There’s been talk, alot of talk, maybe too much talk, about Interpol lately. Okay, it’s entirely as much talk as to be expected when their forthcoming album revs up its publicity machine. And I hear they have a bevy of fans. I also have a sneaky suspicion that their new album breaks from their usual […]
Part two in the ‘geez, this is good for a slush pile cd” files: Jensen Sportag. I forgot about this one until I heard a track this morning on Trouble’s WFMU show, and so hurrah, Trouble, for backing my initially grudging like for this skewed bloopy-bleepy duo from Nashville, I believe. I also believe they’ve […]
That’d be cool, no? No reason, really, but just to see what would happen if no emails were written, no letters composed. No blogs updated. Among the reams of crappy promos and cds by unsigned bands that should stay unsigned (and not because major labels would mess them up; although labels are so fucked, signing […]
I knew it. Ever since ex-Speedking member James Murphy (you know him as LCD Soundsystem’s main brain) became a camera magnet, he reminded me of someone, and I couldn’t put my finger on it. I almost dismissed the feeling. And yet, eureka: I bring you the immortal Detective Stan Switek (actor Michael Talbot) of Miami […]
I cannot bring you anything other than my procrastination. And the bloopy-bleepies of the moment: Hot Chip – Boy from SchoolOld news, I know, but I’ve been singing this to my daughter, in her stroller, and it makes her laugh. She has her own lyrics to it now, too, which cracks me up. We’re symbiotic […]
… you make an album like Justice’s “Cross.” Ok, it’s some marginally nice glitsch-disco, but that’s all it is, much like the other ed banger stuff. It overstays its welcome by about a minute per track, al la most bloopy-bleepy. They’ll do fine, though, benefiting as they will by Vice’s WarnerBros-paid and aggressive (and therefore […]
How long do narcoleptic pilots dream? Hot Chip will cover Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up” or “Temporary Secretary.” Jay Reatard will cover Nervous Norvus’ “Transfusion” The Drones will cover These Immortal Souls’ “Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)” R. Kelly will cover Curtis Mayfield’s “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go” Interpol will […]
Enough of good taste. Let’s discuss the greatest ‘tardcore record ever recorded, Sockeye’s 1993 effort Retards Hiss Pass My Window. Actually, it’s the best record ever recorded in any genre. It features my favorite protest song of all time: Sockeye – Destroy EverythingAnd I must quote: Destroy everythinga bunch of retards fucked your momand beat […]
Books. With her review of the new Ian McEwan, Michiko Kakutani once again proves that when she pans a book, it’s actually worth reading (I’ll spare you the list). As if you were looking for it, here’s a nice spoof of DeLillo’s The Falling Man from the Guardian. And now Helen Schulman has a 9/11 […]
