Music Obtained:
Ty Rex - Ty Segall
Smother - Wild Beasts
Burst Apart - The Antlers
Eye Contact - Gang Gang Dance
I am Very Far - Okkervil River
Nostalgia, Ultra - Frank Ocean
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
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Jun
05
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
Hunter S. Thompson, John Cusack and Johnny Depp riding around with a blow-up doll.
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Apr
18
Music Obtained: Tomboy - Panda Bear
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Apocalypse - Bill Callahan
A River Ain’t Too Much to Love - Smog
Fires EP - Uilab
Woke on a Whaleheart - Bill Callahan
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle - Bill Callahan
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Apr
06
Music Obtained:
Nine Types of Light - TV on the Radio
Shadow Temple - Prince Rama
Zetland - Prince Rama of Ayodhya
Safari Disco Club - Yelle
Bloomsbury - Princeton
Math and Physics Club - Math and Physics Club
The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man on Earth
Compass - Jamie Lidell
The Physics of Meaning - The Physics of Meaning
Atlantic City Expressway - Real Estate
Share the Joy - Vivian Girls
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Keep + Animal Collective - Animal Collective
Iron EP - Woodkid
Oh wow. There is so much good here. I haven’t even gotten around to listening to all it. As I’m writing this, I’m enjoying OMD, a band I’ve been meaning to listen to for ages. What a surprising gem this particular album is! Other highlights: TVOTR (thank the stars it doesn’t sound like Dear Science!), Prince Rama, and The Tallest Man on Earth.
I also got the new Panda Bear album but I’m not listening to it until April 12. Or is it now being released on April 19? Either way, I want to dedicate an evening and a glass of wine to Mr. Noah Lennox. He totally deserves it.
A lot of indie music these days is about not having a position, not having something to say, not poking your head up and trying to articulate something specific about yourself, or the world, or how you feel. It’s almost an epidemic in some circles: Trying or caring is somehow haughty. Simply capturing a vibe or a mood is preferred instead. But that’s what marketing does; it’s not what music is supposed to do. This sort of cowardice— choosing fitting-in over standing out— isn’t something James Murphy takes lightly. LCD Soundsystem never cared for doing things half-ass and using nonchalance as a substitute for really putting yourself out there.
Pitchfork: Articles: You Were There: The Complete LCD Soundsystem
Ding ding ding! Scott Plagenhoef absolutely nails it — and by it, I mean an entire decade of indie culture — at the end of Pitchfork’s epic LCD Soundsystem send-off.
(via perpetua)
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Mar
26
Music Obtained:
College Dropout - Kanye West
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
Barabajagal - Donovan
La Planete Sauvage - Alain Goraguer
House of Balloons - The Weeknd
Fresh from Divorce: The Scary Monster Chronicles - David Bowie
Ever since being introduced to Brian Eno, I’ve been obsessed. I look for him everywhere & find his influence to be far reaching. However, there are times when I actively seek him out, like when I get the Talking Heads albums More Songs About Buildings and Food that he produced. I got this album after learning that he did not, sadly, produced my favorite Bowie album, Low. Tony Visconti, you did a fine job sir.
The soundtrack for Fantastic Planet or La Planete Sauvage is weird & unexpected. It’s been wonderful for writing & studying, which seems to be my life lately.
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Mar
23
Music Obtained:
The Life of the World to Come - The Mountain Goats
Smoke Ring for my Halo - Kurt Vile
Three Songs - Robin Pecknold
New History Warfare Volume 2: Judges - Colin Stetson
xx - The XX
Spiral Shadow - Kylesa
Underneath the Pine - Toro Y Moi
I Will Be - Dum Dum Girls
The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick
No Color - The Dodos
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Mar
06
Music obtained:
The King of Limbs - Radiohead
The Rothko Chapel - Morton Feldman
936 - Peaking Lights
Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li
Discreet Music - Brian Eno
Times have been a little rough in this part of the world. And while normally I’d escape into music, it’s been hard to listen to music. What a tragedy. Typically, I’ll listen to music & experience a connection, relationship with the world but lately listening to music has felt like a wet blanket tossed on my thoughts. I should also mention I’m working on a very important, complicated, difficult project. These days favor quiet furniture music.
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Mar
06
Its been 3 years since Noble Beast. I miss Andrew Bird’s music.*
*Let me explain: I listen to his music, I look through pictures of him, & I am overcome with an intense respect and adoration. Sure, he may be one of a few men that I find incredibly handsome, but that is only augmented by his awesome talent. I bet he smells nice too. I just wish he’d release another album. I miss the sounds of his violin.
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Feb
16
Music obtained:
Dungeon Dots - Air Waves
James Blake - James Blake
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Woods Family Creeps - Woods Family Creeps
Mickey Mouse Operation - Little People
Red Apple Falls - Smog
Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT - Akron/Family
O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth - Jonathan Richman
Causers of This - Toro Y Moi
I had an ex once who brought to my attention that I hate being told what to do. And he was right. I do hate it. Any “you should…” statement makes me bristle. That’s one reason why I waited so long to get Causers of This. It seems as though a large percentage of music blogs have been pushing Toro Y Moi. I rebelled against it & ignored any singles that were released. But eventually, they wore me down. And you know what? I’m glad they did!
