June 2010
23 posts
Conrad Schnitzler “Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal” (1980)
Rangers “Airport Lights” (from Suburban Tours 2010)
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And don’t forget all of the elaborate, handmade packaging, which seems to be there mostly to distract you from the unlistenable and more or less interchangeable nature of the actual music. “No really, these tapes are totally distinctive and desirable commodities! Buy some!”
Not…
No kidding. And, eventually, these kids grow up and actually say things like “noise is easy, writing a song is hard” (actual quote) and start trying to write songs . If they end up doing something good -great!- I’ll hear it, but in the meantime why do I have witness their uncomfortable adolescence? No thank you. You can keep your Coley and Moore approved/packaged in a cat’s skull/edition 1 of 3 and a half cassette. Not only do I not want to hear it, I don’t want to even hear about it.
Le Révélateur “Statues” (from Motion Flares 2010)
Mrs. Murphy - Scott Walker
It’s now Scott Walker Week on solarflares.
The Velvet Underground - “Ocean” : The majestic and dreamy side of the V.U., this song was a outtake from “Loaded”. It also holds the secret to my blog.
Dies Irae Psichedelico (from the film Escalation 1968)
-Ennio Morricone
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This compliments the Walker post below quite nicely.
killer! love this track.
The Old Man’s Back Again - Scott Walker
One of my top 5 Favorite Scott Walker songs.
i prefer the Wild Beasts version.
i’d prefer not hearing the Wild Beasts version.
not necessarily the ‘best’. just some that I’ve enjoyed so far this year.
no order. no reissues.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Before Today (4AD)
The Fall Your Future Our Clutter (Domino)
The Alps Le Voyage (Type)
White Fence White Fence (Make A Mess)
V/A In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco (Secret Seven)
Forest Swords Dagger Paths EP (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Rangers Suburban Tours (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Nerve City Nerve City (Sweet Rot)
The Fresh & Onlys August In My Mind (Captured Tracks)
Wild Nothing Gemini (Captured Tracks)
Lindstrøm and Christabelle Real Life Is No Cool (Smalltown Supersound)
Forest Swords “Visits” (from Dagger Paths EP 2010)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti “Bright Lit Blue Skies” (from Before Today 2010)
I am into this record. It actually delivers.
