1) "The Partisan" – Leonard Cohen from Songs From a Room [ Buy it ] 2) "Fille à Plumes" - Malajube from Trompe L'oeil [ Buy it ] 3) "Sea Foam" - Land of Talk from Applause Cheer Boo Hiss EP [ Buy it ] 4) "Blazin’" (Modeskeletor Remix) - Ghislain Poirier ft. Face-T [ Buy other Ghislain Poirier ] [...]
Photo by Reinfried Marass Swaths of green are rolling past my window. Shining lakes and gem-blue waterways are gliding by. The train's pulling into Ticonderoga, and all the distance holds are a few squat hillside homes. It's been a long time since I've seen a small town; after a year-and-a-half in New York City, I'd almost forgotten that neon and skyscrapers and subway rattle aren't inevitable parts of the landscape. Out here in the upper scoops of the state, it's almost scarily quiet. Just as I think I'm [...]
Photo by John Wu So yeah, Nerd Litter turned two on Sunday. Since its inception, it's grown beyond its humble origins as a furries enthusiast site into the proud behemoth you see before you today. I'd be lying if I said I didn't appreciate the many backstage groupies, bedazzled tourists shaking my hand on the G train, and semi-weekly Meetup groups that have sprung up to celebrate this site. I can only imagine what the coming year will hold, but as long as it involves many graven idols of my likeness and sweeping the [...]
Photo by Bastian Listen up, because this is what the opening track to a hip-hop album should sound like. Never mind that it opens an exclusive 500-copy tour-only mix (yeah right, not these days), because El-P can't be stopped. He's a one-man sonic bulldozer. He's a killbot without an off-switch. He stomps out hard and fast on "Hoobity Blah," with enough bluster to back up his blistering productions. Sure, we've heard grotesque soundscapes like this before, on high points like "Smithereens (Stop Cryin')" and [...]
Photo by Ryan Andrew Mihalyi I don't know how to drive. I couldn't give proper directions down a one-way street. I failed my exam in near-record-time when I almost slammed into an oncoming car. And as my friend Sarah will happily tell you, her favorite nickname for me is 'Ol Two Legs. Yet when I hear the Pusha T-Cool Kids-Bun B remix for Kidz in the Hall's "Drivin' Down the Block," all I want to do is run out and buy a car. Any car as [...]
Photo by Bryan Derballa * Bryan goes to Israel and brings some incredible photographs and stories fromn his trip. I was in Israel in January, and now I just feel embarrassed. [ lovebryan ] (via Fecal Face NYC ) * Just one more reminder of why I miss San Francisco so much: twelve kilometers of city-sanctioned insanity. [ San Francisco Chronicle ] [...]
Mas y Mas, America's fourteenth best band, played up in Brooklyn on two consecutive weekends. They were touring the East Coast in honor of the vinyl release of Proud Sponsors of Pepsi , their debut full-length and my tenth favorite album of 2007. They promised to give me a free copy, but they never did, so now those fucks are all dead to me. Here's some highlights of the festivities: Trash Bar, 5-10-08: [...]
Art by Chris Goodwin * MP3: "Machine Gun" (Zilla Rocca Remix) - Portishead [ Visit Zilla ] [ Buy Portishead ] * MP3: "Leviathan, Bound" - Shearwater from Rook [ Preorder it ] * MP3: "Underground Thang" - Bun B ft. Pimp C and Chamillionaire from II Trill [ Preorder it ] [...]
Photo by Micah Carmody Dance music should be dumb. It should be dirty and visceral and commanding--in short, it should make you want to dance. Feadz' "Back It Up" covers those bases from the outset, opening with chords that boom like warning shots. Spank Rock's assist on the track is just as eager to please, declaring apropos of nothing, "You a down-ass bitch, you a down-ass bitch, you a down-ass bitch." Those unsubtle choices won't surprise anyone who's heard Feadz or Spank Rock before, but somehow, the combo [...]
"One Pure Thought" Hot Chip "Drivin' Down The Block" Kidz in the Hall "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" (Aesop Rock Remix) Mountain Goats (via Shots Ring Out ) [...]
Photo by IAAH Shit's going down. It's a message the Roots have been sending us for a decade-and-a-half with some pretty extraordinary results. On the dark, pessimistic heights of Phrenology and Game Theory , the band tackled everything from Columbine to drug addiction to hypersexualization to the dismal realities of inner-city life. Their new album, Rising Down , barrels down similar avenues, a further distillation of dark times and desperate measures. With his very first lines on their [...]
From Jean-Luc Godard's Une Femme est Une Femme , playing May 11-13 at Film Forum * Since it's been a few weeks since Film Forum revived any Godard, how about they just go ahead and show twenty-one of his films this month!? Fuck, I'm just going to have to start sleeping at that theater, aren't I? [ Film Forum ] * Everybody's favorite month besides Soul Patch September is finally here: it's Moustache May! [ Moustache May [...]
1) "Party and Bullshit" (Ratatat remix) - Notorious B.I.G. from Ratatat Remixes, Vol. II [ Download the album ] 2) "Dans Ta Vraie Vie" - Yelle from Pop-Up [ Buy it ] 3) "Back It Up" - Feadz ft. Spank Rock from Ed Banger Vol. 3 [ Preorder it ] 4) "Money Ova Here" - Lil Wayne ft. Stacks from Tha Carter III Mixtape [ Buy other Lil Wayne ] [...]
Photo by Ninja12 I keep waiting for my Macbook to turn into a Commodore 64. For my bootleg Microsoft Word to morph into the Tick-blue screen of Word Perfect. I'll be rocking my boys-size-small Lion-O T-shirt, collecting Marvel series-one holograms, and recreating Balki Bartokomous' Dance of Joy all over again. Basically, I'm thinking that the world might be hurtling through a timehole any day now. If 2008's musical climate is any indication, it's probably happened already. Everywhere I look, the rampant wave of '80s revivalism keeps [...]
"Water Curses" Animal Collective "Donkey Rhubarb" Aphex Twin "Little Bit" Lykke Li "Hard Feelings" The Constantines "F.T.W" Xiu Xiu [...]
I'm always interested how records will hold up over time. Will the ones I'm currently obsessed with still sound good a year from now? A decade from now? Some albums I used to love have faded in my esteem (Blackalicious's Blazing Arrow , Interpol's Antics ) while others have seemed to only appreciate with age (The Streets' Original Pirate Material , Fugazi's The Argument ). But perhaps my biggest surprise has been the sustainability of Girl Talk's Night Ripper . Gregg Gillis's project practically seems stamped with a sell-by date, but here I am two [...]
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