Yep, PJ Harvey. Remember her? The reason that I’m sharing her music today is because I’m actually going to go check out her show tonight with some friends. Should be good for some random throwback memories. The funny part is that I know I used to jam out to her “rid of me” album when I was in like 9th grade, but for the life of me, the only song that I can even remember by her is “Sheela na gig.” I’m sure tonight will be fun though. Reminisce over Sheela with me.

[img: album art from "Rid of me"]

Let’s take it across the pond this week. Dan Black is British and what’s cooler is that you hear it when he sings. I recently started listening to this dude. The first track that I heard from him was “Symphonies” with Kid Cudi. I really like that song. But I like this one even more. It’s called “Yours.” Escute.

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I felt like it was time to swing back over to the hip-hop side of things. If you are an Adele fan then you are probably just coming down off of the “21″ release. I have a lot of respect for the girl. I really liked her first album, and thought she was amazing on SNL. A couple of weeks ago, Gilbere Forte’s manager flowed me this track that GF did together with Adele.  I had the opportunity to shoot with Gilbere in the winter for and Edwin editorial. He is a super chill guy and I have a lot of respect for what he is doing. So, needless to say, I was pretty excited to see Adele and Gilbere collaborating on this track. It’s called “Set Fire to the Rain.” Give it a listen.

[photo:  artwork from the cover of the featured track]

A few things that I love: pianos, pleasant voices, and good points. This song has all three. When it comes on the radio, I tell whoever I am with that it is my jam, turn it up, and sing along… even though I am not a chick… dudes can like it too… I don’t care what you say.

Sara Bareilles – King Of Anything

[image: pilfered from Google images]

Peter Breinholt is a guest contributor for La Musica Coolica, and Jake’s brother. All of Peter’s contributions can be found here | Peter’s personal blog can be found here

Check out this awesome video that my sister sent me of my little niece Maya singing (Beastie Boys’) Paul Revere during breakfast. Apparently when she isn’t skating, she is spitting hip hop. This girl know the formula for awesome.

Up for grabs this round, is a pair of Skullcandy “Smokin’ Buds.” Although I think the name of this model is a bit kitschy, I think that Skullcandy makes some quality products. Whether audiophile or not, I feel like everyone can appreciate a quality sounding headphone. Although, I could be wrong.

Speaking of audiophiles– This giveaway just happens to coincide with the nascent beginnings of a new project that I’m pretty excited about (I can imagine Reagan groaning as she reads this). For those who might have had the occasion to read my little weekly LMC feature, it is no surprise that I’m pretty keen on music. I have a few friends who share this passion with me. One of them just happens to be Mr. Joe Varca. As it turns out, Wednesday night Joe and I were not only admiring the view of the City, we were also hatching a plan to take over the world via (yet another) music blog.  “What is this blog you speak of?”, inquiring minds probably won’t ask. I just registered the domain yesterday. It is called “Ear full of gold.” There is yet much to do before any content will appear on the site. But, get amped. Joe’s brain is like IMDB and ASCAP all rolled into one.

Back to the buds: If you want ‘em, write a comment about some music that you like. It doesn’t have to be your favorite. Heaven knows I have a hard time drilling down a favorite anything. So, maybe it is just something that you have been digging on lately. There aren’t really rules. I will try to choose a winner on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Bueno suerte.

“Reloaded” because this is the second time that The Pixies are gracing the pages of LMC. The previous occurrence can be seen here. For some reason, I have had the “Surfer Rosa” album on heavy rotation for about the past month. There are a couple of tracks on there that I will mostly likely never grow tired of. I am sharing one of such tracks today. The title is “Gigantic” I love Kim Deal’s voice on this one. She doesn’t do anything fancy with her vocals. But the way that she makes the song come together is infectious, to me. Anyway, here it is:  listen up.

Noooooo, not those walkmen (although, they are awesome). Today we are talking about these Walkmen–

The Walkmen, to me sound a lot like surf rock meets Bob Dylan. But they are from Philly, so I don’t really know how it’s possible. I guess it is the old tube amps with lots of reverb, and extended tom rolls. The Dylan aspect only comes into play with the lead vocalist. He tends to have a lot of Dylan-esque inflections when he sings (not so much in the track I’m sharing, btw). The combo works for me. I don’t love all of their songs. But I really like enough of them to keep me interested. I particularly like this track called “Woe is Me.” This track is super appropriate for waxing up surfboards and/or scoping bettys. Give it a listen.

Completely unrelated. Since I slacked on choosing/announcing the winner of giveaway #2 on Sunday. Here is the announcement. Susan, you win. Hit me up with you email, and I’ll forward the shirt. Congrats!

[Photo 1: Collage from G-images]

[Photo 2: also from G-images, but not a collage]

I’m having a tough time staying on top of things this week. Here we are a day late with LMC (and several other things). Better late than never? It’s debatable, but here goes anyway. Sam introduced me to this hip hop duo, while he was in town. We ended up listening to a lot of Chiddy Bang radio on Pandora, while we were hanging out. It is pretty good stuff. You might recognize the music behind this track as one of the most overplayed MGMT songs in existence. I have to say that I like this rendition better. Check out “The opposite of adults (KIDS).”

[photo:  garnered from G-images]

As everyone surely knows by know, Radiohead recently released a new album after taking a break for a few years. I giddily downloaded the album from the RH site as soon as it was available. I really like the whole thing. I have featured Radiohead on LMC before. But, whatever. Why not do it again? This is the second track from “King of Limbs,” called “Morning Mr Magpie.” Press play.