The unusually glassy, tinkling sound of the great Philip Jeck rehearsing for a new piece, An Ark for the Listener , inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem The Wreck Of The Deutschland . "An aspiration in answer to an inspiration, out of music shaped by all the sea has claimed, as is the inevitable shipwreck of our existence. [...]
Today dawned steely grey and covered in snow. While it was nice to get a slow start, I feel a touch of the seasonal blues, unexpectedly. It's the right kind of day for the sad, slow beauty of AA Bondy . I fell in love with Bondy's music last year and almost named his When The Devil's Loose (2009, Fat Possum) one of my top albums of the year. Bondy wrote of it, evocatively, "To me [the album] sounds [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive The last song on the Magnetic Fields ' new record, 'Realism,' is about a shipwreck. Surprisingly, the subject pops up often in frontman Stephin Merritt 's songwriting. "I did almost drown as a child, and I've had drowning nightmares, so I guess every few months or so, drowning comes forcefully to mind," Merritt tells Spinner. "I have songs about desert islands a lot. I think it's because it might be so cheap to make movies with very small [...]
Continuing on from yesterday's #20 to #15 countdown of the poll I conducted to find twenty favourite British albums of the noughties, here's the next few choices. #14 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 24 points, 10 votes "They really started the movement to bring clever, engaging, danceable indie back into fashion and this album was one that I never got bored of listening to it over and over again on my gap year." [...]
Tracklist: 1.Rusko - 2NAQ (Dub Fiend's Chilled Rmx) 2.Joint Forces - As I Rise feat. Dubwise (Orig Mix) 3.Sukh Knight - Jewel Thief 4.Rusko - You're On my Mind Baby 5.6Blocc - The Weed 6.Joker - Output 1-2 7.Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (Sleek Rmx) 8.Unknown - Evolution 9.Soul Sinners - Ice 10.Joker - City Hopper 11.The Nextmen - Lion's Den ft. Ms Dynamite (Truth Rmx / Suma Edit) 12.Zed Bias - Neighborhood 09 (Chimpo Rmx) 13.Redlight - Feel So Good ft. Zaniah & Dread & Redskin 14.Boltan - [...]
Words and Pictures by Thomas Hauner "I have a shipwreck fetish you could say," blurted out the mostly quiet singer of the Wingdale Community Singers. Nina Katchadourian was attempting to explain the inspiration for one her songs, "Castaway". The song itself was solemn and technical and soaked in old time sorrow. In fact most of Singers' repertoire on Monday night at the Mercury Lounge was entirely old fashioned yet entirely contemporary-it was creaky and aged while chronicling contemporary Brooklyn life. Despite...
Burlington, Ontario's Silverstein will perform their entire four album catalog over four nights at the Toronto's famed El Mocambo club this March. 2003's When Broken is Easily Fixed , 2005's Discovering The Waterfront , 2007's Arrivals & Departures , and 2009's A Shipwreck In The Sand will be spotlighted on March 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st respectively. Each night will feature the record from start to finish followed by an encore that features fan favourites, rare songs, and requests from their [...]
"on top of every mountainthere was a great longingfor another even higher mountain"A posição #16 do Top Tracks 30-2009 fica ocupada com um tema do mais recente e pouco apelativo álbum de Chris Corner (alter-ego IAMX), 'Kingdom of Welcome Addition', "The Great Shipwreck of Life" que não tem clip oficial. Fica aqui o link para ouvirem a versão áudio do tema.A metade desta tabela é inaugurada com o
Y'all all know how much I love Beast ...right? I saw them way way way back when I used to live in Edmonton at the tiniest venue that is the Pawn Shop. In the review that I gave directly after the show, I said that it was one of the best shows I've seen ever. And you know what, after tonight, I guess I'll have to take that back because shiiiiiiiiiiet tonight had NOTHING on the Pawn Shop show. After the jump for videos, music, and petit recap! [...]
See here for Part 1 of this series. This second part includes mixes with themes of: senses, 80s film soundtracks, Australia/New Zealand, cover versions, robots, acoustic, London, New Wave, 2009, summer, dance/electro, Canada, France, and wit. Next weekend, the last of weekly mixes will make their appearance, and hopefully, at the end of the week, you'll find out what my top eight albums of the year are. Weekly Mix #62 - Why Can't You Touch, Taste and Smell Evil? ( Download ) It's Your Touch – The Black Ghosts Taste [...]
"A song will lift as the mainsail shifts...". As the final part of a triptych about the sea, here´s a sixpack about ships. Again, picking only half a dozen songs wasn´t easy, but here goes. Chris Bailey and his Saints were once known as a first generation punk band, but these Aussies were a great white soul combo all along of course. The blistering Ghost Ships is further proof of that theory. Meanwhile, John Cale gives new life to the old allegory of the Ship Of [...]
[ cred ] "It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That's what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts." - Michael Chabon Adrian Orange - Don't Get Used to It [...]
Okay we know these are a day late but then again if we had the Monday mixtapes up to listen to then maybe it wouldn't have seemed like such a struggle to get them up in time, it's a vicious cycle. Then again we've heard all the fashionistas saying that in fact Tuesday is the new Monday, M Kat is the new black and Tropical Tech is the new religion, so who are we to argue. First up Mumdance just sent through this mix he did for [...]
today massive weekly summary from go.and.find.your.bassface, lot of mixes, podcasts etc. njoy www.bassfaced.com/2009/11/asso rted-mixes.html Tittsworth - Diversify Yo Bonds intro – diversify yo bonds streets of baltimore (instrumental) – say wut why don't you – gramophonedzie london to paris – mowgli make it funky – alvaro here come da – a1 bassline night of the hornheadz – act yo ages (bird peterson remix) little secrets – passion pit (jack beats remix) its [...]
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It's been approximately three and a quarter years since I first wrote about BOAT , what was once a Seattle by the way of Chicago band. They've now fully integrated themselves into the northwest, and have given us three stellar albums (the most current of which was released last month; a fact I just recently, to my surprise, discovered). I'm waiting for that call; the one from the record store notifying me my order is in; the order of BOAT's latest LP, Setting The Paces . So, while I await what is sure [...]
by alex terrier Guitarist Greg Diamond was born in NYC in 1977 and started studying the piano with his father. After learning the violin Diamond picked up the guitar at the age of thirteen while living in Bogota Columbia. That pretty much shows the breadth of Greg's musical and cultural world! Of course he speaks English and Spanish, but for some reason he also speaks perfect French. [...]
As we abstained from last Monday's Mixtape session due to political reasons we have made up for it by giving you a bumper addition this week which includes: our very own Quantum cadet, Monkey with a Dubstep selection he mixed up for 3zee1 's show on Sub FM last week; a Take Flight Club mix from Doc Daneeka , who we first came across through his nights at the Monkey Bar in Swansea although we didn't make the link [...]
This week's update of what local music shows in the Boston area are playing: Commercial Radio Bay State Rock on WAAF 97.7/107.3 fm Hosted by Carmelita. Sundays 10 pm - 12 am. The Vivs - Better Now Bone Dry System - Take Her Home Big D and the Kids Table - Checklist Milquetoast & Co. - Appeal Planeoid - Electro-Chemical Overload The Zulus - Never Again Sidewalk Driver - Wake Up, John Old Jack - Fade Away Prospect Hill - Superhero Never Been Caught - Anyway Dashboard Jesus - Feeding [...]
BOAT who are poised to release their third album Setting the Paces this week are like one of those new and improved products: Now better sounding and with more pop hooks! Not that the old version was inferior by any stretch of the imagination, and not to worry long-time fans, Boat is still Boat. The animal imagery, falsetto choruses, and sincere yet over the top delivery is all still there, only now it sounds so much better. Setting the Paces is like a rush of sugar to the head. The band is now officially a four piece [...]
Title Fight tour dates w/ New Found Glory Kingston, PA's Title Fight has hit the road for a three week trek across the US with New Found Glory and Fallen From The Sky . The band is touring support of its latest release, The Last Thing You Forget , released earlier this summer on Run For Cover. The new record - which is available in both 7-inch and CD format - features three brand [...]
Alan Wilkis Yessssss Mr Wilkis is back in action; working his magic to reimagine the Yeasayer's Ambling Alp. He gives [...]More about Yeasayer
Grizzly Bear are one of the true treasures in today’s music world. After releasing albums such as Yellow House, Veckatimest, and Horn Of Plenty, it is [...]More about Hot Chip
On February 8, the highly anticipated new full length from Massive Attack will travel its way through our ears. It's leaked in full [...]More about Massive Attack
Vampire Weekend: Contra On Contra, their newly minted No. 1 record in the U.S., Vampire Weekend had a tough [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Click image to download full album Song: Download audio file (02-Phoenix-Run-Run-Run.mp3) What Others Say: Tasty bait for those who [...]More about Phoenix
This review was originally posted by guest contributor Scott Votel on his own blog, No Genre , which you can visit to [...]More about Beach House
Hey, look at that – we’re still alive! Complete truth: I meant to post this a good week earlier, but was having server troubles. 2009 was a rough year, personally, [...]More about St. Vincent
Marcus Roth/Paolo Proserpio I should start setting aside Tuesday posts for concert announcements – every Monday brings an absolute deluge of them, yesterday through to this morning [...]More about Spoon
aesop rock - daylight tor - the cn tower can work it out (final fantasy feat. q-tip) (Q-tip never lets down. Tor's [...]More about Kid Cudi
While we’re still busy moving the site over to self-hosted, I wanted to quickly share a few recently released tunes that I’ve currently got on on high [...]More about Gorillaz
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The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Phonat - "Love Hits The Fan" music video
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields - Official Trailer
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja (Official)
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