unpiano: music

I’m not sure why I’ve never made an Architecture In Helsinki post before, but I think it’s time we fixed that right now. I got inspired to post this song after hearing a cover on my friend’s blog the other day. The cover is so-so, but if you’ve never heard the original version before it’s worth a listen. It’s one of those songs that instantly makes you smile and has something really fun about it. You can see what I mean if you watch the video below from the amazing Take Away Shows.

Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races
Architecture In Helsinki - Fumble
Dr. Dog - Heart It Races (cover)

Bonus:
Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races (from the Take Away Show)

Hammerhead Shark Attack posted this song up a a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been listening to it a lot lately. I try not to steal entire posts off other blogs, but this song is too good not to share. The video also makes me really happy. It’s a seemingly simple but very well choreographed scene using the current lineup of The Mae Shi and a bunch of their friends (Health, Holi Buffaglo etc). Looks like a lot of fun. I also just bought this 7″ and can’t wait to play it out. Dance Party anyone?

The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave
The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave (video)

This first Mystik Journeymen album was so sick. It was basically just a mixtape since they released it mostly on cassette if I remember correctly. It had so much soul and emotion on it, and I would listen to it over and over. They’re part of the Living Legends crew now so I think the days of rapping about Top Ramen are over. Before all that though, they used to hustle the tapes outside of Amoeba on Telegraph and pioneered a lot of that fuck-major-label thinking that made the bay area so rad for hip hop in the mid-nineties. Anyways, enough reminiscing.. I just wanted to post ‘Sammy’s Song’ because the track is amazing and I couldn’t find it online anywhere else. Plus it’s really sad and for some reason sad hip hop seems sort of hard to find.

Mystik Journeymen - Sammy’s Song
Mystik Journeymen - Never Forget
Mystik Journeymen - Give It Up

Klaus Dinger, founding member of Kraftwerk and Neu! died a couple weeks ago. His output in both bands was a huge influence on so many I thought I’d post one of my favorite Neu! tracks.

Neu! - Hallogallo