This is the fucking raddest song alive.
Happy Thursday.
Go with yourself.
Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Nothings’
No Future. No Past.
Posted in music, tagged Cloud Nothings on December 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Listen to new Band of Horses (and other random musical ramblings)
Posted in music, tagged Band of Horses, Cloud Nothings, Dirty Projectors, Frightened Rabbit on July 9, 2012| 3 Comments »
Today twitter earned its keep….a tweet from Band of Horses got me very excited for yet another September release. September 18th will feature the release of Band of Horses’ forth studio record, Mirage Rock.
Pitchfork has a track listing and a music video for the single “Knock Knock.” Because BoH are my homeboys, I pre-ordered the album off iTunes…and for my loyalty, they sent me side one, track one.
Band of Horses – “Knock Knock”
In the pantheon of BoH records…their latest, Infinite Arms is my least favourite (but I love the album cover the most?…sure). Already, just a couple listens in, and I jive on “Knock Knock.” So here’s to hoping.
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I got a few favourite bands and one of them is Frightened Rabbit… they too took to the twitterverse to say, new record on the go and an invitation to watch the trailer for an upcoming documentary/tour film. Makes me wanna hit Northern Scotland….that’s saying something considering I could really live a long life without needing to visit another rainy, mountainous, wet, Islandy, landscape.
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Local homeboy and all-about-man-about-town Simon Ogden was telling me to check out the new Dirty Projectors record Swing Lo Magellan. So weird but so hypnotic. I am not saying this is an everyday kinda record… but there are a couple jams on this album that turn the brain crank in new and interesting ways. My first time through I went, WTF? I thought maybe Simon was experimenting with the bath salts… but the second time through (or third, or forth) the album made more sense (kinda). I clearly don;t have it figured out. Who knows, maybe its bad? But so bad it tricks you into thinking its high art?
I heard a couple songs I enjoyed and one of them was the title track.
The Dirty Projectors – “Swing Lo Magellan”
That song has a real cool retro vibe. And I do feel it fitting in at Veneto Lounge. And seeing as Simon is the head bartender/manager there…I can understand how he heard it and maybe thought…. cocktails!
The guitars on the whole album are so pleasantly jangly. Everything is a little off-kilter and unsettling. If you are turned off by traditional pop and want to weird the fuck out for awhile… headphones, low-light and this album.
I don’t follow Dirty Projectors on twitter… so I don’t have a tweet form them, but I do have one from Cloud Nothings that caught me eye…
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Ohio’s Cloud Nothings tweeted: “funniest thing i’ve seen lately is that pitchfork interview with the twin shadow guy”
OK Cloud Nothings, I’ll read it.
That’s all I got.
Go with yourself.
Mixtape >> Children of Summer
Posted in music, tagged Alex Clare, BigKids, Childish Gambino, Cloud Nothings, DJ, Foster The People, Imagine Dragons, M83, mix, Mixtape, Passion Pit, Pennywise, Santigold, set on June 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It can feel like a challenge, thinking about summer in Victoria in June. The weather has been cold, grey and wet for the most part. On Thursday, I had the chance to DJ on the Rooftop Surfclub for their Solstice party. I was the first DJ up at 6PM and had a 45 minute set before Boitano turned it up and Marshal A and DJ Speedyshoes closes out the night. I posted my mix on Mixcloud if you’re into it.
Mixcloud: Mixtape >> Children of Summer
A few weak mixes in here…but for the most part I think you’ll enjoy the set if you normally listen to modern rock.
Some of my favourite songs on the list… Cloud Nothings. I could listen to them all day. I dig the Passion Pit and Imagine Dragons remixes. Alex Clare is growing on my with every listen.
My next mixtape will be an Osheaga festival mix similar my Sasquatch mix.
Go with yourself.
I am tired of everywhere, I am never gunna learn
Posted in music, tagged Cloud Nothings, Las Vegas on May 30, 2012| 6 Comments »
Cleveland, Ohio’s Cloud Nothings are a band gaining increasing hype.
My first encounter with the band is when I tracked down the Toro y Moi split 7-inch. Their album Attack on Memory is number 1 on Stereogum’s Best New Music (so far) list and Best New Music’d by Pitchfork. From there I downloaded a couple singles and I have a stellar one for you today.
Cloud Nothings does a very raw, DIY style of punky, grungy, emo. Steve Albini is a legend and he lent his production skills to this record.
I talk sometimes of bands that I would sound like if I had the skill to actually make proper music and not clumsy noise in the production studio or on my uke… this is a band I’d use as a touch point or inspiration for sure. The song “Stay Useless” is so good.
Cloud Nothings – “Stay Useless”
Download MP3 >> _Cloud_Nothings_-_Stay_Useless
Happy Wednesday my friends… I am off to Las Vegas on Sunday and have been LOVING Natalie’s blog on the subject.
I by no means have an infinite budget, but I did rally enough to rent a car so I am excited to try a couple desert hikes.
People have said Red Rocks, Valley of Fire and Zion are all awesome. Zion is 2 hours from Vegas, though I could swear it was further? I’ll have to look into that. Zion is rad if I remember from a family holiday we took there in the 90s.
I hope I don’t die, but if shit hits the fan, I eat Jevon first.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 