Ditch Logic
Ditch Logic
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Music: Something You Lost by Melodium • Kinison, Part 1 by Danny Saul • Hard Time in a Terrible Land by Ezra Furman & The Harpoons • Pyramid by Planes • Still Sound by Toro Y Moi
Special thanks to Seattle-based Maktub for the use of The Alchemist from their album FIVE. All other tracks provided by IODA Promonet.
The Shorts — The Pee Tree
The Pee Tree
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Music: What a Pleasure by Beach Fossils • The Way We Feel by Sound of Seventy Three • Tired by Chikita Violenta
Music provided by IODA Promonet.
Sodade
Sodade
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Music: All of the music today is from Jacob and Publish the Quest. You can buy individual songs or their first album “The Threads” here or on iTunes. Check out their website or friend them on Facebook to keep up to date on the release of their new album “Then What!?” set for early June.
Cuts from today:
Gotta Keep Movin’! – Jacob met street musicians, Andres, Miguel, and Alex, while traveling in Cuba. He jammed with them, piecing together guitar riffs and horn lines, eventually convincing them to record in a studio. In need of a percussionist, the studio called Niño, who jams with Afro-Cuban All Stars. Through music and hand jesters, Jacob and Niño figured out the drum line. Publish the Quest has recorded the song for “Then What!?” keeping the original horn line.
Chasing Trains – This version is from Trolls Cottage, a band Jacob has played with for over ten years. Publish the Quest recorded it for the album “The Threads.” Check out that reworked version with horns!
What Then!? – The first single from “Then What!?” to be released in mid-March, featuring Nigerian artist Femi Kuti. Find it on iTunes.
I Believe People Can Change – From “Then What!?”
You Never Know Who You’re Gonna Meet… – From “Then What!?”
Sodade – You can buy the the single, featuring Laise Sanches, here. Artwork for the single cover is by Ilse Reimnitz.
The Shorts — Sitting in Silence
Sitting in Silence
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Music: Done with Dallas by Bradley Carter • Night by Zola Jesus • Chains by Abigail Washburn
Music provided by IODA Promonet.
What is Hardcore?
What is Hardcore?
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Music: Climbing Trees by Kites Sail High • In the Middle by Ill Cill • Life Passed Me By by Super Stereo • All I Need’s a Little More by Chikita Violenta • Whats Hardcore? by K’Naan
Music provided by IODA Promonet.
