Multiply

Great jam, dub production care of Sun Araw's reggae side project Duppy Gun Productions. Plus video sent from deep within the gooby dimension. I couldn't find it on Spotify so i bought the 12" on vinyl (I feel like it is a noteworthy event now when one spends $$$ on music).

I found this on Altered Zones, my go to spot for off the radar lo-fi bug out shit, which, sadly, is R.I.P. as of today.

Frowny face.

DC

You may want to write someone...

http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

DJDM Mix

Here's a mix i made last year, lots of West Coast stuff, Stones Throw B-sides, etc...

Trying to get my SoundCloud game together:

DJDM Left Coast MIX by TheScoobieBrothers

dc

Aloe Blacc

Just want to take back what I said about Aloe Blacc, EJ hooked me up and it's cool, got a Marvin Gaye feel to it, like it a lot actually. Thanks, E.

PREHISTORIC

Thought these pictures were worth a quick post, venues with 2 spaces make for funny marquees. Saw these dudes in Indy a few nights ago (not really with Barney) and it was a great show. I know there are only a few metal dudes on here, for my money Mastodon is state of the art metal in 2011. They were excellent live, really solid and up in your bizness. The other bands were Dillinger Escape Plan, whom I made myself appreciate even though it was tough going, and Red Fang. I would highly recommend Red Fang to anyone into Mastodon or that type of stuff.

Wanting to do my part I wandered over to the merch table (mediafired their last couple of releases, though I shelled out for deluxe editions of everything earlier) and quickly wandered away when I saw the prices. In the same way Rootless wants $5 albums, I want $20 or under, not $30 and up, concert shirts. In retrospect it would have been cool to have a Mastodon beer cozy for only $5 but it didn't hit me at the time.

My friend at the show with me, who doesn't download stuff, pointed out that if everyone bought their albums maybe the shirts would be a little cheaper. Um, yeah, kind of got me with that one...

45:33

Never thought I'd say it... but... LCD Soundsystem. 45:33. Apparently great for late-night software releases. Who knew?

Steve Hauschildt: Tragedy and Geometry (Kranky)

Pretty, bright, repetitive, unobtrusive, chunky synthetic music.  The cover art is right up my alley, too.  Who says you can't judge a book by its cover?  Since I stopped reading music reviews, I pretty much only listen to new music based on band name, cover art, and album title.  Didn't steer me wrong on this one.  OK, seeing that it was on Kranky was definitely a factor.

Feel The Excitement (tm)

Notes from the lab.....

The Scoobie Bros are in the studio working on a new LP coming your way in time for your holiday parties...

dc

Just upgraded to Spotify Premium

I'm lost... does this make me a good person or a bad person?

dc

New Kurt Vile EP

Hahaha, KV is one of my favorites, gotta love this cover, apparently it's real, he's totally passed out at a party. I'll check out anything this guy does, hopefully it's more on the dark and introspective side of his work.

Best of 2011

Unless something comes along and melts my face away in the next 2 months, I think I pretty much have my best of 2011 list all set to go... do you?!?!!

I know you are all twitching in anticipation, but you'll have to wait. My work may have the Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving, but the end of list cannot go live before mid-December. WWALT rule.

D-Styles

This came out yesterday.

And here it is streaming from the NY Times.  Did anyone hear him do the KEXP sponsored show at the ACE Hotel in his pajamas?  KEXP was streaming it online.  I don't think he finished a single song. 

another music industry post

Sorry, but can't resist. I've been watching the show "How to make it in America" and the theme song is slamming. "I need a dollar" is by Aloe Blacc and when I heard he was on Stones Throw I wanted to check out more. The mediafire trick didn't work for his two albums, captaincrawl searches got me nowhere, so I sat at my computer thinking about actually purchasing dude's album. And I was there because Stones Throw does a good job policing the interwebs to make sure none of their shit is available for free. And good for them, I suppose. So I check out Blacc's most popular songs on youtube and they sound like car commercials, or really lame snippets from romantic comedies. I'm so glad I didn't drop $10 on dude's album. This post would really just be an angry rant in that case. But then I decided to check out Harmonizer, cause my man DC knows my tastes and if he shouts that shit out to me I'm on it. Can't find it on the mediafire tip, but guess what? It was available off that link DC posted for $3.60 for the album! My price-point! Got out my credit card and boom, I'm the proud, legitimate owner of Harmonizer's "World Complete" (which definitely owes a huge debt to Jon Hassell). I really feel that if albums are around $5 I'd spent a lot more of my disposable income buying albums.

Roedelius Schneider: Stunden

Long, excited, reverbed piano tones, buzzy clicky sonic fog beneath everything.  German and spare.  Algorithmic.  This is a collaboration between Hans Joachim Roedelius (a member of my favorite Krautrock band, Harmonia, a member of Cluster, Brian Eno collaborator) and Stefan Schneider (a member of my second favorite Krautrock band, this one active since the '90s, Kreidler).

Roedelius Schneider: Stunden (Samples) by Bureau B

Harmonizer

Here's a good 'un... Harmonizer.

Here's the blurb on their EP "World Compete":

"On WORLD COMPLETE Harmonizer boggles brains via the storied terrain that Jon Hassell once charted, adding sub bass, magic eye loops and some fusion gomf that is makes them decidedly more On The Corner than Aka-Darbari-Java. But who needs to be convinced about a band named after the most dramatic stompbox of the late 20th century."

You had me at "Jon Hassell". Pretty good shit. Rootless, you will be all over this.

I heard about them on Altered Zones, which has a cool remix by matthewdavid up. Here it is.

Doing the work so you don't have to since 2008...

The Chizzle

What I'm listening to right now (this second)

Damn it, I had every intention of this actually being an uber-meta post about what I was listening to right this very second, but then Phantogram's EP "Nightlife" finished. I clicked the little button on my headphone because I thought I paused the album and it randomly cued up a song from Woods so I decided to check out their album "Sun and Shade", because I don't know that one that well and I like their other stuff. So that's what I'm listening to right this second....

Anyway, Phantogram is pretty cool, duo, both of them sing, but the chick's voice is what's hot (actually she's pretty hot). I like the dark brooding stuff more than the uptempo tracks, but that's pretty much true of almost everything I listen to.

Yeah, with all the politics on the blog, and literary references, and show promotion, I thought I'd bring it back to the old school WWLTN days, what I'm listening to right now. Have I made that clear? So here are some other bands/albums in heavy rotation (I just got an office, moving up in the world, so now I can listen to music easier at work, which is pretty awesome):

St. Vincent, "Strange Mercy": I checked another album, Actor, and it was okay, but nothing that great. I guess she used to be in Sufjian Stevens' band. To me she's kind of on the PJ Harvey tip, but she probably gets that a lot. But this new album jumped out at me right away. The first track "Chloe in the afternoon" is kind of punkish and she pulls off the awkward timing of the chorus really well, makes it catchy. The title track was the first thing that really hit me though, the song pivots on a breakdown and when it comes back she sings "If I ever meet the policeman who roughed you up.... I don't know what," and there is something fierce and beautiful about the words and how she delivers them. You know the way you associate an album with a time and place? Well, I just got back from China and this album will always remind me of riding around in Chinese taxis with the drivers picking their noses with their long yellow fingernails as I gazed out the window and pondered what a filthy, seething place China is.

Zoo Kid: some dude posted something on facebook with a video for "Out getting ribs" and that shit has me hooked, really authentic, kind of low-fi, check it out.

Susuma Yokota and Rothko: I'm pretty sure they made an album together but I couldn't find it online and I hate spotify soooo much that I haven't checked it out. But have checked out each of these acts, though SY not so much yet, but cool ambient, Japanese music. Rothko is kind of post-rock, but really mellow, and with two bass players, good stuff.

Sunn O))), "Oracle": I listened to this album yesterday when I needed to concentrate on something and it was really working for me, not what I typically listen to--DOOM--but it's not fast, just brooding sludge with that Lucifer voice. I think I'm going to have nightmares from that shit or go kill a puppy or something.

Apparat, "the Devil's walk": I like this album, though it could get tagged by certain people who post on here with the controversial "gay" label. Definitely on the M83 tip, if you're feeling that check this out. I've got a few this guy's records and I like it when he goes fully instrumental, but this one is cool too.

Finally, shout out to EJ for posting about Shlomo and Plastikman, been listening to both of those a lot, especially Shlomo. And DC for hooking me up with Imaginary Softwoods, that was as good as advertised.

Future of Record Stores...

Interesting post from Matador Records that seemed apropos given the long Spotify discussion a few posts ago:

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/11/01/indie-record-stores-closing-and-opening/

"Record stores are becoming less commercial entities and more cultural ones".

Also, vinyl sales at highest in 6 years: http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a346371/adele-radiohead-cause-vinyl-sales-to-increase-by-40-percent.html

dc

An Oral History of Grunge

I just started reading this... it's actually pretty entertaining so far.

I'd let you borrow it when I'm done but it would be unfair to the author, taking food out of his family's mouth, etc...

I'm waiting for the part where it gets to the formation of the greatest grunge band of all time, ZAO.

dc

Australian punk on Fat Wreck Chords.

The Seven Fields of Aphelion

I have gotten like 20GB of "ambient" music from Rootless... basically the spectrum from like new age wind chimes type shit to minimal electronic bleep bloop type stuff.

Like any major data dump, a lot of it gets lost in the shuffle, but even more so for this particular genre where the music itself doesn't stand out especially. Is that wind chime melody that's stuck in my head Ituske Daiiichi? Or Dichu Miuske? (I made those up, but you get the gist).

But, again like any major MP3 kick down, certain things rise to the surface. That's what happened with The Seven Fields of Aphelion. While most of the other ambient joints got removed from my iPhone, and many got removed from my iTunes, this one stayed in the rotation. Not sure why, it has a different texture or palette... semi-weirdo synth textures but with beautiful piano on top.

Finally this week (after listening on repeat several times while trying to sleep off a hangover on my commute) (and then continuing to listen on Spotify once I got to work) I decided to google them and see what's up.

You can imagine my surprise when it turns out "they" are actually just one chick who happens to be a member of Black Moth Super Rainbow! I can't lie, I liked this album but that makes me like it exponentially more. EJ, this is the chick who was on stage with Tobacco that one time when we saw them in Williamsburg.

Here's her site... she is also a photographer, I like her stuff, you can buy it on Etsy.

My wife said "what is this new age shit?" when i played it at home, but still, I definitely recommend checking out her CD "Periphery", be it on Spotify or for those of you with more integrity you can buy a copy direct from her to make sure she gets maximum $$$ to her pocketbook. Maybe steal the CD off MediaFire but buy one of her pictures off of Etsy.

The Dizzle

For Chicago People

I think there are a few Second City denizens on here, so I'm posting this flier.  Some friends of mine are doing Wipers and Dag Nasty covers at Quenchers on Friday, so I plug for friends, yes?  Should be good time, no?  Hey chief, why not?

True Widow, "As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth"

If Torche were Sonic Youth, and Sonic Youth were the American Analog Set, and they in turn were a very pensive stoner metal band (or if they in turn were Torche again), that whole process of sleight of hand would constitute this band, True Widow.  Slow walking rock from Austin.  I've been listening to little else this week.  This one is pretty easy to find out there (and two of their records are on the feted/hated Spotify).  I also have a few versions of their tracks that I sped up using the time stretch function in Logic until they sounded more conventionally metal to me. If anyone wants to hear those, I'll get them to you.

Seeing War on Drugs tonight, Shellac tomorrow, and I saw the new Replacements documentary last Friday.  This is a good music week for me.

Here's a Tres MTV video from these guys:

Topic

Just read this little blurb in a local music rag about Spotify. I'm too lazy to copy verbatim but the gist of it was Century Media (big metal label fyi) pulled most of its music off Spotify because of the abysmal royalty percentages. The example given claims one artist was paid $500 for half a million streams, which breaks down to needing to get played 244 times to equal one 99 cent iTunes download. And then there is the advertising revenue.

Any thoughts? Seems like the old bricks and mortar boss has been replaced by the cloud boss? I know most of us on here are thieves anyway, but I thought it was interesting.

Asa Irons & Swaan Miller

I'd like to highly recommend this album. Asa Irons & Swaan Miller.

It's on mediafire, but only as FLAC, and i don't relaly mess with that.

It's worth finding. Stipped down acoustic singer songwriter tunes but really excellent.

dc

Real Estate: Days

Anyone else loving this?

Group Inerane - Ano Nagarus

I love shit like this:

Comps

Who gave me "The Mighty Mellow" comp? Pete? I think it was you, and I think I also got like 10 Funky Latin Boogaloo Funk Compilations from you.

Anyway, "The Mighty Mellow" was doing it for me last night. Nothing too rare but a great collection of jams to wash the dishes to.

What are some stand out comps that have stood the test of time for y'all?



This is pretty random, but Give 'Em Enough Dope Vol 2 ("acid jazz" comp from mid-90's) has always been a high water point for that particular genre.



100% Dynamite comps and Studio One comps on Soul Jazz Records are also pretty timeless.

Comps! Am I right?!?! Discuss.

dc

"A Bird in the Bush"

Record Sale Saturday

I'm having a Brooklyn Stoop Sale Record Sale on Saturday, just like the old days. Camping out on my friends stoop. Everything is $5.00 bucks. Grab a big stack, I'm ready to wheel and deal, bulk discount. 11th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, 10:00 AM, Saturday Saturday Saturday!!!

As I've been going through records to sell I've been working on a killller all vinyl psych mix tape. Holla at me and i'll send it to you, but may have to be via the post office because i think YouSendIt raised their prices (I hear through the grapevine)?

If you know anybody who likes records in BK tell them to check me out. DC~! DC!@!!!!!

Agent K: Feed The Cat

I heard this track on the Dj Stunna SoundCloud page; more about him later. UK multi-instrumentalist and producer Kaidi Tatham aka Agent K. He comes out of the West London breakbeat scene.
2002 release Feed The Cat is badass! It has been catergorized as broken beat, electronica, and electro-jazz among others. I think it is a merge of Jazz, House, and Funk. Time to get groovefied(new word) y'all! Young Deezy I think you might dig this, or maybe you already have it!