Radio by Santigold - NEW!!

I'll probably never see the film Paper Towns but, because there's a brand spankin' new Santigold track on the soundtrack that was just released this morning, the movie will always be OK in my book!

Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears #TBT

For #TBT, here is 1 of the MANY excellent songs from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. I'm majorly craving another viewing of that movie!! It's 1 of my favorites!

You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates From 500 Days of Summer

1 of my favorite scenes from my favorite rom-com ever 500 Days of Summer:

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Caravan By Juan Tizol (As Featured in the INCREDIBLE 2014 Film WHIPLASH)

Yesterday afternoon, George & I continued our Best Picture 2015 Oscar nominee homework by seeing Whiplash at The Landmark in West LA. We've seen 4 Best Picture-nominated films in the past 10 days (with only Selma & The Theory of Everything left to go before the 2/22 awards ceremony) & my current rankings of the 6 films I've seen so far are as follows:

1 - The Grand Budapest Hotel
2 - Whiplash (which is DANGEROUSLY close to #1 because it was SO incredibly good!)
3 - American Sniper
4 - Birdman
5 - The Imitation Game
6 - Boyhood

Whiplash is absolutely stunning...and a lot bloodier than expected! The music, the acting, the directing, the writing, the plot & the nonstop intensity are all pure perfection. J.K. Simmons & Miles Teller are both brilliant. How Miles Teller didn't receive a Best Actor nomination is beyond me! Do yourself a favor & go see Whiplash immediately!!



Per Wikipedia, "Caravan is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote seldom performed lyrics. Its exotic sound interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman & Gordon Jenkins all covered it. Woody Allen used the song in two of his films, Alice & Sweet and Lowdown. The song is also heavily featured in the 2014 film Whiplash as an important plot element. The Mills Brothers recorded an a cappella version, making the instruments' sounds with their voices. There are more than three hundred and fifty recordings of this song by Duke Ellington's orchestra, the great majority of them now in the public domain."

Concert Addict Chick's TOP 25 ALBUMS of 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY!!!!!!!

In honor of the new year & after 12 solid months of VERY careful consideration, I present to you the crème de la crème of 2014:

1 - TV On The Radio - Seeds
2 - Broken Bells - After The Disco
3 - Beck - Morning Phase
4 - Spoon - They Want My Soul
5 - tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
6 - Caribou - Our Love
7 - Atmosphere - Southsiders
8 - Jungle - Jungle
9 - Real Estate - Atlas
10 - Kiev - Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth
11 - Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray
12 - Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
13 - Bear In Heaven - Time Is Over One Day Old
14 - RAC - Strangers
15 - Gardens & Villa - Dunes
16 - Kishi Bashi - Lighght
17 - The New Basement Tapes - Lost on the River
18 - Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
19 - Glass Animals - Zaba
20 - Future Islands - Singles
21 - Chet Faker - Built on Glass
22 - Liars - Mess
23 - Karen O - Crush Songs
24 - SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
25 - Ty Segall - Manipulator

Runners Up:
-Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
-Aphex Twin - Syro
-Jack White - Lazaretto
-Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
-Phantogram - Voices
-Flight Facilities - Down To Earth
-Warpaint - Warpaint

Soundtracks:
-Guardians of the Galaxy - Awesome Mix Volume 1
-Gone Girl - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

And, in order to start easily checking out any & all of the music you might have missed this year (including ALL of the above), please start following me AND Concert Addict Chick's BEST OF 2014 playlist on SPOTIFY!

Primus & The Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka Movie Mashup

Are you looking for a trippy, fun way to start the week of Christmas? If so, look no further!

"A mashup of the original Willy Wonka film with Primus' Primus and The Chocolate Factory album in place of the original soundtrack." - Charlie Mahoney

Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination...

Primus & The Chocolate Factory (Mash-up - Edited into the original film) from Charlie Mahoney on Vimeo.

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume #1

Last night, my boyfriend went to 3 different Redboxes in the Santa Monica area before he finally tracked down a Blu-ray copy of Guardians Of The Galaxy. Even though we saw the film in 3D its opening weekend, we loved it so much that we were eager to watch it again the moment it was available on DVD & it turns out it was even better the 2nd time around! The cast is perfect. The dialogue is hilarious. The action sequences keep you on the edge of your seat. And, last but certainly not least, the soundtrack is absolute MARVELous. Check out just a "few" of my favorite tracks below!

Guardians Of The Galaxy is 1 of my favorite movies of 2014 for sure. It's in my top 9 so far along with The Lego Movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Gone Girl, Birdman, A Million Ways To Die In The West, Edge of Tomorrow, Interstellar & Fury.

I'm Not In Love by 10cc

Come & Get Your Love by Redbone

Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Suede

Moonage Daydream by David Bowie

Fooled Around & Fell In Love by Elvin Bishop

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5

Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum

The Perks of Being A Wallflower Soundtrack

After having only seen the film 1 time on a microscopically small screen on the back of an airplane seat en route from Tanzania to Amsterdam after climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with my dad in Jaunary 2013, I'd been desperately wanting to watch The Perks of Being A Wallflower again but was having trouble finding an HD version available to rent. The only copies available were for purchase only & cost about $20 which, every time I considered making the purchase, always seemed a bit overpriced...especially since I'd already seen it before.

Finally, last night (a whole year & a half later), I got to see the movie again! My super sweet boyfriend just happened to come across a $5 copy of the DVD in a store yesterday afternoon so he bought it for me! It's not HD or Bluray but it still looked pretty good on our flatscreen so whatever! I'm just SO happy I now OWN 1 of my favorite movies of the past couple years! And it was still totally awesome upon 2nd viewing.

The Perks of Being A Wallflower is a heartwarming yet often dark & somewhat depressing film. It has a little bit of everything: teenage awkwardness, bullies, young love, parents who just don't understand, high school dances, drug experimentation, family looking out for family, a few tragic revelations, new friendships, student/teacher bonding, literary appreciation, AMAZING music, mix tapes, football games, holidays & OUTSTANDING performances by the entire cast. I can't recommend it enough!

Here are just a few awesome songs from the soundtrack...and I'm not even including the tracks by The Smiths, New Order or David Bowie!

Could It Be Another Change by The Samples


Come On Eileen By Dexys Midnight Runners


Low by Cracker

Heavenly Father by Bon Iver (NEW from Wish I Was Here Soundtrack)

Check out this surprise new Bon Iver track from the soundtrack for Wish I Was Here (a movie I now want to see more than ever!) because it's absolutely gorgeous. I thought Bon Iver was possibly done forever so this gives me hope there could be another new album coming...at least eventually!

Also, Zach Braff has got this whole rad movie soundtrack thing down pat. He's killing it!

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Soundtrack

Last night, I finally saw the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty for the 1st time &, despite its completely unfair rating of 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, I LOVED everything about it!!

I had wanted to see this film since last summer when I saw the 1st abbreviated trailer featuring 1 of my favorite songs by Of Monsters & Men. As Mitty's Christmas 2013 release date drew closer, I realized it was being released on the exact same day as SEVERAL other movies I was determined to see ASAP (i.e. The Wolf of Wall Street & Her) which meant, when Christmas rolled around, I ended up seeing every other December release movie I had wanted to see EXCEPT Mitty which is a shame because I now badly wish I'd seen it in the theater.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was directed by AND stars Ben Stiller plus a phenomenal cast that includes Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Sean Penn, Patton Oswalt, Shirley MacLaine & Kathryn Hahn. It is BEAUTIFULLY shot, well-acted, funny, heartwarming, inspiring, incredibly unique & it features 1 of the best soundtracks I've heard in long time.

The fact this film didn't get more buzz, positive reviews & attention astounds me. The only explanation is it got lost in the sea of other Oscar-contending movies that were also released in or around December. I hope more people will give The Secret Life of Walter Mitty a chance & check it out now that it was just finally released on DVD/Netflix because it is officially 1 of my most favorite films of 2013.

Step Out by Jose Gonzalez

Dirty Paws by Of Monsters & Men

Space Oddity by David Bowie

Lake Michigan by Rogue Wave

The Complete SOUNDTRACK:

Stay Alive by Jose Gonzalez (from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

This new Jose Gonzalez track from The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty soundtrack just got me EXTRA excited to see the film as soon as it's released on Christmas Day. From what I've heard, Gonzalez provided quite a few new songs for the movie which is awesome because I've been a big fan of both him & his band Junip for years. His voice is BEAUTIFUL.

LOCK, STOCK & 2 SMOKING BARRELS Soundtrack = Best Movie Soundtrack of All Time

One of my favorite films of all time, Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels, has what is, in my opinion, still THE best movie soundtrack of all time. It's just too good.

The Boss by James Brown


"Chill Winston" (movie clip)


Spooky by Dusty Springfield


I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges


Why Did You Do It by Stretch


The Payback by James Brown - You know a soundtrack is good when there are TWO James Brown tracks on it!

Let's Boot and Rally by Iggy Pop & Bethany Cosentino (of Best Coast) from the TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Soundtrack

Episode 5 of the 5th season of True Blood aired on Sunday 7/8 & was, in my opinion, the best episode of the season so far. Shit went down! And this original track featuring Iggy Pop Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast made it even better!

http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2012/07/kcrw-exclusive-iggy-pop-and-best-coasts-bethany-cosentino-duet-on-lets-boot-and-rally-for-true-blood/

Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack

In honor of Maurice Sendak who passed away today at the age of 83, I thought it was only appropriate to share my favorite songs from the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack.

Karen O & Arcade Fire make life brighter.

Hideaway

Worried Shoes

Wake Up

The Art of Flight Soundtrack

OK, first & foremost, EVERYONE needs to see the film The Art of Flight. Shot with the same types of cameras used to shoot the National Geographic series Planet Earth, this breathtakingly epic snowboarding documentary will seriously blow your mind...guaranteed. And the soundtrack is pure perfection which is just the icing on the cake.

The Art of Flight Trailer

Deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff (Nero Remix)


The Naked & Famous - No Way

The Black Angels - Young Men Dead

We Are Augustines - Chapel Song

M83 - Intro