Music

Observations and comments about music. mp3’s, live shows (when I get to them.) New stuff, old stuff. Whatever comes to mind.

St. Vincent Interview @ Pitchfork

Just a quick note to call attention to a typically meandering Pitchfork interview. This time, it’s Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, who talks about her writing technique, how she learned to play guitar and the Led Zeppelin song she’d most like to cover. It’s a decent interview, of course, but the one thing that it […]

Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster

Los Campesinos! - Hold On There, Youngster

Video for Yo La Tengo’s “Blue Line Swinger”

A rare Saturday post. Came across this and had to pass it along. A fan made video for “Blue Line Swinger” by Yo La Tengo. Quirky as hell. Oddly beautiful.

Free Gui Boratto Download

The whole staff at Sixsquare.com encourages you to drop by Rcrd Lbl and grab “Beautiful Life,” the track by Brazilian dance music flavor of the year, Gui Boratto. He’s in style for a reason. It’s a gorgeous slice of electronic pulsazione. Here’s the link. Go fetch.

The Raveonettes – Lust Lust Lust

The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

Love Psychedelico!

Love Psychedelico - Early Times

Minimalistix – Struggle For Pleasure

Minimalistix - Struggle For Pleasure

Monade – Monstre Cosmic

Monade - Monstre Cosmic

Nicole Atkins Interview at Allmusic

The Allmusic Blog sports a brief interview with 2007 fave Nicole Atkins, in which she talks about her writing process, the album cover art for Neptune City and the hunt for the perfect bagel. See also here and here.

Juliana Hatfield: Tracks Posted Online

Juliana Hatfield

Anne Marie Almedal – The Siren & The Sage

Anne Marie Almedal - The Siren & The Sage

Van Halen vs. M&Ms

Van Halen

Goldfrapp A&E Redux

Sorry for the relative lack of posts this week, folks. We really want to get this site revamped for the end of the weekend, so I’ve been under the hood with the spanner and the torque wrench. By Monday (possibly sooner!) we should be sparkly and new. In the meantime, here’s the marvelous Goldfrapp video […]

Radar Bros. – Auditorium

Radar Bros - Auditorium