95 Royale, Kid Koala, Nicolas Jaar

Today is Wednesday, and also the end of a great internship with the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

95 Royale hails from the land down under, specifically Brisbane, and offers some loopy discoux goodness. 
  

I was just introduced to Kid Koala via reddit, and his turntable skills are damn fine.  Like Birdy Nam Nam, but with two less people and just as many worldly samples.  Plus, he currently plays in a Koala suit because he lost a bet to his manager.  He and DJ Shadow did this collaboration on Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo, which featured artists from around the world with the running theme that all samples be from Indian films.  If you like this, check out his live interpretation of "Moon River".



  Lastly, Nicolas Jaar should be a lot more well known than he is right now.  Besides the music, his commentary on music and dance culture is refreshing, and reminds me of shit Aphex Twin used to talk about with IDM.
Get his BBC Essential Mix, and see how his 5-hour set at MoMA PS1 went.

Alan Watts x Trey Parker, Headcount, Freshgrass

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have consistently been responsible for some of the funniest animations (and one broadway play) over the last decade, but in 2007 they also started a lesser known production company, FurryCarlos Productions, that they've been using to animate old archived recordings of Alan Watts. Trey Parker was taught Zen Buddhism as a kid and these are a sort of homage to Watts. Read the 2006 interview from Reason and watch the animations over here.

Mississippi John Hurt is great.

Bob Weir & The Roots played a benefit for Headcount this past weekend, and were joined by Grace Potter, Warren Haynes and Trey Pistachio.  The first set is solo acoustic by Weir, and the rest of the show is an awesome medley of super jams, Pish covers, and a "Whipping Post" encore.  Thank you to The Barn Presents for hosting.   

Bob Weir, The Roots & Friends - Headcount Benefit, Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY - 9/7/12 (.zip)

Lastly, if you're in western Mass next weekend and want to hit up a festival with Trampled by Turtles, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Devil Makes Three, David Grisman, Tony Rice, and the Infamous Stringdusters for only TWENTY SIX DOLLARS, you should head over to MassMOCA's Freshgrass Festival.
It's 'gon be great. 

FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival