A mixtape. Some new, some old, some new(ish). This is the second effort to somewhat merge the weekly AD show on XMU with that of the blog proper. After the jump, check a selection of 15 tracks I've been spinning over the past few weeks. Simple jams for complicated times, ya'll. Just a small fraction [...]
i'm getting ready to finish up a 2-week break from work here and it occurred to me that not once in that period did i have the slightest desire to update this blog. i guess i still don't, since all i've got is this lazy post with a bunch of songs that remind me of the ways i have been spending my time.... mostly video games. lots of video games... ratchet and clank future: tools of destruction (ps3) mp3: kid tiger - future umbrella mp3: daft punk [...]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin stopped by AOL's "The Interface" and regaled them with a set of tunes, namely "Half Awake (Deb)," "You Could Write A Book," "Dead Right," and "Think I Wanna Die." You can grab the performance as an MP3 here , or a really high-quality video here . Starting in September, the boys are off to the UK and points European for about a month and a half; check their website for dates (and someone let me know if, somehow, an impromptu Catbird Records night [...]
[mp3] taken away by aliens - pet politics lo-fi vibe from gothenburg, sweden. magnus larsson goes by the name pet politics when he is making music. the name comes from the silver jews song pet politics. magnus says gothenburg is nice, there's a lot of bands there, the best music scene in sweden if you ask him. he has a limited edition 7" ep out on the english label the great pop supplement [buy] . the above song is on it. the below song is not. [mp3] the ghost [...]
there a lot of reasons to love the silver jews . berman's brilliant wordplay has given us not only a fine collection of poetry , but five wonderful albums (soon to be six with the early 2008 release of lookout mountain, lookout sea). at #1 on my top 100 , one of those albums just happens to be my current all time favorite record- the natural bridge . and it is from this album's second track that sweden's magnus larsson takes his stage name, pet politics. [...]
I feel guilty for not having posted during the last week. It's been only six days, but still, I feel so guilty, that this is going to be a ridiculously long post. Alright, let's start with mail I've been getting, because I actually did promise to do a part 2 post...sometime. Well, this time is now, so let's get going. Starting off with 4 or 5 Magicians, whose single Forever On The Edge is out
On Friday my wife and I will go to Prague for the weekend, and I just realized that (Copenhagen aside) it will be the fifth European Capital I visit this year (the previous four being Warsaw, Berlin, London and Bern). This will be my third trip to the Czech Capital and I'm very much looking forward to spending a few days in the city that I visited the first time in the (not-so) good old days of the Iron Curtain . I know I often complain about how my life has change since I became a father (and of [...]
There's not an awful lot I can tell you about Pet Politics beyond that Magnus Larsson of Gothenburg, Sweden is the self-appointed leader of this pop party. He's released a limited edition 7" EP called The Spring on indie label The Great Pop Supplement (I wonder how they fit that on their letterhead?). I tell you, the Swedes are doing something right, becuase they're making some of the most beautiful pop music on the planet right now. Pet Politics takes a different position, embedding wry humour and and [...]
Pet Politics is a one man band from Gothenburg, Sweden that plays lo-fi pop and have a 7" ep out on the English label the great pop supplement . Limited edition of 300 (numbered). Takenawaybyaliens.mp3 http://www.myspace.com/petpoli ticstheband http://www.petpolitics.se/ http://www.greatpopsupplement. com/
I get lots and lots of mail from band promoters and from bands themselves. It's really great to hear that someone has read our blog and wants to turn us on to their music. I don't like everything, or sometimes it just doesn't fit our format, but there is a lot of good stuff too. Today I'll make a feeble attempt to catch up with some of it, international-style. House of Brothers House of [...]
Pet Politics - Taken Away by Aliens
Every Music blogger has his or her own pet projects. These are the artists you want to see succeed, but at the same time you don't want them to become too popular and eclipse your tiny little site. Pet Politics was a pet project of Swedesplease and remains one to this date. Any lack of fame for Pet Politics is directly related to the scarceness and the format of his recordings not the quality of the limited number of songs he's recorded. For example, his new record, is just that, a vinyl record. [...]
Pet Politics - "When I Get Old" Pet Politics reminds me of Agent Simple . Them both being from Gothenburg has almost nothing to do with, though. Or maybe it has more to do with it than I understand. There's just no illusions about the nuts and bolts of life. There's no talk about "true love" or "perfection", it's just "what I like best" and "my friends and my wife". It's just major chords, that's all. It's just a tambourine, another layer of guitars, and a verse about the city. [...]
Pet Politics Magnus Larsson is actually not a bird. He is not Antony and the Johnsons neither. Références musicales : Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground Pet Politics - Taken by aliens (mp3) [ download this file ] When there is a band called Pet Politics which releases a song named Taken by aliens , I have to talk about it. [...]
Magnus (aka Pet Politics) was kind enough to send over an excellent new track, and I currently think of it as the perfect companion to an unmotivated Monday. It's a damn good song. ::: Pet Politics - When I Get Old Remember that you can buy an excellent 4-song Pet Politics EP from Catbird Records for only 3 bucks. Now that's a deal. [ Pet Politics on myspace .] [ Current Macktronic contest .] [Buy music from Insound .] [...]
Pet Politics created a stir over a year ago with his one man band bedroom rock project. He so impressed Ryan at Catbird Seat that Pet Politics found a home on Catbird Records . When the music blogging medium was a smaller, quainter space he got enough traction on a couple of blogs to make a real dent. It seems that time has passed us by. With so many music blogs no one independent band can make a big enough impression or maybe so many acts are making so many smaller [...]
A copy of Magnus Larsson's (aka Pet Politics ) latest EP arrived in the mail the other day via Catbird Records , which reminded me I had yet to mention another of the labels releases I purchased this year: Tap Tap . [...]
Catbird Records is one of Macktronic's favorite small labels for a couple of reasons. First, I like their music (Tap Tap [post here ] and Maestro Echoplex, to mention a few). Secondly, they pay attention to their artwork (custom screenprinting and so on). Lastly, their stuff is quite affordable. Their latest release, The Spring EP by Pet Politics is a nice little four song collection of indie rock. Here's the tracklist: 1. Pet Politics - Sunday Morning [...]
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Catbird Records ' CBR 007: Pet Politics - The Spring EP marks the second CBR release from Gothenburg, Sweden's Magnus Larsson , aka "Pet Politics." 4 all new tracks of Magnus' signature brand of Scandi-naïve popsongs, in a hand-screened, hand-numbered arigato sleeve, $3.50. ::: Pet Politics - Sunday Morning ::: And all you non-Mailing List members (and quite a few Mailing List members, frankly) missed out on the ultra-limited, ultra-awesome Hemstad Tee . A print run of only 15-- what [...]
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