SYL Video Pick - Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails

Just cause I'm on vacation doesn't  mean I'm gonna stop posting chit I like. I was watching 300 the other day and remembered the first time I saw the trailer. I was left in awe. I remember going to the midnight IMAX screening the day it came out cause of it. If this chit does not make you go all Hulk Hogan on ur shirt then I dunno what will.
As a bonus I included the 300 movie trailer and a most excellent rehearsal in which Trent makes all his musicians crap their pants.
Enjoy.

See U Soon

It's been a great year thanks to all of u, but now it's time for a small vacation. I hope u have enjoyed the ride as much as I have, but be ready to hold on even tighter cause wees sabout 2 get buckwild. I wish u all a safe and happy new years and may 2011 bring us all some more fantastic beats.

Speaking of that I leave y'all with some pure quality... Enjoy

Still - jj

Urania - Tango Whisky Man

Deathsweater - Beans 

Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men

Moscow Girl - Ali Love

SYL Mix #01 - Merry Christmas

Thank You for all the support. Here is my present to you, my very first mix.

ShaveUrLegz Mix #01 from shaveurlegz at Letsmix.com.

Click Here to download

Around the Internets

• Class Actress @ Fellini Gallery (Liquid)

• 12 Facts U Didn't Know About Home Alone Til Now (TheChive)

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• Top 10 Pranks Of 2010 (Asylum)

SYL Video Pick - This Is How It Was Played When God Wrote It

SYL Song Pick - Don't Mean To Be Rude (Toadally Krossed Out 3ball Remix) by Spoek Mathambo

Spoek Mathambo - Don't Mean To Be Rude (Toadally Krossed Out 3ball Remix) by Hypetrak

SYL Week Playlist 20.12.2010

Under The Stars (Labyrinth Ear Remix) - Morning Parade

Civilian - Wye Oak 

Rock & Roll (Gigamesh Edit) - The Velvet Underground

Still Sound - Toro Y Moi

Leave Argentina (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) - Polarsets

Sophisticated Girl (Ride The Universe Remix) - Panda People

Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men

Demons (Yuksek Vocal Remix) - Fenech Soler

Cover Your Tracks - Young Galaxy

On a Good Day - Joanna Newsom

Enjoy

Around the Internets

 

• 10 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Albums (Cracked)

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• Xmas With Gwar (Break)

• Yogi Bear Alternate Ending (IAmBored)

SYL Retro Song Pick - White Room by Cream

Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterized by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Baker.

(Wiki)

SYL APPROVED - Class Actress @ Fellini

 

This is crazy. First Phantogram and now Class Actress, it really is an embarrassment of riches. The best part is that we all get to experience the ride together. 

So now to the music. It doesn't take much to instantly like Class Actress. Just from the opening stanza of "Journal Of Ardency" u get the idea that this is something different. The reality of it is that it has been done before, just not as aesthetically pleasing or catchy. The mixture of vinyl samples, looped into Billboard Top 20 worthy melodies, coupled with Elizabeth Harper's sensual voice crooning over it, makes for one of the most interesting releases of the year. A lot of good music coming out of Williams"Beard", Brooklyn  and they are one of the obvious standouts.

Friday Night will be amazing, hope u can make it. Here are a few tracks to keep u entertained till then.

Careful What You Say - Class Actress

Terminally Chill (Neon Indian Cover) - Class Actress

Let Me Take You Out - Class Actress

SYL Song Pick - Gilgamesh by Gypsy And The Cat

Gilgamesh - Gypsy And The Cat

Perfect for my 80's contemporary fix... enjoy

SYL Video Pick - I Love You Ozzy!!

SYL Week Playlist 13.12.2010

 
Aca Entera - Javiera Mena 

At My Heels - Twin Shadow

Favourite Colour (PUNCHES Remix) - Tokyo Police Club

Let's Fall Asleep Together - Teen Daze

Climbing Walls - Strange Talk

With You Forever (FM Attack Remix) - PNAU

The Worse It Gets (Shook Remix) - Penguin Prison

In Love, Not Limbo - Of Oceans

PYX (Golden Bug Remix) - G.L.O.V.E.S

Doubt (Build Remix) - Delphic

Shine A Light (Ted & Francis Remix) - The C90's

Enjoy

SYL Video Pick - Does This Mean Lucky People Are Retarded??

SYL Retro Song Pick - One Big Holiday by My Morning Jacket

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket

This was the first song I ever heard from them and its my favorite. It is EPIC.

My Morning Jacket is a rock band which formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The band consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar), “Two Tone” Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums). The band is best known for their reverb-soaked sound and their enthusiastic live shows. My Morning Jacket is signed with ATO Records. The band’s style is a blend of alternative, alt country, folk rock and psychedelic rock.

(Last.FM)

SYL Song / Video Pick - Pon De Floor by Major Lazer (NSFW)

Idle hands are the devils playground. In this case I would say idle bodies. Jesus H CHIRIST... I mean these r the type of vids I used to download when I was in college & now its on youtube... whats next? a 5 dollar mexican donkey show ride @ disney?

Damn, am I reading too much into this? For those of u who don't know, therefore have a life so please just click the red x on the top right of ur screen to continue (MAC users, please keep on reading    :D) .. i kid, this is the new craze in Jamaica. Its called daggering and according to reports, the amount of dick breakage has increased tenfold. 

Pple, we have already been through our share of dick breaking music (thank u PR), thats why oriental chicks love us latins so much... if u get it, U GET IT! enjoy

p.s. the song is absolute maniacal gold
 

Major Lazer "Pon De Floor" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

SYL 20 Best Songs Of 2010

I never thought doing one of these "Best Of" lists would be so hard. It took me about 3 hours to finally come up with my favorite 20 songs of 2010 and I'm still fidgeting around with it. All in all, I believe this is a truly representative list of the songs that have defined this blog and, with ur help, change our musical landscape . Hopefully u guys will like the selections. Its safe to say that the honorable mentions list will be lengthy. Let me know if u think I left a song or two out. Again, thank u all for the support.


20. Dancing With The DJ (Chiddy Bang Remix) - The Knocks

19. I Don't Feel It Anymore (George Raquet Remix) - William Fitzsimmons

18. What You Need (Hey Champ Remix) - Priors

17. Home - LCD Soundsystems

16. Cosmic Love (Short Club Remix) - Florence & The Machine

15. Solid Ground - Maps & Atlases

14. Blood Red Youth - California Wives

13. Good Intentions Paving Company - Joanna Newsom

12. Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders

11. Little Lion Man - Mumford And Sons

10. Modern Drift - Efterklang

9. This Moment - French Horn Rebellion

8. Swing Tree - Discovery

7. Somebody To Love Me (Feat. Boy George & Miike Snow) - Mark Ronson

6. Boy - Ra Ra Riot

5. Mouthful Of Diamonds - Phantogram

4. Resurrection (Penguin Prison Remix) - The Temper Trap

3. Hundred Years - Minitel Rose

2. Groove Me feat. Theophilus London (Alex Metric Remix) - Maximum Balloon

1. Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros


Honorable Mentions:

• Ready To Start - Arcade Fire
• Garden - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
• Underwear - FM Belfast
• The Greatest Escape We Ever Made - Wave Machines
• Roses - Harlowe and The Great North Woods
• Lions In Cages - Wolf Gang
• Wild Birds (Clancy & Build Remix) - Minitel Rose
• Beaches and Friends (Hey Champ Remix) - French Horn Rebellion
• I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
• In The Summer (Streetlife Deejays Remix) - Crystal Fighters
• Don't Give Up - Lake
• In A Dream - Skybox
• Afraid of Everyone feat. Sufjan Stevens - The National
• Russia - Ramona Falls
• The Fun Powder Plot - Wild Beasts
• Floating Vibes - Surfer Blood
• Rather Be With You - Yukon Blonde
• Soft Shock (Them Jeans Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

SYL Video Pick - I Bet They Were Great @ Rockband

Pink Floyd is to be listened NOT PLAYED under the influence!!!

Guga U Get A Star... Thanks

Essential 5 - The Cure

The Cure seems to be the common denominator in most ipods. Everyone's heard their iconic tunes from Friday I'm In Love to Just Like Heaven but that's where the experience ends. Some of you don't know that behind those hits, lies an amazing catalog that spans almost 30 years. Dark, complex and somewhat disturbing are just some words I chose to describe their songs. Its no wonder Edward Scissor-hands was modeled after Robert Smith.  Anyways, its great to see the band still at work, churning out record after record and doing most excellent collaborations.

Not In Love (Feat. Robert Smith) - Crystal Castles

Its funny seeing how so many people envision them as a totally different band stemming from their hits, myself included. I remember the first time I saw a picture of them, I was in disbelief. Their style and these songs really did not make sense to me at the time. That is until I started listening to their other stuff. Now I cant picture them differently. I cant picture the whole genre differently. They defined it and while they are the reason ur son is wearing lipstick and mascara, they'll probably get him laid too.
Excluding the songs everyone knows and love, here is what I think to be The Cure's Essential 5.

SYL Retro Song Pick - How To Fight Loneliness by Wilco

This was the first song I ever heard from what has become one of my favorite bands. This was on repeat for four years while I was in college. Sorry for the cheasy "Girl Interrupted" video but it was the only thing I could find and ironically/sadly the way I discovered them. Enjoy.

Wilco is an American alternative country rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation. Wilco has released seven studio albums, a live double album, and three collaborations.

(Wiki)

SYL Video Pick - Epic November Fails

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• 10 Hilarious Leslie Nielsen Scenes (BroBible)

SYL Song Pick - Your Song (Elton John Cover) by Ellie Goulding

 

Great cover by a Great artist of a Great song. 

Your Song (Elton John Cover) - Ellie Goulding

SYL Week Playlist 29.11.2010

For this weeks playlist I did something different. A lot of people have been complaining of files not playing on itunes so I decided this format might change that. Its also better cause now u can pick and choose the songs and not have me dictating what you have to download. Add Me on Facebook and Follow Me on Twitter so u can let me know what you think.

Tracks:

To Download (Right Click + Save File As)

Eskimo Boy - Strange Talk

Lights - Ellie Goulding

A Thing For Me (Breakbot Remix) - Metrnonomy

#1 (RAC Remix) - Madison

In Love, Not Limbo - Of Oceans

Jona Vark - Gypsy &The Cat 

Me & Madonna (The Twelves Remix) - Black Strobe 

Accelerator - Kill Them With Colour

Home vs. Static on the Wire (The Jay Coup Mashup) - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros vs. Holy Ghost!

Wherever We Are (GRUM Remix) - Human Life

SYL APPROVED

If you haven't heard the genius that is Juango Davalos, I dont blame you. On the other hand, if I ask you that same question after u read this post and the answer is still the same, then please go *%!@ Urself...HARD!

Lots of great artists coming out the Dominican Republic and making a name for themselves, Juango is definitely on the top of that list. With his  last effort, Un Niño Antiguo, he cemented the foundation of what I hope is an electro pop uprising.

Enough with the rhetoric, enjoy a couple of his songs and come Friday and support the cause.

SYL Song Pick - Skinny Love (Das Kapital Rerub) by Bon Iver

Skinny Love (Das Kapital Rerub) - Bon Iver

Normally I don't post two SYL song picks in one day but this was too good to pass up. Enjoy a good remix of one of my all time favorite songs.

SYL Song Pick - Show Me The Light by Mystery Jets

Show Me The Light - Mystery Jets

Hope is not lost!! It's not everyday I get music from local radio :)

SYL Week Playlist 22.11.2010

SYL Retro Song Pick - Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (born March 4, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40 years and has spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.

 (Wiki)

Around the Internets

This is what happens when you confuse a taxi driver with the editor of a technology magazine. His WTF face is priceless. Enjoy this and all the goodness the Internets have to offer.

• 10 TV Interviews Gone Wrong (ODDEE)

• I See What You Did There Madison Ave. Very Cheeky (TheChive)
  

• 7 Real Car Chases Way Crazier Than Anything in the Movies (Cracked)

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SYL Song Pick - I Feel It All (Diplo Remix) by Feist

I Feel It All (Diplo Remix) - Feist

SYL Video Pick - Meanwhile In Russia

SYL Week Playlist 15.11.2010

SYL Video Pick - Like A Boss!

SYL Song Pick - We Share Our Mother's Health (Ratatat Remix) by The Knife

We Share Our Mother's Health (Ratatat Remix) - The Knife

thx maribel, u get a star!

SYL APPROVED

It's not everyday you can see one of the most celebrated indie acts of the year, so the fact that Phantogram will be playing for free @ Fellini Ristorante is an epic event that should not be taken lightly.I first talked about Phantogram way back in March for the SYL 1.3.2010 playlist and I never imagined that they would ever play here. Thanks to the people who made this happen as well as the people who have supported this blog day in and day out. The main purpose of this site will and always be providing good music  for good people. Now lets take it one step further and really enjoy the hell out of it.

Here are a couple of tracks as well as some most excellent remixes by Phantogram from their eponymous effort "Eyelid Movies". 

 As Far As I Can See - Phantogram

Mouthful Of Diamonds (Alan Wilkis Remix) - Phantogram

I L U (Phantogram Remix) - School Of Seven Bells 

SYL Week Playlist 8.11.2010

SYL Retro Song Pick - Human by The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic new wave band formed in Sheffield, England in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.

(Wiki)

SYL Song Pick -Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework) by MGMT

Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework) - MGMT

SYL Video Pick - And People Are Still Dying From The Flu

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

SYL Week Playlist 1.11.2010

SYL Retro Song Pick - Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Picket

Happy Halloween

SYL Song Pick - Psychotic Girl ft. Intuition by The Black Keys

Psychotic Girl ft. Intuition - The Black Keys

SYL Video Pick - Pple Are Amazing... This Soundtrack Is Not

Around the Internets

• Fashion Trends Of The 90's (LIFE)

• Best Photos Of The Week (TheChive)

• Worlds Most Dangerous Jobs (ODDEE)

• 7 Creepy Urban Legends That Happen To Be True - Part 4 (Cracked) 

SYL Week Playlist 25.10.2010

SYL Retro Song Pick - Baby You're A Rich Man by Fat Boys

FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES (DISORDERLIES)... OH THE MEMORIES

The Fat Boys is a successful American hip-hop music trio from Brooklyn, New York City, that emerged in the early 1980s. Briefly, the group was known originally as the Disco 3. Disorderlies is a 1987 comedy film starring the rap group, The Fat Boys, and Ralph Bellamy.

(Wiki)

SYL Video Pick - Thats Good And All But Now Play Me Some Free Bird

props to ale

SYL Song Pick - Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Starfucker

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Starfucker

SYL Week Playlist 18.10.2010

SYL Retro Pick - It's A Wonderful Life by Black

SYL Video Pick - I Knew He Was A Girl

SYL Picture Pick - No Further Explanation Needed

SYL Song Pick - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues by Eels

Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - Eels

SYL Week Playlist 11.10.2010

SYL Picture Pick - Social Networking In A Nutshell

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SYL Retro Song Pick - Rudy, A Message To You by The Specials

The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups. The group was formed by songwriter/keyboardist Jerry Dammers, with Terry Hall (vocals), Lynval Golding (guitar, vocals) and a rhythm section.

(Wiki)

SYL Video Pick - Holy Crap! REDUX

SYL Video Pick - Holy Crap!

Not many people know that Lady Gaga's hit ''Telephone" was actually a Beatles song

SYL Retro Song Pick - Love Rears Its Ugly Head by Living Colour

Living Colour is an American heavy metal band from New York, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, and hard rock. Their lyrics range from the personal to the political, in some of the latter cases attacking Eurocentrism and racism in America. Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988. Although the band scored a number of hits, they are best remembered for their signature song "Cult of Personality", which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1989, and their highest charting single "Type".

(Wiki) 

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• Worlds Largest (ODDEE)

• Photos Of The Week (TheChive)

• Top 10 Game Show Winners (FunTuna)

• 17 Images You Wont Believe Are Not Photoshopped Part 6 (Cracked)

SYL Week Playlist 4.10.2010

SYL Song Pick - The Fun Powder Plot by Wild Beasts

The Fun Powder Plot - Wild Beasts

SYL Picture Pick - & U Thought McLovin Was A Good Name For A Fake ID

SYL Retro Pick - This Is The Day by The The

SYL Week Playlist 27.9.2010