I think Phoebe hit the nail on the head last night when she told me, "Never pick things up at night." This was while I was on my way home from Newport Beach, where I purchased a new turntable from somebody I found on Craigslist. I'm not lying when I say this, because I've never quite had this sensation before...but I'm pretty sure the guy I bought the record player from wanted to kill and eat me. If that had happened, I would have held all of you responsible. The night started out innocently with a phone call [...]
A beautiful concert and why I love Death Cab for Cutie: I thought about some introductory words, but everything sounded kinda lame, so I'll start with the concert right away. Styrofoam opened and t hat was really something. I just knew a few songs before and they started with one of them ('After Sunset'). I didn't know what to expect and was surprised [...]
Styrofoam is the name Arne Van Petegem uses when he's making music. I've been swooning over his sounds since 2003's I'm What's There To Show That Something's Missing. He recently dropped a new record called A Thousand Words , and it manages to be both more of the same wonderful Styrofoam formula and a refreshing departure at the same time. In a lot of ways, A Thousand Words is business as usual-there are requisite glitches and odd synths and distorted static sounds layered atop one another. There are two big differences from [...]
Antwerp, Belgium This particular Styrofoam track features guest vocals from Blake Hazard of The Submarines. "Microscope" Styrofoam on MySpace Styrofoam on The Hype Machine
Belgium's Styrofoam are out on US tour supporting their new disc, A Thousand Words . They are being joined by Omaha, Nebraska's Broken Spindles for a night of laid back electronica. Regionally, you can catch them over the next couple of days. 6/02/08: DC9, Washington, DC 6/03/08: The Barbery, Philadelphia, PA mp3 : Styrofoam - After Sunset mp3 : Broken Spindles - Wake Up
When you reach the apex of the blogosphere, record labels and PR firms from around the world want to be your friend. They'll send you countless albums in the hopes that you will write positive reviews and help launch careers. Or, at the very least, you'll be too embarrassed to have your name affiliated with a certain soul-crushingly pedestrian bands and you'll get $3 in store credit from your local second-hand record store when you sell the promo just to get it out of your study or home office or wherever it is you choose to blog. This [...]
Artist: Styrofoam Album: A Thousand Words Genre: Electronica, Indie Pop Origin: Belgium Year: 2008 Myspace: www.myspace.com/styrofoam Pixel Pyro's Rating: 7/10 If you enjoy a bit of indie electronic pop like The Postal Service you should check out Styrofoams new one called 'A Thousand Words'. Arne Van [...]
My Death Cab t-shirt arrived today :D, so (even though Narrow Stairs hasnt arrived yet) i thought i would put up some Death Cab related stuff... Dntel-(this is) the dream of evan and chan feat. Ben Gibbard The song that began the Postal Service, amazing, and the remix is quite possibly even better! Nice acoustic version from a Ben solo performance a couple of years ago. Dntel-(this is) the dream of evan and chan feat. Ben Gibbard Dntel-(this is) the dream of evan and chan feat. Ben Gibbard [...]
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Its been years since we got a new album from The Postal Service, and it looks like we're gonna have to keep waiting for a lot longer. In the meantime there have been a slew of electronic pop acts that have tried to build on what the Postal Service left behind, but most of those were just fleeting projects that never really took off. Now we get a Belgian artist called Styrofoam and the
Ci stanno facendo aspettare da anni, e non accennano a volerci dare soddisfazione: dopo il loro blockbuster dal cuore di panna Give up, pietra d'angolo del pop indietronico con un piede negli anni '80, un piede nel glitch e un piede nell'indie-rock emotivo che piace ai nipotini di Seth Coen, i Postal Service si son presi una pausa e non paiono voler tornare a breve. Noi però facciamo di necessità virtù, e lasciamo Gibbard alle prese con le sue suite progressive da 8 minuti e Tamborello alle prese coi suoi mille progetti sempre insoddisfacenti, e troviamo soddisfazione nei [...]
Apr 14, 2008, 10:09pm 2+2=5
porco di quel maiale di DIO non ci provare! » 2+2 = voto inutile Pubblicato da spineless | Commenti Tags: ego - echo , luoghi - comuni , a - morale , exit - poll , short - talks , jesus - etc
Jul 23, 2007, 12:19pm
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Song Styrofoam ~ " Couches in Alleys " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =E6H0tRlRb0M Video Collie Budz ~ " Come Around " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =dOtKdOY9PfA A Reggae song about smoking herb...That's a first. But to differentiate, he's born in the USA and raised in Bermuda. Not quite as extreme as Matisyahu, but some cool Dancehall sounds. [...]
Salt - Bluster that dog - Never Say Never Halloween, Alaska - All The Arms Around You Styrofoam - Anything For Stars - In Open Plains
Lonely, Dear - I am John Republic Tigers - Made Concrete Bright Eyes - Cleanse Song Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat The Books - Tokyo Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers Margot & the Nuclear So & So's - Skeleton Key Styrofoam ft. Ben Gibbard - Couches in Alleys Apollo [...]
The Blow - Parentheses Electric President - Ten Thousand Lines Prefuse 73 - Pagina Dos Ms. John Soda - Line By Line Adem - Launch Youself (Four Tet Remix) Dosh - Um, Circles and Squares I Am Robot and Proud - Mood You're In Y.A.C.H.T. - Bunny and Duck's Boat [...]
I posted yesterday about Styrofoam's song "Couches in Alleys" featuring Ben Gibbard and have since listened to the entire album that song came from. I absolutely love it. Think a more industrially electronic version of the Postal Service, with a bit more energy, but the same style of singing for the most part. The best part of this album is the change of singers in nearly every song. The first song features some great rapping by Alias accompanied by the soft singing that dominates the album. Gibbard's song is the true standout, but there are [...]
French site La Blogothèque has been showcasing videos of indie acts the calibre of Okkervil River, Islands, and Jens Lekman, singing and gallavanting around the streets of Paris in a series dubbed Concert à emporter (Takeaway shows). Check out the above video of the four members of Grizzly Bear performing "Knife" acapella style. Also, a little late for the weekend, but here are a couple of tunes I recently rediscovered in the music library.. The World Provider - Valentine (featuring Feist) [Buy Buy [...]
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