For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] [ #35-31 ] [ #30-26 ] 25. Kid A - Radiohead (2000) While I completely understand my own enthusiasm for this album, I can't say that I really get why everyone else loves it so much. I've noticed that it's already topped some other 'best of the decade' [...]
Photo by Joe Mangat . Well, after a trip up to Portland, Oregon and a bout with a still-lingering illness, I'm finally back up in this. Perfect timing too, because there's a lot goin' on right now. Most notably, you can now stream a song from the most exciting effort still waiting to see an official release this year - Animal Collective 's Fall Be Kind . "Graze" opens this stunning EP with a languid interplay of sounds and soaring vocal trade-off between Avey Tare and Panda Bear before transforming into [...]
İskoçyalı dört gençten oluşan And So I Watch You From Afar bu senenin akılda kalan çıkışlarından birini yapacağa benziyor. Gitar'da Rory Friers ve Tony Wright, bas gitarda Johnny Adger ve bateride Chris Wee güzel bir bileşim yakalamışa benziyorlar. Post Rock türünü güçlü bir şekilde temsile hazırlanan grup bir nebze de Battles'ın açtığı yolda ilerliyor diyebiliriz. Vokal olmayan albümde 11 [...]
Originally inspired by the Bowlie Weekender with Belle and Sebastian in 1999, All Tomorrow's Parties has turned into something of a global phenomenon - albeit in a cult-ish sort of way, an experience like no other, and now an experience that has made it on to the silver screen with ATP: The Film. Those interested in ATP tend to be so in a very dedicated fashion and as such, much of the material in this film has been compiled using footage taken by over 200 musicians, fans and filmmakers; leaving the lucky editor with about 600 hours to sift through [...]
High school yearbook pages are deservedly notorious for their questionable content. Mine committed none of the following common mistakes: 1) I did not profess my love to a girl that I would stop speaking to within months. 2) I did not make any inside jokes. 3) I did not post some picture of kids at a party under the supposed coolness of having a "party picture" in the yearbook with the school's
Multiverse Playground event was presented by Paper Garden Records @ 3rd Ward in Brooklyn , a member-based design center. Sponsors included: 3 rd Ward, Uncensored Interview, Art Battles, Lomography, 1776, The BLDG, Project Fathom. Paper Garden Records current roster Peasant , Emanuel and the Fear and [...]
Unless you've been living under a boulder, WARP Records has been celebrating 20 years of existence and influence on music with events in Paris, the U.K. and over here in the U.S. Thankfully, Babelgum is featuring several performances from WARP artists and this great 30-minute documentary featuring performances and interviews with Battles, Jamie Lidell, Flying Lotus, !!!, Clark, Hudson Mohawke, The Hundred In The Hands, Born Ruffians and Pivot. Dig in. NYC - The Film of Warp20 [...]
Nice Nice of Portland, Oregon are to release a Ronseal of a single on 23rd of this month, entitled One Hit . It's a highly charged battering ram of a song in the Boredoms/Battles mould and will be available on 7" vinyl for the purists and free download for those with a record shop phobia, which is nice. Apparently, they're an exciting force live so make sure you catch them on one of the following dates: Thu 26th Nov/ London / 93 feet east w/ Wavves Fri [...]
As part of Warp Records' 20th anniversary London event, Warp Films present a night of visuals, film and music at a secret Bethnal Green Warehouse Location on Friday 4th December, 7pm-4am. The event is the final in a global series of events (New York, Paris, Sheffield, Tokyo, Berlin) celebrating 20 years of Warp. The night will play host to a mash-up of Warp Films' eclectic projects, comprising of classic features, shorts and music videos. Event details can be found here: Facebook | Warp Website | Tickets [...]
There is a hidden R2-D2 in JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Check out the image below of an R2-D2 floating in space during one of the battles. George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic did the visual effects on Star Trek, which was released on DVD/Blu-ray this week, and they like to insert the iconic Star Wars droid into their work. (They did it in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well — see here .) Click on image to make [...]
MERCOLEDI' 25 NOVEMBRETORTOISE@ CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI Via Casilina Vecchia 42 - Roma infoline: 06 70305684; info@circoloartisti.itporte/bo tteghino 20:00concerti 21:00ingresso 18 euro + 2,70 euro d.p.Band fondamentale dell'indie-rock anni '90, fonte d'ispirazione per band come Battles e Holy Fuck, ritornano con un nuovo disco capolavoro tra math-rock, progressive, psichedelia sintetica e post-rock. questo e' il "dopo-rock" rappresentato dall'album "Beacon of ancestorship" dei Tortoise.Il mondo dell'indie [...]
Peter Lanceley is a guest contributor who manages his own blog, This Music Wins , which you can visit to discover much more new music. click image to view artist in itunes Sounds like: Aphex Twin, Battles, Squarepusher, Four Tet What's so good? Not only is Three Trapped Tigers a successful book by Cuban writer Guillermo [...]
BEST ALBUMS OF THE NOUGHTIES The daunting task of putting together something that you know lots of readers won't agree with is never easy, but then we thought you could always go make your own lists. At least we had the balls... So the 50s had rock n roll, the 60s had it's pop and folk, the 70s it's punk, disco and glam, the 80s it's pop, hip hop and hair rock, the 90s it's grunge, brit pop and dance music. It begs the question - what standout genre defines the [...]
This week my show featured yet another fill in host. Next week I will return to my hosting duties. Tune in next week (or visit this blog) because I will also play new music from The True Lovers, Sloan and more. In the meantime, here is an interesting video featuring the UK band The Horrors. Courtesy of amoeba.com, the band discusses some of thier favourite records. More information on The Horrors can be found in my Primary Colors post. [...]
The end of the decade is nearly upon us which inevitably means everyone is about to start rolling out their "best of" lists. This proved to be a rather arduous task, but at the same time I had a lot of fun during the process as it forced me to go back and listen to a lot of albums that I hadn't heard in quite some time. It seems like we tend to get so caught up on trying to hear as much new music as possible that we forget to go back and appreciate many of the [...]
U:Mack producations have put on some of the most awesome shows of the last number of years. They are celebrating their 15th anniversary on Thursday 10th of December and the party is something special. Battles will be previewing new material and there's a DJ set from Chk Chk Chk. Now it really is the season to be jolly! Battles The Ex 65 Days Of Static !!! Adebisi Shank Skinny Wolves DJ's [...]
Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport is quite the departure from last year's Street Horrrsing. The growls and throat-torturing vocals did not survive the evolution, but that's what made Horrsing an album of schizophrenia; you wanted to enjoy both the wind chimes and the scream. Often the battles of pretty and the profane overwhelm the ears, but wasn't that the point?Being an instrumental album, Tarot
...at least according to NPR listeners . Check it out after the jump, then read and listen to the whole All Songs Considered piece HERE . I've really enjoyed reading all these "decade-end" lists so far, and in my opinion this list seems to come closest to accurately reflecting the decade in music. If you're interested, you can also find a running list of such lists at largehearted boy . Check 'em out and see what made the decade in music for everyone. Here's NPRs list of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings": [...]
La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
The Baltimore based duo Beach House are releasing their highly anticipated Sub Pop Records debut on January 26th called Teen Dream . Likely to [...]More about Beach House
Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles' hook-up in an electro dance track called "Telephone" has hit the web. "Telephone" is not the only collaborative project between [...]More about Lady GaGa
Lou Barlow Lou Barlow – Bulletproof [La Roux Cover] Vampire Weekend – Everywhere [Fleetwood Mac Cover] Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String [...]More about Vampire Weekend
It’s another Monday. Specifically, it’s a Mike Monday remix of “Zum Zum” by the Spanish duo Thugfucker. Featured on the Zum Zum EP with [...]More about Animal Collective
Un voyage hédoniste se profile, vous venez ?Vous venez tous... mayer hawthorne -green eyed love- beck (record club) -femme fatale (of velvet underground & nico)- [...]More about Beck
I’ve wanted to share these songs for a while now but I didn’t have too much to say about them all. I think they’re all awesome remixes and covers of [...]More about The xx
MGMT проговорились, что собираются выпустить новый альбом в начале 2010 года, и называться [...]More about Beyonce
Like come on...it has been so musically dead over the past couple days. Some good...I guess ok songs have dropped but nothing that blew me [...]More about Kanye West
This one is coming a little early but it is good enough time after dinner to enjoy this little snack. I am kind of just [...]More about Lil' Wayne
DOWNLOAD // SLEEPYHEAD Welsh sensational Ellie Goulding has covered Passion Pit’s 2008 hit Sleepyhead and i love it! Her vocals [...]More about Passion Pit
The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
nekocasefallon
Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
Tila Tequila NSFW UStream Freak Out (Video)
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
