Long Playing with Alex Grant III

Bears Repeating

"Long Playing" is a conceptual fit based on the artwork and moods of an album cover. Download Bears Repeating's free debut EP "First Thing's First" here. FYI, I went to prep school with the lead singer.

LL Bean

Slept On: The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions

Seu Jorge

Ever wondered how David Bowie songs would sound in Portuguese? Well, Wes Anderson did when he commissioned Seu Jorge to provide the soundtrack for his epic movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," and it turned out fantastic. Bowie songs are paired down to a lonely acoustic guitar and Jorge's raspy voice, that will whisk you away to a place surrounded with sand and water with every listen. Enjoy!

Standout Track: All of them.

Slept On: Finding Forever

Common's Finding Forever

Although "Be" was his masterpiece, Common's Finding Forever was a worthy follow up. The production is classic Kanye West, with the heavy sampled "soulful motif", while the rapping is as smooth and steady as its gets these days.

My daughter found Nemo, I found the new Premo

Ye you know how we do, we do it for the people

 -The People

Stand Out Tracks: All of them.

Vampire Weekend Acoustic

Danger Mouse x The Shins = Broken Bells

Super groups seems to be the thing these days (Monsters of Folk and Discovery) so why not have a super group with a great song writer and a great producer. Well, my wish came true when James Mercer (The Shins) and Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Grey Album, and Danger Doom)  got together to become Broken Bells.

Preppy Music: Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

I love this band of four Ivy Leaguers from Columbia.

Click for the story behind the new cd cover.