Mika Miko “We Be Xuxa”
I’m all about the new Mika Miko LP “We Be Xuxa” right about now. Especially since I’m assuming the name of the record is a shout out to the Brazilian singer/model/TV show host Xuxa. Slated to play locally in DC at Comet Ping Pong on June 11. Don’t sleep.
John Cage – 4′33″ Free iTunes Download
“John Cage was a modernist composer with a playful sense of humor. In 1952 he wrote this short piano piece, which instructs the soloist not to play any notes at all – the only sound you hear being provided by audience and their surroundings. The ensuing argument over whether or not this counts as music quickly made 4′33″ the most famous and controversial composition of Cage’s career. Today, the work is most widely understood as a challenge to the concept of silence – even when there’s apparently nothing present to make a sound, you can always hear something if you listen hard enough. This week’s free Discovery Download is the first of the three movements, recorded at London’s historic Henry Wood Hall. Listen carefully, and you can hear traffic outside, creaking floorboards and a clock ticking somewhere in the building. If you like it, you can download the remainder of the album here and check out some of John Cage’s louder works here.” — iTunes Store
Current Listening Post
Blues Control – S/T
Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
Screen Vinyl Image – Interceptors
MV & EE w/ the Golden Road – Drone Trailer
Condo Fucks – Fuckbook
Royksopp – Junior
Ida Maria – Fortress Round My Heart
Slim Thug – Boss of all Bosses
Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health
The Coathangers – S/T
Flat Out Friday March 13 at Rock and Roll Hotel
I’m DJing with my All Our Noise comrades this Friday March 13th.
Chain and the Gang
A new project from Ian Svenonius and various K Record all-stars is now streamable here. I’m a big fan of most everything Ian does, and so far I like this Music.
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Writing quite a lot of Tumblr posts lately, so be sure to check that out and add me up if you’ve got one yourself.
Spiral Stairs on Pavement Reunion
“Scott Kannberg, aka Spiral Stairs, says that Pavement will reform in an interview for the new issue of Loud And Quiet, out this weekend (Jan 10th).
There’s been talk of Pavement reforming for quite some time but, in a Loud And Quiet exclusive interview with Scott Kannberg the guitarist told us, “I don’t see why not, you know, it could be a fun thing to do, go and play your favourite songs every night!”
Confirming that “everything’s fine now” amongst him and his ex-band members, Kannberg went on to say, “2009 would be our twenty-year anniversary too, so that’d be a good time to do it, but I think that’s too soon, it might have to be pushed back later.”
That news might come as a disappointment to those that have believed rumours of Pavement playing Coachella Festival this year but on that subject Kannberg mentioned that the band have not totally ruled out the Californian festival, providing their booking agent hears the right price. “Coachella keep asking our booking agent,” said the guitarist “but our booking agent’s pretty strong, you know, he’s waiting for the right number I think.”
In the feature that celebrates the US indie troupe, Kannberg also spoke about life in the band and how they might even release some unheard, rare material once their final album, ‘Terror Twilight’, receives the re-mastering treatment that all other Pavement albums have been given over the last few months.”
[Loud and Quiet via Brooklyn Vegan]