Our beloved internet is becoming a more serious place these days. Downloading and listening to great music, at least the way we all currently do it, is on the verge of becoming a pretty serious offense. SOPA & PIPA are shelved, but make no mistake, cloud-based sites like Mediafire can still pull the plug whenever they want- just ask the brothers over at PB&J.
However, it's too damn nice out today to not download and listen to some great music. Here's a collection of tracks inspired by the last 30 days of wandering around Central America and Southern Florida.
Hymn For Her - "Slips"
Caught these guys at a bar in Punta Gorda while fishing last weekend. Husband and wife duo, slide guitar, crazy hobo blues, great vocals. See the video.
The Grateful Dead - "Don't Ease Me In"
One of the best versions of this song ever, from the Early Show at the Filmore East, 1970-5-15. The intro and banter are great.
Tiger Army - "Outlaw Heart"
Psychobilly for the modern tumbleweed, Tiger Army Never Dies.
World/Inferno Friendship Society - "Velocity of Love"
Off of 'Red-Eyed Soul', Bridgewater, new joisey natives create vino inspired punk/cabaret/gypsy music. They're playing in Orlando on Febuary 11th, really don't be late.
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Cut That Line"
Pure, 100% un-cut funky soul.
Professor Longhair - "Mardi Gras In New Orleans"
Some hip-swinging, finger snapping N'Orleans jazz courtesy of my Reddit Secret Santa.
Marco Benevento - "Record Book"
Off of his solo album 'Invisible Baby'. Beautiful, spacey piano rhythms. The version with Jon Fishman on drums is even better.
Beat Culture - "Tokyo Dreamer"
Off of 17-year old's second album, contains waves of glitchy and entrancing ambient noise. It's free and it's seriously fucking awesome.
Bonus:
DJ Omar Ali-Zadeh Sharif - "Occupy Ear Pussies"
A wonderfully titled debut mini-mix by Fordham based, NJ bred producer, featuring the best sort of progressive house and Rick Astley remixes.
Occupy Ear Pussies by Kamronsharif
