Bands not called Arcade Fire seem to be having trouble writing satisfying, good, interesting songs that last more than 3 minutes. Everything these days seems to be "get in, get out, wham-bam-thankyoumaam." What the fuck is up with that? What ever happened to courtship? starting slow and building up? What happened to romance? What have we come to? How many questions can a blog post have? What is the meaning of life?
Well, Family Cactus are changing that, they've got a new album called Come Howling full of 4 minute plus songs (with a couple of exceptions).
Here's "Come Howling" coming in at a never boring 6.47 minutes:
Come Howling by Family Cactus
And here is their first video for their song "Kingmaker:"
10/28/2010
More Feminists
Melancholic synth-pop from Portland, OR.
Carolyn Berk, she of hypnotic voice and powerful songwriting, has been performing as 'Lovers' since 2001. Now, the band 'Lovers' is her plus two friends (feminist-hardcore band ex-members) that bring in the synth touch for the most recent release, Dark Light. The whole album is worth checking out. Here's one very feminist song as a sample.
Lovers - Figure 8:
Trivia: Lovers are signed to Badman Records. Other artists in Badman include Thao, Portland Cello Project, and Starfucker (a LastChoice pick).
Carolyn Berk, she of hypnotic voice and powerful songwriting, has been performing as 'Lovers' since 2001. Now, the band 'Lovers' is her plus two friends (feminist-hardcore band ex-members) that bring in the synth touch for the most recent release, Dark Light. The whole album is worth checking out. Here's one very feminist song as a sample.
Lovers - Figure 8:
Trivia: Lovers are signed to Badman Records. Other artists in Badman include Thao, Portland Cello Project, and Starfucker (a LastChoice pick).
10/27/2010
Suffering Season
This was a song I brought to The Awkward Off (and how awkward it was) but didn't end up playing. Anyhow, I like Woods a lot, and I think this time of year is suffering season for a lot of us, what with grant proposals, elections and so on, so I'm posting it now.
Woods-Suffering Season by malaise
Woods-Suffering Season by malaise
Photosynthesize, This Is How We Realize.
Jazz is back motherfuckers and it's bringing Hip Hop with it! The Beats realized the connection between spoken word and Jazz in the 50s and 60s (Mexico City Blues, Amiri Baraka, Ferlinghetti and Stan Getz, etc.) and now The Revivalist is showcasing this renaissance for all the interweb. The below comes from a collaborative album between the jazz singer Nnenna Freelon and The Beast, it's free to download from http://revivalist.okayplayer.com/.
The Beast - Freedom Part 2 feat. Nnenna Freelon & Suede (produced by Apple Juice Kid) from BECAUSEUS on Vimeo.
10/26/2010
Dead, contagious genres
Purists, fans of Rusko and Burial 'before they were big', claim that dubstep died when it left London. Well, fuck them, everyone from Jay-Z to JayBiebz has a cheap-dubstep-based song now. I guess dubstep has joined the Zombie Genre club, together with Rock, Punk, Baroque et al.
Stupid intro done. These two tracks are dubstep remixes of old songs. They are 'Constanza/Mennen' tracks, if you know what I mean. Listen two/three times...
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You (MiM0SA Remix)
Freestylers - Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)
Stupid intro done. These two tracks are dubstep remixes of old songs. They are 'Constanza/Mennen' tracks, if you know what I mean. Listen two/three times...
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You (MiM0SA Remix)
Freestylers - Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix)
PLZ SEE MY VID, IT ROOLZ
Wolf just posted this on facebook, but I already had plans to post this today... I swear. Damn you Wolf and you thunder-stealing ways.
Anyway, because all of us dreamed about it, finally a band mixed "lolcats" with "Steve McQueen's Bullit"
Enyoy Red Lights by Holy Fuck.
Anyway, because all of us dreamed about it, finally a band mixed "lolcats" with "Steve McQueen's Bullit"
Enyoy Red Lights by Holy Fuck.
10/25/2010
Oh Hot, Last Choice Radio
Oh Land has a new video and the good news is she's still very cute. I'm also pretty obsessed with Gold Panda's new album, but apparently so is every other music blog. Speaking of music blogs, Last Choice is going old school tomorrow and changing the our energy form of our communication from pulsing light to self-propagating, electromagnetic waves: 7-9am on KVRX 91.7. Tomorrow is a Tuesday. If you're a friend we see often tune in via radio, if we're neglecting you and using geographic distance as an excuse,use the inter-web.
Oh Land "Sun of a Gun" from Oh Land Music on Vimeo.
Monday morning pop-up
Brooke Fraser is some sort of New Zealand pop star, who is pretty and makes me feel happy on gray Monday mornings.
Full disclosure: she is also super christian, and thus outs me for my alleged love of god rock. Try to ignore that and enjoy this catchy fun Monday song.
Full disclosure: she is also super christian, and thus outs me for my alleged love of god rock. Try to ignore that and enjoy this catchy fun Monday song.
10/22/2010
This means warr
Total Warr is a charming electronic pop duo from Paris. They released their first EP "Cascades" in September. Their names are Kiki and Guigui, and they say they came up with the songs after a trip to Eurodisney.
Good for them, I went there once and all I came out with was vomit in my mouth and empty pockets.
Total Warr - Gangsta rap by Total Warr
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