Yeah, I can get down with both of these:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1eYfVVK6vPM
http://pitchfork.com/news/57005-bria...od-only-knows/
Yeah, I can get down with both of these:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1eYfVVK6vPM
http://pitchfork.com/news/57005-bria...od-only-knows/
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Mark Bell of LFO (the first, original, and good LFO) died. Bummer. So young.
http://www.factmag.com/2014/10/13/lf...ng-to-reports/
Bell was a super influential force in the electronic music scene in the early 90s. Still remember booming that first LFO album in my old Toyota.
Yeah it really is superb. Been giving it a relisten along with their earlier releases. Which seems to be what I do every fall.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
I do the same thing about once per year. This week I've been listening non-stop to Unforgettable Fire (my favorite all-time album), Boy, and Achtung Baby.
Sleater-Kinney hints at new album in January
PLEASE BE TRUE. AND PLEASE TOUR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RELEASE.
Right on. The Unforgettable Fire is a close second for me... Love The Joshua Tree.
Not sure if you have seen this (more than likely) but it is worth at least a rewatch/skim through:
(Skip to 1:21)
This better be true, or I'm holding you personally responsible for my tattered hopes and dreams.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
If it isn't true, my disappointment would be such that nothing you could do would make me feel any lower.
It's true!!!!
New single, new album in January, new tour shortly after.
Daniel Lanois' new album, Flesh and Machine, is streaming on NPR.
It's very good, and very weird.
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/19/356126...sh-and-machine
He's taking his love for sound and atmosphere to a whole new level.
Wow - they aren't playing Portland or Seattle...but...Spokane?
Very weird.
That's pretty much like not playing LA and San Fran, but instead playing in Bakersfield or Fresno.
No dates in Michigan. Shouldn't be surprised, but it still hurts to see.
And here I was all ready to shoot the messenger. Cupcake?
Great news. Now I just need Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon to somehow forget about their divorce and get Sonic Youth rolling again.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
First track from the Sun Kil Moon christmas album is here. Is this more of an attempt to sing, Daniel Davis, or still frustrating to someone who wants to hear Kozelek in his higher registers and not in a monotone drawl?
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
That sounds pretty good. Not sure I'm totally down with the arrangement of the vocals, but at least he's singing.
I think I'm just not into new Kozelek stuff. That's fine. Lord knows I've got a ton of stuff by him that I do love, and have gotten decades of enjoyment from his music.
The new Daniel Lanois is something else. I don't know if pure sound design has ever been more exciting. Noise, chaos, brutality, beauty, subtlety and nuance....all mixed to create a work showing how masterful musicians use the studio as an instrument. Brian Blades drums often create the back bone to the experimental tracks, becoming a foundation on which Lanois piles layers and layers of sounds. His guitar work has never been better - he took what Neil Young did on Le Noise, and expanded it into the stratosphere.
New Floyd album is pretty good. It has some of the best guitar playing and guitar production I've heard. Gilmour has honed his signature style to the utmost level of human perfection, and some of the flourishes, licks, passages he plays are absolutely brilliant. The album is also mixed really well, and, like the Lanois album mentioned above, it comes alive on a good pair of headphones. I really love the final song, "Louder than Words." It's a perfect end to one of the most influential and revolutionary musical careers in the history of modern music.
I'm enjoying Michigan from Surfjan Stevens. His song titles are rather amusing.
BLOG
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
Wish I knew about this album sooner, but Fitz and the Tantrums' Picking Up the Pieces is a really fun modern pop Motown kind of a thing. Intentionally throwbacky, but satisfying. It's so weird that this is the same band behind "The Walker" and "Out of My League," both of which are way poppier, less soulful - not bad, but just so distinct.
What is this sorcery? If modern music production has taught me anything, it's that sound waves are rectangular.Dynamics! Note to music industry: this is how you master a new album.
Thank you Pink Floyd.
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