Manu Chao

1. Nickelback, "How You Remind Me." One sign of getting old: I'm never quite certain why I'm supposed to hate certain songs. I mean, I know enough to hate Journey, but songs like this, that sound good on shuffle play? When they inspire wrath, I'm too tired to care. 2. Alicia Keys, "Fallin'." I don't know what was in women's oats in 2001, but there are gonna be a lot of belters on this week's list. 3. k.d. lang, "Crying." I think the audience in the video likes her. 4. B... MORE

Manu Chao's music vids consistently capture a beautiful spirit on film. His brand new video for "Politik Kills" off La Radiolina is a prime example. Self-directed with JS Sauvaire co-directing, it's shot from Chao's perspective as he follows a young fella around Monrovia, Liberia. FADER Mag reports that the kid was a soldier during the civil war that ended only a year ago. As I watched this, I realized he's probably walked that same route a hundred times, touting a rif... MORE

MUSIC: TOP 15 01 Goodbye the Band - Sky Tiger LP [download it here, free] Goodbye the Band (download many more of his other albums here, free, as well) is my longtime friend and couple-of-times roommate, the New Jersey-born John Acquadro. He and I have bonded (and occasionally tussled) over the last near-decade about the music we make (among other things), and it is safe to say I've rarely (if ever) been more consistently astonished with a single person's musical output... MORE

Are you starved of music that makes your hips move against your will? In that case, you should check out a band called Manu Chao. Manu Chao is french born singer/ songwriter of Spanish origins who's all about love, life, and music. He sings in several different languages including French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Gaelic, and quite a few more. They've been featured in movies such as Princesa and Real Women Have Curves as well as on Drew Carey. You may even have ... MORE

http://terriblelovesongs.blogspot.com   I’ve been feeling a little of the 'it's summer so where’s the sunshine?' blues over the last couple of days (I live in the UK). Today I want to shake this feeling so I decided to try out a little experiment (you know I like experiments). I'm going to find some songs on YouTube, watch and listen and then let you know how they made me feel. You can join in as well with suggestions or how the songs made you feel.   I’m starting with... MORE

too lazy to go into how fucing awesome mano negra was but the last album from the lead singer of that now defunct band is pretty tight

On my way to post something brief about Manu Chao's La Radiolina, I ran across a post of the new Magnetic Fields album, by one Spencer Owen, that totally nails what's wrong with the album. Check it out over here. I'd really like to see Stephen Merritt pull off an homage to the Jesus and Mary Chain, but if he's going to do it he'll need to dig a bit farther into that imagination of his. Basically what we get are some typically cute and pretty Magnetic Fields songs pasted... MORE

damn had to unshuffle to listen to some more manu chao...here's one of my faves from 07's la radiolina

For all you Manu Chao fans out there, in front of his upcoming September 2007 new full length release, a free download of his new single "Rainin In Paradize" is available at: ""http://www.manuchao.net/"http://www.manuchao.net/ Plus Tour Dates: June 2nd- Los Angeles, CA (Venue TBA shortly) June 5th – Tijuana, MX – June 8th – Denver, CO – Red Rock Amphitheatre "June 10th – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom":http://thepalladiumballroom.com/calendar.php June 11th –... MORE

it's been a few years now since i first heard this, again, i was introduced by a "friend" on MySpace. this is a great song; i listened to it like non-stop the 1st summer i heard it...it goes great with a Red Stripe. haha!