New Kanye video
July 27th, 2007 jmason23You know, forget the Akira-homage “Stronger” vid — this is pure genius.
a sea anemone cocktail, followed by oyster liqueurs
Midnight Juggernauts
July 27th, 2007 jmason23Os Mutantes last night was great, despite missing a couple of members due to illness. That dreadlocked girl on the { drums / misc percussion } made a definite impression…
The gig wasn’t exactly jammers, but I think pretty much the entire Dublin Brazilian community made it out.
(Update: Nialler9 has some photos and videos up.)
Next up is Of Montreal, next Wednesday, who apparently occasionally do the odd Os Mutantes cover themselves. The ticket situation isn’t too hot for this one, but fingers crossed anyway.
From a totally different angle — some new Aussie electropop, via Fluokids:
Others
July 26th, 2007 jmason23woo, looking forward to Os Mutantes tonight! Got the tickets in my pocket…
In the meantime, here’s some drug-reference loaded bubblegum psychedelia off of “Fancy Mix 3″:
There’s an interview with various members of the Others at Fancy Mag, if you’re curious.
Acid quickie
July 19th, 2007 jmason23A good new acidic arpeggiation tune:
(very reminiscent of Aphex Twin’s “Polynomial C”). And a classic from 1988:
Jape a la Space Disco
July 13th, 2007 jmason23Space disco tip: Dublin dude Jape has had his great tune “Floating” remixed by Prins Thomas; it sounds fantastic, recommended. Pick it up over at Talking In Stereo.
Eno and the Winkies Peel Session
July 13th, 2007 jmason23Just came across this Brian Eno rarity — the “Eno and the Winkies” March 1974 Peel Session:
Baby’s On Fire - the “Here Come the Warm Jets” opener, and a classic. Not quite as heavy with guitar riffage as the album version, though. Segues into: Totalled - what was eventually released as “I’ll Come Running” on “Another Green World”. This is definitely the session’s highlight for me; I love this tune. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - this is a bit like the “Here Come The Warm Jets” version, but without the squalls of synth “solo” halfway through that makes that version such a classic. Fever - ick, best avoided; a not-so-hot cover version. :(
“Totalled” is well worth a listen — check out the “You’re No Good”-style 2-track interference solo in the middle!
My City’s a Sucker
July 12th, 2007 jmason23Seems Mr Murphy and co will be gracing our shores for an additional gig, on top of the Electric Picnic one, on October 20th at Tripod in Dublin. Yay! Sign me up!
Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve
July 11th, 2007 jmason23I’ve been really getting into Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve recently.
As far as I can tell, there are two angles to their music. First off, there’s their remixing of today’s tunes, epitomised by the amazing work they did on Midlake’s “Roscoe”:
Midlake - Roscoe (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Remix) (via World’s Fair News)
That was my gateway tune — to both Midlake and BTWS. It takes the original (an awesome song in its own right, more on this at some stage), and mellows it out nicely, with a pretty light touch. Their work on Findlay Brown’s “Losing the Will to Survive” is similar:
Findlay Brown - Losing the Will to Survive
It’s hard to put a finger on what to call the style. It’s not full-on psychedelic rock; it’s a little more folky, really, with some psych tinges. I dunno; whatever, it sounds great to me.
Then there’s the edits of much more out-there classic psychedelic and krautrock tunes on their limited-edition releases, such as “Dig It” and “A Path Through The Forest” (pick up mp3’s here). The latter, I think, is a re-edit of The Factory’s classic psych tune which appears on Nuggets II:
The Factory - A Path Through The Forest
There’s also a cover of Neu!’s uber-classic Hallogallo floating about, titled “I Swim Around”.
Anyway, these tunes — remixes of old and new — are all top of my playlist right now, and are sending me back to Nuggets (again). Bet their set went down a storm at Glasto ;)
Hot Chip remixing
July 6th, 2007 jmason23been a while since I posted — here’s a good couple of tunes I came across recently. Hot Chip have been doing buckets of remixes, and to be honest, they’re starting to sound a bit same-y to my ears:
- start off with the original song, add some improved beats and sawtooth synths with a pretty light touch
- BUT about 2/3rds of the way through, suddenly segue into a full-on Hot Chip Bass/Synth Drone Workout
actually, I’m not complaining — I love it! Here’s one that really works out quite well:
Tilly and the Wall - Sing Songs Along (Hot Chip Remix)
The slightly tweeeee sounds of Tilly and the Wall (this is the one with the tap-dancing on a sheet of metal, tap-dancing, seriously) are much improved by those Chippy synths. It never really gets too mental, unlike:
Queens of the Stone Age - I’m Designer (Hot Chip remix)
omg, halfway through, the poor old QotSA are nearly discarded in favour of cowbells, crazy sawtooth arpeggiation, heavy distortion on the vocals, and droning keyboards. Brilliant!
