SIMPLENVRMT http://simplenvrmt.com Culture & Lifestyle Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Toby Burrows http://simplenvrmt.com/2010/02/18/toby-burrows/ http://simplenvrmt.com/2010/02/18/toby-burrows/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:43 +0000 Matt http://simplenvrmt.com/?p=2739 1877506478Home[1]

I love photography. There’s something about a visually stimulating photo that has the ability to capture you and transport your imagination to a different time and place. Toby Burrows photos do just that, and in such a beautiful way. It’s photos like the ones that he creates that really demonstrate the full spectrum of human creativity while illustrating the ridiculous beauty of the world that we are blessed with living in.

Check out his portfolio for a well deserved mental and imaginative break.

Matt

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So I’ve been following these guys for a while, and I have developed a true admiration for their music. These Silver Lake natives may have a somewhat redundant name, but there music is anything but. Seriously, I couldn’t be happier with where music is headed right now. If you haven’t realized yet, we are living in one of the greatest times for independent music, and bands like this do nothing but make that point. Their full length LP titled ‘Gorilla Manor’ was finally released a couple of days ago..or yesterday..whatever, it was just released, and I strongly recommend you give them a shot…did someone say Grizzly Bear…just saying.

Check out the video below for their single ‘Airplanes’ for a tasty sample.

Matt

Airplanes by Local Natives from Infectious Music on Vimeo.

]]> http://simplenvrmt.com/2010/02/17/local-natives/feed/ 1 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros http://simplenvrmt.com/2010/02/10/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros/ http://simplenvrmt.com/2010/02/10/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:57:49 +0000 Matt http://simplenvrmt.com/?p=2726 edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros

Whatever happened to rock operas? I mean sure some people would make the argument that most albums now-a-days tell stories (at least the good ones), but the days of The Who’s ‘Tommy’ or David Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ are long gone…or so I thought. By complete accident, I stumbled upon this little gem. Bless you Edward Sharpe for bringing back musical prowess in all its glory.

Be sure to give the video below a peak, it’s quite the gem.

Matt

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I seriously love this band. So when I heard that they had a video that they had just put out, I had pretty high expectations. I wasn’t disappointed. The colors, the ambience, the perfect level of surrealism, all of it enhances the music, and takes you to a foreign place for six amazing minutes. That’s what a good video is suppose to do in my opinion, not make you want to get in a Ferrari and pour Champaign all over your ‘hoes’. Just my opinion though.

Matt

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DOWNLOAD HERE

Give the people what they want. Someone really important said that. So…that’s just what I’ll do. Be sure to click the link above to download the second in my semi-monthly series of free mixes. Enjoy.

Side note- I’ve decided that I’m going to take requests for the next one. So if there’s some music you really, really want to listen to (released or not) leave a comment and I’ll do my best to make it happen.

Matt

Track List

1: I Blame Coco- Caesar (Diplo Remix)

2: Seabear- Cold Summer

3: Surfer Blood- Harmonix

4: Charlotte Gainsbourg (ft. Beck)- Heaven Can Wait

5: jj- My Life

6: Shout Out Louds- Show Me Something New

7: Errors- The Black Tent

8: Soap&Skin- The Sun

9: Hot Chip- We Have Love

10: Emy Reynolds- Tonight

-All music is for demo purposes only. Please support the artist by PURCHASING their album. Thanks.

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Let’s just face the facts here for a second…Beck’s the man, and Charlotte Gainsbourg is a total bombshell. When you put both of them together, planets are made or something. Seriously though, this duet is pretty close to perfect, and the video is quite interesting as well. Give it a look.

Matt

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So as all of you probably know, Apple is gearing up to stir up the tech world yet again this Wednesday with yet another amazing product. I just like any other tech nerd, am extremely giddy about whatever it’s going to be. I work at an Apple Retail store, so I’m fortunate enough to be surrounded by the entire line of amazing products they offer on a regular basis. I don’t however, know anything about what’s going to be released (I get asked like 47435908735938470 times a week).

What I do know is, is that whatever it’s going to be, it’s going to be amazing. I wouldn’t expect anything less. Keep your ears open this Wednesday 1/27 for the big announcement.

Matt

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I hate going to the gym. You have to lift heavy stuff, run, and just feel awkward overall for the entire duration of your stay. In a perfect world, going to the gym would be like this video. Just a whole bunch of careless fun, with a lot awesome dance moves thrown into the mix. A man can dream.

Matt

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As promised, this is the first in a monthly collection of mixes I’ll be releasing. The idea behind this project is to compile the top 10 songs of the month. This playlists acts as a representation of my current mood, the season, how bored I am, whether I’m hungry or not, and a bunch of other really important factors. Some of these songs are brand spankin’ new, and others are oldies but goodies. Enjoy.

-Matt

DOWNLOAD HERE

Track List

1: Let’s Go Sailing- All I Want From You Is Love

2: Little Dragon- Blinking Pigs

3: Kings Of Convenience- The Eternal

4: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse- Everytime I’m With You (feat. Jason Lytle)

5: Broken Bells- The High Road

6: The Antlers- Kettering

7: Beach House- Norway

8: Interpol- Song 7 (Participate EP)

9: Harlem Shakes- Strictly Game

10: Vampire Weekend- White Sky

Side Note-
All music is for demo and trial purposes only. If you enjoy a particular artist or song, please support them by buying the track. Thank you.

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(Photo credit: Tata Vislevskaya)

2010 is upon us friends. When I was a little kid, I thought we would all be wearing tinfoil pants, and have jet packs and stuff. None of these things have happened yet, except the tinfoil pants…but they weren’t very comfortable. What this new year does signify however, is quite a few ‘changes’ to just about everything here at SIMPLENVRMT. I’ve taken the liberty to number them for you below.

1) New name -OR- URL
– I’ve had almost every one of my friends tell me more than once how confusing the name is, and how they can never figure it out blah, blah, blah, so I’m going to change something. Any potential name ideas are welcome, email them to me. I’m out of ideas, ‘birdmaster.com’ was already taken.

2) Potential New Logo/ New Look
-I have quite a few friends in the design field (cough..cough..JUSTIN). None of them know it yet, but I’m going to ask them to help me with a redesign of the entire site and the sites logo.

3) New Contribuotrs
- We were doing this for awhile, but then summer came, and I went to Cancun. When I woke up a week later, all the contributors were gone. Well the good news is that I’m graduating college this spring, meaning I won’t have enough money to go anywhere. Yay!…….(note sarcasm)

4) MORE FREE MUSIC
- So my ‘Top 25 Tracks of 2009′ playlist was a pretty big success. This led me to believe that people enjoy free music, so I’ll deliver. I’ll just have to figure out a ‘legal’ way to do this. The RIAA is a tough cookie.

There it is, my New Year’s resolution for the site. New posts / content coming soon friends.

Matt

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