Stay Loose 11-18-08

Thanks to the wise suggestion of a musically-oriented friend, I'm putting my weekly radio show playlists up here. I put solid effort into these every week and my listenership is less than stellar, but now you can check some brand-new, great shit every week right here. It's my paying job to cull new music and find the best tracks, and each week you'll be able to find them right here. Download the group at the bottom of the page (they're totally out of order this week cause I am inept. Next time! Perfection... next time..)

THIS WEEK: Track - Artist - Album

1. Intro - French Miami - French Miami
2. John and Anne - Lights On - Waiting For The Heart To Beat
3. Shark and Tiger - Taigaa! - Off
4. Seymour Stein - Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions
5. (I Wish I Knew) How To Build A House - Lorna - Writing Down Things To Say
6. The Nurses Don't Notice A Thing - Absentee - Victory Shorts
7. Let Me Show Ya - Jazzanova - Of All The Things
8. Bosuns O' The Yard - Whales and Cops - Great Bouncing Iceburgs
9. Gum Chimes - Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
10. Italo - Anathallo - Canopy Glow
11. Rue Hollow - Hush Arbors - Hush Arbors
12. I Am Waiting - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
13. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash - Wanted Man (The Very Best Of)

Stay Loose 11-18-08

The last two tracks are a little comforting break from all the head-spinning oddities and formerly-unencountered chord changes. Goodnight friends.

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I win at the final level of Hipster.

:( :( :( :(

Let me play you a sad, sad song on the world's tiniest violin:

One day I was moving 30 gallons of water. Because I can't complete any task without nabbing a few self-inflicted injuries, I caught my ankle under the cart. I went to the ER and the 7 people who helped me were just lovely. I did everything they said.

Three weeks later, my foot was giving me a bit of trouble. I had been completely ignoring it and traversing Chicago daily, going to shows, and running to catch trains, so I could understand why it was testy. I guilted the foot doctor receptionist into squeezing me into the Friday schedule.

The foot doctor was a horrible human being. I didn't trust him. So I am disinclined to believe that I am as perambulatorily fucked as he says. But now I find myself signed up for physical therapy, lying on the couch and watching my life wither away as "Little Women"'s melodrama infects my brain. As I close my eyes during the umpteenth moment of soaring soundtrack horn solos, Winona Ryder narrating with doelike tears filling her eyes, I remember the ER doctor chuckling and saying "Achilles tendonitis is the WORST that could happen... but it won't. It won't!"

There's nothing more eloquent than a sad-faced emoticon.
:(

I'll leave you with a little domestic abuse-tinged Grizzly Bear to round out the sufferin' mood.

Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)


Um. Also, I just found the best blog post in the world about little women:

"LITTLE WOMEN
Why does Jo get angry very often?
I think Jo get angry is because Amy burnld her book. Jo very like her book. But Amy burndle her book so Jo get angry."



Indeed.

I Made A Muxtape Out Of Loneliness

why not.
click the post title to access some beauty.



I'm absolutely in love with Chris and Mollie. I feel I've finally found my replacement for the Unicorns - my token messy, lo-fi band howling lyrics filled with arguments and fine fury and banging away at whatever instruments they can get their hands on, somehow producing brilliance. Please love them appropriately, or at least give them a little preemptive pat on the back.

Best lyrics of the day:
"You're out of luck... God is a superficial fuck, and you're an ugly duck"

night.

Grace Gets Very Tired And Begins To Care Too Much About Everything, Part 1

It's 3:46 AM in the Walla Walla and all I can do is listen to the new Animal Collective EP, Water Curses, which leaked a few weeks ago:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6ho3w3dzgd0

(no real album artwork available yet, as far as I can tell, which upsets me as staring at the cover of my Strawberry Jam record is one of my most treasured pasttimes. It's oddly comforting, try it for yourself).

...as well as the recently released Dodos album, Visiter:


http://www.divshare.com/download/3956221-f7d

Tonight Grace is in love with:
1. gorgeous guitar work
2. xylophones of any level of mediocrity
3. sounds that are reminiscent of the jungle

ENJOY

Afternoon Delight

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This week:::


THE RAVEONETTES

Not only are they both beautiful and Danish, they produce a gorgeous, 60's-inspired noir-pop sound that clearly masturbates to pictures of the Jesus and Mary Chain. The Raveonettes are guiltily catchy, yes, but they are also hauntingly gorgeous and I won't hide my newfound adoration.

The Raveonettes - Hallucinations (recommended)
The Raveonettes - Aly Walk With Me



BRITISH SEA POWER

These guys' new album is more put-together and impressive than anything they've released before, with soaring, epic rock songs that renew your enthusiasm for all things. Ignore Pitchfork's ridiculous joke score for this album, it's definitely worthwhile and I really can't comprehend the U2 comparisons.

British Sea Power - All In It
British Sea Power - Waving Flags

...I have many more, but am so hungover that my head is spinning and James Joyce is calling to me and reminding me of my academic duties. I'll post more later.

(This blog is the most aesthetically unpleasant thing I've ever seen. WELL DONE TEAM!)