את כל היום הזה הקדשתי לגלישה עלי גלי החום. הקיץ הירושלמי מתעצם מרגע לרגע, כמו העייפות הטבעית שלי ממנו. בשעת צהריים לא נעימה, בעוד סוליות נעלי הבד והגומי שלי להטו כשקית אשפה במאה שערים, הרגשנו בלישה ואני דבר מה שלא חשנו כבר מזמן: תשוקה לים. הבטחנו לעצמנו שעד סוף אוגוסט ניסע פעם אחת, לפחות אולי, אל חוף הבונים – שם נשתזף, נשתכשך במים ונשפד מדוזות. אם יהיו לנו את האמצעים הלוגיסטיים הנכונים – אולי אפילו נעשה לילה על החול, ונאכל את המדוזות כמובן. בבוקר, פשוט נתעורר.
עד אז, עד שניפטר מכל המטלות כבדות המשקל בהר הצופים, נדמה לי כי נסתפק גם בגלי הצינה בהם התאהבנו באחרונה. הלילה, או שמא אמש, עלה לרשת סינגל חדש של כוכב ה-Chillwave הנערץ בעולם (גחמה מעניינת), Washed Out, הוא ארנסט גרין. קראתי לא מזמן כי בניגוד לכמה דמויות אחרות שבונות קור בשנה האחרונה, הוא אינו כאן כדי לחדש, אלא כדי לרענן – ואני תומך בהגדרה. הוא נינוח כמו Boards of Canada וגדוש באסוציאציות כמו ראשון בוהי הנעליים. אני אוהב אותו כזה, בלי יומרות. בשירו החדש, You and I, הוא משתף את קרוליין פולצ'ק מ-Chairlift, וביחד שניהם מתרסקים אל תוך המים. כמיטב המסורת, תוך יום מישהו כבר הספיק להכין לכל זה קליפ נוסטלגי מתוך הסרט Head בן שנות השישים. וכמיטב המסורת, שוב, קשה להאמין כי כל המוזיקה הזו לא נולדה בעבור הקליפ ולא להיפך.
Washed Out feat. Caroline Polachek :: You and I
ושני שירים קודמים ומעט מפורסמים:
Washed Out :: New Theory
Washed Out :: Feel It All Around
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Awesome Colors
I got punched in the face last night.
There I was stood staring in awe as Thurston Moore screamed the lyrics of a hundred hardcore anthems, printed neatly onto sheets of A4 paper. J Mascis stood behind him ripping through feedback, Jonah from Fucked Up shredding his bass. And there I was, mouth open, eyes to the clouds. And there he was, 180 pounds of stage diver, flying fist first into my face.
I’ll save taking a fresh photo for tomorrow when the bruise is really shining. Right now I just look like a newly born puppy….
So that was pretty much the end of my evening. The Ecstatic Peace showcase was beyond amazing though. Talk Normal sounded incredible, Viv Albertine was great, Lord Jeff, Black Helicopter… But the real stars for me were Awesome Color. Wow. I liked what I’d heard before but live, I think they were the first act to properly blow me away this SXSW.
I tried to tell them this after the show and all I could come up with was “Hi, that was awesome… uh… I mean great.” Nice job, Jen.
Other highlights of the day included Stricken City, meeting Gwar in the Convention Center, and a killer set from Washed Out and Small Black. Everyone went pretty insane for the ‘Despicable Dogs’ into ‘Feel It All Around’ moment.
Also worthy of a mention are Cloud Nothings. They’re from Cleveland, they have a record out on Speakertree and they play driven, fun, indie pop. It’s funny actually because they were a lot fiercer live than I’d expected, the pop element of some of the tracks I’ve heard online seemed to be replaced with a kind of slack determination. At times it bordered a more aggressive indie rock, but I think that was just from the drummer smashing away with his back to the crowd. Watch…
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Anyway, I need to leave my hotel room in about 9 minutes so I’d best go. It looks like rain. The one day I need to wear sunglasses.
Awesome Color: “Transparent”
Cloud Nothings: “Hey Cool Kid (Memoryhouse Remix)”
Washed Out: “Feel It All Around”
Small Black: “Despicable Dogs”
Washed Out & Small Black
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We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, and many more. Details coming soon...
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unter der cc license veröffentlicht bad panda records seit einiger zeit einmal wöchentlich und wir dürfen partizipieren, heute folk und ambient im einklang, aus philadelphia:jon coyle - friends in a circleeine menge los auf squirrel records rund um the manhattan love suicides, zum beispiel mit den ex-mitgliedern caroline und darren, die im november unter neuer fahne die frische "the letters to daddy", eine 3track single auf den weg brachten:the blanche hudson weekend - the letters to daddy (sample)oder: auch unter mithilfe von caroline mccrystal und darren brachte diese kapelle im oktober das album "a silent no 19-10-09" heraus, an bord neben den genannten matt robson (random number) und ex-sierpinski basser lee hooper, sehr poppig, elektronisch verstrickt:ailsa craig - nine times table (sample)ailsa craig- plans you made (sample)auf dem transparent label erschien als letzte 7" "she was a vision", ein stück erwärmenden electropops, pat grossi aus l.a. steckt dahinter:active child - she was a visionvom selben label pack ich Euch ein paar weitere tracks des noch übersichtlichen, aber schnell verkauften katalogs mit rein, wenn Ihr neugierig werdet, wisst Ihr, wohin Ihr Euch wenden müsst:washed out - feel it all aroundthe smith westerns - be my girlcymbals eat guitars - ...and the hazy seagieriger rumpelsound, ganz nach meinem geschmack, auf ihre debut ep "shall inherit the earth" (just friends, 2005) folgt nun das full length "i left love behind a long time ago", selbes label, 23.02. ist der stichtag für die vier jungs aus halifax:the stance - jenny jitterswir hatten sie natürlich schon im programm, hier, ihr album "bourgeois beat", im uk auf svc veröffentlicht, wird von einigen videos (zurecht) beworben, hier neben zwei tracks aus dem 09er werk nun "long way", schlichtweg aktuell:the sky drops - swimming with fishesthe sky drops - truth is<object height="330" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDj5VU000hM&hl=de_DE&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDj5VU000hM&hl=de_DE&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="330" width="425"></embed></object>einen der besten tracks auf "luck in the valley" (23.02.) bietet thrill jockey zum vorab schmaus, zuschlagen und in ehre halten:jack rose - woodpilesauf das album "constellations" hatten wir bereits mehrere male aufmerksam gemacht, kommt am 23.02. auf western vinyl:balmorhea - bowspritmusée mécanique26.02.10 Koeln, Gloria (mit Get Well Soon)27.02.10 Haldern, Rock Im Saal (mit Get Well Soon)28.02.10 Hannover, Glocksee (mit Get Well Soon)owen pallet13.03.10 Friedenskirche Dachau15.03.10 Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main,17.03.10 UT Connewitz03.04.10 Hebbel am Ufer Berlin
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I’m just about done with my Top 50 Albums list for 2009, and that will be my last post of the year. At the beginning of January, I’ll post a few Best of the Decade lists up. For now, here’s a little gift bag of mp3s from records I liked, but [...]
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We are extremely psyched to present Baltimore's Beach House and opener Washed Out, on April 21 at Dallas' best venue for this sort of thing, the Granada Theater. We can't say enough about our love for the transcendant Teen Dream, and Ernest Greene's warm, hazy dream pop continues to soundtrack our endless summer, regardless of the temp. We've got 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one...
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I never really understood why some blogs and music sites put their “best of” lists out before the year was actually over, that might help explain why our Best of 2009 post is coming a bit after the new year. That and waiting on Kid Color to get his list finished (jokin’). But seriously, this past year doesn’t really need any kind of special recap, it was just a good year for music. From remixes to albums, there was much to celebrate in our community. I guess the only thing I’m still waiting on are the new LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost! and Cut Copy albums, not to mention a Justice follow-up, but I think those are all set to be released within the year.
Anyway, much like last year, all linked albums take you to iTunes, mixes to wherever specified and select tracks to the HB server (available for a limited time.) And if you wouldn’t mind dropping us a line in the comments below, take a minute to let us know how our lists stacked up to yours and/ or how much we suck. Thanks and have a great 2010!
Hot Bizzies’ most viewed posts:
Best of 2008 (23, 241 views)
Love/ Hate (12,217 views)
Mashing More Than You Since 1989 ( 7,248 views)
Hot Bizzies’ most clicked links:
Mason Dent’s “Mash-Up” (3,069 clicks)
La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Mix) (3,043 clicks)
Killa Kela – Everyday (Lifelike Remix) (2,823 clicks)
Hot Bizzies’ most incoming search terms:
NERD (7,431 times)
Hot Biscuits (6,963 times)
Britney Spears (6,882 times)
Beats™’s top tracks:
1. Claude VonStroke – Aundy (video)
2. Animal Collective – Daily Routine
3. Kenton Slash Demon – Singla
4. Curses! – The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Remix)
5. Mike Monday – Grace (Justin Martin Remix)
6. Julio Bashmore – World Peace
7. Lemon Popsicle – West Of Eden (Lemos Remix)
8. Seth Troxler & Matthew Dear – Hurt
9. Classixx + Jeppe – I’ll Get You // Phonat – Set Me Free
10. Marcus Price & Carli – Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed (Kingdom Remix)
Honorable Mention:
Bangers & Cash – Loose (Kid Color Remix Demo)
Fagget Fairys – Roll the Dice (LOL Boys Remix)
Diamonds – You’re So Cruel
Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk
The Juan Maclean – A Human Disaster (House Of House Remix)
Visitor – Los Feeling (Digitalfoxglove + Wonder Remix)
The Eagles – One Of These Nights (Bobby Analog Goes To 99 Remix)
Beats™’s top albums:
1. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Beats™’s top mixes:
1. Claude VonStroke – Clash Music Podcast (via Clash Music)
2. Christian Martin – FACT Mix 73 (137mb + hotfile)
3. Black Holes – 2009 CMJ Mix (79mb + zshare)
Beats™’s top shows:
1. Simian Mobile Disco (Live) @ Metro (11-04)
2. Rusko (DJ Set) @ Smartbar (12-04)
3. Justin Long (DJ Set) @ Smartbar (12-19)
Beats™’s babe of the year:
Marina Diamonds
Markus G’s top tracks:
1. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo (video)
2. Burial & Four Tet – Moth
3. Pearson Sound – Wad
4. Soulphiction – Who To Call
5. Kingdom – You
6. Florence and The Machine – You Got The Love (The XX Remix)
7. Pill – Trap Goin’ Ham
8. Major Lazer – Pon De Floor
9. AC Slater – Hello! (LOL Boys Sunday Sunrise Remix)
10. Untold – Unaconda
11. Mount Kimbie – Maybe
12. Claude VonStroke – Vocal Chords
13. Health – Die Slow
14. Bok Bok – Ripe Banana
15. Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer
Markus G’s top albums:
1. The XX – XX
2. Gucci Mane – The State VS. Radric Davis
3. Claude VonStroke – Bird Brain
Markus G’s top mixes:
1. Ben UFO – Hessle Audio Mix (via Get Darker)
2. Kingdom – Mixing It Up for Discobelle (via Discobelle)
3. Jam City – Mix for Lower Spasm (via Lower End Spasm)
miracleGro’s top tracks:
1. Animal Collective – My Girls (video)
2. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
3. Phoenix – Lisztomania
4. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
5. Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come
6. Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
7. Big Boi + Gucci Mane – Shine Blockas
8. Diamond Rings – All Yr Songs
9. Basement Jaxx – Raindrops
10 Gold Panda – Quitters Raga
11. Girls – Lust For Life
12. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Tunguska
13. JJ – My Swag, My Life
14. Jay-Z + Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
15. Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
miracleGro’s top albums:
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion / Fall Be Kind EP
2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimist
3. jj – jj n° 2
4. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
6. Passion Pit – Passion Pit
7. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
8. Girls – Album
9. Why? – Eskimo Snow
10. The XX – XX
Kid Color’s top tracks:
1. Still Going – Spaghetti Circus (video)
2. Holy Ghost! – I Will Come Back
3. Phoenix – Liztomania (Classixx Remix)
4. Faze Action – I Wanna Dancer (Disco Rock Dub Mix)
5. Curses! – The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Remix)
6. DJ Kaos – Love The Nite Away (Tiedye Remix)
7. Claude VonStoke – Aundy
8. Simian Mobile Disco + Beth Ditto – Cruel Intentions
9. Duck Sauce – The Motion
10. Black Holes – Avon (Penned Madness Mega Blog Exclusive Version)
Honorable Mention:
Munk – Down In L.A. (Shazam Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (Willy Joy Sex Dream Dub)
Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
Prince – Uptown (Only Children Extended 12″ Edit)
Baxter – Temptation
Kid Color’s top albums:
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimist
2. The Juan Maclean – The Future Will Come
3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Kid Color’s top performances:
1. The Juan Maclean (DJ Set) @ Smart Bar (11-13)
2. Simian Mobile Disco (Live) @ Metro (11-04)
3. Glitch Mob (Live) @ Lollapalooza (07-16)
Kid Color’s babe of the year:
Zooey Deschanel (pre-marriage of a muppet)
Black Holes’ top tracks:
1. Claude VonStroke – Aundy (video)
2. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
3. Animal Collective – In The Flowers
4. Raekwon – Coldest Winter
5. Afrojack – Polkadots
6. DJ Kaos – Love The Nite Away (Tiedye Remix)
7. Rampage – War
8. Stimming – After Eight
9. Worthy – Concumbia
10. Sandy Hunter – Rare Tap (2000 and One Cut)
Black Holes’ top albums:
1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
3. Ducktails – II
4. Pens – Hey Friend, What You Doing?
5. The Smith Westerns – The Smith Westerns
Black Holes’ top mixes:
1. Claude VonStroke – Fabriclive 46 (via Boomkat)
2. Christian Martin – FACT Mix 73 (137mb + hotfile)
3. DJ Ayres – DOJ (via The Rub)
Thanks to the 788,809 of you who checked out our blog in 2009! One love.
xoxo,
Beats™
Markus G
miracleGro
Kid Color
Black Holes
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25. Diamond District - In The Ruff [Mello Music Group]
Taking artists at their word is a notoriously tricky enterprise. Even allowing for 100 percent sincerity, intentions and ambitions are often discordant with the final results. Luckily, anyone attempting to assess Diamond District’s In the Ruff only has to watch this interview to see that they achieve everything they set out to do: take elements of 90s hip-hop and give them a modern day re-interpretation, with heavy percussion, experimental patterns, and a D.C. go-go influence. As forthright about their influences (Pete Rock, Primo, De La) as they are in displaying their hometown pride, the trio of XO, yU, and Oddisee strike a perfect equipoise between the streets and Fat Beats, with backpack boasts sitting side-by-side next to vivid hood stories, as seen on “Streets Won’t Let Me Chill,” where XO cautions a would-be stick up kid eager to flex. Wale might have garnered the brunt of national attention, but the Diamond District delivered the DMV’s most complete album, one that struck a balance between North and South and came refreshingly HPV Lady Gaga-free. –JW
MP3: Diamond District - “Hologram”
MP3: Diamond District - “Something for Y’all”
MP3: Diamond District - “Gully”
MP3: Diamond District - “I Mean Business”
24. Method Man & Redman - Blackout 2 [Def Jam]
History has since been corrected to acknowledge the original Blackout for the classic it is, so as soon as Red & Meth’s decade-long-awaited Blackout 2 leaked to the internet the call to arms was sounded — “TO THE BLUNTMOBILE!” But while this year’s sequel may not have received the same acclaim or generated quite the same excitement as 2009’s other high-profile franchise reboot (no, not this) Blackout 2 is equally worthy of its name. From blunt-cruising anthems “Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers” and “Father’s Day” to the Ghostface and Raekwon assisted “4 Minutes to Lockdown,” Blackout 2 is strictly for the A-alikes, with Method Man and Redman’s unique chemistry and mastery of the form on full display throughout. Blackout 2 may not have the same classic tracks that endure like “Da Rockwilder” or a “How High,” but you won’t find a more reliably enjoyable rap record this year. –Disco Vietnam
MP3: Method Man & Redman ft. UGK - “City Lights”
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"All the Way Down"
Tiny Animals
Tiny Animals manage to capture the Killers, Silversun Pickups, and Weezer all in one anthemic song. Build up, break down, repeat.
-Claire Tiller
"Around the Bend"
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Thanks to an iTouch commercial, this will be cemented into the minds of Americans as "another catchy song from an Apple commercial." Those who know better, though, give credit where credit is due. Not only does "Around the Bend" excite the senses with simple lyrics and a danceable beat, but it includes a whole horn section. A horn section, people. Enough said.
-Julie Gong
"Feel It All Around"
Washed Out
Washed Out slows down Gary Low's "I Want You" and keeps the listener asleep aboard a comfortable airliner or adrift in calming ocean waters — depending on your particular interpretation, of course. The song is indicative of both the artist's title and the song's as there is a tingly cleansing feeling experienced as the song progresses, never going anywhere in particular and never needing to.
-Andy DeLoach
"Lady Luck"
Richard Swift
Richard Swift's fuzzed out falsetto over a steady bass and tambourine retro-groove make you wonder why Lady Luck wouldn't want to spend time with him.
-Claire Tiller
"Boy Boy"
Lissy Trullie
This single from the former New York model/DJ's debut EP — a labor of love a few years in the making — proves that she has plenty of substance to go with her style.
-Jon Kjarsgaard
"I've Got Friends"
Manchester Orchestra
"I've Got Friends" sums up The Aughts pretty well — computer blips and whirrs, wounded emo lyrics, and Andy Hull's Bright Eyes-meets-Silversun Pickups delivery.
-Claire Tiller
"To Lose My Life"
White Lies
Cruising along in the car while listening to a song called "To Lose My Life" proves oddly life-enhancing when it's this track from the young British trio.
-Jon Kjarsgaard
"Repeaterbeater"
Mew
The beginning of "Repeaterbeater" smacks you off your chair before launching into a slick prog-rock song with a churning guitar undercurrent and an arena-ready chorus.
-Claire Tiller
"Walking on a Dream"
Empire of the Sun
This is silky smooth electro-pop at its finest. The beat is soft and inspiring, and the song creates an atmosphere that draws parallels to blissful moments in life where time slows down and you feel love. Bless your vocal chords if you can hit those high notes in the chorus.
-Chad Helminak
"Crying Lightning"
Arctic Monkeys
In "Crying Lightning," the driving rhythm section sends us marching towards that girl from whom we should stay away. That evil, black magic woman countless generations of music warned us about is exactly the type of girl the Arctic Monkeys' are into — and this song is a moody, grooving, tribute to her.
-Andy DeLoach
"Finish Line"
Fanfarlo
Glorious xylophone-assisted pop from the London-based five-piece. You'd call it twee if it weren't so heart-melting and inviting.
-Jon Kjarsgaard
"The Fear"
Lily Allen
Lily Allen walks a tightrope between clever satire and utter irony in a dreamy dance-pop song that fluctuates between stark intimacy (or honesty?) and little girl lost in a synth-thick chorus. Hypocrisy never sounded so palpable, or so palatable.
-Claire Tiller
"Fables"
The Dodos
This San Francisco band treat their acoustics like electrics and that's the type of thinking that makes "Fables" suitable for rock venues, not just coffeehouse open-mics. Thank goodness, too, because this chorus sings like an anthem larger than both venues.
-Andy DeLoach
"Brackett, WI"
Bon Iver
Released as part of a compilation, this stands tall with the most revered tracks from Bon Iver's critically acclaimed debut For Emma, Forever Ago. Justin Vernon's penchant for layered vocals and a slow-building intensity is present and mesmerizing on this track, and it constantly keeps you hanging in anticipation for the next lyric.
-Chad Helminak
"All the King's Men"
Wild Beasts
Galloping drum beats, haunting falsetto background vocals, shimmering guitar licks, and a driving melodic pulse all lend this track a regal quality, befitting of the title and the song's seeming content: a king who like his concubines. However, Wild Beasts are able to supply a nuanced punch that makes it more poignant than the catchy hooks would suggest it was capable of. It's about using primal desires to mask a deeper yearning for child-like maternal guidance. And somehow Wild Beasts make that subject matter incredibly fun.
-Peter Truby
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I dieci dischi del 2009
in ordine alfabetico…
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)
Atlas Sound - Logos (Kranky/4AD)
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe (K Records)
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Domino)
Girls - Album (True Panther/Fantasy Trashcan/Turnstile)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
Here We Go Magic - s/t (Western Vinyl)
Mount Eeerie - Wind’s Poem (Tomlab)
The Smith Westerns - s/t (Hozac)
I cinque dischi che… non ce l’hanno fatta
Ganglians - Monster Head Room (Woodsist)
Kurt Vile - Child Prodigy (Matador)
The Mantles - s/t (Siltbreeze)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2)
Real Estate - s/t (Woodsist)
Cinque canzoni
1. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange
2. Spectrals - Keep Your Magic Out Of Your House
3. Washed Out - I Feel It All Around
4. Papercuts - Future Primitive
5. Beach Fossils - Time
Cinque concerti del 2009
Atlas Sound (Music Hall Of Williamsburg, New York, CMJ 2009)
David Byrne (Teatro Comunale, Modena, 22.10.09)
Grizzly Bear + Beach House + Pete & the Pirates + Dinosaur Jr. (Cedar St Courtyard, Austin, SXSW 2009)
Women + These Are Powers + Foreign Born (The Mohawk, Austin, SXSW 2009)
The Smith Westerns + Beach Fossils (Bruar Falls, New York, CMJ 2009)
Il migliore live@MAPS del 2009
DM Stith
Miglior artwork
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
I tre “music moments” del 2009
Ovverosia, tre momenti particolarmente emozionanti legati alla musica
1. Vedere tutta la gente all’Handmade Festival 2009 a Guastalla (RE)
2. L’arrivo all’aereoporto di Austin per il SXSW 2009
3. Victoria Legrand che canta con i Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks”.
Video del 2009
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I dieci dischi del 2009
in ordine alfabetico…
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)
Atlas Sound - Logos (Kranky/4AD)
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe (K Records)
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Domino)
Girls - Album (True Panther/Fantasy Trashcan/Turnstile)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
Here We Go Magic - s/t (Western Vinyl)
Mount Eeerie - Wind’s Poem (Tomlab)
The Smith Westerns - s/t (Hozac)
I cinque dischi che… non ce l’hanno fatta
Ganglians - Monster Head Room (Woodsist)
Kurt Vile - Child Prodigy (Matador)
The Mantles - s/t (Siltbreeze)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2)
Real Estate - s/t (Woodsist)
Cinque canzoni
1. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange
2. Spectrals - Keep Your Magic Out Of Your House
3. Washed Out - I Feel It All Around
4. Papercuts - Future Primitive
5. Beach Fossils - Time
Cinque concerti del 2009
Atlas Sound (Music Hall Of Williamsburg, New York, CMJ 2009)
David Byrne (Teatro Comunale, Modena, 22.10.09)
Grizzly Bear + Beach House + Pete & the Pirates + Dinosaur Jr. (Cedar St Courtyard, Austin, SXSW 2009)
Women + These Are Powers + Foreign Born (The Mohawk, Austin, SXSW 2009)
The Smith Westerns + Beach Fossils (Bruar Falls, New York, CMJ 2009)
Il migliore live@MAPS del 2009
DM Stith
Miglior artwork
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
I tre “music moments” del 2009
Ovverosia, tre momenti particolarmente emozionanti legati alla musica
1. Vedere tutta la gente all’Handmade Festival 2009 a Guastalla (RE)
2. L’arrivo all’aereoporto di Austin per il SXSW 2009
3. Victoria Legrand che canta con i Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks”.
Video del 2009
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It's that time of the year again! Time for our Best Albums of 2009! This year there were tons of great albums released. I feel there were more this year than last year.
Here are some of my favorites in no particular order. I'm sure I probably missed some, but these were the ones I listened to the most.
Enjoy!
The XX came out strong this year with an impressive minimal self titled debut that I could not get enough of. More of a record that I hear late nights, it oozes sensuality and calms my nerves. Slow is the new heavy, didn't you know?
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MP3: Crystalised - The XX
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After a rather disappointing sophmore album the Yeah Yeah Yeahs came out swinging in 2009 with 'It's Blitz' possibly their best album yet! More electronic and polished than their previous works and I'm loving it! 'Heads will Roll' with that amazing MJ (pre-death) video is in the running for best single/video of the year! Can't count how many times I've played that track out on the dancefloor and it always works. That intro synth and those first vocals by Karen O exclaiming 'off with your head' just makes people lose it on the dancefloor.
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MP3: Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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I waited a long time for Zoot Woman to return as I am a big fan of their first two records and they did not disappoint with their new one! 'Things are what they used to be' is an amazing electro-pop record! One of my favorite albums of the year. Sure it's not gonna appear in too many American 'Best Of' lists as their not as known in the States, but that's their loss! I'll keep them as my gem. Stuart Price is a genious! He can write catchy pop songs like it's no ones business. Now please don't take that long for a new one...
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MP3: Saturation - Zoot Woman
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Simian Mobile Disco's 'Temporary Pleasure' is a much more electro-pop song based record from them than many people would have anticipated. They got tons of big name vocalists to contribute on this one including Gruff Rhys, Beth Ditto, Alexis from Hot Chip and Jamie Lydell, but the stand out track on this album is Audacity of Huge feat. Chris Keating of Yeasayer. Probably one of my favorite tracks/videos of 2009! So sweet, it gives you cavities.
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MP3: Audacity of Huge - Simian Mobile Disco
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As the name implies Sally Shapiro is one of my guilty pleasures of 2009. The production on this record is amazing! So crisp and clean. The beats, melodies and her voice are gorgeous! Although I didn't play this out as much out on the dancefloor as I would've liked it got plenty of plays at my apartment.
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MP3: Moonlight Dance - Sally Shapiro
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With this years album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix finally live up to the potential they showed in their spectacular debut 'United'. Even though their second and third album weren't bad they didn't have the impact that this one did. 'Lisztomania' and '1901' provide an amazing one two punch that was hard to beat this year. They were everywhere, including Cadillac commercials. They were remixed by everyone and their mothers and most importantly they were big dancefloor winners. They are still crowd favorites, 6 months on and people still go nuts whenever I play either of those two tracks. Lisztomania is my personal favorite.
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MP3: Lisztomania - Phoenix
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Peter, Bjorn and John had a tough job ahead of them. How the hell were they gonna follow up their debut album Writers Block and their massive hit 'Young Folks'?!?! Easy don't let that affect you and make another amazing record. With Living Things they got a little darker and a little more electronic and it's awesome! 'It Don't Move Me' is one of my favorite tracks of 09 that obliterated the dancefloor all year long. No sophmore slump to be found here. With this album they proved they are no one hit wonder. We can expect to hear many more albums from these amazing Swedes. Thank goodness for that.
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MP3: It Don't Move Me - Peter, Bjorn and John
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Pet Shop Boys have been in the game for a long, long time so I wasn't expecting them to still have it after all these years, could they? With Yes they put out one of their most solid albums in years! Instantly classic Pet Shop Boys. 'Love, Etc' with that amazing video is probably one of the best songs they've ever written. When I first heard that track I was blown away! It can easily fit into any future best of retrospectives they may have. Not bad for a band 25 yrs into their career. As a sidenote I saw them perform at the Fillmore this year for the first time and they were amazing! Great theatrics and Neil Tennant's still got the voice. Living legends.
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MP3: Love, Etc. - Pet Shop Boys
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Another band that came on with a bang in 09' was Passion Pit. Their debut album Manners blew up the blog-o-sphere eventually even making it to the dancefloor with tracks like 'The Reeling' (another contender for top singles of the year) and 'Little Secrets'. Amazing heartfelt indie pop that gave the genre a bit of a kick in the butt. They definitely got our attention.
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MP3: The Reeling - Passion Pit
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We all love Erlend Oye! That voice of his is one of a kind, so smooth and beautiful. With album number two for Whitest Boy Alive they kept the instrumentation simple but the beats dancefloor friendly, particularly with tracks like 'Courage' which I still play out. I can never get enough of him. No sophmore slump here either.
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MP3: Courage - Whitest Boy Alive
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Neon Indian was an artist that kinda slipped my radar for a bit, but glad I finally tuned in. Psychic Chasms is an amazing debut record which along with artists like Washed Out and a few others kinda started a whole new genre called dreamwave. Amazing fuzzy, lo-fi nostalgic sounding pop music. 'Deadbeat Summer' is my fave track, but they're all really good!
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MP3: Deadbeat Summer - Neon Indian
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What can I say about Interpol lead singer Paul Banks. His voice is so unique and beautful I can never get enough of him. With his debut solo album as alias Julian Plenti he delivers more magic. Julian Plenti is Skyscraper delivers mostly slower tracks but with his trademark delivery that aren't too different from what you might hear on an Interpol record, and that's fine by me. A great late night record that got many listens at my place.
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MP3: Skyscraper - Julian Plenti
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Miike Snow is another artist that came out strong in 09 with their self titled debut. They were kinda a sleeper band that crept up on us. Before you knew it everyone was singing Animal drunk on the dancefloor at 2AM and dancing to the multitude of remixes for it. One of the hands down best singles of 2009! But delve further the whole album is amazing...
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MP3: Animal - Miike Snow
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Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife fame came out strong in 09' with her own self titled solo album as Fever Ray. It's twisted, dark and haunting with her unmistakable voice and delivery. Everything we would expect from Karin and we wouldn't want it any other way. Unexpectedly it got a lot of mainstream attention which is kinda weird for such a dark album. The videos were as creepy as it got in 09' each one darker and spookier than the last.
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MP3: Triangle Walks - Fever Ray
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The album that never got released. Still not sure if that was a marketing scheme or what but it is a great collaborative record by Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse featuring pics by the one and only David Lynch and featuring big name vocal collaborators like Julian Casablancas, Iggy Pop, Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle and many others. They released it with the pics and a blank CD for you to get it from the internet of course. First heard it on NPR. My favorite track is the Wayne Coyne/Flaming Lips album opener 'Revenge' but the 'Little Girls' by Julian Casablancas track is right up there too. Played out Little Girls quite a bit on the dancefloor, but this is mainly a late night record as the name implies.
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MP3: Revenge (ft Wayne Coyne/Flaming Lips - Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
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Animal Collective are huge now! Amazing I got to see this band when they were up and comers and they played at I/O here in Miami a couple times. Super nice guys, but they were way more experimental back then. Now with the release of Merriweather Post Pavillion they've put out their most accesible record yet and it will show as it will top many Best of Lists for 09'. My Girls is the stand out track and personal fave.
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MP3: My Girls - Animal Collective
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First heard of the Crocodiles from my friend Lindsey then I kept hearing people talking about them till I finally got curious and checked out Summer of Hate. Glad I did! A great shoegazey rock record ala bands like Jesus and Mary Chain, Raveonettes and Echo and the Bunnymen which I think is were they got their album title from. My favorite tracks are back to back 2 and 3 'I Wanna Kill' and 'Soft Skull (In My Room)' which both sound like instant classics!
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MP3: I Wanna Kill - Crocodiles
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The Horrors possibly put out my favorite rock album of 2009! Primary Colours is an amazing sophmore record. I still have yet to hear their first album of which apparently this is a big departure from, but here they bring back the spirit of bands like Joy Division. Excellent moody, bass heavy rock n roll in a year dominated by the more electronic stuff.
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MP3: Who Can Say - The Horrors
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Frankmusik is pure electro-pop fun. A excellent week-end album as it gets me in the mood to go out and dance! Jumpy beats, swirling synths, excellent melodies and great production. What more could you want? 'Gotta Boyfriend' and 'Better off as Two' are my two faves.
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MP3: Gotta Boyfriend - Frankmusik
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Washed Out's Life of Leisure is actually an EP but it was so good I snuck it on here as well. Like Neon Indian and a few other artists he's kinda helped jumpstart the current dreamwavey, fuzzy lo-fi craze that I've been digging lately. Can't wait to see were he takes us in the next few years. 'Feel it All Around' is lo-fi licious!
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MP3: Feel it All Around - Washed Out
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Yacht's See Mystery Lights was a solid indie album from DFA records of all places. It features an eclectic blend of electronics, percussions and all sorts of experimental noises plus shared male/female vocals which I always tend to like. 'The Afterlife' with it's catchy chorus and 'I'm in Love with a Ripper' are my two faves.
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MP3: I'm in Love with a Ripper - Yacht
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Julian Casablancas like contemporary Paul Banks/Julien Plenti also made the jump this year from band The Strokes to his own solo record. On his debut 'Phrazes for the Young' it feels like Julian let loose a little and had some fun with it. He dabbled a bit more with electronics, but it's not a whole lot different than what you'd find on a Strokes record. You can tell he's the mastermind behind the Strokes sound we all love. '11th Dimension' was one of my favorite singles of the year! It just doesn't get much catchier than 11th and you can't take away that he's one of the voices of our generation.
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MP3: 11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas
La Roux is another artist one who made a big splash in 09'. Got tons of play on the dancefloor, particularly remixes for Quicksand and In for the Kill that I've been playing all year long and still get's people dancing. One of the most remixed artists out there. Her videos are pretty slick as well. Curious to see if she makes it in the long haul, but one things for sure she rocked 2009!
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MP3: In For the Kill - La Roux
Another great artist which is not releasing her debut album till Feb 2010 but made a big splash with her EP The Crown Jewels in 2009 is Marina and the Diamonds. Absolutely loved all the tracks and amazing videos she released this year and I am really excited about her so I wanted to include her EP on this list as well. 'I Am Not a Robot' and 'Obsession' are sooo good! We have a lot to look forward to from this amazing artist in the years to come.
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MP3: I Am Not a Robot - Marina and the Diamonds
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Hé merwde, j’ai encore loupé des disques avant qu’ils soient sauldoutes…
Washed Out c’est en fait Ernest Greene et en cherchant des infos sur lui sur l’interweb j’ai tellement lu le mot « balearic » que si un jour j’utilise le balais de mon ami Rick et que quelqu’un me demande à qui il appartient j’aurai du mal à répondre autre chose que « c’est le balais à rick » (et ma mère aura honte).
Le ptit gars s’est un peu cherché , il expliquait dans une interview qu’il faisait Washed Out depuis peu, et ben ça se sent… Sur sa première K7 (ouais), High Times, la première face est incroyablement 80’s (à tel point que c’est même assez dur de croire que les morceaux datent de 2009…) et la deuxième est, euh, limite abstract hip hop (!).
Washed Out – Belong (extrait de High Times qui est introuvable sauf sur le shop d’ernest et pour le moment il n’expédie pas en France…)
Washed Out – Phone Call (mon petit chouchou)
Il a fini par trancher sur son EP Life Of Leisure : ça sera 80’s. Un chouill’ Cut Copy (Hold Out), un brin MGMT (New Theory) et sexy (Feel It Around).
Washed Out – Fell It All Around (extrait de Life Of Leisure, achat sur insound à 18$ (ouais c’est pas donné)ou sur ebay, mais à des prix complètement débiles, ou à 20$ sur son site)
S’écouter ça en décembre à Paris quand on voit la neige tomber par la fenêtre (et se transformer au contact du sol en une belle boue marron) ça fait chaud au coeur, mais pas dit que ce son tout mou ne me saoule pas à vitesse V-grand, pasque c’est toujours le même problème : c ‘est tout compressé (je sais pas si c’est le terme), au bout d’un moment j’ai l’impression d’avoir les oreilles bouchées (comme quand on passe sous un tunnel en train) et qu’il faut gentiment souffler par le nez en se bouchant les narines. Sauf que là, ça marche pas. Le Deadbeat Summer de Neon Indian c’est la même chose, j’ai envie de tout péter au bout de 3 minutes parce que j’ai l’impression d’être devenu sourd.
Mais le Feel It Around m’apaise, alors tout va bien.
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-Hear is not the right word. I became a telephone. Edith was the electrical conversation that went through me.
-Well, what was it, what was it?
-Machinery.
-Machinery?
-Ordinary eternal machinery.
-And?
-Ordinary eternal machinery.
-Is that all you are going to say?
-Ordinary eternal machinery like the grinding of the stars.
-That’s better.
-That was a distortion of the truth which, I see, suits you very well. I distorted the truth to make it easier for you. The truth is: ordinary eternal machinery.
-Leonard Cohen. Beautiful Losers, 1966
1. James Pants - Thin Moon (StonesThrow Records, 2009)
2. Ocuban - H. Ratnani (Unsigned?, 2009)
3. Washed Out - Feel it all Around (Transparent, 2009
4. Keaver And Brause - Awake (Dealmaker, 2009)
5. Nite Jewel - What did he Say (Italians do it better, 2008)
6. Florence and the Machine - You Got The Love (Jamie XX Rework feat. the XX) (not on label, 2009)
7. Unknown Artist - Its No Good (Bullion remix) (not on label, 2009)
This is quite a contemporary list for me, an assortment of the songs that are stuck in my head. Lots of late night listening to the James Pants album, regretting (and secretly enjoying) the guilt coming from spending money I’m meant to be saving for overseas. All these tracks seem to have a kind of lovely DIY aesthetic - they all seem marked by particular hands, machines, times, scissors, and places. Brazilian beatmaker Ocuban’s brilliant debut album (which appears to have been self released) fits alongside the strange tape hiss of Nite Jewel. XX’s rework of Florence and the Machine (an immensely fun track to play to a crowd) works well with Bullion’s semi-soaring remix.
P.S. there is a little Outfoxed event going down this Wednesday night @ Killing time, Melbourne, Australia. Ill be playing records from 9-1.
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Blake Salzman hit a home run with his beautiful visual interpretation of Banjo Or Freakout's Upside Down, but to say comment reactions around the blogosphere have been tepid on his new effort for Washed Out's Belong might be an understatement...<object width="450" height="298"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8180278&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=d05ae8&fullscreen=1"/><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8180278&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=d05ae8&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="450" height="298"></embed></object>MP3 : Washed Out - BelongPrevious...MP3 : Washed Out - Feel It All AroundMP3 : Washed Out - You'll See It--------------------------------------------------------MySpace | More MP3s | eMusic | Subscribe To RSS Feed | Follow MOKB on Twitter<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pub=xa-4b0d4baf727abd55"></script>
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Not all of the best music we heard this year was restricted to the long-player format. These are our favorite EPs + singles of '09, released in various vinyl/tape/digital formats.
EPs:
01 Memory Cassette | Call & Response 7" (Acephale)
mp3: Asleep at a Party
02 Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind (Domino)
03 Washed Out | Life of Leisure 12" (Mexican Summer)
mp3: Feel It All...
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Okay. You’re thinkin’ I’m a bit late on this one…yes? Well that’s true, but the real truth is I’ve been listening to Washed Out’s Life Of Leisure EP for a...
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FEEL IT ALL AROUND from Northern Lights on Vimeo.
Back when we got flooded out, I spent most of my days indoors switching between listening to the rain and listening to a new favorite EP by Washed Out.
I was first tipped off by Tara Davies while DJing together at the Sorry Darlin’ party. Went home and did some research, only to find that not only was the man behind Washed Out from the small Georgia town of Perry, but is also one of Pitchfork’s new crushes.
To call Washed Out electronic pop is accurate and at the same time incredibly misleading. It is true that the backing tracks are entirely comprised of keyboards, synths, and drum machines… however the style of production and the vocals are more accurately described by the name alone… Washed Out.
If I had to pick a point of reference. Think if M83 and Royksopp had recorded in 1982… and you got a copy that had been recorded off the radio and then copied and passed down a few times.
If the recordings weren’t dreamy enough already, a fan made video surfaced that captured the feeling of the song “Feel It All Around” about as accurately as I would think possible. Shot by Chase Heavener on a Canon 5d MkII, the fixed focus and shallow depth of field produces an dream recall effect of friends on vacation. After talking to him for a bit online and visiting his blog, I determined that, not only is Chase an amazing photographer and filmmaker, but he and his friends go on the coolest vacations ever.
Now, if you’re still reading this and listening to Washed Out, then you’re going to want to make it out to a special event he’s playing tomorrow night. The Kia Soul Collective series (flyer below) starts tomorrow night and features free performances, alcohol, and all other kinds of goodies you’d come to expect from a corporate sponsored event aimed at attracting “young taste makers” to their brand.
Corporate sponsorship really ain’t so bad when it’s behind the right people!
Washed Out – New Theory
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
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One is slower. And the vocals are different. But yeah, other than that the similarity is substantial, and its hard not to feel a bit like something about the Washed Out track will never be the same. As good as it is, it kinda needs an asterik from now on.
mp3: “Feel It All Around” - Washed Out (2009)
mp3: “I Want You” - Gary Low (1983)
All keeding aside, I like them both for different reasons. Though I think its pretty clear who has the better video/English pronunciation.
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It doesn't get much chiller-wave than this: Toro Y Moi reworks his SC bro Washed Out's Gary Low-sampling gem, "Feel It All Around," lending the track even more achingly melancholy nostalgia. The track will appear on the b-side of Washed Out's forthcoming Feel It All Around 7" single, due soon on the great Transparent:mp3:washed out :: feel it all around (toro y moi remix) washed out :: feel it all around*********
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I love pianos. I wish I could play the piano like the bro from Kinch. SPEAKING OF KINCH… They’ve got a new album out and um, it’s free, so you should really consider picking it up. Get the whole Collars And Sleeves release here or just listen to “John Adams” to feel that good piano vibe.
Kinch – John Adams
Thunder Power is a down to earth band out of Omaha with some new some stuff that’s worth giving a listen to. I touched base on them a bit when they dropped “Take A Hike“, a cheeky little tune with a video to boot. Their new-ish album, And Everything After, seems to be a bit more low key than the previously released, Love Yourself. In any case, Kacynna’s voice is still as vintage and moving as ever, making Thunder Power one of my favorite, go-to chill bands.
Thunder Power – Postscript
This track by Washed Out came in as a recco from miracleGro, a half-contributor to this here blog. “Feel It All Around” is, in a way, quite melancholy and, as it turns out, fits well into “downer-side” of things. I think you know what I mean. If we’re not on the same page here, just listen to the song and you should be right on track.
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
If you watch Entourage you might have caught this at the end of last weeks (or the previous weeks) episode when the identity of Vince’s stalker was revealed. Someday I’d like to shake the hand of whoever directs the music for that show because they’re basically the best taste maker ever. “Sunrise” is definitely one for the valleys…
Yeasayer – Sunrise (I posted this earlier this week, but I don’t care. So…)
Beats™
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Rainbow Bridge - "Big Wave Rider"; Welcome to yet another example of why the whole "surf-fi"/"beach-core" scene is one of the fastest growing trends in music. This music is incessantly catchy, no matter how much they try to slow it down or make it into a jam friendly tune, you can still hear the surf punk roots that went into it. This maybe a fad that's getting ready to burn out in the colder weather but we're not ready to bid it adieu just yet.Grade: B+Jeans Wilder - "Tough Guys"; And some more lo-fi, this time from the Best Coast recommended Jeans Wilder. At this point we're getting tired of the same old same old so if you're gonna go lo-fi you're gonna have to pull out all the stops. These guys do things a bit differently, but the sound is so slow and grating that it's really tough to slog your way into the song. Maybe on repeated listens you could make it through, but right now it's just making me want to close my eyes.Grade: B-Ghostface Killah - "Stapleton Sex"; Know what's awesome? Having your neighborhood called out in a sexy ass song like this! To make it even better it's a new Ghostface song which is always something to celebrate, but this is some serious shit right here. Dirty, nasty, sexy, you name it. It's fun and dirty and sounds damn good.Grade: A-Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"; Yesterday afternoon Ryan Schreiber (of Pitchfork) and Gorilla Vs. Bear started tweeting up a storm about this song. Now normally I take my time going and listening to new music but when two well respected tastemakers start raving about something I speed up the process a bit. Not gonna lie, this song is pretty tight but I don't know if it was worth 22 tweets each (exaggeration).Grade: BAlberta Cross - "Steel and Glass"; Covering John Lennon definitely takes some balls, but doing so when everyone in the world is going nuts over them (again) could turn out to be a brilliant move or a disaster. This is somewhere in the middle.Grade: C+Dirty Ghosts - "Battle Slang"; While most of San Francisco has gone lo-fi some folks are still branching out and trying new things. Dirty Ghosts, a new trio featuring programming from Aesop Rock, is really going in a different direction trying to fuse elements of straight up rock with hip hop and actually succeeding in what they're doing. Need more listens but this is pretty cool.Grade: B+Or, the Whale - "Rusty Gold"; Isn't it bad enough that your dog died? Do you really have to croon mournfully about it? This song is just plain and simple sad, and boring. Like whoa.Grade: C-Railcars - "Castle"; Talk about taking shitgaze to a new level, this duo is rocking slightly harder then Fuck Buttons but are also dancier then Times New Viking. They straddle the line between listenable and deafness. This is crazy stuff and it will take some getting used to but if you can get into it there's definitely a little something to it. I think. Maybe?Grade: BTrack of the Week:The Señors of Marseille - "Davey"; Holiday Records has done a good job of rounding up a bunch of the new generation of lo-fi bands, The Drums, Surfer Blood, and more, and the latest is The Señors of Marseille. I got this in an e-mail late last night that I think was meant for someone else, but every once in a while fortune shines done and gives you a nugget. This tune is a rollicking good time, not quite in step with all the other acts on Holiday Records, but absolutely worthy of your attention anyway. It's a little more pop (thanks to the piano and vocal harmonies) but in a very, very good way. Check it.Grade: A<script type="text/javascript">
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Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Raekwon, Wild Nothing, Neon Indian, Fever Ray, Grizzly Bear, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...********** gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: september 1001. wild nothing :: cloudbusting02. memory tapes :: swimming field03. jj :: me & dean04. fever ray :: here before05. the knife :: heartbeats (live)06. washed out :: feel it all around07. toro y moi :: talamak08. grizzly bear :: while you wait for the others (feat. michael mcdonald)09. the xx :: infinity10. get back guinozzi :: low files tropical11. wavves :: cool jumper12. best coast :: something in the way13. pearl harbour :: lost @ sea14. grass widow :: to where15. harlem :: south of france16. no age :: you're a target17. raekwon :: gihad18. raekwon :: 10 bricks19. mos def :: supermagic20. the golden filter :: hide me21. korallreven :: loved up22. au revoir simone :: another likely story (neon indian remix)23. yeah yeah yeahs :: y control24. air france :: gbg belongs to us25. taken by trees :: anna26. fever ray :: keep the streets empty for me27. smith westerns :: diamond boys28. acrylics :: molly's vertigo29. SALEM :: brustreet30. grouper :: heavy water/i'd rather be sleeping*********
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I've had all things Washed Out on blast on my dizzying drive up the PCH (currently here), so it was a nice addition to the playlist when Mirror Universe sent over woozy new jam "Luck," the latest hit from Ernest Greene's upcoming limited High Times cassette. To review, here are two tracks from the tape, and a couple from Washed Out's Mexican Summer 12", Life of Leisure:mp3:washed out :: luckwashed out :: belongwashed out :: hold outwashed out :: feel it all around*********related:Something About the ChaparralsIn other Mexican Summer news, Pearl Harbor have announced (and unveiled the cover art for) their Something About the Chaparrals 12", due this Fall on the label.mp3:pearl harb☮r :: lost @ seapearl harb☮r :: sunburn*********
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This month’s mix of the best new music holds together quite well as a compilation, if I do say so myself. It‘s been a quiet summer around here at the luxurious PHW headquarters - with 6 month old twins to take care of there hasn’t been a lot of time to get outdoors as much as my wife and I would have liked. There have been a lot of lazy (but still plenty hectic) days around the house filled with dirty diapers, hungry babies, and the occasional stolen nap. While I wouldn‘t trade the time spent with my daughters for anything, there was always the sense of missing out on the beaches, boardwalks, festivals, vacations, and concerts that have been a regular part of my summers since forever. Hence kind of feeling like a deadbeat. Hence also the “title” of this mix - which is also a nod to the grainy, lo-fi beach music circulating this summer (not to mention this comp featured over at Aquarium Drunkard recently).Luckily the comfortable feeling of semi-isolation I‘ve experienced lately has been well-soundtracked. “Island, IS”, by Justin Vernon and his friends in the Volcano Choir side project, seems predetermined to bleed into Au’s “Ida Walked Away” and the Afro-pop of The Very Best’s “Julia”. Some of those aforementioned blurry beach jams come next, followed by the latest free Radiohead tune, a batch of skuzzy garage rockers, the supersonic sheen of The Big Pink, and finally a run through a pair of lilting folk tunes, the last of which is the elegiac title track to the upcoming Simon Joyner record. It’s actually quite a seemless little mix - much more than just a collection of the month’s best music…which it also is. As always, thanks for reading and ch-check it out:MP3 :: Island, IS - Volcano Choir (original post)MP3 :: Ida Walked Away - Au (original post)Link :: Julia - The Very BestMP3 :: Seasun - DeloreanMP3 :: Feel It All Around - Washed OutMP3 :: Deadbeat Summer - Neon IndianMP3 :: Despicable Dogs - Small BlackZIP :: These Are My Twisted Words - Radiohead (original post)MP3 :: Bowie Knives - MazesMP3 :: You’re A Target - No Age (original post)MP3 :: Girl In Love - Smith Westerns (original post)MP3 :: Cone Of Light - The Almighty DefendersLink :: Dominos - The Big Pink (original post)MP3 :: Ravens - Secondstar (original post)MP3 :: Out Into The Snow - Simon Joyner (original post)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And check out the rest of the year’ monthly mixes:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I’m splitting town for the weekend - driving a hundred miles up the coast to Santa Barbara for a friend’s wedding. Last month this friend turned me on to the South Carolinian bedroom-synth project of Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out. The track was “Feel It All Around,” and it has since made the blog-rounds 100 [...]
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best new music MP3: Washed Out - Belong [perfect]MP3: Washed Out - Feel It All Around
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8/1 on August 26, 2009
My former Stylus colleague, Mike Orme tagged “Feel It All Around,” from South Carolina’s Washed Out, with a Pitchfork Best New Tracks this morning. Rather than fritter away an afternoon grappling with ways to reiterate what Mike already said, I’ll just co-sign his sentiments regarding Ernest Greene’s sublime vision, “stuck somewhere in an imagined euphoria set after the art rock of the late 70s, with a dotted line drawn directly through the swath of synth pop and all the way to the psychedelic, guitar driven Brit-pop of the Stone Roses.”
It’s easy to sneer at the Balearic descended beach pop that’s bombarded the blogs all season long, but there’s also something heartening about it–the wide majority of it self-released or on tiny indies like Acephale or Sincerely Yours. All of it ideal for that last Labor Day gasp of summer. Save your censure for the PR deluge surrounding the Girls or Big Pink records. Right now, trying to fight Washed Out, JJ, Javelin or Memory Tapes is tantamount to swimming against the tide.
Download:
MP3: Washed Out-”Feel It All Around”
MP3: Washed Out-”Belong”
MP3: Washed Out-”You’ll See it”
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Who: Washed Out from Columbia, South Carolina.
What: An introduction to the hazy and sleepy, bedroom dance bliss of Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out. For me, the song below evokes images of love scenes from 80s movies, cut to scenes of beaches in twilight. It comes from an upcoming LP due in the fall 2009 on Mexican Summer and on a 7″ in October on Transparent.
Song: Feel It All Around.
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Washed Out “Feel It All Around”
I’m not sure whether or not the background hum in “Feel It All Around” is actually a sustained sample from 10cc’s “I’m Not In Love,” but either way, the sound effectively places this song in the same emotional spectrum while carving out its own niche of muted, shell-shocked melancholy. The genius in this music, however, is in the way this lovelorn state is presented with a cool, dispassionate front of someone who has either become deliberately numb, or is in very deep denial about their pain.
Visit the Washed Out MySpace page.
Grooms “Dreamsucker”
The guitars here trade off between mellow arpeggios and blasts of distortion, and so we’re in well-trod and comfortable territory, particularly if you’re into Sonic Youth and more guitar-centric post-rock bands like Gastr Del Sol and Dianogah. The thing that makes this track really pop, though, is in the way the percussion and vocals build up this fidgety, wired feeling, like you’re literally shaking from too much caffeine, but you’re still a bit sleepy and/or lost in some sort of mental fog.
Visit the Grooms’ MySpace page.
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Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from No Age, Washed Out, the xx, Joy Orbison, Taken By Trees, Girls, Wavves, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...************* gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: august 1301. washed out :: hold out02. air france :: GBG belongs to us03. bloc party :: letter to my son (TWINS remix)04. washed out :: feel it all around05. the xx :: islands06. jj :: ecstasy07. memory cassette :: surfin08. joy orbison :: hyph mngo09. sunnybrook :: waving hands10. taken by trees :: watch the waves11. taken by trees :: anna12. henry pedro :: midnight sun13. ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: kind of kind14. smith westerns :: diamond boys15. reading rainbow :: i will wait16. toro y moi :: human nature17. neon indian :: 6669 (i don't know if you know)18. forest swords :: miarches19. girls :: lauren marie20. magic kids :: hey boy21. atlas sound :: walkabout (feat. panda bear)22. no age :: you're a target23. best coast :: something in the way24. the bitters :: warrior25. WAVVES :: cool jumper26. the mayfair set :: three for me27. veronica falls :: found love in a graveyard28. trailer trash tracys :: candy girl29. family portrait :: mega secrets30. taken by trees :: watch the waves (memory tapes version)*************
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Damn, more South Carolina? They’re killing it down there right now. Washed Out (aka Ernest Greene) writes songs that make me feel like walking through the grass at night, while listening to the sprinklers sputter in the background. Hazy, lazy and drenched in reverb, the songs plod along right there with you. The prefect thing to accompany a warm summer breeze.
Washed Out – New Theory
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
Washed Out – Get Up
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Small Black - "Despicable Dogs"; Music blogs across the country are debating what to call this whole "new" genre of music and I'm totally staying out of the fray. It's another version of the lo-fi movement just a bit happier and sunnier then shit like Times New Viking. That doesn't merit a new name or much else unless there's something substantial to it. This is not one of those songs. It's light, cute, and summery, but not worthy of a whole new genre of music. At least not one so many people should be paying so much attention to.Grade: C+Lake - "Madagascar"; I hope you guys haven't finished your summer mixed tapes because this laid back track would definitely fit well on it. Kind of weird that it's just coming out now, oh wait the album's not due till October??? That makes no sense at all. Oh well, at least we have this tune for the last few days of summer!Grade: BLove of Diagrams - "Forever"; I am totally not understanding why the vocals are so buried on this tune, or why this tune is so lackluster but it's really a bit disconcerting. I truly enjoyed the last Love of Diagrams record but if this is any proof of what the album's going to be like I'm gonna have to take a pass on it.Grade: D+Dinosaur Feathers - "Don't Fear the Vagabonds"; In a couple of weeks Dinosaur Feathers will be releasing a totally unexpected EP and this is the first tune off of it. It's kind of a weird tune with lots of harmonious vocals but few actual lyrics being sung. It's also skewed and warped and played with throughout the duration. Not an easy tune at all, but definitely something that is piquing my curiosity!Grade: B+Jemina Pearl (ft. Iggy Pop) - "I Hate People"; Folks it is time to get over the Be Your Own Pet breakup and move on. We all realize they were a promising young punk band but now Jemina is striking out on her own, enlisting Iggy Pop for help, and generally bringing a lot of the 60's girl group meets punk rocker vibes on to her solo project. Well, not exactly solo, she does have quite a few capable musicians helping her out but the spotlight is most certainly on her spunky self. To be honest Iggy Pop doesn't add much to this tune, but then it is a little bit of a fluff piece compared to some of Pearl's harder hitting tunes.Grade: B-The Mountain Goats - "Genesis 3:23"; So John Darnielle has gone and named all of his new tunes after Bible verses. So here's this verse, "So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.". You see Adam and Eve had just been banished from the Garden and Darnielle is singing about returning to his old family home. It kind of makes sense, if you stretch it a little bit. But yeah, pretty much straight forward Mountain Goats right here.Grade: BShark? - "Fear!"; A couple weeks ago I mentioned Shark? for the first time and named them my Band of the Week, turns out the guys were already working on new stuff when I did that and so we get "Fear!" out of it. This another dirty little tune, recorded with lots of noise and less then crisp production, but it's also got another solid vibe to the overall feel of it. Not the biggest fan of the vocals here, but I like the rest a lot.Grade: BA Sunny Day In Glasgow - "Ashes Grammar/Ashes Math"; A Sunny Day In Glasgow's follow-up to their 2007 debut is due in a couple of weeks and boy has there been a lot of changes in the Philly band's camp. It lead to a much different sound, one far more fleshed out than the bedroom-recorded sounds on the debut. The tunes are expansive with a lot of synth a sounds added to the fray, but the depth is actually pretty impressive to behold.Grade: B+Young Prisms - "Weekends and Treehouses"; Another psychedelic, lo-fi outfit out of San Francisco! The streets must be teeming with these guys out west! Like a lot of their brethren, they prefer the dirtier sort of sounds but do well to mix in a lot vocal harmonies and sounds not necessarily being used in full out there. It makes for something of a different listen, which is a good thing in tight knit scenes, and adds some variety to the fold.Grade: A-Track of the Week:Music Go Music - "Warm in the Shadows"; People are having a lot of fun describing Music Go Music's latest tune tossing around names like ABBA and Olivia Newton John and mixing them with Rocky Horror or ELO. Truth is if you've ever had a thing for dance oriented pop tunes then this will be your new favorite song. It definitely has a lot of that throwback feel to it, sounds a smidge like Debbie Harry in roller skates. See, lots of fun describing it and even more fun listening!Grade: A<script type="text/javascript">
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Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from M.I.A., the Very Best, jj, Karl Blau, Atlas Sound, Reading Rainbow, Tonstartssbandht, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...************* gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: july 3001. major lazer :: autotune baby riddim (feat. M.I.A.)02. m.i.a. :: china girl (diplo mix)03. major lazer :: keep it goin louder04. the very best :: julia05. atlas sound :: walkabout (feat. panda bear)06. washed out :: feel it all around07. delorean :: seasun08. jj :: masterplan09. the drums :: best friend (olympic mix)10. the silent league :: here's a star (neon indian remix)11. VEGA :: no reasons12. a mountain of one :: bones (thomas' way of the ancients remix)13. trailer trash tracys :: strangling good guys14. the xx :: crystalised15. pictureplane :: goth star16. family portrait :: mega secrets17. reading rainbow :: the sun is out18. ganglians :: valient brave19. white denim :: regina holding hands20. girls :: hellhole ratrace21. karl blau :: apology to the pollinateurs22. vivian girls :: when i'm gone23. wavves :: mickey mouse24. reading rainbow :: i will wait25. tonstartssbandht :: black country26. forest swords :: miarches27. henry pedro :: midnight sun | [via]28. smith westerns :: diamond boys************
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Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Darkstar, Washed Out, Tonstartssbandht, Ellie Goulding, Vivian Girls, Memory Cassette, Magic Kids, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...*************gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: july 231. washed out :: feel it all around2. pearl harbour :: sunburn3. memory cassette :: surfin4. atlas sound :: walkabout (feat. panda bear)5. the very best :: julia6. jj :: masterplan7. ellie goulding :: starry eyed (jakwob remix)8. wavves :: mickey mouse9. family portrait :: mega secrets10. tonstartssbandht :: black country11. julian lynch :: garden 212. memory tapes :: bicycle13. les sins :: lina14. weird tapes :: home15. vivian girls :: when i'm gone16. smith westerns :: be my girl17. the bitters :: can you keep a secret?18. magic kids :: hey boy19. the polyphonic spree :: blurry (demo)20. langley schools music project :: god only knows21. magic kids :: good to be22. fergus & geronimo :: harder than it's ever been23. best coast :: sun was high (so was i)24. toro y moi :: talamak25. real estate :: beach comber26. the xx :: basic space (pariah remix)27. darkstar :: videotape28. madlib :: sacrifice29. paper route gangstaz :: life, money, & drugs (diplo remix)30. jj :: ecstacy31. memory cassette :: surfin (sail a whale version)***********
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In a similarly dreamy realm as fellow Columbia, South Carolina multi-instrumentalist and friend Toro y Moi, Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene, gets us ready for a chilly summer (or July Language, if you're thinking Belong) with the woozy ambience of "Feel It All Around." It's like a more insular Quiet Village until the vocals start and draw you a few steps closer, but the ending fade makes the whole thing disappear before you get a chance to burrow in deeply enough. This fleetingness is maybe part of its charm. And, why do I keep thinking about "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"? Continue reading New Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"...
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More woozy, lo-fi bedroom dance pop from Columbia, South Carolina, courtesy of Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out. Bask in the warm, inviting glow of (possibly borrowed) nostalgia cast by the excellent "Feel it All Around," which somehow manages to feel both distant and fully engaging, and look for a tape from Washed Out soon on Mirror Universe:mp3:washed out :: feel it all around**********New single from the Big Pink, taken from their debut album A Brief History of Love, due out in September on 4AD.mp3:the big pink :: dominospreviously:mp3:the big pink :: velvet (gang gang dance remix)**********
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