Finding Needles in the HaystackTumblr (3.0; @assinyourpants)http://assinyourpants.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kRUyRuouppw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Cat Empire - Two Shoes</p> <p>There will always be a spot in my heart for So-Cal style ska/dub/reggae. I wish I knew how to quit you.</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/24202665613http://assinyourpants.com/post/24202665613Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:30:23 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KbbRhVjZmdU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>Alabama Shakes - On Your Way <p>I am completely in love with this album. Every song is good. Buy it. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/22400007060http://assinyourpants.com/post/22400007060Fri, 04 May 2012 17:02:33 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DL7tz03v8wc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>The Truth - Handsome Boy Modeling School <p>Just a classic jam from Prince Paul and Dan The Automator. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/22197588980http://assinyourpants.com/post/22197588980Tue, 01 May 2012 12:25:03 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t40FwMjDZu4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Electric Guest - Awake</p> <p>A musical ManBearPig: Half Gnarls Barkley, half Beck, and half Jesus Christ Superstar</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/22191645807http://assinyourpants.com/post/22191645807Tue, 01 May 2012 09:52:13 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u5VRo5MBUXY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lemon Jelly - Space Walk<br/><br/>It’s Friday and it’s sunny out, perfect for one of my favorite songs. I like to listen to this song when skipping through fields of daffodils, thinking about puppy smiles and rainbows. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/21914679698http://assinyourpants.com/post/21914679698Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:27:14 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0pTHdibIQoE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hidden Orchestra - Antiphon</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/21437282088http://assinyourpants.com/post/21437282088Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:19:41 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zwy2IRV6h0g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>Dr Dog - The Beach <p>Saw these guys last night, and this was my favorite song in a great set. Check them out live if you get a chance, they’re even better than their albums. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/19543268663http://assinyourpants.com/post/19543268663Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:51:52 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uENunBP8Rfg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Sound Defects - Take Out</p> <p>Solid Groovy Trip Hop album. Rest assured that with only 60,000 youtube videos, you can eventually tell someone “Oh, this guy? You’ve probably never heard of him before.”</p> <p>You <em>Hipster</em>.</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/18902102960http://assinyourpants.com/post/18902102960Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:10:24 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pq6hJs-BL9c?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>Revere & Toumani Diabaté - ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ <p>Toumani Diabaté should be better known. Here he is playing kora on a very interesting arrangement of a pop classic for guitar, kora, synth, cello, and harp. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/17713135740http://assinyourpants.com/post/17713135740Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:41:18 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Lq9m2QT0R6M?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Belleruche - Minor Swing<br/><br/>Trip hop trio out of Enlgand. Most stuff is downtempo, but clearly they can throw down when needed. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/17215034363http://assinyourpants.com/post/17215034363Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:31:40 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yU5434lQmQc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>Pretty Lights - Total Fascination <p>Some of his stuff is too dubsteppy for my tasted, but I like this one. </p><p>The album’s <a href="http://prettylightsmusic.com/#/downloads">free</a>, just throw him some money if you like it, so give it a try. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/16353541351http://assinyourpants.com/post/16353541351Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:58:52 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-GugzLSbOQE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>Tom Waits - Come On Up to the House <p>It occurred to me that Tom Waits has never been on this blog. So let’s fix that. </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/16007131819http://assinyourpants.com/post/16007131819Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:38:26 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JAGhx3gqYp0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hot Sugar</p> <p>A lot of this dude’s songs off his EP are pretty impressive, but instead I decided to show the video of the dude makin’ music with the bizarre stuff around his apartment. If you want to listen to a super-rad full song of his (with Aaron Livingston of Icebird) go here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu01hngT4pE&feature=related"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu01hngT4pE&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu01hngT4pE&feature=related</a></a></p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/15399005869http://assinyourpants.com/post/15399005869Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:47:34 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IheiHnCT1Xg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>A Band of Bees - Winter Rose <p>Who’s up for a little psych-dub winter summer jam? </p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/14704453265http://assinyourpants.com/post/14704453265Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:43:54 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nY9Xqzr5gGQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hexstatic - Ninja Tune</p> <p>If you’re like me, you need a jam to listen to while practicing sick ninja moves in your Dojo.</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/14457725750http://assinyourpants.com/post/14457725750Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:22:07 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/InFbBlpDTfQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>DJ Shadow - Midnight In a Perfect World</p> <p>Treat yourself</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/14283765233http://assinyourpants.com/post/14283765233Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:12:54 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H8JWKMZLmAU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway</p> <p>I have been on a pretty big Shadow kick lately.  Won’t you join me? </p> <p>**Compulsory “His old stuff is so much BETTER”**</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/14283489531http://assinyourpants.com/post/14283489531Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:07:28 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1HcVgD0Bxz4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Mr. Cat & The Jackal- Bad Man He Comin’</p> <p>Knee slappin’ blues funk from South Africa.</p> <p>WARNING: Video may contain Skeletons playing Banjos.</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/13837349530http://assinyourpants.com/post/13837349530Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:34:19 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wOF8Rja1-I0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Reptar - Context Clues</p> <p>Reptar!  Reptar!  Gotta find that Reptar</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/13640728002http://assinyourpants.com/post/13640728002Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:38:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d-31e8Nlujw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Attaboy (Live) - Yo-yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, and Edgar Meyer</p>http://assinyourpants.com/post/13635525765http://assinyourpants.com/post/13635525765Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:29:45 -0500