(0)THE SMALL STAKES have some very well executed posters for sale. Clean and minimal.
25Jun2008
10Apr2008
Sorry for the lack of posting stuff lately, I’ve been enough busy to take care of my dear fitacola.com… Enough of excuses, I have a lot to link today!
Here goes the first, an animation Done by Green Dot Films for Zune Art and featuring music by our favorite Canadian electro/funk/vocoder loving duo Chromeo.
Enjoy!
20Mar2008
04Mar2008
Simply Divino! Thinking of all the opening titles in tv and news sequences motion graphics? that’s it - great use of type, light, color and transitions!
directed by So-Me / Machine Molle
www.myspace.com/edbangerrecords
www.because.tv
21Feb2008
In the past few months I’ve been enjoying a lot this new “garage electronic” music (I call it) which has been deserving a lot of attention and airplay in the current indie/alt circuits.
A perfect example is Dan Deacon who seems to enjoy a lot what he does, as far as we can see in the videos and public appearances… Dan is kind enough to share a load of mp3’s on his “coming soon site”.
stream here a mixtape called Silly Hat vs Egle Hat: (may be unavailable soon) more here: dandeacon.com/mp3
15Feb2008
31Jan2008
06Jan2008
A QBN TOPIC for this cool “What band are you?” get your own Artist name / Album name / Album cover.
- THE NAME OF YOUR BAND: first article title on the Wikipedia Random Articles page.
- YOUR ALBUM TITLE: The last 4 words of the very last quotation on the Random Quotations.
- YOUR ALBUM ART: The third picture in Flickr’s Interesting Photos From The Last 7 Days
- Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.
Here’s mine: first random results are much funnier and unpredictable, instead of picking up the best random!
26Dec2007
The best albums of 2007: The best and ‘nearby’ music sources are sharing their choices of what was good made in 2007’s music panorama.
Here goes a list of sources and their album picks. I’m also including Itunes download link, some .mp3 previews and my picks for best cover art and some neat videos that made music directors work hard and smile. Keep your eyes and ears on this! (Will update as more sources publish latest content on this matter).
Our Music Player picks | 10 best Music Videos
EDIT: Suggested Links and other sources by readers: • Gummy Awards; • A Source of Inspiration; • 8 Hands (Pt.1); .
Keep posting your thoughts and other best-of sources in comments bellow!
BEST COVERS (A-Z
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Apparat- Walls
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored
Blonde Redhead - 23
Dj Vadim - The Soundcatcher
Good Shoes - Think Before you Speak
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
Iron And Wine - The Shepher’s Dog
Jens Lekman- Night Falls(…)
Kings Of Leon - because of The Times
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
Lanu - This is My Home
M.I.A. - Kala
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack (…)
Studio - Westcoast
Allmusic: overall best picks of 2007 (A-Z)
- Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
- Lily Allen - Alright, Still
- Amerie - Because I Love It
- Antibalas - Security
- Apparat - Walls
- Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
- Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
- Art Brut - It’s a Bit Complicated
- Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
- Battles - Mirrored
- Blonde Redhead - 23
- Boris & Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
- David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana
- Burial - Untrue
- Caribou - Andorra
- Celebration - The Modern Tribe
- The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
- Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
- Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
- DJ Spooky - Creation Rebel
- Donnie - The Daily News
- Freeway - Free at Last
- Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
- Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak
- Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
- PJ Harvey - White Chalk
- Richard Hawley - Lady’s Bridge
- His Name Is Alive - Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown
- Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads
- Iron & Wine - Shepherd’s Dog
- Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
- Justice - Cross
- Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
- Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
- Liars - Liars
- Little Brother - Get Back
- Nick Lowe - At My Age
- M.I.A. - Kala
- Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
- Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
- Brad Paisley - 5th Gear
- Panda Bear - Person Pitch
- Rahsaan Patterson - Wines & Spirits
- Pelican - City of Echoes
- Peter Bjorn and John - Writer’s Block
- Pink Martini - Hey Eugene!
- Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
- Radiohead - In Rainbows (link to radiohead:
- Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
- Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
- Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
- UGK - Underground Kingz
- Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
- MST - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Ween - La Cucaracha
- The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
- Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
This Is Good 2007 - By Nuno Martins
- Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
- Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
- Elektrons - Red Light Don´t Stop
- Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortelada
- Arcade Fire - Neon Byble
- The National - Boxer
- Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer ?
- Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
- Interpol - Our Love To Admire
- Lanu - This is My Home
- Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
- Apparat - Walls
- Dj Vadim - The Soundcatcher
- The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
- Mudd - Claremont 56
- Feist - The Reminder
- Studio - West Coast
- Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak
- Simian Mobile Disco - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
- M.I.A. - Kala
- !!! - Myth Takes
- Ebb - Loona
- Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
- Blonde Redhead - 23
METACRITIC 30 best ALBUMS of the year
- Burial- Untrue
- The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
- Radiohead - In Rainbows
- Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
- Robert Plant And Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
- Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
- The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
- Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
- M.I.A. - Kala
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
- Robert Wyatt- Comicopera
- Panda Bear- Person Pitch
- Battles - Mirrored
- LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
- The National - Boxer
- Elliott Smith - New Moon
- Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
- Me’Shell NdegéOcello - The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams
- Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Eluvium - Copia
- Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
- A Place To Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers
- Iron & Wine - The Shepherd’s Dog
- Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime
- Amy Winehouse - Frank - (USA release)
- Vieux Farka Toure - Vieux Farka Toure
- The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
- Grinderman - Grinderman
- Blonde Redhead - 23
Other Sources:
Amazon.com [Editors’ Picks]
1. The Reminder by Feist
2. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3. Graduation by Kanye West
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. New Moon by Elliot Smith
9. Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
10. Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
1. The Reminder by Feist
2. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3. Graduation by Kanye West
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
6. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
7. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. New Moon by Elliot Smith
9. Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
10. Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Billboard [Staff Consensus]
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
4. Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
5. Boxer by The National
6. The Reminder by Feist
7. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
8. Kala by M.I.A.
8. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco (tie)
9. Graduation by Kanye West
10. Mirrored by Battles
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
4. Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
5. Boxer by The National
6. The Reminder by Feist
7. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
8. Kala by M.I.A.
8. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco (tie)
9. Graduation by Kanye West
10. Mirrored by Battles
Blender
1. Kala by M.I.A.
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. The Carter 3 Sessions by Lil Wayne
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. New Wave by Against Me!
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. LoveHate by The Dream
8. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
10. Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
1. Kala by M.I.A.
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. The Carter 3 Sessions by Lil Wayne
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. New Wave by Against Me!
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. LoveHate by The Dream
8. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
10. Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
Drowned In Sound
1. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2. Mirrored by Battles
3. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
4. Kala by M.I.A.
5. Panic Prevention by Jamie T
6. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
7. Liars by Liars
8. Weirdo Rippers by No Age
9. In Rainbows by Radiohead
10. Health by HEALTH
1. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2. Mirrored by Battles
3. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
4. Kala by M.I.A.
5. Panic Prevention by Jamie T
6. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
7. Liars by Liars
8. Weirdo Rippers by No Age
9. In Rainbows by Radiohead
10. Health by HEALTH
Filter
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
3. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
5. Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
6. Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins
7. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8. Boxer by The National
9. Trading Twilight For Daylight by Great Northern
10. Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
3. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
4. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
5. Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
6. Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins
7. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8. Boxer by The National
9. Trading Twilight For Daylight by Great Northern
10. Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
Mojo
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
5. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
8. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
9. Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
10. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
5. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
8. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
9. Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
10. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
NME
1. Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
2. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
3. In Rainbows by Radiohead
4. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5. Let’s Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav
6. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7. Kala by M.I.A.
8. Puzzle by Biffy Clyro
9. Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever by The Cribs
10. Mirrored by Battles
1. Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
2. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
3. In Rainbows by Radiohead
4. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5. Let’s Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav
6. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7. Kala by M.I.A.
8. Puzzle by Biffy Clyro
9. Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever by The Cribs
10. Mirrored by Battles
Observer Music Monthly
1. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2. Panic Prevention by Jamie T
3. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
4. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5. Maths + English by Dizzee Rascal
6. Aman Iman by Tinariwen
7. In Rainbows by Radiohead
8. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
9. Untrue by Burial
10. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
1. The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2. Panic Prevention by Jamie T
3. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
4. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5. Maths + English by Dizzee Rascal
6. Aman Iman by Tinariwen
7. In Rainbows by Radiohead
8. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
9. Untrue by Burial
10. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
Paste Magazine
1. Boxer by The National
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
5. The Reminder by Feist
6. Kala by M.I.A.
7. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
8. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
9. Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
10. The Shepherd’s Dog by Iron & Wine
1. Boxer by The National
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
5. The Reminder by Feist
6. Kala by M.I.A.
7. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
8. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
9. Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
10. The Shepherd’s Dog by Iron & Wine
The Onion AV Club [Staff Consensus]
1. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2. Boxer by The National
3. In Rainbows by Radiohead
4. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5. Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
6. Kala by M.I.A.
7. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8. The Con by Tegan And Sara
9. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
10. A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party
1. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2. Boxer by The National
3. In Rainbows by Radiohead
4. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
5. Cease To Begin by Band of Horses
6. Kala by M.I.A.
7. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8. The Con by Tegan And Sara
9. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
10. A Weekend In The City by Bloc Party
Pitchfork
1. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
2. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3. Kala by M.I.A.
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
6. Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
7. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. Mirrored by Battles
9. From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
10. Untrue by Burial
1. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
2. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
3. Kala by M.I.A.
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal
6. Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
7. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
8. Mirrored by Battles
9. From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
10. Untrue by Burial
PopMatters
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6. It’s Not Big, It’s Large by Lyle Lovett and …
7. Boxer by The National
8. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9. Costello Music by The Fratellis
10. Kala by M.I.A.
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
6. It’s Not Big, It’s Large by Lyle Lovett and …
7. Boxer by The National
8. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
9. Costello Music by The Fratellis
10. Kala by M.I.A.
Q
1. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
3. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
7. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
8. Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
9. Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
10. Release The Stars by Rufus Wainwright
1. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
2. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
3. Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys
4. In Rainbows by Radiohead
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
7. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
8. Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
9. Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
10. Release The Stars by Rufus Wainwright
Rolling Stone
1. Kala by M.I.A.
2. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3. American Gangster by Jay-Z
4. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5. Graduation by Kanye West
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8. Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
9. New Wave by Against Me!
10. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
1. Kala by M.I.A.
2. Magic by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3. American Gangster by Jay-Z
4. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
5. Graduation by Kanye West
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
8. Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley
9. New Wave by Against Me!
10. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
The Guardian
1. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
3. Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
4. Kala by M.I.A.
5. Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
6. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7. Grinderman by Grinderman
8. Mirrored by Battles
9. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
10. The Reminder by Feist
1. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
3. Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady
4. Kala by M.I.A.
5. Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons
6. Because Of The Times by Kings Of Leon
7. Grinderman by Grinderman
8. Mirrored by Battles
9. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
10. The Reminder by Feist
Slant Magazine
1. The Magic Position by Patrick Wolf
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3. Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge by The Pierces
4. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5. Marry Me by St. Vincent
6. Emerald City by John Vanderslice
7. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
8. Learn To Sing Like A Star by Kristin Hersh
9. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10. Fur & Gold by Bat for Lashes
1. The Magic Position by Patrick Wolf
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert
3. Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge by The Pierces
4. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
5. Marry Me by St. Vincent
6. Emerald City by John Vanderslice
7. White Chalk by PJ Harvey
8. Learn To Sing Like A Star by Kristin Hersh
9. Person Pitch by Panda Bear
10. Fur & Gold by Bat for Lashes
Spin
1. New Wave by Against Me!
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. Kala by M.I.A.
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8. American Gangster by Jay-Z
9. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
10. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
1. New Wave by Against Me!
2. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
3. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. Kala by M.I.A.
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
8. American Gangster by Jay-Z
9. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon
10. Icky Thump by The White Stripes
A SMALL PLAYLIST FROM THE BEST OF 2007 BY FITACOLA.COM
- Panda Bear - Bros
- Sigur Rós - Hljomalind
- Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
- M.I.A. - Paper Planes
- Matthew Dear - Dog Days
- Battles - Ddiamondd
- The Besnard Lakes - Disaster
- Blonde Redhead - Spring And By SummerFall
- Au Revoir Simone- Stay Golden
- Oizo & Tellier & Sebastian - Skatesteak
- !!! - heartofhearts
- Caribou - MelodyDay
- Apparat- Fractales Pt1
The Best Music Videos (fitacola selection)
11Dec2007