Slightly intoxicated at the moment, listening to "Saxophone Colossus" by the great SONNY ROLLINS. I've also been spending time with "Silence is Wild" by FRIDA HYVÖNEN - it's quite a beautiful record, actually.
CODE 13- a part of america died today 7" (possibly the only crust/HC record with a frederic wertham sample?!) CINEMA EYE-some nerve 12" RED LIGHT STING-hands up tiger! 12" PROPAGANDHI-less talk more rock 12"
Heartilla - Mon Nom Est Le Printemps EP Starbird - Nanook Of The North JD Emmanuel - Solid Dawn Ultraman - Non Existence Rapeman - 2 nuns Oi Va Voi - Travelling the Face of the Globe Torche - Meanderthal VA (nohmad netlabel) - Petite Musique Pour Arbre Nu
I've been listening to Themselves' latest, theFREEhoudini, a lot this week. Also Liars self-titled album and, for old times' sake, I threw on some some Caetano Veloso last night
Been loving "Power + Light" by 50FootWave. It's a 25 minute...song? In seven or eight movements that roll into each other and among each other in a way fitting of the band's name. What could be an EP of song ideas all become one epic monster of a song that swells and cools and swells again like a really well-thought mixtape, except it wasn't just build by one person, it was all played by one band.
There are few pieces of pop music that are over 20 minutes long (that I know of), and this is the only one I've listened all the way through and then started listening to again.
If you can find their split 4 song with Audion, do so. The guys in Audion ended up joining Cinema Eye. The drummer played this little Manu Katche kit that sounded great. I talked to him (Paul) and the singer (Molly) a few times. They were very cool and super nice. One of my top 3 favorite shows ever had them open up for Aqui and An Albatross in a sweaty little basement club on like a Monday. I went alone, but the place was packed. Damn, I miss that band.
I've been listening to the new Eminem album yesterday, and its not bad in my opinion, otherwise its business as usual and have been polluting the airwaves with:
Unkle — Showreel Hudson Mohawke — Polkadot Blues Method Man & Redman — Blackout 2 Martyn — Great Lenghts Kotchy — 89 Modeselektor — Happy Birthday Moderat — Moderat Nosaj Thing — Drift Two Fingers — Two Fingers
I made a wonderful discovery on Monday, whilst surfing through the Amazon new releases pages. Moderat is the debut from producers Apparat and Modeselektor, and it's my favourite dance album of the year so far, with bits of dubstep, techno, trance and extremely accessible. The whole album's on Spotify already, despite only being released this week. I liked it so much, I bought it the next day...
I'm also quite liking the Polly Scattergood & School of Seven Bells albums - giving the Metric album a bit of a rest, so I don't overplay it.
EDIT - Hah, Tom, I can't believe you namechecked it while I was writing my post...