tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61273902024-02-08T07:39:54.049-08:00SchmusicI used to sell hologram bolo ties at the Mall of AmericaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comBlogger713125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-69207138642741576602010-10-01T12:12:00.001-07:002011-01-02T09:38:48.079-08:00Singles Jukebox reviews, Q4:10The Bug, "Skeng (Autechre Remix)" (7)9Girl Unit, "Wut" (7.92)8Cypress Hill ft. Pitbull & Marc Anthony, "Armada Latina" (7.6)Coati Mundi, "Bundas Bom" (7.62)Pissed Jeans, "False Jesii Pt. 2" (4.82)September, "Resuscitate Me" (6.17)7Aloe Blacc, "Femme Fatale" (6.5)Luca Brazi, "Wake Up" (6.15)The Greenhornes, "Saying Goodbye" (5.45)Alexis Jordan, "Happiness" (5.46)Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-19319134484192201112010-07-02T12:00:00.001-07:002010-09-30T09:19:56.918-07:00My Singles Jukebox reviews, third quarter:10Donae'o, "I'm Fly" (7.29)9Cali Swag District, "Teach Me How to Dougie" (6.33)Lyfe Jennings, "Statistics" (4.89)8Sia, "Clap Your Hands" (6)7Big Boi ft. Vonnegutt, "Follow Us" (6)Caribou, "Sun" (6.4)J. Cole, "Who Dat" (6.3)The-Dream ft. T.I., "Make-Up Bag" (6.11)Fake Blood, "I Think I Like It" (6)Sky Ferreira, "One" (6.31)Freddie Gibbs, "National Anthem (Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-22602970370780486012010-04-11T16:26:00.000-07:002010-06-28T22:14:38.869-07:00My 2010 Singles Jukebox reviews, second quarter:9Deniz Kurtel ft. Guests of Nature, "Yeah" (6.67)M.I.A., "Born Free" (5.56)8I:Cube, "Falling" (7.14)Joy Orbison, "The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow" (7.11)Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, "The Mighty Sparrow" (6.6)Pill, "Hear Somebody Comin'" (7.33)7Corinne Bailey-Rae, "Closer" (5.57)Lloyd Banks ft. Juelz Santana, "Beamer, Benz or Bentley" (5.89Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-58013822401850149542010-04-01T09:35:00.000-07:002010-04-11T16:26:11.758-07:00The Singles Jukebox is live and happening for 2010. Below, as per last year, are my grades for the first quarter, with Jukebox averages in parentheses. Asterisk (*) = my grade but not my blurb is up.9Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane, "Shine Blockas" (7.43)8Corinne Bailey-Rae, "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" (6.86)The Bangz ft. New Boyz, "Found My Swag" (7.23)*Dam-Funk, "Mirrors" (6.5)Hot Chip, "I Feel Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-36967158558079209062010-03-02T21:51:00.000-08:002010-03-02T21:53:32.929-08:00I'm spending more time over here, though I'm keeping this around for less bitty stuff, and lists. Speaking of which, here's 10 more good new mixes and a rather nice assortment of electronic albums, as usual.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-39466807555905591592010-02-20T15:52:00.001-08:002010-02-20T15:52:19.864-08:00I'm no "New Slang" fan myself, but Keith Harris OTM.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-64437034717701948822010-02-18T00:34:00.001-08:002010-02-18T00:34:36.576-08:00I'm 35 today. Here is my favorite song right now.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-51396529093207947012010-02-16T13:09:00.001-08:002010-02-16T13:09:27.202-08:00Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-76231455010175545012010-02-13T12:26:00.001-08:002010-02-13T12:26:11.554-08:00Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-14759156539684526372010-02-10T21:37:00.000-08:002010-02-10T21:38:18.900-08:00If you're in New York and can brave the weather, I appear at this event Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m., i.e. tonight (well, tomorrow, but technically). It should be fun.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-45340274760709605722010-02-03T12:31:00.001-08:002010-02-03T12:31:50.643-08:00I particularly like this week's It's a Hit, on "Empire State of Mind" Pt. 1 and 2.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-42919291250972400262010-02-02T23:04:00.000-08:002010-02-02T23:13:44.490-08:00"I remember feeling completely alienated – not only did I think it was goofy but it felt like a betrayal of what I’d assumed the charts were for: showcasing new music, even if it wasn’t my new music." Tom Ewing on the late-'80s rise of the reissued single, that singular marketing device designed to help act as if a generation gap didn't--couldn't--occur during the years the baby boomers were Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-51999934862899052032010-02-01T12:14:00.000-08:002010-02-01T12:18:05.216-08:00January 20101. Yeasayer, “I Remember” (XL) from Odd Blood2. Joy Orbison, “Hyph Mngo (Andreas Saag’s House Perspective)” (MP3)3. Jay Electronica, “Exhibit C” (Decon)4. Strong Arm Steady ft. Mitchy Slick, “Two Pistols” (Stones Throw) from In Search of Stoney Jackson5. Spoon, “Who Makes Your Money” (Merge) from Transference6. Four Tet, “Angel Echoes” (Domino) from There Is Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-47007118135530337312010-02-01T11:13:00.001-08:002010-02-01T11:16:15.848-08:00New Beat Connection is up. This time around--and from here on out--I've added a chronological list of 10 favorite web mixes for the month, inspired by the year-end list. Covered this month: Martyn, Ellen Allien, The Kings of Drum and Bass, Lindstrøm & Christabelle, Shlohmo, Pop Ambient 2010, Anthony "Shake" Shakir.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-6366862358254718042010-01-29T12:02:00.000-08:002010-01-29T12:19:10.462-08:00The RA '00s lists (Albums, Mixes, Tracks) are up now; I contributed blurbs to each (No. 71 album, No. 21 and 3 mixes, No. 17 track). There's quite a bit on all three lists that I don't know, but a lot of what I do know I like a lot. In many cases (especially albums), I'd presumed some sort of greyness about many of those I haven't heard, or else had heard one and wasn't hooked. I'll be revisitingMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-75433100553760811962010-01-25T20:07:00.001-08:002010-01-25T20:55:47.714-08:00A few weeks ago on Twitter, I wrote, "All this talk about VW made me put on this actual No. 1 Western-appropriation-of-African-guitar." (It wasn't actually hyperlinked, obv.) Well, I stand corrected! I like Vampire Weekend, both albums, though "Cousins" makes me think that they should be the latest victim of the age-old buzz-band rumor that they started off playing third-wave ska. (It's like my Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-13382219870048326742010-01-20T09:54:00.001-08:002010-01-20T10:24:57.675-08:00Stealing from Frank Kogan's LiveJournal: how I came to the records in my Pazz & Jop ballot, or how they came to me.ALBUMS1. DJ Koze, Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 (Get Physical) 30 Pretty certain I saw word of this on the Resident Advisor Feed; it got me excited, and I tracked down a leak and reviewed it for the A.V. Club. I bought the CD at Sonic Boom the day it was released.2.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-76366324187816831352010-01-10T21:44:00.001-08:002010-01-10T21:44:31.603-08:00Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-36728477828153714172010-01-06T22:02:00.001-08:002010-01-06T22:08:32.362-08:00Of course I like this. No way "The Tra-La-La Song" is better than "The Race Is On," though--and no fucking way is "Ridin' the Storm Out" better than "Fall on Me."Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-74313150412690691422010-01-05T00:42:00.001-08:002010-01-05T00:51:37.332-08:00Look at this. You don't have to care at all about dance music in order to think this is a seriously smart, imaginative, playful, fun idea. It's a DJ-mix equivalent to things like the Wu-Note Project or the Pelican "Cover Versions," and along with Tom Ewing's new reductionist Tumblr project, it makes me think the internet is stepping up nicely for the new year.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-42038494846005246682010-01-04T23:20:00.000-08:002010-01-04T23:21:36.559-08:00Hey guys have you heard about this brand new band called Golden Girls?!?!?!Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-79093164386317471912010-01-04T11:23:00.000-08:002010-01-04T11:25:04.025-08:00Apologies if you're listed out, but here's another: Top 10 albums and online DJ mixes of 2009, for the January Beat Connection. The mixes are all linked, and in many cases I re-upped them. Enjoy!Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-83759625940492657482010-01-02T00:06:00.000-08:002010-01-03T14:44:17.881-08:00My Pazz & Jop albums ballot:1. DJ Koze, Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 (Get Physical) 302. Art Brut, Art Brut vs. Satan (Downtown) 133. DJ Quik and Kurupt, BlaQKout (Mad Science) 114. Tanya Morgan, Brooklynati (Interdependent) 115. 5 Years of Hyperdub Records (Hyperdub) 86. The Fiery Furnaces, I'm Going Away (Thrill Jockey) 77. A-Trak, FabricLive 45 (Fabric) 58. Black Moth Super Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-71257150944155215892009-12-30T12:53:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:54:12.111-08:00"Hater," the death of browser culture, Simon Cowell, Inc., and seven more musical regrets of the '00s, for The Stranger.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127390.post-35385892166706018482009-12-29T16:11:00.000-08:002009-12-29T16:13:07.104-08:00I'm a sucker for a (sort of) listicle, pt. 3: Baltimore City Paper's annual People Who Died roundup--this year, Helio Gracie, Judith Krug, Marilyn Chambers, Jack Cardiff, Rashied Ali, Allen Klein, Richard Whitcomb, Sylvia Schur, and Donald Westlake.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05478091013635418963noreply@blogger.com