I saw on my clock that it's Friday right now, but it's only just after midnight -- not before. I was worried that I was going to miss LA Riots and my Darkwave Disco dudes at Smartbar. This weekend has quite the compressed schedule into a couple of days. Just a quick calendar rundown now:Right now I'm missing New Wave night at Neo. All my buddies are tryptophaned out.Friday 10pm - My friend Mike...
Occasionally along comes an artist whose work is so intertwined with certain facets of your life, particularly those that have become your foundational bricks, that a mere smattering of their samples can bring about both the savory reminiscence and the sting of repetition. It's been some time since I saw Cut Copy and much longer since In Ghost Colours came out. Naturally to assuage my selfishne...
So I just got the blue Memory Tapes LP. It is great. This guy, Dayve Hawk needs to come into town for sure. I don't know if you're into sparsely dancy, electronic, dream-pop, but after a quality eve of finding a Hugo Boss suit (named The Connery on the tag) that fits me perfectly on the super cheap at consignment (had to brag) and some quality Cesar's and hookah, Memory Tapes is all kinds of fa...
I get the feeling this blog is very male-centric, which I'm ok with naturally. Not that these are necessarily for the babes, but I think they have more feminine appeal than say... Soulwax? Give them a listen.Devendra Banhart - BabyFats Waller - The Spider and the FlyGirls - LauraCandi Station - Stand By Your ManI think it's important that you tell people where you found specific items in hope t...
I'm feeling very anxious right now. I've got so much energy that I decided to... blog. It is a gorgeous day (gorges!) and although I already had a promenade on the boulevard du Logan, I need more. I saw my friend Kevin last night with his brother and cousins, I had brunch with Ileya and her husband today -- who else is visiting Chicago now?Since I was listening to the D is for Disco mix, it's h...
It was this day last year that I started writing this post about a mix album with this man with a mane inside that I got back then. I immediately ripped it and lent it out to my cousin who kept it ransom for about 6 months. That's ok. That's ok.... and then I finally got it...
I love Halloween. Escapism? Excuse for ostentation? A method to differentiate and filter out the whores? No, it's obviously the music... not that these are necessarily just for the weekend of the 31st. Speaking of which, daylight savings is on Sunday morning. Whoever thought of putting it there was a genius.PNAU - Donnie Donnie DarkoClinic - HarmonyThe Rakes - TerrorSufjan Stevens - They are Ni...
This morning a buddy of mine asked how I found a certain link. No idea, only that it probably was a result of looking through ffffound or google images. Thinking about it made me think that I should record internet paths and perhaps retrace steps later on. While looking for Devo's 'Girl You Want' after hearing it at The Gossip show (which was badass by the way even though I got twice-groped) I ...
I recently received an email from mog about how they are going to offer their own version of a music subscription service (see Napster / Rhapsody) but for $5/mo. I don't know how they're going to do it, but maybe they figure not to make as much money on selling music, but rather attract people and suck them into the mog life and continue to rely on ads.It worked for me.I haven't really looked a...
Among the many other reasons to learn French, I've never heard Vitalic speak...I've ordered Flashmob and it's on its way over across the Atlantique. Can't wait.
When I was living in Denver, dating my then girlfriend, and being even more picky of music, there was a place called Lipgloss where all the then indie hipster kids would hang out. They even had a deal that if you drove your Vespa to the club you would get in for free. It was, and still is, located in La Rhumba at 9th and Broadway. DJ's Michael Trundle (whom my ex went to high school with appare...
La Roux is coming to Chicago on 21Oct to Lincoln Hall. Buy tickets here.By the way, all of the shows that I'm going to are underlined on the column to the right. So.... you should come with me to stuff.This weekend just keeps getting better.
I bought a Fever Ray ticket a while back knowing that I probably wouldn't have the opportunity to see her again. My affinity for Karin Andersson because of The Knife was up there and I thought Silent Shout was a decent album, but I definitely would not have put it at #1 back when it came out. All expectations were crumbled.Fever Ray is hauntingFever Ray is a dream worldFever Ray is putting me i...
Deep from within the crystal caves of southern France emerging from his cocooned chamber of foot-stomping, leg-writhing, positively asymptotic electric bliss comes Monsieur Arbenz, Mr. Vitalic. Oh my. There is a new album coming out and even though my foot is sprained and swoll from Logan jogging, it is going to fall off on November 3rd while my landlady next door complains to her upstairs neig...
EleniNothing overly underappreciative to say about these tracks other than some quick recent pieces that I've picked up:A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (extended)Julian Casablancas - 11th DimensionVicious Pink - Cccan't You See <--Actually, the Vicious Pink track I've been search...
cred: punkreasEvery time i'm listening to a song and I surf to punkreas, this guy shows up. He's always right on.Every now and again I talk to some far off friend of mine, and being the music pusher that I am, I feel obligated to share some stuff with them that I figure that they would dig. My most recent trade (20min ago) was with Sabrina, a real character. I gave her some Memory Tapes and she...
So I can't tell you how much I love this girl and this album. I think the CD laser is going to burn through it by the end of the month.Not only is she beautiful, but her voice pierces my heart with femininity darts.However, (there's a however?!), yes however I don't think she's matched up with the right production people. Already I've got 20 different remixes, with 10 just for Bulletproof, that...
After reading about the new album by Pissed Jeans on Sub Pop and this guy saying that it's best album of the year recorded by any label (Sub Pop here), I found myself desiring to put up some of the more intense stuff that I love. This is the foot-breaking-because-you-stomp-so-hard and two-minute-sweat-generation-four-minute-pass-out music that I'd need 3-4 timeouts during a show in order to rec...
I've wanted to watch Cool World for a while as it always previewed on one of my middle school VHS tapes. That was supposed to be my first PG-13 movie. I saw it last night for the first time. First off, not only was I totally turned on by Holly Would in animation gear (real life Kim Basinger was a let down), but the soundtrack was super jam-worthy. My friend Alanna said that she had it somewhere...
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It was this day last year that I started writing this post about a mix album with this man with a mane inside that I got back then. I immediately ripped it and lent it out to my cousin who kept it ransom for about 6 months. That's ok. That's ok.... and then I finally got it...
EleniNothing overly underappreciative to say about these tracks other than some quick recent pieces that I've picked up:A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (extended)Julian Casablancas - 11th DimensionVicious Pink - Cccan't You See <--Actually, the Vicious Pink track I've been search...
