Contrail

PR

2007-01-31T17:22:00.000-05:00

Haha, you're right Boston, this looks just like a bomb...

Situation Vacant

2006-12-04T15:51:00.000-05:00

the new LCD Soundsystem isn't bad, but exam week most certainly is.

All Possibilities

2006-11-23T00:23:00.000-05:00

A year-end best-of list might be forthcoming, if I have the time and/or willpower.

K-Os - Born to Run (Atlantis - Hymns for Disco, 2006)

Birchville Cat Motel - Lay Thy Hatred Down (Our Love Will Destroy the World, 2006)

Word Up

2006-11-16T14:33:00.000-05:00

Nope, I didn't die, although for a couple of days this week it looked like a close call, what with all the shit due before Thanksgiving. Nothing much has happened since my last post, just the occasional show here and there. Maybe I'm becoming crotchety in my old age, but it seems like Charlottesville hasn't hosted many exciting bands this fall. Regardless, this past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend one of the best concerts I've ever seen. I am, of course, referring to Daft Punk's performance at the Bang music festival in Miami. Granted, the set was only slightly changed from their Coachella show this spring, as was the lighting, but they were new to me, and damn was it incredible.

Oh yeah, and my camera's mic can't handle even the slightest bass, so...

Harmony In Ultraviolet

2006-09-02T21:28:00.000-04:00

Yeah, that's him.

Tim Hecker - Palimpsest I (Intro for Chimeras) (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Tim Hecker - Chimeras (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Tim Hecker - Blood Rainbow (Harmony in Ultraviolet, 2006)

Download if you like: Fennesz, William Basinski, or the production on Ris Paul Ric's Purple Blaze

Chandelier of Bad Ideas

2006-08-31T17:29:00.000-04:00

Single Frame - The Slip (Wetheads Come Running, 2002)

Single Frame - Floral Design in a Straight Line (Wetheads Come Running, 2002)

Single Frame - Clipper Ship (Burn Radio Airtest, 2003)

Single Frame - I'll Lose Your Balance (Body/End/Basement, 2005)

Get into these guys if you haven't already, in which case, carry on.

Go Home, Get Down

2006-08-26T20:26:00.000-04:00

The Octopus Project - The Adjustor (One Ten Hundred Thousand Million, 2005)

Going Up

2006-08-25T16:42:00.000-04:00

The Shocking Pinks - Us Against the City (Dance the Dance Electric, 2004)

The Shocking Pinks - In the Labyrinth (Dance the Dance Electric, 2004)

What you're getting: a darker, lo-fi/budget !!!. Do it.

Nuevo Bloc Party

2006-08-21T18:01:00.000-04:00

Bloc Party - Song for Clay (demo) (unreleased, 2006)

Endure the intro, and you'll hear some solid shite...

Super Gyration

2006-08-20T13:17:00.000-04:00

Akron/Family - Lightning Bolt of Compassion (Meek Warrior, 2006)

Akron/Family - Blessing Force (Meek Warrior, 2006)

A Million Microphones

2006-08-03T20:39:00.000-04:00

Supersystem - Prophets (A Million Microphones, 2006)

Supersystem - The Lake (A Million Microphones, 2006)

Somehow I missed this one last month. It doesn't stray too far from its predecessor, but the overall tempo has been lowered a bit.

Cotton Gun

2006-07-20T19:50:00.000-04:00

Hmm, time'll tell with this one...

Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back to Your House (Crazy Itch Radio, 2006)

Basement Jaxx - Keep Keep On (Crazy Itch Radio, 2006)

Best Pic/Song Combo Ever?

2006-07-12T01:08:00.000-04:00

Fuck yes. Song of the summer, if not year.

Ratatat - Wildcat (Classics, 2006)

The rest isn't bad either, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Cripes

2006-07-09T17:25:00.000-04:00

I thought it impossible, but his badass-ery has only been cemented.

Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs, 2005)

Stopgap Measures

2006-07-08T22:50:00.000-04:00

I'd watch out if I were you, Vladivostok...

The first two songs tendered by Winamp's random button:

Akron/Family - Miccheck (2006 Tour CD, 2006 (durr))

Spoon - All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed (Telephono, 1996)

Chin Check

2006-07-03T17:47:00.000-04:00

He's still got it.

MSTRKRFT - Paris

this train don't stop 'til Manchesta

2006-06-26T15:52:00.000-04:00

Yousendit's out for the moment, so...shit.

edit:

Grizzly Bear - On a Neck, On a Spit (Yellow House, 2006)

Grizzly Bear - Reprise (Yellow House, 2006)

0-o-0

2006-06-19T20:21:00.000-04:00

Almost got kicked off of Oink, talk about a scare..

Sunset Rubdown - Winged/Wicked Things (Daytrotter Sessions, 2006)

Calexico - Cruel (Garden Ruin, 2006)

Tensioning

2006-06-17T00:47:00.000-04:00

Let's see if I can keep mustering up the words for this.

CFCF - Exposer

Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome - Dr. Awkward

Trashing Days

2006-06-12T21:36:00.000-04:00

Well guess what, they did.

Across the Dial

2006-06-08T22:06:00.000-04:00

Wouldn't you know it, Pitchfork got something right, and how:

Herbert - Birds of a Feather (Scale, 2006)

Herbert - Something Isn't Right (Scale, 2006)

Buy Scale here

Lesser Laws

2006-06-04T21:31:00.000-04:00

I'm a bit late on this, but a quick search didn't uncover many posts, so what the hell: Alex Smoke (real name Menzies), a Glasgow-based electronic artist, has, with Paradolia, managed to make one of the more singular dance/glitch/whathaveyou albums of the year. If in doubt, see only "Prima Materia" for expansive, orchestrated confirmation. After you:

Alex Smoke - Persona (Paradolia, 2006)

Alex Smoke - Prima Materia (Paradolia, 2006)

Alex Smoke - Formax (Paradolia, 2006)

Buy Paradolia here

Shouting Across the Water

2006-06-03T17:35:00.000-04:00

As you may've heard, everyone's favorite Norwegian nerd, Erlend Øye, has had a dance-pop side project in the works for some time now. Fittingly dubbed Whitest Boy Alive, the band's first effort, Dreams, was leaked a couple of days ago. It's pretty damn sparse, but that's what they were going for, so I can't really fault them for it. I could still go for some new Kings of Convenience, however.

Whitest Boy Alive - Fireworks (Dreams, 2006)

Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Dreams, 2006)

One for the road:

Kings of Convenience - Gold for the Price of Silver (Erot remix) (Versus, 2001)

Keep On Keepin On

2006-06-02T21:33:00.000-04:00

I'm getting pretty close to job #2 of the summer- who knows what the tally will be when all's said and done...

Also, woooo:

Junior Boys - Double Shadow (So This Is Goodbye, 2006)

Junior Boys - In The Morning (ft. Andi Tomi) (So This Is Goodbye, 2006)

New Yorke

2006-05-31T04:17:00.000-04:00

Add equal parts Gloaming and Worrywort; mix well.

Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (m4a) (The Eraser, 2006)

Thom Yorke - The Clock (m4a) (The Eraser, 2006)

Nothing too amazing here, but it's a nice enough holdover until the Radiohead album's done.

Nuckin' Futs

2006-05-24T19:24:00.000-04:00

It's still May, don't ask me how..

Loess - Talus (Wind and Water, 2006)

Loess - Brumal (Wind and Water, 2006)

Avec l'autorité

2006-05-20T00:12:00.000-04:00

Admittedly, a different group, but this picture needed to be posted nonetheless.

Yeah, so the French are still pretty good at that whole electronic music deal...

Para One - Dudun-Dun (Epiphanie, 2006)

Para One - Midnight Swim (Epiphanie, 2006)

Daft Punk - Prime Time of Your Life (Para One remix) (Human After All Remixes, 2006)

seriously.

Q & Not YouTube

2006-05-18T17:58:00.000-04:00

(It's pretty loud)

I know the chances are slim, but oh, if only they'd release a live album. One can hope.

Sweep the Leg!

2006-05-10T23:34:00.000-04:00

Only halfway done with exams, if you can believe that shit.

After a drought of sorts, there've been leaks galore in the past couple of days- the new Futureheads, Sufjan, and Walkmen albums can all be in your mitts now if you look around hard enough. I haven't really had the time to give each of them a good listen, but here are some of the standout tracks thus far:

The Futureheads - Back to the Sea (News and Tributes, 2006)

The Walkmen - Lost in Boston (A Hundred Miles Off, 2006)

The Walkmen - All Hands and the Cook (A Hundred Miles Off, 2006)

Sufjan Stevens - The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do? (The Avalanche, 2006)

Bitte ein Beat

2006-05-07T01:06:00.000-04:00

Tickets for the North American Radiohead shows went on sale this morning, and as would be expected, they sold out in -5 minutes, or thereabouts. Devoted fan that I am, I completely forgot, so now I'll either have to head to Bonnaroo, or hope more shows are forthcoming. Then again, there's always Ebay, but that's not gonna happen. Barely an hour ago I saw a pair of Philly tickets going for over $1100. 0_o

Once I fumble my way through this week's exams, there seem to be quite a few good local shows however, which should cushion the above blow somewhat. For starters, !!!, who I missed last time in '04, are returning to the Black Cat, as are Pinback. Georgie James, Dungen, Liars, Diplo, the Walkmen, and Prefuse 73 are also on tap, and Fort Reno should begin announcing dates any day now. There's a lot to look forward to, so for everyone in the middle of testing, good luck, and I'll see you on the outside.

Mason Proper - 100 Yrs. (There Is a Moth in Your Chest, 2006)

Mason Proper - A Chance Encounter (There Is a Moth in Your Chest, 2006)

Some of what I'll be missing this summer:

Radiohead - Bodysnatchers (Live @ Koko, London UK 5/1/06)

I'm gonna lose my shit when this album gets out...

Underground at Noon

2006-05-01T19:34:00.000-04:00

I wasn't kidding...

Walking Tour of Space

2006-04-29T01:03:00.000-04:00

Foxfields tomorrow, kids, and for the occasion, one of my flatmates and his friends took it upon themselves to build a 9-foot Hurricane- you wouldn't believe the workmanship on this thing. I'll try my damnedest to get some pictures, in between avoiding the fuzz, if it turns out to be as bad as they're saying.

Yeah, the semester's winding down, but the good shows haven't quite ended yet. Let's see....there's Dr. Dog on May 5th, the Liars with the Apes on the 19th, Soul Position on the 29th, and Bill Cosby (?!) at the Paramount on the same day. Unfortunately, if you wanted nothing more than to hear an hour or two of Jell-o pudding-based anecdotes, it's sold out.

The real reason you're here:

Sufjan Stevens - The Henney Buggy Band (The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album (unreleased) - 2006)

Seriously, is writing great melodies some kind of reflex for him? It has to be 200 or so by now...

Pinetop Seven - High on a Summer's Tree (Beneath Confederate Lake - 2006)

The name tells you most of it- a nice Southwestern-tinged jaunt for the warm nights ahead.

Draw Us Lines

2006-04-26T16:55:00.000-04:00

Man alive, papers have really been working me over for the last couple of weeks, and there's still the matter of that damn virus I've yet to excise from my computer...good times.

Bare-bones at its best:

Menomena - Nebali (Rose EP, 2002)

Out Hud - Kibbeb (Natural Selection single, 1998)

Cold as Ice

2006-04-21T13:56:00.000-04:00

As usual, there's nothing much to speak of, but if I go to the Wilco show on Sunday, there'll probably be pictures and videos here regarding it. In the meantime, until the next big thing leaks, I'm going to keep putting up random tracks, and you're going to like it.

Boy Robot - Bonjour Friseur (Rotten Cocktails, 2005)

Jason Forrest - Skyrocket Saturday (Shamelessly Exciting, 2005)

Shugo Tokumaru - Mizukagami (L.S.T., 2005)

Ironsides

2006-04-18T18:43:00.000-04:00

Probably what exams will feel like in a couple weeks...

Anyone else finding this to be a really slow year for music so far? Hopefully it starts to improve, otherwise I might have to pick up hobbies or something.

Hot Snakes - Braintrust (Audit In Progress, 2004)

Fugazi - Five Corporations (End Hits, 1998)

Decahedron - Endings (Disconnection Imminent, 2004)

Macht Schnell

2006-04-12T21:05:00.000-04:00

This semester can't end soon enough. Agreed?

New arrivals:

Six Organs of Admittance - Attar (The Sun Awakens, 2006)

Cinemechanica - Brain Tarp (The Martial Arts, 2006)

Cinemechanica - Ruins of Karnac (The Martial Arts, 2006)

Thought at Work

2006-04-05T21:20:00.000-04:00

Gah, VICS this weekend is gonna test my commitment to sleep deprivation more than is probably healthy. Other than that, though, it shouldn't be too bad, as long as I don't think about how I'm missing MACRoCk again.

The new Final Fantasy album, He Poos Clouds (?), just leaked, and it's pretty enjoyable, with more variety than the last effort and a few standout tracks. As for the name- well, a quick listen of the lyrics confirms that strange phrases aren't confined to the title.

Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos (He Poos Clouds, 2006)

Final Fantasy - Many Lives -> 49 MP (He Poos Clouds, 2006)

Speculate, speculate

2006-04-04T21:01:00.000-04:00

The Books show last week, was, like Les Savy Fav's, lots of fun, but of an altogether different sort. I recorded a couple of videos during their set, but they came out as basically a black screen set to music. Quell dommage, maybe I can figure the camera out a bit more before Ghostface this Sunday. I've only been to one rap show before, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here's hoping he does a few songs from The Pretty Toney.

Songs to have seizures to:

Jason Forrest - The Walls of the City Shake (Shamelessly Exciting, 2005)

Polysics - My Sharona (Polysics or Die, 2004)

Thunderbirds Are Now! - Party A.R.M. (Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief, 2003)

Savvy?

2006-03-28T22:45:00.000-05:00

Woah, after all that gum-flapping a few days ago, I almost forgot to write about the Les Savy Fav show. Almost. Needless to say, my ears were left reeling halfway to deafness from the sheer kickassery of it all. Unfortunately, my camera decided to crap out (with the lens extended, no less) from the moment I got there, so I've had to make do with surrogate memories via Angela's pictures:

Starting out pretty normally...

Tim informing us that we're all living on borrowed time...

The crowd, already won over, looks on in awe at the posterior of a legend, shaking in time to the beat. Yeah, gross....but great.

A caption would only mar the magnificence of this shot. Dammit.

At the end of the final song, Harrington asked everyone to take a seat, and while the band wound down, he napped for a spell in the middle of the floor. (Not pictured: the guy who would spoon him scarcely 10 seconds later)

Hehe

2006-03-24T01:03:00.000-05:00

Good God, what a phenomenal night of basketball. Before I start this stat homework, you need to know 2 things:

this,

and.....

this:

Come One, Come All

2006-03-21T21:44:00.000-05:00

So ready for Les Savy Fav on Saturday, you have no idea. Hopefully I'll get some choice pictures of Tim Harrington and poor, unwitting UVA kids at the head of the crowd, so check back here this weekend.

Nothing else to write, we're going all-instrumental today:

Et Ret - Won By Walking (Gasworks, 2006)

Time Machine - Water In Your Cereal (Slow Your Roll, 2004)

Cristian Vogel - Lovelights (Station 55, 2005)

Where to go, where to go...

2006-03-20T21:18:00.000-05:00

One of the best dilemmas I've had to face in a long time is deciding where to study abroad next spring. That being said, I still need to make a choice, and I'm not short on options- in fact, there're almost too damn many of them. Right now, I'm leaning towards one of these locales:

-Berlin -never been, but read many good things
-Budapest - getting back to my roots in a fun, cheap(er) city
-Prague - pretty much the same as Budapest, but closer to Germany
-Rome - never been, and everywhere else will be covered in snow in January
-Barcelona - looks hella fun, if I can find a program there

I still have until this fall to decide, so who knows how this list will look then.

Hmm.......

Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist

Be Easy

2006-03-17T20:35:00.000-05:00

I'm gonna keep this brief, I have to hurry up so this most sacred of holidays doesn't leave without me, if you catch my drift.

I've neglected my uploading duties for too long, so here are some tracks that haven't left winamp for the past week or so. Considering how much music I go through these days, that's quite an accomplishment.

Metronomy - 1 String Strung

Metronomy - You Could Easily Have Me

Hi Lo Trons - Isis

Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds (from Rock Insider)

Merz - Dangerous Heady Love Scheme (from i guess i'm floating, good find)

I had every intention of posting a song from Fishscale, but I've heard rumors of people running into trouble with the powers that be, so it'll have to wait (i.e. IM me if you want it).

Good God

2006-03-09T23:03:00.000-05:00

Wow, just like that, it's been almost a month since my last entry....fuggin' crazy. I'm sure you're eager to know what's been going on in the interim, and I'd like nothing more than to relive it in bullet form, so read on.

- 17 credits continues to treat me....okay. We're on speaking terms, at least.

- Finally found out I'll be setting up shop in Gildersleeve next semester, and if I wake up more than 5 minutes before class, it'll be a miracle.

- Princeton last weekend was a damn good time, and even if it involved some thinking during the day, winning the conference made up for it. Also, eating clubs are insane.

Alright, enough with that, I need to get on with the real news: starting last week with Of Montreal and Mogwai, Charlottesville has begun a season that will play host to a ridiculous selection of acts. Quite honestly, I don't feel I'd be remiss in calling it obscene. During the next month or two, our humble town will see, among others:

Silver Jews

The Books

Soul Position (RJD2 & Blueprint)

Ghostface Killah

Les Savy Fav (headlining Fest Full of Rock)

Jason Forrest

Wilco

Seriously, what's going on?

Of course, MACRoCK is also going on at JMU on April 7th and 8th, and will feature The Walkmen, Tiger Bear Wolf, Ris Paul Ric, Hail Social, Voxtrot, The Wrens, Aloha, The Extraordinaires, and whoever else.

THEN, the Black Cat has, in quick succession, Animal Collective, The Joggers, Georgie James, and Wolf Parade......

O_O

We're In Business

2006-02-13T20:16:00.000-05:00

The Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

This song's all over the place right now, and with good reason- it covers more ground in 5 minutes than most albums this year do in an hour.

One more thing before I face my IR paper: this weekend (or maybe it was earlier) the trailer for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, this summer's Will Ferrell vehicle, was released. It shares more than a few similarities with Anchorman, but I'm not complaining.

Georgie James

2006-02-08T11:28:00.000-05:00

Just a bit of exciting news before I head off to class: Georgie James, the post-Q And Not U project of drummer John Davis and Laura Burhenn, finally announced a handful of tour dates on their myspace page. What's more, they'll be playing with the Joggers, which should make for quite the show.

Before and Again

2006-02-03T19:44:00.000-05:00

Not much going, just a quiet weekend at home before things start to ramp up at school, and I've no doubt that they will.

Glissandro 70 - End West

Glissandro 70 - Portugal Rua Rua

Sounding vaguely like Animal Collective at the beach, this stuff has a tendency to drag on in parts, but by all means, don't let that stop you.

Here Comes a City

2006-01-28T21:31:00.000-05:00

CFCF - Crimeworld Stage

Damn, wish I was this versed in the ways of NES-que music...

Grand National - Drink To Moving On

Grand National - Boner

2 years later, and I still don't know why these guys didn't blow up here. They're due for a new album though, so who knows what might happen this year.

Glory Be, the Funk's on Me

2006-01-25T15:01:00.000-05:00

Not much to say today, but The Cansecos, a great electropop outfit from Toronto, finally posted some more new songs from their forthcoming album Juices! on their myspace page. "If Things Are Gonna Change" is my favorite, but apparently it's destined to be a b-side. If that's the case, I can't wait to hear the tracks they decide to keep.

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2006-01-23T18:02:00.000-05:00

So I finally got around to going somewhere with the Outdoors Club yesterday- we spent a good 4 hours hiking through Shenandoah, and despite the wind and a couple of wrong turns, it was a great time. To see some of the other resultant pictures, go hier.

I still don't know what to make of this semester yet, but Technosonics seems like a pretty good class, if only for the fact that I'll be getting graded for what I'd be doing in my free time anyway.

Speaking of which, it's been extremely slim pickings new music-wise for a couple of weeks now, so I'll leave you with these:

Berg Sans Nipple - A Free...

Heh heh, yeah, I see it too.

Ghostface Killah - Charlie Brown (clip)

I can't wait for this CD.

Oh, and I found a pretty good video of Q & Not U from their earlier days playing Air Conditions in what looks vaguely like a Chinese restaurant....careful, it's loud.

<^>

2006-01-10T17:35:00.000-05:00

The prospect of another semester became immeasurably sweeter today when I remembered that I won't be having Friday classes. I'm not sure, but I probably won't be able to handle the sheer awesomeness of it all. What I do know, however, is that no one reads this, so I'll just direct your attention downward:

Prefuse 73 - When The Grip Lets You Go

Off the just-leaked Security Screenings EP, and luckily, better than most of Surrounded by Silence.

Cornelius - Another View Point

I forgot how good this cd was.

Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got Legs II

Yeah, it's shitty quality, but I'd love to hear what Wolf Parade could do with it.

Budapest by Blimp

2006-01-06T15:49:00.000-05:00

The M's

Break continues its boring course-------------

The M's - Trucker Speed

Ah, awesome stuff, I can't wait to see these guys with Of Montreal in a couple of months.

Washington Social Club - Modern Trance (live)

Destroys the album version.

Double True

2005-12-26T19:05:00.000-05:00

Pretty good Christmas this year, but I could still stand to have a shorter break- for whatever reason(s), home just isn't as fun as it used to be.

After a relatively quiet beginning of winter, it looks like Charlottesville's ready to reverse the trend come spring. You can read about the shows yourself, I'm not feeling too verbose at the moment.

Of Montreal - The Party's Crashing Us

The Books - None But Shining Hours

They're Gonna Get Ya

2005-12-16T14:46:00.000-05:00

So exams are over now, and I'll probably be burned out for the next couple of days, but after that, it's time to start working again. Who knows where it'll be, but it's a given that I'll hate whatever (read: retail) job I end up getting.

A good number of 2006 releases have begun to leak, but so far, none of them are too amazing. At the very least, Liars managed to make an album less shitty than They Were Wrong So We Drowned. Islands, for their part, could do without stilted white-guy rapping....you'll see.

Liars - A Visit From Drum

Islands - Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone

Zehn Mehr

2005-12-11T16:51:00.000-05:00

Here's the other ten, before I go prepare myself to get dominated by two politics exams tomorrow. I would put up more, but alas, I'm lazy, and YouSendIt's hella slow.

Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead

Tom Vek - I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes

Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation

Wolf Parade - Shine a Light

Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us...etc.

The Joggers - White Madam

My Morning Jacket - Lay Low

Daft Punk - Human After All (Justice Remix)

Minotaur Shock - Hilly

Gorillaz - DARE

Zehn

2005-12-07T16:29:00.000-05:00

Before I get started on studying in earnest, I thought I'd put up 10 of the best songs from this year. I'm sure I missed more than a few good releases in 2005, but nevertheless, these tracks are boss. Time permitting, I'll do an additional 10 tomorrow, so have at it.

Animal Collective - Grass

Akron/Family - Raising the Sparks

Ris Paul Ric - Daft Young Cannibals

DJ Koze - Estrella

Doves - Black and White Town

Diamond Nights - Destination Diamonds

Out Hud - It's For You

Single Frame - I'll Lose Your Balance

Devendra Banhart - Mama Wolf

Supersystem - Click-Click

Blowin Trees in the Mezzanine

2005-12-02T15:24:00.000-05:00

The Strokes - Ask Me Anything

First Impressions of Earth leaked today, and while I haven't listened to the entire thing yet, the above track is quite a departure for them.

She's In Drydock Now

2005-11-29T16:53:00.000-05:00

Tangiers - The Family Myth

This track and Dragging the Harbor are both pretty good, but overall, the cd's a bit underwhelming. Meh, stick to Thunderbirds Are Now.

Georgie James, the new project of ex-Q & Not U drummer John Davis and D.C. songwriter Laura Burhenn, recently posted some mp3s of their impending first release, Demos at Dance Place, on their myspace page. The songs are decidedly more straightforward than those on Ris Paul Ric's effects-laden Purple Blaze, and could largely be classified as traditional pop-rock. Take from that what you will, but it's not a bad thing at all. "Need Your Needs," in particular, is quite catchy, although I'm probably just saying that because it sounds the most like Q & Not U's material- old habits die hard. Other than that, however, I'm still most eager to see what Harris Klahr does with his electronic project President, especially after his "Wonderful People" remix earlier this fall.

H.T.P.T.

2005-11-22T20:15:00.000-05:00

Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica

Sounds: Good, but more specifically, like Brian Wilson leading a huge march through an empty city while Formula 1 cars weave in and out of the procession.

Let's Techno For Christmas

2005-11-17T16:21:00.000-05:00

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - What We'll Do

I'm 1 paper and about 24 hours away from 9 days of freedom, but the paper in question is a bitch....so get back to me tonight, it promises to be a long one.

Fahrenheit Fair Enough

2005-11-09T20:20:00.000-05:00

Although I still have about a week to go until I schedule, it already looks like I'll be hating life come spring, what with the stats, econ, IR, and such, but all would be forgiven if I got into Music and Computers. Admittedly, it's pretty damn unlikely I'll fill one of the 20-odd spots, but there really can't be that many U.Va kids clamoring to get acquainted with synths, can there?

Do the Splitz & Say, "Neat"

2005-11-06T17:06:00.000-05:00

Luckily, I don't think they're native to Virginia.

Well, I'm now in the middle of my fortnight of no exams or papers, so the weekend was a quiet affair, and I didn't make it out of the apartment much- yesterday it was a conscious decision, but on Friday night, who really knows. Other than that, I've just been biding my time, picking out classes for next semester, while my mind is blown at the fact that this one's almost over.

Abandoned Pools - Tighter Noose

It's no Clone High theme, but I'll take it.

A Great Place for Waterwings and Cannonballs

2005-11-03T18:00:00.000-05:00

Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month (Girl On Girl Featuring Final Fantasy Revision)

Probably my favorite remix on Romance Bloody Romance besides Josh Homme's- the subdued tracks seem to be grabbing my attention more than the other ones so far.

2005-10-31T12:26:00.000-05:00

here goes..