Ratatat return with the most to the point album title I’ve ever read, “LP3″. This being their third album, Mike Stroud and Evan Mast have decided to branch out their style in two directions. On one hand they have their classical sound involving intricate melodies and sweeping strings (sometimes even without beats!)and on the other they are branching out their beat fueled grooves employing some of the most upbeat drum tracks they’ve ever used and some tracks built entirely on acoustic sounding hand claps. The results are pretty spectacular. Don’t expect any animal sound effects, but do expect virtually every other trick a keyboard, bass, guitar, and drum machine can provide. From their trademark slide guitar, Crystal Castles-like garbled 8-bit video game blasts, to an occasional voice box over the guitar and you’ve got the basic ingredients of “LP3″ but only Stroud and Mast could season them so deliciously. Even though their previous album was entitled “Classics”, it might be “LP3″ that goes down as their timeless classic.
August 7, 2008
Ratatat’s LP3
March 30, 2008
Wesley The Robot
Another week goes by, another Wesley the Robot mix. Tell me what you think of the cartoons and the songs!
Flaming Lips – Pilot Head at the Queer of God
Secret Machines – Sad and Lonely
The Faint – Psycho Killer (Talking Heads Cover)
Classixx – Dial 1 (Radio Edit)
Microfilm – Chicago (Sufjan Stevens Cover)
There’s also this neat thing called Muxtape, where you can make an online playlist. Check out mine here. You should make one and send it to us.
and just for fun, here’s a couple of remixes of my cartoon:
Wilco:
Mr. Buttocks:
White Rabbit:
