I was reading a recent interview on Indietracks with PJ Court from The Primitives who, in the late ’80s, were one of my favorite bands: “…Nothing will replace the ceremony of putting on a vinyl record. The bottom line is there’s no emotional attachment to an mp3.”
It made me reflect on how, from a music fan’s standpoint, the game has obviously changed with digital...
Yes, we’re chugging right along with Feathersongs part two! For the first time, last night, we listened to all five of the tracks (in less-than-complete state) and we’re surprised how far along things are. The way things are turning out, I think part one is the ‘introverted’ half and part two will be the ‘extrovert’. We’ll see, though.
Apart from the album,...
A couple of new tracks that I can’t stop listening to: Owen Pallett’s “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” and Surfer Blood’s “Swim.” Also, three older tracks that deserve more listens: House Of Love’s “Christine,” Luna’s “Slide,” and “Ultra Vivid Scene’s “Mercy...
We’ve let the blog slack a little over the past couple days as things in other areas have picked up quite a bit. Between the upcoming Stripmall Architecture single and part two of Feathersongs, DarkDriveClinic, the Josh Varnedore album and simply trying to keep breathing, it’s been hard to keep up.
Regular posting will continue soon…
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No, I’m not talking about the artist who created the creepy Pointman character for UNKLE. I’m referring to the typeface, which has been around since 1927 and is still in wide use today. How’s that for an aptly named font? As much as I love Futura, though, I struggle to use it these days. I like it best when used for single words, all lower case, with lots of letter spacing.
My...
I have really been enjoying the excellent Scouting NY blog since I stumbled upon it a few weeks back. The blog is written by a New York-based film location scout that often finds himself in extraordinary surroundings within the dense city. Many of the places he’s featured are totally hidden or unnoticed which gives the whole thing another level of interest. His recent, expansive post on...
Playing catch-up this week. I’m getting more and more into the new Seabear album, “We Built A Fire.” Next is a great track from Toro y Moi that came out a few weeks ago. Totally different from his ‘chillwave’ stuff. So far, I’ve loved nearly everything he’s done. This is a great live version of “Modern Drift” from Efterklang’s album,...
Prince famously released his album Lovesexy on CD as, at first, one long uninterrupted track. As in, you couldn’t skip around the album, save for using the fast forward/rewind button. I thought that was an audacious way of “forcing” the listener to hear the album, in sequence, as intended. Forget hitting the “random” button on your CD player (remember that?). That button...
