One of my favorites from a great record of 2012. Played this on my radio show tonight. Love the urgency on this track, along with the dope strings laid down by Mr. Atwood-Ferguson. Sort of matches the urgency right now in the place of the same name as Miguel: Ferguson, MO.
RIP Michael Brown. Let there be justice for his family, friends and the rest of the community.
A track off of Arca’s new album Xen that might be looked at as an interlude that should really be looked at as one of the better tracks on the record. The track feels like it has a purpose, unlike many of the other songs on the record. This is the kind of stuff that makes me feel intoxicated by just listening to it. The wooziness of the some textures paired with the shrillness of others really has a dizzying effect, engaging the listener and then bringing them into its world. Truly fantastic off of a flawed, but stellar album.
For some reason I never bothered to get to the end of Crystal Castles’ 2010 album II, which is a shame because it had this gem at the end of it. A perfect album closer.
Even though I don’t really dig a lot of what this troll says on the internet and in the media, I dig this song a lot, along with the rest of the album. The chorus is just killer and has a familiar but alien groove to it. Classic Ariel Pink stuff right here. My introduction to him, like many people, was Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Before Today. This album is like 17 songs of “Butt House Blondies,” which is a damn good song.
This record is gonna go under the radar for a lot of people this year and that’s a shame. These dudes come from the Phil Elverum camp of Anacortes, WA and have served as his touring band in the past. Their sound reflects the calmness of the Pacific Northwest, with their songs never getting loud per se, but they have emotional weight. The songs are slow and silky, like fog wafting over trees in the mountains.
Check it out!
My only wish is that I never tire of this song.
There was a huge burst of activity around this dude when this song first came out in the middle of the year, but then everything died down. I still think this is one of the best songs of the year so far. Whenever a song makes my calf muscles pulsate with the beat and my neck shake to-and-fro, that’s when I know I have a good song on my hands. Here’s a reminder for all the electronic fans out there.
The next big thing, AKA Mitski, is primed to take over the world with her upcoming full-length, Bury Me At Makeout Creek, coming out on Double Double Whammy very soon. The whole record is an emotional tour-de-force, ripe with late-college//post-college feelings brined in songs of familial and relational love. These songs are put forth by a mixture of vicious and delicate guitars, along with a mixture of vocal timbres. Mitski is able to switch from a faintly specter of a voice to that of a valkyrie swooping into war.
YO, pick up this record. This is the business.
Wasn’t really too big of a fan of this band, but I’m really into this song. Hope they put out a full-length on Suicide Squeeze that’s in sort of the same vein as this. Can’t really get into a lot of the super-Burger style music.
I have to write a paper about video games now. Woop woop.
-T
I’ve seen these two Aussie lovelies twice now and both shows were wonderful. They make some somber music that I’m pretty into. This came into the station when I was working in NYC, so I didn’t get to listen to it for my job, but hey I’m okay with listening to it now. They’re also really nice people. Support this band when they come through your area.
-T
Warm Visions 