Bon Iver is going to make-out with James Blake and they are going to turn it into a record

I read today that James Blake and Bon Iver have or were going to do a project together. The first thing I thought when I saw this was that we already know what this is going to sound like. There are a couple songs off of James Blake's album where he really really really sounds like Bon Iver. Like he could do a mean Bon Iver impersonation. So, what exactly are we going to get out of this?

Ok, that is two times this week I have brought up Bon Iver. That is two times too many, he doesn't need me hyping him. 

I am going to hype these dudes though. I wrote about them a couple weeks back about there bitching track "Hipbone". This track is courtesy of the fine fellows over at Keep On Repeat. They have a much nicer looking website than mine, and they seem to be actually trying at this music writing/blog thing because they tracked down actual information about these guys. Word on the street is that this track comes from their second EP that was released on R&S records last month. (Also, home of Jame Blake's earlier catalog......prior to him wanting to sound like Bon Iver. That's the last time. I swear.) I also learned that they are from England. See, not only do you get some sweet sweet beats over at their site but you also just might learn something.

I'm only going to say this once, don't let anyone talk about how summer is over in front of you until at the very least after Labor Day Weekend. If someone does that you direct them to this video immediately and then ask them what the fuck so great about winter? In the winter you can't talk girls into wearing piano-key shorts and dancing on the roof like a fool. "Ohhh, well I get to wear sweaters, and I have so many more options on what to wear." Don't give me that garbage, that is just clear evidence that the capitalist structure has rotted your mind into thinking that you like seasons because you get to buy new cloths. Don't let the capitalists win! They have already ruined everything else in this god damn county, don't let them ruin summer as well.

I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

You, allergies, you can go to hell

Oh my god, fuck you allergies, fuck you cats, fuck you rag weed, and fuck you nasal sprays. You can all go to hell.



I was told over and over again that I needed to check out some Tobin Sprout solo albums. Sprout played on some of the most critically acclaimed Guided by Voices albums and I heard his solo albums were just as good. So, when I saw a link to a Prefab Sprout album called "Steve McQueen" I downloaded it thinking it was Tobin Sprout. I shit you not, I listened to this album for two days thinking it was Tobin Sprout until I realized I had been drunk the entire time and the two were not the same.

I thought something was wrong because this album is really 1980's British rock. I think the first five songs are amazing, just totally kick ass. The second half of the album sees them sort of trying out their more unusual song structures and time signatures. There is one song called 'Halleluah' which is just atrocious. But, the first five songs are so good that it doesn't matter - this half album is better than 90 of full albums out there.

I fucked up but it seemed to have worked out.



Also, I'm at cup'o joe which has been over run with flies and the internet connection is shitty, so I have no idea what these videos are like because I can't really watch them.

Get your act together cup'o joe.

STOP TALKING GUY ON CONFERENCE CALL!!!!

Holy crap I have been on this conference call for over an hour now and I am officially giving up on it. People are just showing up and leaving at their own pace and I don't know what exactly we are even talking about. Maybe I should have paid more attention.



So, there are a good 10 to 15 albums that have come out this year that have gotten a lot of good coverage and that I just have not had time to get around to. But, Oh. My. God. This Destroyer album is fucking amazing. I wasn't kidding when I tweeted this yesterday, but I haven't heard the new Bon Iver album yet but I know for a fact that this album is better than it.

This guy has been underrated for years. Besides being apart of Canadian super-group The New Pornographers he is a prolific solo artist and has put out a ton of material over the last ten years. This is the strongest effort yet though. Horribly heart felt, witty, bruising-ly honest, god damn addicting to listen to. I want to hang out with Destroyer and stay out all night and get drunk and listen to him tell stories. That is my dream date.

Sorry, I was moving last week, and my new job is kind of busy (read: conference call that is still going on). I'm going to do my best to keep updating this everyday. Here is another Destroyer song for your troubles.

There is a place I would like to be

Sometimes I think I type too fast for my own good. I'm going to start making a conscious effort to slow down.

Funny story, last night I woke up at 2:30 in the morning thinking that that someone was singing "Africa" by Toto in my dream. Instead I woke up and found my roommates sitting in a car outside my window singing along to it very loudly. It was weird.



Galaxy 500 always came off as being very dream like music to me. I think it the sort of shoegaze-y feel to it that does it. Is this was the original chopped and screwed sound was? Was My Bloody Valentine and Galaxy 500 the original codeine infused music? Maybe I have been wrong all along - maybe this movement of R'n'B/hip-hop musicians adopting druggy qualities is nothing new. Think about it, instead of codeine and cough syrup My Bloody Valentine just did heroin. You get the same result I assume, it's just one is much more hardcore than the other.

Speaking of, my brain is fried from this week. To be continued...

Teen Angst

Fuckkkkkk I've been moving apartments for the last two days. I'm beat. And then I had to go to work. This is what you are getting because of that.



Teen Angst. Teen Angst. Teen Angst. Teen Angst.

This video needs to be wayyyyy more dramatic for how dramatic this song is. Kind of a let down for an amazing song.

We heart M83 around here and I don't see that changing anytime soon.