Sunday, October 28, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Holy Other/Cat Power
Discovered Holy Other a few days ago, been on heavy rotation ever since. Same label as Balam Acab so if you're into that sound you'll probably be feeling this.
I also dig the new Cat Power album, "Sun". She's got interviews everywhere right now, and that can be annoying, but she is consistently pretty interesting and weird and fun to read about.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
best of/current # 1 jams
a couple musicians I know and admire got best of props in the village voice the other day. Kevin Shea got best drummer, Weasel Walter's ugExplode got best record label, and Dave Buddin got best composer. Buddin getting best composer is kind of extraordinary in that the guy really does not market himself and is really kind of an odd genius operating at the fringes. Dave's got a strong southern drawl, color-blindness and, uh, enjoys a drink. He's an eccentric in the Charles Ives tradition of American music, blending serious atonal compositions with a strong compulsion for satire and an undercurrent of Americana that is both nostalgia and sneer. There is a link to the music on the description of his page and it's worth checking out, so is the stuff with American Liberty League.
In other news, here are my two #1 jams going right now, mid-fall, 2012:
Ducktails, "surf's up": Ducktails is the side-project of one of the guys in Real Estate, this is the last song one the self-titled album, ten minutes or so of beautiful, ambient music.
Frank Ocean, "pyramids": That Ducktails song is 100% in my wheel-house and anyone who knows my taste in music would nod and not be surprised I've been listening to it several times a day for the last couple of weeks. Not sure about this one, and I realize I might be exposing myself to some ridicule, but this is a really bad-ass song. It's also about 10 minutes long and at the half-way mark its time to grab your lady and get your relax on, you guys, "working at the pyramids tonight".....
In other news, here are my two #1 jams going right now, mid-fall, 2012:
Ducktails, "surf's up": Ducktails is the side-project of one of the guys in Real Estate, this is the last song one the self-titled album, ten minutes or so of beautiful, ambient music.
Frank Ocean, "pyramids": That Ducktails song is 100% in my wheel-house and anyone who knows my taste in music would nod and not be surprised I've been listening to it several times a day for the last couple of weeks. Not sure about this one, and I realize I might be exposing myself to some ridicule, but this is a really bad-ass song. It's also about 10 minutes long and at the half-way mark its time to grab your lady and get your relax on, you guys, "working at the pyramids tonight".....
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Roots of Drone
Read about this on Boing Boing and there it is on Spotify. Pretty great (and it's really rainy here in dirty jersey today, so it works).
It's a very varied compilation of artists from "Pipe Major Macintosh" playing, duh, a Scottish reel to Howlin' Wolf, to the Royal Philharmonic all--you guessed it--droning.
It's a very varied compilation of artists from "Pipe Major Macintosh" playing, duh, a Scottish reel to Howlin' Wolf, to the Royal Philharmonic all--you guessed it--droning.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Helen Burns
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Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame did a solo joint that he put out to raise $$$ for the Silver Lake Conservatory of Music in LA.
It's actually not bad. It has some really nice moments of acoustic bass, trumpet and effects, but then erupts into techno synth workouts, but all in all it works and is enjoyable. It's mostly instrumental with the exception of a cameo by Patti Smith. He plays all the instruments, and is actually a really talented dude.
It's worth a check out for free on Spotify.
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