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
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.
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]
Tops of 2008
Once again this year I’m not going to rank anything but just list it out — you can see a big correlation between the artists I saw live and the records they put out. Enjoy!
Top Albums:
Abe Vigoda – Skeleton
Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont
Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig
Santogold – s/t
Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
Vivian Girls – s/t
Top Shows Attended:
Boredoms, 9:30 Club
Deerhunter/Times New Viking, Election Night, Black Cat
Keren Ann/Dean & Britta, Black Cat
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 9:30 Club
No Age/Abe Vigoda, Rock and Roll Hotel
Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL
Quintron at Black Cat & Civilian Arts Center
Silver Jews, Black Cat
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, 9:30 Club
The Homosexuals, Velvet Lounge
Top Films:
American Teen
Burn After Reading
Cloverfield
Gonzo: Life and Work of Hunter s Thompson
In Bruges
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Pineapple Express
Son of Rambow
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
8 Dec 2008, 4:33pm
General Music: all our noise brighten the corners pavement
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General Music: all our noise brighten the corners pavement
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Pavement “Brighten the Corners” Nicene Creedence Edition on All Our Noise
Just a quick note and link to my brother blog, All Our Noise, where I they posted a piece today I wrote about the new Pavement “Brighten the Corners” Nicene Creedence Edition that comes out tomorrow.
Enjoy!
Stephen Malkmus “Gardenia” Video
Pitchfork.tv just posted a new Stephen Malkmus video for Gardenia that features several cameos: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of the Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, the dudes from Ratatat. Its mostly a yawn, but the sequences that animate the cover art from the LP are kind of cool.