Craig, Taylor, James and Doug of MiniBoone sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? c: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (youtube) by Sting . Sam ( MiniBoone 's bassist) knows this because he watches my last.fm profile and notices that I like to put it on loop for 30 minutes at a time. Streamable: [...]
Zazen Boys - Fureai Zazen Boys - Idiot Funk Zazen Boys' bombastics have always had the caps lock stuck on and spraycans set on pink, so it sounds pretty wacked when they come out on their new record with cold and smooth synths sounding all like The Radio Dept. or Junior Boys or something. They end the record in a similar way, sounding more like a neon lit Tokyo night drive than their previous messy and frenzied practice room, ridiculously colourful and often hilarious, fractured synthetically across teenage [...]

Between finals, sorting out my upcoming graduation, holidays, and securing my own webspace (look for a move shortly!), it's been a quiet couple of months around here. But I'm back with a couple of lists to round out my contributions for 2007... even if we're in 2008 now. 5. Grizzly Bear - Friend I've been a bit slow to come around to these guys, but this EP of odds and ends is a remarkably strong follow-up to [...]

Between finals, sorting out my upcoming graduation, holidays, and securing my own webspace (look for a move shortly!), it's been a quiet couple of months around here. But I'm back with a couple of lists to round out my contributions for 2007... even if we're in 2008 now. 5. Grizzly Bear - Friend I've been a bit slow to come around to these guys, but this EP of odds and ends is a remarkably strong follow-up to [...]