Weed, whiskey, pills, shrinks, out-of-control shopping and some wall punching. Does any of this sound like your life? Do you ever feel as if the life you are living is just a dream? Does your life ever feel like a movie? The places you go, the things you do, the people you meet, the scenarios you find yourself in? No one is saying that this dream isn't a nightmare, or that the movie can't be a horror film. We have variety for that very purpose, so that very few of our stories will ever be the same. [...]
If your at all a fan of 80s sawtooth synth revivals like Com Truise, you'll find some refreshingly familiar fare in Canadian producer Speakerslut's track "Delta City Blues". Though the track has nothing to do with the Mississippi delta bred style that was so instrumental in forming modern popular music, the sentiment is the same. "Delta City Blues" is crafted like a love note to the synth pioneers of the 802s, a time when the proliferators of Moogs and Junos longed for the time when their music would be sufficiently embedded in popular consciousness. And now, with the [...]
Today deserves a little bounce in your step and a little smile in your heart. You've earned it. I believe that the outside tends to reflect what's going on inside, in several regards. When you treat your body badly, you look bad. Skin, hair, weight - these all suffer. I think the same thing happens when the world is doing badly. The weather gets bad, the general disposition of the public is depressed. So I've been excited all week about this beautiful weather in New York. Hopefully, it means that we're doing okay for a little at least. [...]
Last night I tried a little Adderall. It was working for a while until I thought about your smile. I got that fire Cali medical, but it never gets me high. Baby only you know why, 'Cause darling You, you are my designer drug, and only you aan help me, and I can't get enough." [...]
There's not much to say here, because there's a lot to hear. 46 minutes, specifically, of pure blissful listening. When my friend sent this to me, I cleared out 46 minutes just to allow this to happen in my ears, and when I sent it to Hec , he said the same. So, you know it's a very serious and important journey that will require headphones. A couple of notes: Nicolas Jaar gets more and more adorable every time he dances. Also, maybe this is a really silly thing to ask, but where do these Boiler Room shows [...]
We don't speak for the minions to jump. No, we leave that shit for the other guys, otherwise what little purpose in life would those guys serve? Rather, we speak to convey and deliver our messages to the masses, and if we happen to have you as a brand representative, and/or advocate for us, then even better. If you come here for just the sounds, then awesome. And, if you come here for a quick escape and some blissful listening, then all the much better. "Operate" by ASTR is a fresh slice of [...]
I used to believe that I understood Lana Del Rey , but I was sadly mistaken. That is until her contribution to the steller Great Gatsby soundtrack, "Young and Beautiful," premiered a little over a week ago. The full OST and movie for the matter haven't even been released yet and I'm already obsessed. I blame much of who I am today on Baz Luhrmann . Romeo + Juliet blew me away and Moulin Rouge! was the first movie to ever make me cry (I'm not ashamed to say I've got a [...]
This is only a drill. Cue the war drums and get ready for the revolution because it begins today. Forget everything you have been taught because it's probably all wrong; everything. Forget the things you learned at school, because most likely, they were all one-sided pov's implemented by idealistic men who thought they could not learn anymore, because, of course, they knew it ALL . But what about the system of government that you live in now?, you ask. Well, forget that as well, because wherever you may be on this beautiful planet of ours, [...]
This is scratching an itch that hasn’t been taken care of since SBTRKT’s debut dropped a few years back. The brothers that make up Disclosure , Guy and Howard Lawrence , are 21 and 18 respectively. Seeing as they’ve putting material out since late 2010, it’s enough to make 23 year old feel like I’ve been over the hill for a while now. Oh well. I can’t be mad about it, especially when the Brothers Lawrence are bequeathing the listening public with a song this good. You & [...]
New York City has been on a roller coaster of spring weather over the past two weeks or so, and today it finally feels like spring. I know the season's changing when I can cuff my skinny jeans and throw on a white t and not worry about anything else. The streets are buzzing with weekenders doing weekend things, some are clearly hungover, some are too full from brunch, and others are just trying to get from A to B without pushing people out of their way and yelling at strangers. I'm usually the latter when it comes to commuting, [...]
It's supposed to be seventy degrees outside today, and I have shivers because of this song. Bat For Lashes strong feminine vocal presence is responsible for most of my emotion right now. But that guitar that lasts through the entire song, what should be just a highlight introduction, gives the song an edge. This is what makes the vocals stand out. Each are doing different things, and they blend together beautifully. There was someone that I knew before, A heart from the past, that I cannot forget [...]
Here's the thing. Both Marvin Gaye and Justin Timberlake are two of my favorite musicians in the whole world. I stand by that statement for. Ever. JT's debut album was one of the first CDs I owned. It wasn't the first one, okay? Shakira holds that spot, but only because I found that CD first. I'm an honest and loyal supporter of Mr. Sexyback. As for Marvin Gaye, do I really have to say a lot? He's the king of soul and the king of my heart. You can imagine my happiness when I came across this. [...]
Just who exactly is Jai Paul and what planet did he come from? Seriously, who is he? He's one of the most enigmatic artists out there today aside from Bon Iver when Bon Iver was still Bon Iver (you feel me?). His sounds are out of this world. They spin, twirl, mix, and mash up whatever genre you think he's falling into. One moment he's R&B, then he's funk, then he's pop, then he's indie — there is no box that can contain the full breadth of Jai Paul , and [...]
Can you imagine what the world is going to look like in five years? In ten? The march of progress, in technology and culture, is inexorable. The really great thing about it? Our vision of tomorrow is constantly shifting. So which future are you looking forward to? There’s those that think our urban centers are going to take an agrarian turn. I’m not talking farms in your backyard as much as massive towers, smartly laid out with open indoor green spaces and fauna covering the exterior, that are more organic than they are pre-fab. Hell, some close friends [...]
There's a shift happening in my life and for once I'm completely cognizant of it all. I can feel the change in my gut, sense it in how I'm forming my thoughts, and my mornings are becoming easier, lighter even. It's not love, but it's something close to it I think. It's a sense of purpose — a drive to actually go out and be the person I know I'm meant to grow into. Like Ellie says in this song, "I'm getting somewhere." Yeah, this track is about how free she is without her love weighing her down, but I'm [...]
It's my favorite day of the week! Here's an excellent song to match a productive and beautiful day. So much of what I talk about on here has to do with presence. I have recently had my ability to remain present put to the extreme test, with the amount of work I'm trying to juggle for school and such. With the final stretch of school, I've never felt like such a perfectionist in my life. It's kind of incredible, that my brain waited this long to help me realize this. I guess I just feel like I have [...]
A song that can make you move has most likely done its job to the fullest! Music is the manipulation of sound waves that in turn can manipulate us to do basically anything, it, or the mad sonic scientist behind it, wishes us to. When we here strong percussions like the ones found here on Bear Mountain 's " Congo" , depending on where we are from, we can easily relate them to past sounds we have heard. For some of us, these sounds might remind us of our childhoods, our cultures, a movie we once loved, [...]
I'm sitting in my kitchen and my roommate is making crepes. She's playing blues music off her computer and I've got headphones in listening to this. Am I the epitome of a technology addicted music blogger? I don't know. I hope not. I'm really into the song though. The scene that's happening in my kitchen is mildly hilarious because of how relaxed the outside world is and how my ears are living in a raging night club from the '90s. Am I wrong to say that perhaps this song does take something from the '90s? I think it's mainly the [...]
My friend Alex sent me an email titled "We Lost A Legend" regarding Richie Havens. It deserves to be shared... ...Richie Havens passed on today. I got to see Richie play about 18 years ago with about 100 other lucky folks at McCabe's Guitar shop in Santa Monica. He was a real cool dude. He was a big guy with these tremendous hands that could wrap fully around the neck of the guitar. He played these crazy open tunings so he would just throw his thumb around the top of the neck and clamp [...]
The DeLucas pressed Tony's remains Into 12 vinyl records One for each member of the family But little did they know He would return..." Bang bang. Somebody shot Tony Starks down. But he wouldn’t give up the Ghost. FACT: There is no artist in any genre who has constructed a more compelling mythology for themselves than Ghostface Killah . It’s beyond wordsmithery or a compelling flow or great concepts or that voice that would command attention while reading the receipt from your last visit to the grocery store. It’s [...]
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