Collected Animals Vol.2

This is hella old. I have a song on here under the aimes francis name. I like that cover.

Aimes Francis - Indigo


Happy New Year........Again

PENS/MALE BONDING SPLIT 7"

So I finally got my pens/male bonding 7" in the post today. I'm liking it a lot and you will too if like lo-fi garage sandwiches.... Judge for yourself here.

Happy New Year.

Side A - Pens
01. hate your calender
02. high in the cinema

Side B - Male Bonding
01. pirate key
02. lick him with fists

Recently

"08" wrap up.....

So I guess these albums are my faves of 2008. There not in any particular order because they are quite different from each other in a lot ways. These ones are just the ones that stand out most in my opinion. So lets start left to right descending.

Deerhunter - Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont.
Well I must admit this would probably be my number one if i had to pick, though when I first got it off iTunes pre-release, I wasn't sold. I love cryptograms and the shift to a more clear album, yes that's what I'll call it, was a bit of a shock, but like all great albums it grew on me. I guess what really sold it for me was the weird era cont. disc. It, like the fluorescent grey ep, is another step in the evolution of Deerhunter which made me appreciate Microcastle more. The stand outs for me are Microcastle- Agoraphobia, Microcastle, Nothing Ever Happened and Neither of Us Uncertainly. Weird Era Cont- Operation, Dot Gain, Vox Celeste, Vox Humana. I think the guy on the back of the cd looks like a young Paul McCartney.

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

This is just a great album, there's many good songs on here that are great to party and dance spastic to. My girlfriend likes it which is always good eg. something the whole family can enjoy. Stand outs - Out there on theIce, Love and Music, Hearts on Fire, So Haunted.

Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

This kicks, every track pulsing with analog bubbles and spacey blips and bobbles. Flying Lotus has created an great album that like so many has rhythm and melody, but there's another ingredient here, texture, and thats what makes this the shit. Stand outs - (TOO MANY)

No Age - Nouns

Awesome Booklet. Raw and melodic. Standouts - Miner, Teen Creeps, Brain Burner.

Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

Oh Shit Gang Gang..... That much sums it. Standouts - Vacuum, Princes, House Jam, Desert Storm.

Beach House - Devotion

I saw these guy and girl and tour drummer this year and it was brilliant. This is soulful to the core. Standouts - Gila, Turtle Island, Heart of Chambers, Astronaut.

Grouper - Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill

I have never heard an album more beautiful and haunting then this. Standouts - Heavy Water, Fishing Bird.

Women - Women

Poptastic. Standouts - Black Rice, Group Transport Hall, Shaking Hand.

High Places - High Places

Yeah I got real lazy near the end but it's up to you if you like it. Standouts - Gold Coin, Golden, From Stardust to Sentience.


Some others that were good to me - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles, Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane, Animal Collective - Water Curses, El Guincho - Alegranza. M83 - Saturdays = Youth, Deerhoof - Offend Maggie, Atlas Sound- Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel.

Work FM

So i was at work today, did a bit in the workshop and spent the rest of the day doing paper work, listening to crocodiles and heaven up here by echo and the bunnymen. I was watching Songbook on ABC1 last Saturday morning which re-sparked my interest in echo. Ian McCulloch was featured and well...he's fucking awesome, cocky bastard but well justified. Listening to songs like monkeys, rescue, do it clean, over the wall, a promise and heaven up here ..... well just listen. Also I think after recently watching the Snuffbox dvd series i think their taking the piss out of Songbook. So track down these albums there good or if you have them listen to them again....

So this should be good..... Hudson Mohawke

sizing

............i made this on the w/e, while drinking James squire IPA, which is a alright drop. i can't remember if the sample is from a Winnie the pooh record or Hawaiian record....=/ maybe both. i will probably work on it a little more.. it's just in time for the nice weather..

Male Bonding

These guys are cool, pirate key kicks bonding arse.

Young Rival

Young Rival's songs are simple and infectious. 60's charm meets the urgency of the present. Check out there space. Your Island is the catchiest thing I've heard all year and 415 is what I wanted from The Vines ever since Highly Evolved.

Koushik - New Album

Hip hazing maestro Koushik has his new album "out my window", out late this month on stonesthrow records. He's that guy who sang on that little caribou tune "crayon" which featured on that HP ad. You can get a sneak peak of whats install at he's space.

letherette

More post-dilla beats. This stuff is rad.

High Places

High Places have their s/t debut LP coming out 23th Sept on Thrill Jockey Records. This will be the best Sunday summer afternoon BBQ sangria drinking album ever... breathe... it should be good. They have lots of songs on there space for free!!! there's nothing better then free music.

Lone

If you like donuts, you'll like this. Lone has a new album out 'Lemurian'. 17 beat tracks of woozy bliss, here's more.

Sinkane

Here's something...Sinkane. Recent caribou drummer Ahmed Gallab has he's own brand of psychedelic drum spasm. Heres his space... and his blog. He has a mini album out, color voice, and has recently recorded a full length due out next year on Emergency Umbrella.

Grouper

Ive currently been getting into the music of Grouper lately, on the back of her new LP Dragging a dead deer up a hill. It's simple, deep and drenched in reverb. check it out on her space