Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: B. Fleischmann: "24:12" [mp3] from Angst is not a Weltanschauung! (out December 9th) other B. Fleischmann posts at Largehearted Boy Fire on Fire: "Hartford Blues" [mp3] from The Orchard (out December 9th) other Fire...
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
I discovered during a recent office party for Wired.com's east coast bureau that we have some homegrown talent on the premises: CondeNet office manager Jason Dees, who raps under the name "Mr. FP." First, take a listen to two of...
Southern Shelter (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Stereolab (UK) return to the 40 Watt after a long absence, in support of their latest, Chemical Chords . Track 1 - Percolator Track 2 - Neon Beanbag Track 3 - Eye Of The Volcano Track 4 - Mountain Track 5 - Chemical Chords Track 6 - Three Women Track 7 - Ping Pong Track 8 - Track 9 - The Ecstatic Static Track 10 - Lo Boob Oscillator Track 11 - Self Portrait with "electric brain" Track 12 - Valley Hi!...
tunequest (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
This is an iTunes Smart Playlist idea that I came up with last month and I am having so much fun with it I’ve just got to share it. The basic premise is to relive my entire musical history in rough chronological segments. The goal is to slowly drift and gradually segue through the highlights [...]
DISKUSIA - Music & Beyond (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
It's been a galvanizing year across the board, from film to politics to economic meltdowns.
Buildings and Food - Articles (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
I may have more to say later about the Ortolan, but this should get you started . ‘Pre-1995, Stereolab were just amazing. After that… Not so much any longer… ‘ (With videos.) Native Americans in the United States (not to be confused with Indian Americans ) have an interesting history in American football . How to make a chocolate cake in a mug . (Not the greatest chocolate cake you will ever have,...
Conscientious (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Pre-1995, Stereolab were just amazing. After that... Not so much any longer... And this one looks cool, what with the compression and colour artifacts:
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
For me, 1993 was the year of Stereolab (and of Steve Gregory but we’ll get to that another time). The two albums they released were a nearly perfect synthesis of their noisy, experimental leanings and sunny pop songcraft (Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements) and a wonderfully playful and bubbly mini-album (The Groop Played “Space Age [...]
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
If 1991 was the year that punk broke, 1993 was the year that Alternative took hold. Nirvana and Pearl Jam delivered follow-ups to their blockbusters, rock radio was ruled by their imitators Stone Temple Pilots, pop radio saw more guitars than it did in years thanks to R.E.M. and their followers like the Gin Blossoms. Thanks to PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Belly, Luscious Jackson, Juliana Hatfield, and the...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Those cats at Bella Union just love to spoil us. Not content with giving a UK release to Fleet Foxes
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
From Stereolab remixes to Halloween treats , there's been much afoot in camp Deerhunter this week. The band plays their Microcastle record release party tonight at Variety Playhouse with Pylon, Jay Reatard, and Times New Viking. If you go, you might be able to get yourself a cassette copy of the so-called Platts Eyott Session . The story: Cox recorded the session during the night of 9/15 at Studio...
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
This is one of the images posted at Earth Patrol of the Stereolab show held here in sunny Portland on October 18. I didn't go because I had that silly half-marathon early the next morning, even knowing I'd regret not seeing both Stereolab and Monade . And it's true! I do regret not going -- just as I would have regretted skipping the Run Like Hell if my mood had swung the other way. The truth is, I'm...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
His Halloween treats already in the bag, Bradford Cox has shifted his attention to remixing recent tourmates Stereolab's Chemical Chords track " Neon Beanbag ." This is his so-called "Southern Baptist" remix. The opening preacher man sample sounds familiar . As far as the song itself, Cox sets chillier tones against claps and an overall phased, less brassily cheery feel. Somehow he makes it feel both...
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Mentioning albums I bought just because the cover is brilliant reminded me of this: An Instinct For Detection by Lionrock. Just look at that cover! It’s so cool, how could I not buy it. As it is, I barely like the album. But at this point I was starting to get into vaguely electronic music - [...]
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
From a founding member of post-rock pioneers Slint to ax shredder for new-millennial metalheads Dead Child, David Pajo has played either side of the sonic spectrum against the mainstream. So it stands to reason that his recently published Halloween-themed Imeem...
