Yay!
15.6.10
9.6.10
New Black Mountain.
So, now there's something worth telling about again - Canadian stoner/acid rockers Black Mountain release a new album in September! And already now, you can fetch a brand new tune, Old Fangs, for the price of your email address.
Go fetch!
Yay!
Go fetch!
Yay!
4.6.10
Dirty Projectors live.
Alright, I know this is sort of old, but this performance of Cannibal Resource by Dirty Projectors is the best.
Also here.
Also here.
1.6.10
Mixtape: Best of '10 - so far.
Oy!
Not that much posting these days because I've been busy making a mixtape for you guys. I just thought it would be a brilliant idea. One must say that '10 has been absolutely acceptable so far and there's still a lot more to come. Here's the 15 best tunes of the year so far in my opinion. Scroll down for download!:
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
This fantastic shoegaze epic would start of every mixtape brilliantly with its cool dynamics and beautiful melody. It took some time to grow on me, actually, but that guitar intro is the best.
Las Robertas - Ballroom
I had absolutely no clue who these 4 girls from Costa Rica were before this popped up in my mailbox. But now I know - and I now happen to love their young, fresh, trashy garage pop. Ballroom represents their album, Cry Out Loud, brilliantly - it's simple, noisy and very catchy!
Happy Birthday - Perverted Girl
Sub Pop signed minimalist lo-fi garage rockers Happy Birthday would have been pure crap if it wasn't for the fantastic and catchy pop songs they write. What they have now is a lovely mess in which you'll always find that fantastic melody despite of bad vocals and lousy instrumentation. Not easy listening, but absolutely fantastic listening.
Spoon - Got Nuffin'
Spoons new album, Transference, is really good. So is Got Nuffin' - a very dynamic tune, simple melody but really well-thought instrumentation and dynamics all way through.
Liars - Scissor
The latest offering from Liars, Sisterworld, was indeed quite a mouthful. VERY inaccessible, demanding and experimental listening that forces the listener to be a 100% into this. To be honest, I think this might be a bit too uneasy listening because the good melody only shines through on occasion. One of these occasions is Scissor - trashy and demanding but also immediately satisfying artrock music.
Caribou - Found Out
Okay, I admit - the change from Liars' trashy rock to Caribou's dance music isn't very smooth. But you'll forgive me when you hear this - a very nice melody combined with a simple dance rhythm and a minimalistic, repetitive guitar line that works fantastically. Shake that ass, white boy!
LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit
Just keep dancing while you're at it - Caribou isn't a mile away from LCD Soundsystem musically. The last LCD Soundsystem album (sadly), This Is Happening, is really good. On this mixtape you'll find You Wanted A Hit which is a 9-minute hypnotic garage dance tune. It sounds like quite a something but it's easier to listen to than you'd think.
OK Go - I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe
The sexiest tune of '10 this far? Yes, indeed. It's one of the first times that "funky" actually works on me instead of scaring me. But this melody is incredible and makes the walls drip from...... Horny.
Serena-Maneesh - Blow Yr Brains In The Morning Rain
To move on from the minimalist-lo-fi-horny-dance-sexy part of the mixtape towards the more rocking part of it I've decided to use what's probably one of my top 3 favorite tracks of '10. Blow Yr Brains In The Morning Rain is a BLAST of acid-bad-trip-stoned-shoegaze-noisepop. Sexy? Yes, indeed, but in a completely different way than OK Go. In my opinion, this is the highlight on Abyss In B Minor.
The Van Jets - Matador
Matador doesn't say that much about the latest Van Jets album, Cat Fit Fury, which is mostly a very nice pop record with some guitars on it. Matador is trashy, noisy and absolutely amazing.
The Mad Trist - Silver Lines
Pay The Piper by The Mad Trist is one of my absolute favorite albums of '10. Stoned pop music quite inspired by bands as Queens Of The Stone Age but with that Benelux touch of synths and something that can't be defined. Silver Lines is rocking a bit harder than most of the tunes on Pay The Piper, but it's great nonetheless and it's probably what I've listened to the most this year.
Melissa Auf Der Maur - Isis Speaks
I never thought I'd like a concept album about vikings this much but (thank God) it's a lot better than it sounds. Out Of Our Minds is probably the album I remember the best because it's a bit bizarre with the viking theme and the lyrics but the songs here are very well-written.
Black Box Revelation - Part Of Me
A heavily distorted bass, heartfelt vocals and some trashy attitude - there is your dose of melodic garage trashy rock music. Definately something for itself.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shadow's Keeper
This comes as no surprise, I guess, but I honestly find Beat The Devil's Tatoo one of the best albums this year. Shadow's Keeper is represents the record brilliantly - psychedelic, a bit pop, a bit noise and shit loads of cool.
Arcade Fire - Month Of May
The two new tunes released by Arcade Fire pumps up my expectations SOOOOOOOOO badly for their new record, The Suburbs. I. Can't. Wait. On the b-side, Month Of May, they've apparently gone rock (?!) but they do it brilliantly.
BONUS: We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop
This thing works so brilliantly as a pop tune. Catchy as hell, cool guitars, and not demanding at all. How can this be one of the best of '10? Because is the best the first 20 times you hear it.
BONUS BONUS!!: How To Destroy Angels - The Space In Between
The new EP from Trent Reznor's How To Destroy Angels just popped into my mailbox this morning. (Yes, that widget thingy worked). The opening tune is amazing. Here it is.
As all mixtapes, this mixtape can be downloaded right here:
Download - Megaupload.
Cheers!
Not that much posting these days because I've been busy making a mixtape for you guys. I just thought it would be a brilliant idea. One must say that '10 has been absolutely acceptable so far and there's still a lot more to come. Here's the 15 best tunes of the year so far in my opinion. Scroll down for download!:
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
This fantastic shoegaze epic would start of every mixtape brilliantly with its cool dynamics and beautiful melody. It took some time to grow on me, actually, but that guitar intro is the best.
Las Robertas - Ballroom
I had absolutely no clue who these 4 girls from Costa Rica were before this popped up in my mailbox. But now I know - and I now happen to love their young, fresh, trashy garage pop. Ballroom represents their album, Cry Out Loud, brilliantly - it's simple, noisy and very catchy!
Happy Birthday - Perverted Girl
Sub Pop signed minimalist lo-fi garage rockers Happy Birthday would have been pure crap if it wasn't for the fantastic and catchy pop songs they write. What they have now is a lovely mess in which you'll always find that fantastic melody despite of bad vocals and lousy instrumentation. Not easy listening, but absolutely fantastic listening.
Spoon - Got Nuffin'
Spoons new album, Transference, is really good. So is Got Nuffin' - a very dynamic tune, simple melody but really well-thought instrumentation and dynamics all way through.
Liars - Scissor
The latest offering from Liars, Sisterworld, was indeed quite a mouthful. VERY inaccessible, demanding and experimental listening that forces the listener to be a 100% into this. To be honest, I think this might be a bit too uneasy listening because the good melody only shines through on occasion. One of these occasions is Scissor - trashy and demanding but also immediately satisfying artrock music.
Caribou - Found Out
Okay, I admit - the change from Liars' trashy rock to Caribou's dance music isn't very smooth. But you'll forgive me when you hear this - a very nice melody combined with a simple dance rhythm and a minimalistic, repetitive guitar line that works fantastically. Shake that ass, white boy!
LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit
Just keep dancing while you're at it - Caribou isn't a mile away from LCD Soundsystem musically. The last LCD Soundsystem album (sadly), This Is Happening, is really good. On this mixtape you'll find You Wanted A Hit which is a 9-minute hypnotic garage dance tune. It sounds like quite a something but it's easier to listen to than you'd think.
OK Go - I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe
The sexiest tune of '10 this far? Yes, indeed. It's one of the first times that "funky" actually works on me instead of scaring me. But this melody is incredible and makes the walls drip from...... Horny.
Serena-Maneesh - Blow Yr Brains In The Morning Rain
To move on from the minimalist-lo-fi-horny-dance-sexy part of the mixtape towards the more rocking part of it I've decided to use what's probably one of my top 3 favorite tracks of '10. Blow Yr Brains In The Morning Rain is a BLAST of acid-bad-trip-stoned-shoegaze-noisepop. Sexy? Yes, indeed, but in a completely different way than OK Go. In my opinion, this is the highlight on Abyss In B Minor.
The Van Jets - Matador
Matador doesn't say that much about the latest Van Jets album, Cat Fit Fury, which is mostly a very nice pop record with some guitars on it. Matador is trashy, noisy and absolutely amazing.
The Mad Trist - Silver Lines
Pay The Piper by The Mad Trist is one of my absolute favorite albums of '10. Stoned pop music quite inspired by bands as Queens Of The Stone Age but with that Benelux touch of synths and something that can't be defined. Silver Lines is rocking a bit harder than most of the tunes on Pay The Piper, but it's great nonetheless and it's probably what I've listened to the most this year.
Melissa Auf Der Maur - Isis Speaks
I never thought I'd like a concept album about vikings this much but (thank God) it's a lot better than it sounds. Out Of Our Minds is probably the album I remember the best because it's a bit bizarre with the viking theme and the lyrics but the songs here are very well-written.
Black Box Revelation - Part Of Me
A heavily distorted bass, heartfelt vocals and some trashy attitude - there is your dose of melodic garage trashy rock music. Definately something for itself.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shadow's Keeper
This comes as no surprise, I guess, but I honestly find Beat The Devil's Tatoo one of the best albums this year. Shadow's Keeper is represents the record brilliantly - psychedelic, a bit pop, a bit noise and shit loads of cool.
Arcade Fire - Month Of May
The two new tunes released by Arcade Fire pumps up my expectations SOOOOOOOOO badly for their new record, The Suburbs. I. Can't. Wait. On the b-side, Month Of May, they've apparently gone rock (?!) but they do it brilliantly.
BONUS: We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop
This thing works so brilliantly as a pop tune. Catchy as hell, cool guitars, and not demanding at all. How can this be one of the best of '10? Because is the best the first 20 times you hear it.
BONUS BONUS!!: How To Destroy Angels - The Space In Between
The new EP from Trent Reznor's How To Destroy Angels just popped into my mailbox this morning. (Yes, that widget thingy worked). The opening tune is amazing. Here it is.
As all mixtapes, this mixtape can be downloaded right here:
Download - Megaupload.
Cheers!
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