At the start of the month I already did a Christmas-y post but now it's time for some more Christmas themed goodness! (by Lydia Pitka for Sparkapolooza ) The best Christmas tree ever to have existed, in my opinion. As Lydia adds herself "made with Frankie Magazine cuttings and love". One day, when I have a place of my own (hopefully that won't be too long) I want one just like this. Furthermore, the Italian Giulia Mazza has created a lovely compilation just for this festive season. Featuring tracks [...]
the luyas - too beautiful to work a classic education - terrible day etienne daho - heathen we have band - let's dance
In the five years or so I've been doing this, I can't remember a better year for songs. I actually spent most of Saturday ordering a top 100, went a little crazy and decided nobody needed me to rank seven hours of tracks. So here's a top 50. Every single one of these tracks is incredible, and yes, even Ke$ha. For the record, I allowed two songs per band in a few special cases because not including both Sally Seltmann jams would be a lie (though I did cut two Best Coast songs). Also, No. 51 is Lady Gaga ("Telephone") [...]
I've always loved EPs. More than a single, less than an album, the format is designed as the ideal showcase for a band. Or at least a nice stopgap between albums. It was the format of choice for the '90s shoegaze scene which is probably why I have such affection. In my mind the ideal EP should be four songs and no longer than 20 minutes, but I don't follow any hard rules for this. In an age of 28 minute albums it's hard to gauge. Anyway, I've never done a Best EPs list before, but the format has definitely made [...]
BEST OF 2010 : The album isn't dead. But, like the dinosaurs, it may not outlast its smaller, warm-blooded colleagues. In 2010, the EP became something more than a tour curio or a year-end reminder of a band's existence. For bands unable or unwilling to make the artistic and financial investment of a full-length release, the EP became the perfect format: long enough to showcase what a band could do without being too short to pass off as a one-MP3 wonder and just right for self-releasing and giving away free, as so many groups chose to do this year. For [...]
È uscito in free download sul sito Rcrd Lbl un remix di Banjo or freakout di un brano degli A Classic Education. Il pezzo è "Terrible day", b-side del vinile dell'ep "Hey there stranger"...
Mitad Italianos, mitad Canadienses, A Classic Education son un sexteto de enamorados del indie-pop de finales de los ochenta y principios de la siguiente década, algo que demuestran con gran tino y excelente gusto en las seis canciones que dan forma a su segundo Ep, "Hey There Stranger," editado hace unas semanas por el sello Lefse Records . "Gone To Sea" y "What My Life Could Have Been" son dos de los temas incluidos en él. Gone To [...]
![[CMJ 2010] Dominant Legs / A Classic Education @ The Delancey (10/20)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2921968_lg.jpg)
As I recover from one hectic week of CMJ (my body is finally feeling the repercussions), at least I can edit photos and write reviews from bed if need be. This year marked my first time attending CMJ and although I've been to a handful of SXSW's through the years, this was a completely different animal. Sure, the formula and format are relatively the same - panels, film premieres, and official music showcases littered with unofficial day parties - but the attitudes and approaches are different. I could spend an entire entry comparing and the contrasting the [...]
What: Lefse Records & I Guess I'm Floating Official Showcase When: 6pm - 3am Where: The Delancey, 168 Delancey St. Who: 1:45am - How To Dress Well, 1:00am - Houses, 12:25am - Candy Claws, 11:30pm - Young Prisms, 10:45pm - Tape Deck Mountain, 10:00pm - Wise Blood, 9:15pm - Sunglasses, 8:30pm - Bikini, 7:45pm -... Read More
OK, let's start with some music. Here is our CMJ2010 Mixtape presented for not apparent reason in reserve alphabetical order. Downloadables: Confetti (mp3) by Young Mammals Drifing (mp3) by Young Adults Roadrunner (Modern Lovers Cover) (mp3) by Yo La Tengo Your Way With My Life (mp3) by Woven Bones Last Rites (mp3) by True Womanhood [...]
Music video for "I Lost Time" by Italy's A Classic Education, directed by Enrico Boccioletti.
It's like a riddle. Whattaya get when you take a Canadian singer-songwriter and drop him in Bologna, Italy? Apparently, you get A Classic Education . A working unit for less than two years, the band has already shared bills across the globe with the likes of Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse and Okkervil River. Their new Lefse-released EP is called Hey There Stranger , and while it shares some qualities for the aforementioned acts, I Lost Time feels like an epic single painstakingly [...]
Ποτέ δεν ξέρεις τι να φορέσεις το φθινόπωρο... Κάποιος με είπε εστέτ ποπ στο ραδιόφωνο και ο κιτς εαυτός μου επαναστάτησε. Ακολουθεί λοιπόν φθινοπωρινή λίστα mp3 με εξώφυλλο το πιο κιτς περουκίνι -γνωστό και ως τουπέ- της οθόνης. Foals : Wear and Tear Banjo Or Freakout : Over There [...]
In a little more than a week's time we will be CMJ-ing our asses off once again! Hopping from club to club, catching the buzziest buzz bands of them all, and sipping on as much free booze as our livers can take! Of course the week wouldn't be complete without our own day time party!... Read More
Hey There Stranger is A Classic Education's first proper release in the United States, & it's got that simple jangly '50s pop sound & catchy melodies reminiscent of those that brought James Mercer & The Shins into the spotlight. It's a fantastic album. Here's Enrico Boccioletti's terrific video for "I Lost Time."
Anthony Seck ’s Look at What the Light Did Now , the documentary film that follows Feist ’s journey with her breakout record The Reminder , premiered at Pop Montreal on September 29. The film’s title is borrowed from a song by Little Wings off their Light Green Leaves album. Before you watch Feist’s performance of “Look at What the Light Did Now” below, be sure to download the original by Little Wings here (MP3) via Stereopathic Music . Foxes [...]
Was bumming around Lefse's site a few weeks ago and caught "What My Life Could Have Been" by A Classic Education, but was way too late to the party to post about it. Earlier today, The FADER premiered the video for another Hey There Stranger track, "I Lost Time," and I'm not letting it pass me (or you) by. Hey There Stranger is out 10/19 via Lefse. Download: A [...]
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A Classic Education , the lovely six piece from Italy, have a new video for their track "I Lost Time". Italy is producing some top-notch music right now and A Classic Education are no exception, crafting structured indie pop with enough fuzz around the edges to perfectly satiate your lo-fi sweet tooth. The video is a collage of old images and bleeding effects directed by Enrico Boccioletti, which sounds really cool in my exaggerated Italian voice. I've been told these guys are on another level when performing live and I'll get to see for myself soon enough, maybe [...]
New video for the A Classic Education song "I Lost Time. " It's directed by Enrico Boccioletti and brought to us by the good people at Lefse Recs . -
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