This is apparently what the kids are listening to.
Nevertheless, it's good. I don't want to throw out the Burial link straight away because it's light years away from that scene and those influences, but it's got that late-night, melancholy vibe. Like listening to a hiphop track filtered through the highway scenes of Collateral. It's kind of taken up residence in my head for a day or two.
if you are interested in the CD swap, email me at sekritaprikot AT gmail with a mailing address and a one-line bio.
to wit:
each individual in the swap will make ONE 'mix CD', and will then duplicate it ONCE for each other person in the group. Then you'll send a copy to each of the respective participants, so that, for the time and price of a handful of blank CD's, you'll get a zillion new songs.
if the response gets overwhelming, i'll break it into blocks of 10 random folks, to keep costs manageable.
and let's try to be representative, not obtuse, yeah?
Been listening to "The Awakening" by the AHMAD JAMAL TRIO and I think it's really, really good. Can anyone recommend other Jamal records? Haven't really checked out his music before but this album left me wanting more.
Aussitot Mort - Montuenga is in the running for best album of 2009 for me. Big and loud and space-y. God damn.
Also, this week: Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs Black Keys - Attack & Release Mos Def - The Ecstatic aaaaand Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Wilco and William Elliott Whitmore to get prepped for working at the 10,000 Lakes Festival which is going to be five days of wasteoid hippies wearing patchwork pants, doing stupid dances and whining.
Around the time that the big Fucked Up album came out last year joe.distort kept telling everyone who liked it about how their early singles were better. Well, he was right of course. They've released a singles collection I think only in Japan, can't find much about it online. But luckily I live in Japan, so I bought it and it's awesome, I like it much more than The Chemistry of Common Life. There's an essay in Japanese inside that I can't read, and on the back all the tracks are translated into Japanese (which is really rare - not just phonetically transliterated, but translated into kanji so that the meanings are clear to Japanese people).
@ izenmania - I'm so jealous, I'm desperate to get the YFF and Minus 5 albums, can't find them here so I'll have to order them.
Smoke & Mirrors KEUL - 88.9 Girdwood, AK KABN- FM 89.7 Kasilof, AK Sundays, 7-10pm ======================================= Presented by The Centipede Foundation - Applied & Implied Art Since 1976
July 19, 2009
Hazmat Modine - Bahamut The Clockwork Quartet - The Watchmaker's Apprentice Drobinska - Atojska Rachenitsa Nasida Ria - Nasehat Cinta Gary Lucas & Najma Ahktar - Behaal Garmarna - Greenest Branch
Wim Mertens - Mildly Skeeming Steve Martland - Danceworks (Pt 3) Scott Johnson - Involuntary Song #1 Lars Hollmer's Global Home Project - Ljuva Lagen L'Ensemble Raye - Gengis K.
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha - When The Levee Breaks Steuart Liebig & The Mentones - Headlock Ali Hassan Kuban - Om Sha'ar Asmar Medaffar Zony Mash - Let's Get Mashed Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock Outlaw Dervish - All Over
Jah Wobble - Universal Dub Peter Dixon - Shady Planet Bjork - Isobel Talking Heads - Air Octopus Project - Music Is Happiness Soul Coughing - Screenwriter's Blues Brian Eno - Out, Out
Curlew - The Holy Goof Ed Palermo Big Band - Regyptian Strut Volapuk - Technova Hugh Hopper - The Long Drive Miriodor - Bewitchment Pascal Comelade - The Way I Walk
Medeski Martin & Wood - Cloud Wars Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestros - Akayan Ekassa Hukwe Zawose/Michael Brook - Tricky Voices Secret Archives of The Vatican - Rock The Howdah Floratone - Floratone