I'm fairly confident that my six-year-old is the only kid in America who knows the words to "Whiskey in the Jar" in...

I'm fairly confident that my six-year-old is the only kid in America who knows the words to "Whiskey in the Jar" in Russian.
https://play.google.com/music/m/Tyywdfyxriw7m7pnfutnodehvv4

Tanya Tagaq's new album is intensely and unrelentingly brutal --- a sound that I can only describe as pre-Industrial.

Tanya Tagaq's new album is intensely and unrelentingly brutal --- a sound that I can only describe as pre-Industrial.

Her previous album won the Polaris Prize for Canadian music in 2014, beating out Arcade Fire and Drake. Via Pitchfork:

She wins $30,000, and in her acceptance speech, she encouraged people to wear and eat seals. "And fuck PETA."
https://play.google.com/music/m/Bmcif7u4n76emxksihyjh2zwbxe?t=Retribution_-_Tanya_Tagaq

Enter Hevisaurus: four insanely popular Finnish dinosaurs (and a dragon) that play power metal for all the children...

Enter Hevisaurus: four insanely popular Finnish dinosaurs (and a dragon) that play power metal for all the children around the world. The story goes that Herra Hevisaurus, Milli Pilli, Komppi Momppi, Riffi Raffi and Muffi Puffi hatched from 65 million-year-old metal eggs in 2009, which were unearthed on a mountain by lightning bolts and a witch’s spell. They are bloodthirsty warrior beasts yes, but ones that drink milk, eat cookies, and stay in school! And since formation they have become a Finnish institution, selling over 170,000 albums in their home country, and spawning tribute versions in countries around the world (in Argentina they are called Heavisaurios)
https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/meet-hevisaurus-from-finland?utm_source=dmfb

Animism by indigenous Canadian throat singer Tanya Tagaq starts with a startling cover of The Pixies' "Caribou" and...

Animism by indigenous Canadian throat singer Tanya Tagaq starts with a startling cover of The Pixies' "Caribou" and then veers into progressively weirder chants and grooves. This track made my captive audience passenger on a long car ride declare "Why are we listening to this? It's HORRIBLE!"


https://play.google.com/music/m/Tksgx5syqi3h3p7rrvamwqtuioe?t=Damp_Animal_Spirits_-_Tanya_Tagaq

This makes me happy!

This makes me happy!

H/t +Kee Hinckley

Originally shared by PostmodernJukebox

New Video! Remember Gunhild Carling, the Swedish virtuoso that rick rolled us on bagpipes, trumpet, trombone and recorder? She's back, and she's got a few more talents to show off on the 1920s version of "Material Girl," filmed aboard the Queen Mary!

Get tix to see PMJ on tour in North America this month: http://www.pmjtour.com

Download this song: http://smarturl.it/pmjmaterial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuQ4hoXsCM&feature=autoshare

I'm not sure what to make of the Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature.

I'm not sure what to make of the Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature. The literary merit of his early work is unquestionable, but is opening the doors to literary Valhalla to a wandering minstrel a capitulation to popular culture? Perhaps not a bad thing. Via WSJ, some men of letters are skeptical.

Gary Shteyngart, meanwhile, appeared to disagree with the academy’s decision. “I totally get the Nobel committee,” the author wrote. “Reading books is hard.” Irvine Welsh was even stronger in his dissent, writing, “I’m a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-in-literature-awarded-to-bob-dylan-1476356723

Björk's version of "The Fool on the Hill" in Icelandic!!!

Björk's version of "The Fool on the Hill" in Icelandic!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWpAGfj0fA&feature=share