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02/15/2010

cut copy – lights and music (moullinex remix)

Since so many of us are depressed and/or bitter after yesterday, it seemed like a good opportunity to brighten the world’s collective mood. For all of the talking about Cut Copy that I’ve done after discovering them during their abbreviated 4-song set to close out the 2008 Pitchfork Festival, I don’t think I’ve ever posted any tunes of theirs. I’m not sure why this is but when I heard this remix recently, it was clear that now’s the time, the time is now.

“Lights and Music” is undoubtedly one of the highlights of Cut Copy’s breakout album “In Ghost Colours” and Germany’s Moullinex has done quite a good job remixing a song that I didn’t think I would be able to like any way other than in its original form. From a little internet research, it appears that Moullinex has recently added an extra L to their names, perhaps so as not to be confused with Moulinex, the company that makes kitchen appliances, like food processors and mixers, coincidentally. Don’t be surprised to see a few more remixes later this week.

Cut Copy – Lights and Music (Moullinex Remix)

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02/05/2010

delphic – counterpoint

the third album released this year that im kind of obsessed with right now is “acolyte” by uk band delphic. special thanks to peabs for telling me about them in our pre-coachella preparation of excellent bands we need to catch. this album is an excellent example of pitchfork completely missing the mark. i mean, the production on this album alone is worth the 5.0 rating, without even taking the songs into account. in other words, this album takes on a whole new life when listened to with headphones. nice job being terrible, pitchfork. i, for one, would recommend this album to anyone who enjoys friendly fires or cut copy or having fun. im hoping that the low pitchfork rating will turn people off to them so that we will have a clear path to the front of their crowd for their coachella performance, because i think its going to be a good one, perhaps reminiscent of last years legendary 12:30 PM friendly fires set on the hottest day of the whole damn year. we almost passed out in our dance storm, but it was oh so worth it.

the song that i seem to find myself always listening to from the album is “counterpoint”, which i believe is the first single released last year prior to the album. it seems to be a sort of breakup song, with a man seemingly wandering around town aimlessly, telling himself over and over that nothings wrong. the lyrics are a great contrast to the music, which is upbeat and danceable and electro-pop-y like no other. if you like any of the groups i mentioned above, i dare, nay, double doggy dare you, to not love this one.

delphic – counterpoint

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07/27/2009

atlas sound – walkabout

atlas sound live

did everyone recover from their first sunday without a song this week? i hope so, because thats the way things are gonna be around here from now on, so get used to it. todays song is maybe the timeliest of any song ive posted so far because it broke throughout the blogosphere just last week. but since its now a week later, everyones pretty much heard it anyway. the song is the newest offering from atlas sound, the solo project of perpetually skinny bradford cox, probably best known for his band deerhunter. he collaborates with noah lennox, aka panda bear, whos also a member of animal collective. i actually saw both of these guys at 2008 pitchfork fest (it always comes back to pfork fest, doesnt it?). panda bear was of course playing with saturday headliners animal collective, and bradford cox was part of the “make some shit up to play to keep the crowd pacified until cut copy makes an appearance since they are running really late” crew . it was a very…interesting..performance, but i gave him the benefit of the doubt because he was put in the precarious situation of improvising entertainment in light of an unavoidable delay. and i like deerhunter.

why do i like this song? probably because it sounds like exactly what you think a collaboration between atlas sound and panda bear would sound like. youve got all the poppy blips and beeps of atlas sound, and youve got all the reverb of panda bear. the first time i heard this track it didnt really do much for me, but after giving it a few more listens im pretty happy with it. happy enough that it makes the cut into playlist of songs on my ipod that i really like. without further ado, i present to you “walkabout”, which is only about a week behind the times in terms of the blogosphere, so thats not too bad when you think about it.

atlas sound w/ noah lennox – walkabout

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05/30/2009

tv on the radio – halfway home

tv on the radio

in honor of me receiving my ticket to bonaroo today (im kind of confused since nobody was home today when they dropped it off, but im not asking any questions), i decided to write about tv on the radio, one of the bands im most excited to see at the fest in a few weeks. and by a few weeks i mean less than 2(!!!!). thats partially because i was supposed to see them 2 or 3 summers ago at st andrews, and out of the millions of shows ive gone to, theyve been only 1 of 3.5 shows that have gotten cancelled. the other two, coincidentally, were both paul oakenfold. one time his bus allegedly got stuck in some sort of snow storm, so at about 1 am they finally told us he wasnt gonna show up. the second time, we got there and found out he was at the venue, but sick in his tour bus (the infamous night when julie got her hair curled at clutch cargos). the .5 is when cut copy was supposed to close out pitchfork fest last year and their flight got delayed or something like that. by the time they got to the fest and set up, they only played 4 songs before they had to stop because of the curfew. so i think that counts as a half, because i dont feel like i saw them live, even though i technically did.

anyway, some other reasons im pumped to see tv on the radio live: 1. they are totally sweet. 2. their last album, dear science, is totally sweet. 3. the lead singer, whose name i didnt know (its kyp malone), but who i know is also the lead singer of iran, has awesome crazy hair and an awesomer beard. 4. redemption. i think those are all of the main reasons. its also kind of my destiny this time because, in general, every band i really want to see at bonnaroo this year is scheduled to play at the same time as another band i really want to see. all, except tv on the radio. ironically, paul oakenfold is also playing bonnaroo, and is only up against girl talk, who is always fun, but who ive seen many times already. so double (techincally triple) redemption is to be had in just a few short days.

anyway again (i really need to work on those segueways), im not sure why i like todays song so much. i like the weird chord changes in the chorus, the beat changes, and the way that the chorus is different every time, but it still usually rhymes with a lot of the previous lines. i know that didnt really rhyme, but give me credit for trying to find a third rhyming word for at least a minute before i gave up. you know how sometimes you hear an opening track to an album, and you think it sets up the whole remainder of the album perfectly? thats this one for me. and you and everyone we know.

tv on the radio – halfway home

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05/25/2009

crystal castles – vanished

crystal castles

in the car on a drive this morning, i heard hipster runoffs episode of blog radio on xmu. they were laying down the sickest beats ever, to the likes of the twelves remix of metrics “help im alive” and a pretty nuts remix of vampire weekends “the kids dont stand a chance” which far surpassed my expectations, then a similar sounding remix of cut copy’s “lights and music”. while im usually sort of annoyed with his intentionally droll and nonsensical commentary, today was especially on point. “tell me about yourself. i want to know about you. i want us to be soul mates. like that death cab for cutie song. soulmates body. i want to love you. i believe in a thing called love. the darkness.” this really has nothing to do with anything, but it did keep me in the electronic spirit.

i first heard crystal castles around the same time that i first heard cut copy. they were both completely different, but in my mind they both had a lot of the same thing going on, namely solid beats and electronic instrumentation. sure, crystal castles was a lot harsher and sounded more nintento electronic (which happens to suit them well), but i still lumped them into one category. so i was pretty surprised when i told a few others to give them a listen and they had crazy feedback like “why are they just screaming the whole time” and “my music was playing on random and this came on and freaked me out”. this is probably my fault for grouping them with cut copy, but i still thought people should give them a shot, so i recommended this track specifically. some would argue it doesnt even sound like crystal castles. in the end, even if you dont like the screams and the 8-bit sounds, the chances of you enjoying this track are still strong to quite strong.

ill be seeing them in a few weeks at bonnaroo and im still deciding if im excited or scared for the experience. if memory suits me i think they may be one of the uber-late night acts, so theres a chance that people will be too worn out by that point to trample me. ive heard very mixed reviews of their live show, seems to be a love it or hate it thing, but i guess theyre a love it or hate it kind of band.

EDIT! 5/28 — thanks to katie for pointing it out, but weve just learned that this is actually a cover (an awesome cover, i might add) of the song “sex city” by van she. which explains the title of the song. interesting tidbit!

crystal castles – vanished

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