Peter Hook

There's going to be a streaming Peter Hook interview tomorrow. I find him to be a bit of a douche, but New Order was/is one of my favorite bands... so I'll give a listen.

This is pretty bananas

Shout to Pete the Professor for the tip.

dc

The Good Times

Color Me Obsessed

Here's a fun documentary of fan recollections of the Replacements- an entire documentary about a band without any footage or music of that band. I caught it at the film forum here a year or two ago, and now VICE is hosting it.

Another Best of 2012

Various Artists: MOJO Magazine’s Power, Corruption & Lies Covered (+ Blue Monday 12″ Revisited, + Bonus Tracks)
Red Fang: Murder the Mountains
Bottomless Pit: Lottery 2005-2012
Tycho: Dive
Kindness: World, You Need a Change of Mind - This is Jesus Jones meets neo-R&B, and somehow that's good.
Matthew Dear: Beams 
Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action at a Distance - 2012 is the year when Deerhunter became the side project of two side projects.
Shabazz Palaces: Live at KEXP - I had no idea until recently this was Doodlebug Butterfly from Digable Planets. http://youtu.be/djFrCb03-OI
Errors: Have Some Faith in Magic
The British Expeditionary Force: Chapter Two: Constellation Neu
Jason Lytle: Dept. of Disappearance
Autopark: Autopakao
Metronomy: The English Riviera - A 2011 record, but I only listened to it last year.

BEST OF 2012 post

I'm sick at home with loads of time so here it is....my faves of 2012:

 Geti Beats by Odd Nosdam

Old-skool breakbeats meets bit-crushed freak out bliss.

 Luxury Problems by Andy Stott

Micro-house? Ambient techno? Whatever you call it, it's sparse, rhythmic and amazing.

 Lost In The Glare by Barn Owl

It's a 2011 album, but fuck it.  It's been on heavy rotation all 2012 for me.  Amazing desert drone rock.

 Home Again by Michael Kiwanuka

Groovy soulful sounds meets top quality songwriting.

 Psychic Love Damage by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Better than their LP....this EP is short, sweet, weird, and catchy as hell.

 Internal Memo by Boduf Songs

Dark brooding singer/songwriter with an affinity for weird sounds and weirder Victorian England imagery.  Perfect for late-night existential crises.

 Hallelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The triumphant return.

 Until The Quiet Comes by Flying Lotus

DC already talked this one up.  Total beat-making mastery.

 Hello Skinny by Hello Skinny

Weird Residents covers meets electronic music meets jazz improv meets heavy drumming.

The Killer by Shed

Berlin-based electronic music producer...like Andy Stott or Vladislav Delay, best described as micro-house or ambient techno.  

Truant/Rough Sleeper EP by Burial

You know the deal with Burial...this is one of his best so far.

But the #1 of 2012 for has gotta be:

LONERISM by TAME IMPALA

Perfectly done psych-rock replete with fuzzed out guitars, weird sounds, vintage synths and keyboards, Beatles-esque singing and lanky white dudes with long hair. Check out the colorful trippy video!

Too Future

Not sure if y'all saw this....

Shadow got kicked off stage in Miami for playing this set:

http://pitchfork.com/news/48970-watch-dj-shadows-set-in-miami-cut-off-by-promoters-for-being-too-future/

They said it was "Too Future".

Yo, in the club's defense, it's some pretty crazy shit, but I dig it.  Here's the story:

http://pitchfork.com/news/49027-listen-dj-shadow-shares-the-too-future-mix-that-got-him-kicked-offstage-in-florida/

Shadow was like "I'll never compromise my art!!!"  But I feel like a true DJ plays to the room, kind of like a graphic artist does what's best for the client vs. what an "artist" does for himself.  Dig?

dc

Angel Olsen--Halfway Home

Been listening to this album a lot the past couple of days, very mellow, dark, kind of country. If you like Jana Hunter or Sun Kil Moon you'll probably be feeling this.

Flyin' the Flannel

As some of youse with whom I'm facebook friends know, I've relocated from DC's village of Maplewood to the village of Minneapolis. This is a return home for me (grew up here, but haven't lived here since the summer of 1985!!).

Been here about a month, starting to hunt around the music scene a bit. It seems to be quite happening, especially in the hip-hop vein (Brother Ali, Atmosphere, and on and surprisingly on). One band I've happened on that I kind of like is Story of the Sea (Story Of The Sea – Story of the Sea). Instrumentals, mogwai-ish... well played.

If anyone is hip to bands from here, please let me know.

Eric B And Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness The Coldcut Re...

A great way to spend 7+ minutes of your time.