Tron Sequel Soundtrack--Daft Punk are the New Vangelis

The sequel Tron soundtrack by Daft Punk sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' work to my ears--not always but often.  It is a much toned down Daft Punk from what I am used to hearing, but makes perfect sense for a movie soundtrack; you cannot have every moment accompanied by a hype dance tune.  If you were hoping for a bunch of danceable pop songs, adjust your expectations.  This is Blade Runner and Lord of the Rings fog horn mash-up with a helping of a Daft Punk.  It is big studio money + Daft Punk as the album cover suggests.

Even a movie-soundtrack version of Daft Punk still sounds good to me.
The digital soundtrack is $4 at Amazon today.


I hope this guy is in the sequel as a sweet easter egg.

Amazon decides $2 is a magic number; I agree. We become friends.

[OH SO SAD--ALREADY DEAD]
Amazon is really impressing me with its holiday specials.  I hope these sales are really successful and continue for a long time because $2 for a digital album is a hell of a price point.

Here are some of the $2 dollar goodies that are still available:
Arcade Fire's The Suburbs!  My favorite album of the year from my favorite band of the 2ks.











Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone. 8.0 on Metacritic.











The National's High Violet. 8.4 on Metacritic.

Sarah Bareilles' Kaleidoscope Heart. She seems to enjoy it.











LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening.  8.4 on Metacritic.  Short samples on Amazon won't do this justice--find them on YouTube.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Vampire Weekend's Contra @ Amazon is my new 2 buck chuck

$2 @ Amazon today

P.S. VampWeek, I'm not the only one who cares about an Oxford Comma.

Free Amazon $3 Mp3 Credit = $1 Neon Bible

Enter GET3MP3S at this web address.  Just click on the "Enter Your Code" button.

After the code, albums like Arcade Fire's Neon Bible and Kanye West's latest indulgence will cost you a dollar.


For $2 you can get Wolf Parade's Expo 86 or Caribou's Swim.

Or for free (you'd even have a a dollar of credit left over) you can get 99 tracks of "dark" classical music.

Via Slickdeals

I like to girl talk -- all day, baby

Illegal art is being hammered right now because it is hosting Girl Talk's new album All Day, which he is giving away for free, given the sample-heavy nature of his music.  You may be able to find a link to mirror site here.

He's Back! Three Keyboard Cat Moon Threadless T-shirt Reprint

Behold Fatso the cat on the ebonies and ivories with those ivory paws!  times (x) 3, plus (+) Moon.  This shirt is a delicious meme mash-up of Keyboard Cat and Three Wolf Moon (a t-shirt on Amazon.com currently with 1,828 reviews reporting its unusually beneficial effects.  Believe it or not, I bought the shirt when it had a mere five reviews--I regret my hipster-kitty early adoption snobbery.  It is now sitting in 30th place for best selling clothing item on Amazon, and it has been up there for some time).  The lady-killing potential of Keyboard Cat plus the mysterious mojo of Three Wolf Moon make this the preferred uniform for the seduction community.  Be careful wearing this around mirrors, or you may seduce yourself.  If you missed out on the first run of these, now is your chance.  Sign up for their newsletter and get a 7 dollar coupon: worth it.  Of course, you could save the coupon for one of their 10 dollar t-shirt sales.