This is pathetic
Yes, I know, it's been a pathetically long time since I last posted. I haven't been idle, however, as I've been doing...things. As it were.
New records I've picked up:
Polmo Polpo - Kiss Me Again and Again EP: About as good as music gets.
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs: This record starts out with a bang and develops into a phenomenal middle section, though it's aesthetic does get a bit tiring towards the end. Bird's just too indiosyncratic to not wear out the preexisting grooves in your brain as he tromps around in there, making his own new ones. But the first 5 or so tracks on here make perfect sense even as they aren't really like anything else.
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine: The massive praise heaped upon this record led me to go seek it out. Let me say that the opening track, "Not About Love", is one of the better ones I've heard all year. Even if the whole record is a little bit...faux? (Maybe...) That's probably not the right word. But it's hard to stay with it. Admirable, though. The first track, though, I'm gonna keep listening to.
Morrissey - Live at Earl's Court: What can I say but I love Morrissey and all of his middle-age lounge singer vocal tics?
Christöphilax - goldensmell: Mysterious electronic artist. Very nice micro-ambient noise stuff. You can get his/her stuff for free if you email him/her.
The Books - Lost & Safe: I'm not sure how much I'll wind up liking this, probably not as much as their other two, but thus far, I think "Vogt Dig For Kloppervok" is probably their second-best song, just tailing "All Bad Ends All", and maybe barely beating out "Deaf Kids". Tremoloed vocals! Sweet!
Jóhann Jóhannssen - Virðulegu Forsetar: I've only listened to this twice, but it's magnificently beautiful.
No time to comment on these, but they're also around:
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright - s/t
13 & God - Men of Station EP
Akron/Family - s/t
Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine 7"
And I've also rediscovered the Super Furry Animals' Rings Around the World, as well as Morrissey's Viva Hate over the past week. Oh well.
If you're out tonight, come check out The Oxford Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry at Howlin' Wolf. We go on at 9:15, I think.
More will be coming in less than 3 weeks.
New records I've picked up:
Polmo Polpo - Kiss Me Again and Again EP: About as good as music gets.
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs: This record starts out with a bang and develops into a phenomenal middle section, though it's aesthetic does get a bit tiring towards the end. Bird's just too indiosyncratic to not wear out the preexisting grooves in your brain as he tromps around in there, making his own new ones. But the first 5 or so tracks on here make perfect sense even as they aren't really like anything else.
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine: The massive praise heaped upon this record led me to go seek it out. Let me say that the opening track, "Not About Love", is one of the better ones I've heard all year. Even if the whole record is a little bit...faux? (Maybe...) That's probably not the right word. But it's hard to stay with it. Admirable, though. The first track, though, I'm gonna keep listening to.
Morrissey - Live at Earl's Court: What can I say but I love Morrissey and all of his middle-age lounge singer vocal tics?
Christöphilax - goldensmell: Mysterious electronic artist. Very nice micro-ambient noise stuff. You can get his/her stuff for free if you email him/her.
The Books - Lost & Safe: I'm not sure how much I'll wind up liking this, probably not as much as their other two, but thus far, I think "Vogt Dig For Kloppervok" is probably their second-best song, just tailing "All Bad Ends All", and maybe barely beating out "Deaf Kids". Tremoloed vocals! Sweet!
Jóhann Jóhannssen - Virðulegu Forsetar: I've only listened to this twice, but it's magnificently beautiful.
No time to comment on these, but they're also around:
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright - s/t
13 & God - Men of Station EP
Akron/Family - s/t
Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine 7"
And I've also rediscovered the Super Furry Animals' Rings Around the World, as well as Morrissey's Viva Hate over the past week. Oh well.
If you're out tonight, come check out The Oxford Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry at Howlin' Wolf. We go on at 9:15, I think.
More will be coming in less than 3 weeks.
posted by P at 1:08 PM
1 Comments:
Phil! I have a question for you: Best of luck to the Anthology tonight.
-eric
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