Guess who is going to laze around all weekend???? ME! good guess.
Big thanks to Mike who was kind enough to order me an amazing book. It's very rare that someone notices that "buy me books" link at the end of these posts, but to the one person per year that sends me an art book, thank you so much! Because of people like Mike, I keep doing what I'm doing. :)
He sent me Cindy Sherman's Complete Untitled Film Stills book, which is just brilliant.
Bell Orchestre - Air Lines, Land Lines (Live at La Tulipe)
Bell Orchestre - Dark Lights (Live at La Tulipe): While I wasnt' crazy about their recent output, the live setting seems to be the perfect medium for showcasing this band's true talents.
Maybe it didn't come through in the production? Who knows, but these recordings bleed genius.
Bïa - Caminhar: Ahhh, not understanding a language means that the song really has to stand on the structure and melody, and oh this one does. Those smooth and sexy horns!!!
Cassette Kids - Meant To Be (Leo Nevilo Remix): Pop that comes like a cross between Dragonette and The Gossip, with a synth-pulse remix throbbing all over it.
Database + French Horn Rebellion - Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix): Like the Go-Team meets The Rapture meets disco house. niiiiice.
Entertainment For The Braindead - Dry Wood
Entertainment For The Braindead - Relapse
Entertainment For The Braindead - Wastelands: Released under the increasingly-awesome Creative Commons license, the new album "Roadkill" is a surprising thing of beauty.
Stunning folk music, and very well produced. Highly recommended for fans of Joanna Newsom, Alela Diane and In The Pines.
Janelle Monáe - Many Moons: Oh my my my you'll be hearing so much of this woman this year! So I thought I'd start off by diving back to her 2007 EP "Metropolis: the Chase Suite".
And yes, she is riffing off Sesame Street's "The Pinball Song". and that's awesome.
Janelle Monáe Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)
Robyn - Cry When You Get Older
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Robyn - Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do: New Robyn!!!! Fucking FINALLY! She dropped an amazing album in 2006, which got rejigged and re-released 2 years later, and we've had it on repeat for years.
The new record is "Body Talk Part 1", and yeah, it's short, but hell there might be 3 of them this year. (Someone hint that along to Joanna Newsom!)
Super slick pop for the dancefloor snobs.
Sing Leaf - The Watch: An adorable little electro-clap soundscape is the perfect place to nestle in vocals like this. Yay!
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em: It's like the School Of Seven Bells, if they put down their laptops and bought machine guns instead.
The Qemists ft Wiley - Dem Na Like Me (King Cannibal Remix): There's lot of great remixes of this track out there, but bass pulsing and the random running snares really make this one for me.
The Sounds - Noswia (La Dolce Vita Remix): I was recently reminded of their album "Crossing The Rubicon" and damn, people really slept on it.
You can just hear the joy in her voice! This is like happy hardcore for big kids.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Bell Orchestre - Air Lines, Land Lines (Live at La Tulipe)
Bell Orchestre - Dark Lights (Live at La Tulipe)
Bïa - Caminhar
Cassette Kids - Meant To Be (Leo Nevilo Remix)
Database + French Horn Rebellion - Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix)
Entertainment For The Braindead - Dry Wood
Entertainment For The Braindead - Relapse
Entertainment For The Braindead - Wastelands
Janelle Monáe - Many Moons
Robyn - Cry When You Get Older
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Robyn - Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do
Sing Leaf - The Watch
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
The Qemists ft Wiley - Dem Na Like Me (King Cannibal Remix)
The Sounds - Noswia (La Dolce Vita Remix)
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~CPI
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