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TuneCore Staff Picks
Music from TuneCore customers, hand-picked by the TuneCore staff...some top sellers, plus many up and comers that are mostly self-released, ranging from poppy to arty. We love them and wanted to share.
This week's picks include some of the Best Albums of 2008 distributed by TuneCore, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!! These albums vary a lot in sound and feel, as 2008 was an amazing year in music--we're sure there's some we forgot. Kicking it off is Doug Benson's Professional Humoredian, one of the best comedy albums period, let alone this year. Obi Best's album, Capades, took us on a journey, and Byrne and Eno's album sent us to space. On the dance side, we loved Girl Talk's polarizing but fun-to-the-max album Feed the Animals and dj/rupture and Andy Moor's Patches. The underground hip-hop of Idle Warship and Doomtree should hopefully wake up the masses. Also included are albums from Nine Inch Nails, William Fitzsimmons, Final Fantasy, Act of Congress, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ingrid Michaelson, Zac Brown Band, and Carla Bruni. There were so many break-out albums and old favorites it would be injustice to try to describe why they were so special: the proof is in the music!
This week's TuneCore picks has this month's best sellers, a varied mix including new country sensation The Zac Brown Band and David Byrne and Brian Eno's amazing album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (one of the best of the year). Also appearing are two Halloween albums showcasing spooky sounds and tracks from Lecrae, William Fitzsimmons, Jason Mraz, and Minus the Bear.
This week's picks should include something for everyone, starting off with a brand new single, "Cast Your Own Shadow" from the consistently awesome My Teenage Stride. Person L's song "Wooden Soldier" is a good introduction to a great band. Also included are tracks from Cormega, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, and the soothing fingerpicked acoustic ballad from Right Away, Great Captain. Thrown in for good cheer are some tracks from the Princeton Christmas Charity album featuring some of the most talented choirs in the country. Enjoy!
This week's TuneCore picks include some holiday tracks to remind you to go shopping, including a couple of modern takes from the rowdy Slade and Washington Projects. Also enjoy a classic from the extremely talented American Boys Choir from the Princeton Christmas fund-raiser album. Not to be outdone, Kenny Ellis jazzes up the Driedel Song, and there are live tracks from Talib Kweli and Matisyahu from the Call+Response soundtrack, dj/rupture and Andy Moor, and The Jerky Boys' Jerky Tapes.
This week's picks include some new albums to the TuneCore family! On the comic side, we have the classic Jerky Boys and selections from the recent albums, Sol's Rusty Trombone and The Jerky Tapes! A very spacey track from the innovative dj/rupture from the collaboration album with Andy Moor is sure to relax you. On the hip/hop side are two selections from the new Krohme album with guest spots from Cappadonna and Atari Blitzkrieg. Act of Congress gives us a little taste of bluegrassy country, and the title track from Katie Costello's debut album is pure pop goodness. Enjoy!
This month's top sellers includes artists that have been in our charts for months: Jay-Z, Nine Inch Nails, Joan Jett and Boyce Avenue. Congrats on their continued success! There are some newcomers to the list, though, such as great Josh Ritter tunes, as well as Ingrid Michaelson's bubbly pop.
This week's TuneCore staff picks are all classic rock from the 70's and early 80's filled with that burning desire to throw TVs and crowd surf. Listen to Joan Jett and the rebel-rousing classics, "I Love Rock n Roll" and "Bad Reputation," plus Iggy Pop's live version of "Lust for Life" (and he sure does), not to mention Frank Zappa, Sammy Hagar, and the kings of Brit Glam Rock (with many imitators), Slade. There's also a track from a band that got big by doing a Slade cover: Twisted Sister!.
This week's staff picks is exclusively hip hop! Here are some of the best selling hip-hop artists using TuneCore distribution. Refreshingly, these top-selling artists are almost all unsigned or on independent record labels. Ranging in taste from the religious, eclectic, and international, these artists are sure to grow bigger and bigger by the year.
This week's staff picks includes a just-released track from Oh No Oh My that's destined to be a hit single. Also included is another new release from a new band called The Yelling. Enjoy the more tracks from artists such as Ivana XL, David Byrne and Brian Eno, MIC Handler, Apologetix (for a funny parody), the genius of Doug Besnon, Kovas, and last but not least, Eddie Kirkland.
This week's playlist includes TuneCore's best selling albums of the month, with tracks from artists such as Boyce Avenue, new Nince Inch Nails, Finch, Canada's own Sweatshop Union, MGMT still going strong and one of several Steve Vai albums especially designed for guitarists. Also included are several live albums with the head crushing sound of Slade live, classic Frank Zappa, Jason Mraz, and guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel. Enjoy!
This week's playlist should have something for everyone. Kicking off the preparations for Halloween is the instrumental album by Cruz, mixing the Halloween theme with hip hop beats. Also check out the off-kilter jazz piano of Howe Gelb, the hilariously awesome band Tragedy that does all metal versions of Bee Gees songs, the wordly splendor of Haale and the physchedelic mind bending of Nektar, not to mention input from Digital Underground, Vaughn Anthony, Billy Cobham & Asere, Babe The Blue Ox and country great James Intveld.
This week's Staff Picks has something for everyone! Zappa takes a stab at disco, William Fitzsimmons' new release will accompany your next road trip, and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head teaches us all how to name a band with the songs to back it up. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble finally brings wind instruments back to the forefront, and Doomtree's track will make you stomp on the floor in rhythm. Also included are tracks from Finch, Jill Scott, Ron Pope, Ingrid Michaelson, and Autolux!
This week's playlist includes tracks all over the map! Two tracks on the silly side from funny man Andrew Daly and comic hero Margaret Cho to cheer us up join tracks from Esterlyn, Babe the Blue Ox, Ill Bill, Trip Lee, as well as legends Steve Earle, The Surfaris, Burning Spear and Joan Jett!
This month's TuneCore top earners playlist has some familiar faces, such as Ali Lohan, Nine Inch Nails, Jason Mraz, Jay-Z and Slade, along with fresh stuff from Boyce Avenue, up and comers 3OH!3 who are getting bigger by the day, and Joshua James, new to the list.
This week's TuneCore staff picks playlists includes several songs from the other side of hip-hop, with clever rhymes and crisp production from Ill Bill, Trip Lee, Sage Francis, Sho Baraka, and Denver Recordings. Also included are shoe-gaze LEGENDS, Autolux, dance freaks The Faint, and more!
This week's picks includes the great local Brooklyn band, Limbs, check them out! Also included are rocking tracks from Howlies, Foxtail Somersualt, and Esterlyn. Cupid's energized, "Happy Dance" will get you going, and Jimmy Pardo and Doug Benson will get you to laugh out loud.
This week's Tunecore highlights playlist includes The Spring Standards, who will be gracing the Conan O'Brien stage this Friday! Also included: great tracks from solo artists Obi Best (which could get my vote for best album cover of the year) and Ari Hest, as well as three tracks from the amazing re-issue label, Jazzman, to add some funky vintage flavor to the playlist. To top it off, there's even more tracks from legends/innovators/mad scientists John Cage and Billy Cobham (with Asere). Enjoy!
This week's TuneCore staff picks playlists includes several songs from the other side of hip-hop. These alternative hip-hop artists fly under the radar, concentrating on their craft instead of making videos and sponsoring soft drinks. Try out these clever rhymes and crisp production from: Ill Bill, Trip Lee, Sage Francis, Sho Baraka, and Denver Recordings. Also included are shoe-gaze LEGENDS, Autolux, dance freaks The Faint, and more!
This week's eclectic playlist features hardcore and math rock, a track from Oh My God Michelle perfect for the club, hip hop legend Talib Kweli as well as jazz tracks from Erik Friedlander and a sexy song from French chanteuse and First Lady, Carla Bruni.
This week's staff picks includes the newly released mega song/album from Paul Westerberg. 49:00 is an amazing album loaded with too many songs to count, all in the undeniably unique sound of the Replacements' ex-frontman. Also included are two tracks from the new comedy album, Professional Humoredian from the hilarious Doug Benson, as well as 80's legends Twisted Sister and Sammy Hagar and heavy-hitters Nine Inch Nails and Red Sparowes.
This week's playlist features selections from some of MGM Studio's notable soundtrack albums. Many of these songs/composers/movies are classics and will spark instant memories. Included is the timeless theme from Mel Brooks' insanely hilarious, Spaceballs and its John Williams inspired score, complete with laser beam sound effects! You can also find tracks from 3 of the biggest names in score composing history. The Academy Award winning legend Ennio Morricone, the composer behind the Clint Eastwood spaghetti-westerns that have just as much effect as the films themselves. Galt Macdermot, writer of the score of HAIR, and many legendary eclectic albums of his own, giving us a taste of his Cotton Comes to Harlem score, and none other than Quincy Jones' They Call Me Mr. Tibbs soundtrack and the confident swagger only he can evoke. Other classic movie soundtracks are represented such as, What's New Pussycat and the Tom Jones title track which has become his signature song, Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Bloodsport, and Caveman.
This week's TuneCore Staff Picks Playlist is all Wizard Rock! Inspired by Hogwart's star pupil and the madness he sparked, a whole genre known as "Wizard Rock" has sprung up. This playlist features the originators, Harry and the Potters, along with pretty much every band that compromises this fun scene, including: Draco and the Malfoys, The Parselmouths, The Hermione Crookshanks Experience, The Remus Lupins, The Moaning Myrtles, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills, The Whomping Willows, Gred and Forge, and Catchlove.
This week's TuneCore Staff Picks playlist includes some of TuneCore's brightest jazz musicians new and old. All types of jazz are represented, from the Latin-infused sounds of Arturo Sandoval to the cool/angular jazz of Howe Gelb's piano to Kneebody's and Jazz Fiction's modern take on the ever evolving genre. Enjoy!
This playlist is TuneCore's "Toppermost of the Poppermost": all of the selected tracks are from TuneCore's talented group of singer-songwriters. These are the ones brave enough to go out on their own, showing virtuosity in songwriting, melody, instrumentation, singing and more. It's awe-inspiring to see all this ability at the command of one person.
This week's playlist is last month's top sellers in AmazonMP3 of TuneCore's Comedy tracks, from stand-up heavy hitters John Heffron, Paul F. Tompkins and Jimmy Pardo to selected tracks from the lighter side of music by Harry & The Potters, and more.