Monday, January 11, 2010

Manuel Gottsching - E2-E4


Are some things unbloggable? So isolated and without context that an opinion cannot be formulated on them? The story about this album is as follows:German guy whose been in Ash Ra Tempel and a bunch of other Krautrock bands you've never heard of went into the studio one lazy afternoon in 1981 and invented Techno. It's not like he made any more albums like this nor did his peers and I doubt that gay black people in Detroit and Chicago later in the decade listened to this guy. This album is like if someone made a Chillwave EP in 2006 but no one heard of it not even Neon Indian. I wish I was a dj and I could play this album and people would be like 'oh is this the new Lindstrom/The Field?' and I'd say "No".

8.8, 9.3 if you dont find a few minutes of Pat Methaneyesque Jazz guitar annoying

Pitchspork Update



Sorry I haven't been blogging everyone! I recently did acid and was pondering things such as the 'meaninglessness of existence' and wondering if my blog was just an 'absurd gesture' at 'self validation'. But it's not so I'll be blogging again! I was also wondering if I should blog and upload other mediums of media into my blog including but not limited to movies and books. I decided I should let the decision go to you my audience. Please let me know what you think.

"There ain't no such thing as halfway crooks" - Mobb Deep

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo


Ok, so I know that these tracks have been out since summer and the single has been out for 3 months but he still has <10k last fm listeners so i'm going to jump on the hype machine anyway. So yeah, this is basically documented proof that I was into him before the bandwagoners. It's pretty cool Post-Dubstep/Deep House. Reminds me of Todd Edwards kind of.

Nurse With Wound - Homotopy to Marie


This isn't a normal 'pop' album but an 'idea' album(Steve Stapleton wouldn't apply these concept to pop music until Current 93's 90s work). I suppose it's supposed to make you 'nervous' or 'creeped' out. First song is 13 minutes of bells and some brit saying to 'not be so naive'. Second song is a bunch of clicks. The final song is the only one I really enjoy, relying on drones, noise, and samples. Not sure the normal listener would understand this type of music. I do, this dates back to when I did acid and realized I don't need superfluous things like 'melody' I just needed to 'feel' the vibrations of sound waves.

7.6 but I feel this album in particular shows the subjective nature of rankings because NWW requires a more complex understanding of sound and music.

Friday, January 1, 2010

So Over Indie-Brotronic

Don't get me wrong, I was over Phoenix/Passion Pit/MGMT even when they were still 'cool' to listen to. Thank god I wasn't still listening to them when Rolling Stone started saying they were good and when their songs got put in commercials(why do phone companies need indie bands to sell their product?). Now their fan base is girls who think mashups are genuinely good and bros who try to get with these girls by talking about old Nickelodeon shows(Remember when 'Catdog' found their parents?)

Pictures of David Bowie With Other People

What makes an icon? How does an icon shape the world around him and vice versa? I feel like David Bowie is the epitome of an icon which is evident in how lame everyone looks when they stand next to him. Here's a bunch of photos of Bowie with other bros/biddies.

Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Bowie is not just a style chameleon but he looks like one too.


Bros 4 lyfe


Bowie understands 'Black' music.



Could I(Drewgazer) pull off this look?


Bowie understands todays music trends

Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit


This is terminally ill. Afro Beat = funk + jazz + fucked up english from Nigeria. Title track is this cool(and true) story bout how the corrupt cops(redundant term amirite?)planted weed on him so he had to eat it so the cops took him to the station and were like aight he'll shit it out so he had to trade his shit with another prisoners. So yeah, the title isn't metaphoric at all. I can tell Fela really hates 'the man' and values 'equality'. Makes me wish I could sell drugs and wear aviators all day instead of just buying alcohol for kids(is that trashy?)Guy was so cool he didn't believe AIDS existed. He died of AIDs in 1997.

RIP FELA KUTI MUSICIAN/ACTIVIST/COOL BRO

9.5