Shitgaze. No-fi. Regardless of whatever the flag-bearers of labeling struggle to label it, there's a new trend that's exploded in the blogosphere and onto the radars of the music press, from Pitchfork Media to Rolling Stone. As a fan of bedroom-made music and lo-fi records, I've been ecstatic to see a genre so greatly informed by indie-greats, such as My Bloody Valentine , Pavement , Neutral Milk Hotel , and Sebadoh , attain such a foothold in the music of 2009. If you've seen or heard of the aforementioned labels posted above [...]
Long time, no see blog. I figure a recent, radical show is as good a reason as any to write-up a quick new entry. Last night, I drove down from Kalamazoo to Pontiac to see recent blog-darlings The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play to a crowd of under fifty. The show was great. Armed with reverb, capos, open chords, and melancholy, the band excellently executed their shoegaze-infused, My Bloody Valentine -inspired brand of pop music. See the results for yourself... [...]
Well let's see, last time I blogged about Bat for Lashes it was April of last year when I linked her radical music video for "What's a Boy to Do?" With her new album Two Suns , coming out in April (and is currently circulating around the web), why not blog about her again? Here are two tracks off her forthcoming second LP as well as some interesting artwork for the album's first single, "Daniel"... Yes, that is the Karate Kid [...]
It's Friday and you kids are probably going to need some music to dance to, huh? Well thankfully for you, I've got my hands on some new MSTRKRFT off their upcoming LP which isn't officially out til Tuesday. The album is certainly worth the wait. Hell, it's fcuking fantastic. Reading the various interviews about their sophomore effort, one got the sense the Toronto duo was influenced by what Justice did for both the critics and basement parties. Much like [...]
Some excellent footage of Nine Inch Nails performing less than a month ago in Australia. Seeing stuff like this makes me 1.) Want to finally purchase my own MIDI controller 2.) Regret that I didn't see them during their last tour and 3.) Really appreciate how good Trent can make the band sound live, even with older material. For those with fingers far removed from the NIN pulse, "Burn" is off the Natural Born Killers soundtrack circa 1994. As an added bonus [...]
Sorry folks, I've been busy as of late. Blame Kalamazoo College, not me. Current academia = major headache. However, as I sit in the library, I'm going to put up some new content (and write-up more entries that will come out in the next two days). I've currently got this wonderful problem of having too much music that I want to share and I'll do my best to write about it instead of hording it all to myself. [UPDATE: JUST RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALL MUSIC FILES; I've decided to abandon MediaFire and its wily [...]
10:45 Cram, cram, cram for Philosophy. # 11:07 @ dianactafool / My favourite cobbler is on Twitter? I can't wait to receive updates on all the latest shoes you're crafting... # 11:37 Quiz -- Wish me luck. # 12:11 MBPOPPiNS / Not too shabby! # 12:17 So all that's left for today is an Asian Civ quiz and heavily, heavily revising my SIP. Can you feel [...]
So MediaFire is acting up again and the part two of my "Best of 2008" list might have to wait until tomorrow. Sorry. TJ
* 14:26 Starting my day late, but with Food Dance, so that more than makes up for it. # * 14:55 @MBPOPPiNS / Have double the fun for me. I'll be SIPing like a good writer boy. # * 15:33 Though I've already spent the majority of my day in bed, I'm back at my apartment and missing it. # * 16:20 No guys, I'm not interested in your kegs or your eggs. Today I must be productive. # * 16:48 Wondering why all [...]
* 11:50 Had to kill my tauntaun just to make it to class. Good morning Kalamazoo. # * 15:06 Looking forward to the next rousing hour of Chinese history. # * 15:12 @mollycrabapple / For whatever reason, that interview isn't hard for me to imagine. # * 15:39 Current listening (in my head) - 4th of July in Asbury Park (Sandy) # * 15:56 Hello weekend. # * 18:35 Lack of tweets due to the three S's, cram laundry, and [...]
* 13:09 Class, class, classy class. Happy to see this week's Index in print; Everything looks great. # * 17:45 Intention: Major work done on my SIP. Reality: An hour long nap. # * 19:46 Still not SIPing like I should, but I swear I'm being productive: 13 album download-blog entry currently being planned. # * 19:56 On a separate note, I cannot wait for tomorrow. # * 21:23 Horde with Christéban, ¡Aye Carumba! # * 22:34 If feeling cold, [...]
So it took a few extra days longer than planned, but I promise tomorrow will bring the first half of my Top-25-Albums-of-2008 List , complete with too any MP3s to count here. Get pumped because the wait is worth it . For now though, I'm posting a quick YouTube Friday . Here's an awesome outdoor performance of Do Make Say Think 's "A Tender History in Rust." It's outdoors, it's sunny, it's warm, it's happy, and it makes me forget that it's -1° with way too much [...]
* 11:58 With weather like this, Hoth references are abound. # * 12:00 @shutupimtalking / Really? The Maze... Of Death. # * 13:55 In desperate need of a nap. # * 17:14 @warrenellis / I'm disappointed by the lack of vulgarity in that last tweet. More pricks, shits, and motherfuckers please. # * 17:29 Mary B. Corcoran: Amazingggggggg # * 19:03 At shitty Burdick's with an awesome someone. # * 19:51 @shutupimtalking / I hate it [...]
Hello posse, Sorry no music is up yet. MediaFire went through a series of updates/maintenance and I'm too lazy to reload the albums I already have in there. Bottom line: new post once MediaFire starts functioning again. Pinky swear. TJ
* 14:50 Headed to Panera with Rosenblatt... AGM AGM AGM # * 16:47 We need a Binya Binya Pollywog poster or cutout for the apartment. This has become a necessity. # * 16:52 Speaking of Binya Binya, this is gold: tinyurl.com/5uslc2 # * 18:05 Article 84: A man shall stop whatever he is doing and watch Die Hard if it's on TV. # * 18:06 Corollary: Same goes for The Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun, The Big Lebowski, and the first half of Full Metal [...]
* 16:35 It's only week 2 of classes and I'm behind. In everything. # * 18:02 Hungry Howie's garlic crust. Mmmm # * 18:10 Mary B. Corcoran: Sneaky # * 19:29 @shutupimtalking / Hold on to your butts. # * 19:43 @shutupimtalking / But, if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists. # * 20:03 @shutupimtalking / Must go faster. # * 20:29 @shutupimtalking / Does someone go into the [...]
So my senior thesis is officially due in fourteen days. Once all that jazz is done with, I'll resume blogging full time. However, as I promised, I will post my top 25 albums of the year '08 between now and then with part 1 going up on Wednesday at the latest (Tuesdays are usually dedicated to editing/laying out the paper which absorbs more time that I'd like to mention here). Anyway, I wanted to take a moment to link every one to where they can find me on the innernet and post an mp3. Dig? [...]
Good tidings to anyone still reading! First off, happy holidays. Second, I realize that once I got back from California, regular blogging went to the wayside. But fear not, in the new year, this blog will be better than ever. We're talking daily posting good. We're talking actual new features good. We're talking me hosting so many albums and MP3s that your iTunes library isn't going to know what to do with itself. Oh yes, it's going to be a good year. Anyway, I'll get back into the swing of things in the next [...]
A fan of John Carpenter's The Thing and/or his radical synth-oriented self-produced soundtrack work? What about the 3 3/4-inch scale G.I. Joe toys you had as a kid? If neither of those sound interesting, than the following video and MP3 probably aren't for you. However, both sound equally awesome to me, which is why I'm implored to share (via Liz and Adam ). Zombie Zombie are a French electronic duo made up [...]
This week has been my last working week at the Los Angeles Times , and for that, I am sad. However, completely outside of my end-of-internship-woes, I've been on a Fugazi kick lately. So, feeling a little obliged to share some songs from one of my favourite bands, I've posted some videos and MP3s of America's #1 post-hardcore band out of Washington D.C. What I wouldn't give to be at one of the two shows seen below... First up is an oldie, a live [...]
Citizen Insane
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