your winds be to your tails!

Cheers,
T.

We’re back and we are listening to Bad Books!!!

November 1, 2010
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Photography of Audrey by me..
Part of my oiseaux rétros de tsurufoto series!

Hello and howdy! Did you miss me? Oooooof course you did! Aw….. tender! Well, after a little break last week to recharge ye ol’ batteries, we are back and queued up with some pretty sweet gemtastical gems of albums to keep our ear canals happy!

It’s going to be an interesting month, to be sure. Oh, first off, happy November to ya! What’s on the docket for the next 30 days? Well, besides featuring wonderful albums, videos, songs, etc, we’ve got our 4th volume of Aaron Loves Meghan in works for our anniversary on November 17th! THEN begins the tallying, analyzing, sorting and coordinating our list for the Most Awesomest Tsururific Albums Of 2010! The goal is to wrap this all up before Baby & I take our next vaca in December when we go to Paris, then come back ready to starting thinking about 2011 (you just know the first 2011 leak is right around the corner)……..

So yeah, gonna be a busy bird this month. What better way to start it all off then by talking about the wonderful little self-titled album by Bad Books!

Okay, the first tag that will probably pop up is psych-pop-rock, with emphasis on the pop-rock as the psych is more because of the distorted bits here, uber-fuzzy sections there, and drug-hazed aesthetics float about like floaters in your eye.

But beyond that, the pop-rock, almost rootsy at times, almost Wilbury-esque at other, and, on occasion, a bit rockin’ is what’s really in control. Catchy bits of lyrics, hooky asides that will randomly pop up — like on “Holding Down The Laughter” when the background singers chime in, you can help but rejoice in it!

My only question about the album is on it’s faith. It seems like I’d notice mentions here and there about god, faith, etc, and I’m not sure if they are actually, you know, christians or if it’s just part of the story-telling. A bit more listenerin’ and a bit more readerin’ up on these guys will clear it up over time, but for now, I’m content to just listen and enjoy!

You should do that too…

DOWNLOAD THE FULL BAD BOOKS ALBUM HERE!!!

1. How This All Ends
2. The Easy Mark & The Old Maid
3. Baby Shoes
4. You’re A Mirror I Cannot Avoid
5. Holding Down The Laughter
6. You Wouldn’t Have To Ask
7. I Begged You Everything
8. Please Move
9. Mesa, AZ
10. Texas

Bad Books love: Myspace | Label

Cheers,
Tsuru