Millions of international readers of Uncle magazine and UncleEmpire.com have already been introduced to the musical stylings of the LA-based one man band, Kissed Her Little Sister. But, if you hungry jackals have already checked him out on MySpace and still crave more carcass for your earholes, we recommend the first installation of the Hi-Lo mixtapes, designed by Jef for Uncle. Call Ted, get in your time traveling phone booth, and tune in to this musical voyage that blends a wide array of artists and genres in one clean flow.
Uncle Presents... The Hi-Lo Mixtapes (Number One)
Tracklist (in the words of Kissed Her Little Sister)
The first track on this first mixtape comes to us from Dion McGregor. He is an accomplished somniloquist. He usually ends up having a nightmare.
02 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (Re-Record)
This nightmarish re-recording of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You" makes me want to wear leopard print and smoke with an ivory cigarette holder.
03 - Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
This song is one of the few things in life that Wu-Tang doesn't make better.
04 - Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanor
I am really enjoying Memphis these days. (See: Jay Reatard)
05 - Erykah Badu - The Healer
Madlib provides the backdrop for this delicious blasphemous jam.
06 - The Budos Band - Origin Of Man
The Budos Band hails from Staten Island, but I wouldn't have guessed that.
07 - The Blue Ribbon Glee Club - Waiting Room
I was recently thinking about starting a fugazi cover band and charging 6 dollars for shows. I think this cover band has about 30 members, so I am guessing they play for beer.
08 - Harry Belafonte - Mama Look a Boo Boo
No one ever told me to dive deeper into Harry Belafonte. They were wrong.
09 - Ruppie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Leggo Skanga)
Rupie runs a record store in London these days. I bet it is super chill.
10 - Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow
A Daniel Johnston song that gets better with many listens.
11 - Son Lux - Betray
Son Lux is a rad dude on anticon. Here he gives us a real pretty song. He remixes as well.
12 - Aphex Twin - Penty Harmomium
Aphex Twin is probably my favorite ginger kid from Cornwall.
13 - Brian Eno - The Big Ship
Here comes "The Big Ship". Smooth sailing ahead.
14 - Portishead - Magic Doors
Peep the horns around 2:20. Such a neat sound.
15 - Hercules & Love Affair - Time Will
I've been having a little love affair of my own with this hercules' track.
16 - Danger - 11h30
Danger is French and mysterious and that never hurt nobody.
17 - Felli Fel - Get Buck In Here
I really had to dig deep for this one. Felli Fel kills it, backed by posse of old pros. So sexy with :30 seconds left.
18 - Big Ben - Chimes Of Midnight
Goodnight.
Enjoy.
Kissed Her Little Sister on vacation in Siberia.
When these hipster costume parties start taking themselves too seriously, and everybody is dressed up like Velma from Scooby Doo, I'm tempted to eat glass and do the worm into oncoming traffic. Instead, I find the guy with the tightest pants and ask him if he's hard of imaginary bands I've made up. Usually, he'll adjust his spectacles made out of pipe cleaners and say, yeah, he liked Yin Yang Yarmulke or Baldin College two weeks ago, which was right before they sold out and actually played a song. So commercial.
Genuine music and new creation are beautiful things, and though there will always be skunks that fake the funk, there's usually the real deal in there somewhere, waiting in the wings.
Kissed Her Little Sister, an LA-based electro-folk astronaut and one-man band, is one such musician worth checking out. Blending acoustic instrumentation with electronic beats, loops, and virtually anything else he can get his dirty hands on, he has created an eclectic style all his own, running the gamut from Woody Guthrie to Girl Talk. Although he is currently unsigned, French people love him.
In Footloose, the Reverand John Lithgow banned dancing. What would you do if music were suddenly banned?
I would probably file a complaint with the world. The first rule of music is that there are no rules, which means banning music would probably not necessarily be against the rules, and that fucks with my head. But often I find that some of the best music is the shit that does.
How did they find out about in you in Paris and Montreal?
Business cards, computer-generated pre-recorded telephone spamming machines, afternoon tea meet and greets.
What kind of music do you make?
Concrete horrorcore loopism meets acoustic Appalachian folk music for kids.
Do you cover any other musicians?
Strictly Phil Collins.
How's the music scene in LA?
Fashionable.
Seen anything inspiring lately?
Yeah, a video on Youtube of [musician] Jay Reatard punching his fan in the face. Totally moving.
Why is music important?
Music might be a disease for all I know, or a drug to cure other diseases. Music can make me feel like Barry Bonds and Hakeem Olajuwon all wrapped into one, and conversely, that sad monkey in the zoo... I'm into it.
Anything else?
Yeah, the first song ever recorded was "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Thomas Edison, and that might be just a rumor... Also, did you know that when you type "rumors" into iTunes Lindsay Lohan pops up, but when you type "rumours" some hot Fleetwood Mac shit pops up?
Yes, 'Rumors' is a great song. Last question - boxers or briefs?
Live free or die.
Kissed Her Little Sister MySpace Page
And coming dangerously soon: Uncle Presents: The Hi-Lo Mixtapes