Blog: scissorkick

Relay

Aug 30, 2006, 3:15pm scissorkick
I'm not sure what prompted me to pick up Swervedriver's classic Raise back in high school, but ever since then I've had a real soft spot for swirling, shoegazing guitar rock. Add some solid melodic direction underneath the wall of sound and you end up with some of the all ...
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Artist:Relay
Title:IDK
Link Text:Relay :: IDK from Still Point of Turning (Bubblecore)
File Name:relay_IDK.mp3

Relay

Aug 30, 2006, 2:28pm scissorkick
Relay I'm not sure what prompted me to pick up Swervedriver's classic Raise back in high school, but ever since then I've had a real soft spot for swirling, shoegazing guitar rock. Add some solid melodic direction underneath the wall of sound and you end up with some of the all time classics - Daydream Nation , Loveless and Souvlaki for starters. While Philadephia's Relay are not yet deserving of inclusion in this pantheon, they are well on their way, releasing some of the catchiest, hook-laden and feedback [...]
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Tommy Guerrero

Aug 25, 2006, 11:30am scissorkick
Someone once asked me what constituted a "summer jam" and my answer was simple: If you think Sinbad would be into it at Reggae Sunsplash. But since then, I think I've refined my definition of a quality June-to-September burner...with a little help from Tommy Guerrero. As a life-long New Yorker, ...
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Artist:Tommy Guerrero
Title:Just Ain't Me
Link Text:Tommy Guerrero :: Just Aint Me from From the Soil to the Soul (Quannum)
File Name:tg_justaintme.mp3

Tommy Guerrero

Aug 25, 2006, 10:28am scissorkick
Tommy Guerrero Someone once asked me what constituted a "summer jam" and my answer was simple: If you think Sinbad would be into it at Reggae Sunsplash. But since then, I think I've refined my definition of a quality June-to-September burner...with a little help from Tommy Guerrero . As a life-long New Yorker, I've never really longed to be a West Coast beach dude, but the former Bones Brigader and California-based guitarist makes the kind of optimistic, unpretensious and sun-baked soul that can lead to relocation. I mean, the Dodgers moved to LA from Brooklyn. Why can't [...]
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The Changes

Aug 23, 2006, 4:30pm scissorkick
I first posted The Changes way back on November, 17 2004 and I cannot believe that it's creeping up on two years since I first heard "When I Wake," a near perfect pop song that still hasn't lost its luster. Well, good things come to those who wait, and on ...
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Link Text:The Changes :: Sisters
File Name:thechanges_sisters.mp3
Artist:The Changes
Title:When I Wake
Link Text:When I Wake,
File Name:When I Wake.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

The Changes

Aug 23, 2006, 3:57pm scissorkick
I first posted The Changes way back on November, 17 2004 and I cannot believe that it's creeping up on two years since I first heard "When I Wake," a near perfect pop song that still hasn't lost its luster. Well, good things come to those who wait, and on September 26th, I highly recommend you rush out and get a copy of "Today is Tonight" right away. And before Pitchfork gives it their hallowed "Best New Music" tag, you remember who told you first. Today's post, [...]
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Zero 7 w/ Jose Gonzalez

Aug 22, 2006, 7:30pm scissorkick
When I first heard Zero 7's now-classic EP 2 in March, 2000, little did I know that nearly 6 months later, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, that I'd revisit the record with much more necessity, using it to buffer a lot of what was happening in the world around ...
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Zero 7 w/ Jose Gonzalez

Aug 22, 2006, 5:33pm scissorkick
When I first heard Zero 7's now-classic EP 2 in March, 2000, little did I know that nearly 6 months later, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, that I'd revisit the record with much more necessity, using it to buffer a lot of what was happening in the world around Brooklyn. The mood was as you could expect it then - tense, frightening, nervous, melancholy - and people were collectively on edge. Music is often panacea but it was never as needed as it was after a life-altering event like that. [...]
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File Name:zero7_futures.mp3
Artist:Zero 7
Title:Futures (Rub-n-Tug Remix)
File Name:futures_rub-n-tug_remix.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

No Luck Club

Aug 17, 2006, 7:15pm scissorkick
There's no doubt that we are currently riding a rock resurgence. It happened in the mid 90s, and it's happening again a decade later. And while I'm as excited as anyone, don't forget that there is still quality sample-based beat magic being birthed all over the globe. For instance, you ...
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Home Video

Aug 16, 2006, 6:45pm scissorkick
Considering the recent tragedy in New Orleans, it comes as little surprise that Louisiana transplants Home Video would release a record painted in lingering melancholy. Blurring the lines between electronic and rock music is certainly nothing new but too often the success of this combination is measured by the inability ...
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Scissorkick 2.0 Launched

Aug 16, 2006, 4:45pm scissorkick
Made the successful move to Wordpress and am very happy so far. Still need to figure out how to import all of my older pages from blogger (if you know how, I would greatly appreciate any insight). But things should be relatively stable. I will be adding additional links and ...
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Ratatat

Aug 16, 2006, 4:45pm scissorkick
Got back from DC and was happy to return to the Ratatat record sitting in the mailbox. Not only did the good people at XL send over the CD, they also sent over the first vinyl single from the record, "Wildcat," which includes a sick E*Vax remix on the A-side. ...
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BLOGGER

Aug 15, 2006, 12:05pm scissorkick
I think it's time to move. Yes, I think I sort of hate blogger. And I'd like to move to another blogging software. Any ideas. Please let me know if you use something you are happy with.
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Ratatat's New Classics LP

Aug 7, 2006, 10:16am scissorkick
Got back from DC and was happy to return to the Ratatat record sitting in the mailbox. Not only did the good people at XL send over the CD, they also sent over the first vinyl single from the record, "Wildcat," which includes a sick E*Vax remix on the A-side. What can be said about Ratatat that hasn't already been said? The record has a cheetah or cougar, some kind of big cat, on the front. Fresh
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Artist:Ratatat
Title:Gettysburg
Link Text:Ratatat :: "Gettysburg"
File Name:ratatat_gettysburg.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Electronica/Dance
Year:2006

Gloves

Aug 4, 2006, 11:39am scissorkick
Back in college, about 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to jam with three other friends in a pretty amazing practice space in downtown Buffalo. Not far from a nice brew pub and within close proximity to our apartment, we found ourselves practicing on a fairly regular basis, refining a handfull of songs to near completion. We never really had a name (our friend Zander suggested "Gloves" which we
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Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 01
Link Text:Gloves :: Afternoon Demo (2003)
File Name:afternoon_demo.mp3
Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 02
Link Text:Gloves :: "Song #1" (1997)
File Name:gloves_track1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 03
Link Text:Gloves :: "Song #2" (1997)
File Name:gloves_track2.mp3
Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 04
Link Text:Gloves :: "Song #3" (1997)
File Name:gloves_track3.mp3
Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 05
Link Text:Gloves :: "Song #4" (1997)
File Name:gloves_track4.mp3
Artist:Gloves
Title:Track 06
Link Text:Gloves :: "Song #5" (1997)
File Name:gloves_track5.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Eliot Lipp :: New MP3s from Digital Only Days EP

Aug 2, 2006, 4:49pm scissorkick
Just receieved some advanced MP3s from the new Days EP from Hefty's Eliot Lipp. Two new nuggets of angular synthesizer instrumental hip-hop that can break the sweltering 100-degree heat. The first is a brand new track from his forthcoming digital-only EP called "Eye Sore" available for download at Beatport or in the iTunes store. So says the Hefty PR machine: "The EP consists of ten tracks, each
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Artist:Eliot Lipp
Title:Eye Sore
Link Text:Eliot Lipp :: New MP3s from Digital Only Days EP
File Name:lipp_eyesore.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Eliot Lipp
Title:Glasspipe (Daedelus' journey to the ceneter of)
Link Text:Eliot Lipp :: "Glasspipe" (Daedelus Remix)
File Name:lipp_glasspiperemix.mp3
Year:2006

Psst! Pass it On...

Aug 2, 2006, 10:05am scissorkick
I will be DJing at the world premiere screening of the Psst! Pass it On... series of collaborative films next week -- Tuesday, August 8th, 7 to 11 PM at Kanvas. I had the opportunity to write about these shorts for RES and they will not dissapoint fans of short film, animation, motion graphics and the like. The basic principal is based loosely on the Surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse. In other
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Anniversary Post

Jul 20, 2006, 10:38am scissorkick
Special post alert! Over-affectionate Nausea Warning! Stop reading now if you can't stand public displays of digital affection. Today marks exactly 5 years since I left work as per our usual half-day Fridays and headed to the N train back to Brooklyn. On the way home however, I bumped -- literally -- into a girl who was delivering compost to the Union Square Green Market at that same instant.
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Link Text:Superchunk :: "100,000 Fireflies"
File Name:superchunk_fireflies.mp3
Artist:Superchunk
Title:On The Mouth
Link Text:Superchunk :: "On the Mouth"
File Name:superchunk_mouth.mp3
Year:1995

Nomo

Jul 7, 2006, 10:29am scissorkick
Beautiful Friday in NYC so why not post a little post-Afrobeat to get the weekend rolling. Nomo are a transcultural ensemble who hail from Ann Arbor, Michigan and if likembe (finger piano), hand claps and scorching horns are your thing you should definitely check out New Tones, their second LP and first for Ubiquity. Produced by Warn Defever of His Name is Alive and composed/arranged by the band's
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Artist:Nomo
Title:Hand And Mouth
Link Text:Nomo
File Name:nomo_hand.mp3
Year:2006

Nomo

Jul 7, 2006, 10:29am scissorkick
Beautiful Friday in NYC so why not post a little post-Afrobeat to get the weekend rolling. Nomo are a transcultural ensemble (read: weed smokers with ethnomusicology degrees) who hail from Ann Arbor, Michigan and if likembe (finger piano), hand claps and scorching horns are your thing you should definitely check out New Tones, their second LP and first for Ubiquity. Produced by Warn Defever of His
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