heavy trash

jon spencer joins hands with matt verta-ray (madder rose then speedball baby). sort of the rockabilly explosion. slightly fun. a couple of tunes over here.

russian futurists

i was a pretty big fan of let's get ready to crumble and method of modern love. russian futurists have a pretty unique sound that i can't possibly describe with any sort of... words. well, it is pop. and there are loads of keyboards it sounds like. old ones probably. sounds like someone lost in toy store. i wouldn't be surprised that the russian futurists have listened to the likes of magnetic fields and maybe belle and sebastian. however, our thickness falls short when compared to the futurist's previous affairs. the place to start is undoubtedly but that is not to say that our thickness is not worth a listen or two. & probably a few more than that b/c it will grow on you.

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for the icelanders... nina nastasia is making an instore appearance at smekkleysa this saturday. thanks to helmet for the tip...

minotaur shock

minotaur shock crept in through the backdoor somehow - i had tried to listen to their earlier output but without much success. but there is something very likeable about their forthcoming album. the music fits somewhere along the path that manitoba (now caribou) from electronics to, erm, pop. some sort of electronic pastoral pop. other bands that come to mind are daedelus and boards of canada. the first single, vigo bay, also reminds me of the ratatat's retroizing of hip hop. and daft punk - while i used to like them. another great summer tune. the album is a bit uneven but at the very least it is inventive and considering i wasn't willing to cut this band a lot of slack it is a pleasant pleasant surprise.

supersystem

supersystem used to be el guapo and pitchforkmedia doesn't like them very much. now, i haven't heard their album but if it sounds anything like this it should at least be fun. actually, reading the review for their album nothing comes as much to my mind as another system, that is, the lcd soundsystem. i reckon supersystem's mistake was not to call themselves tft supersystem. at any rate, i prefer super to sound.

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nifty new feature today as well - just look above. it's an mp3 player! press start and here some tunes.... all stuff freely available on the web. listen and then buy lots and lots of albums.

madvillain vs. four tet

i don't know what genius thought of this but that genius deserves a prize. four tet remixing madvillain. no, it doesn't sound that exciting but some of the tracks here are absolutely fab!

fiery furnaces and the summer

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my summer really started when i heard this song - never mind that it has yet to reach 10 degrees. there is just something about this songs that makes me feel like it is summer. & it is not just that it has the word summer in its title. it is the sound of summer. & hopefully it will be this good.

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what else.... remember to check out ghostdogjr on www.webjay.org. i throw new stuff in there once in a while but, well, you may have to dig to find it.... perfect substitute for your radio...

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spinning (& liking): the evens (ian from fugazi and friend), jaga jazzist, alias, colleen, architecture in helsinki, russian futurists, and boy least likely to, brazilian girls, electrelane

gypsy punk ii - venetian snares

altoghether sort of gypsy punk going on here. venetian snares is best (un)known for his frantic drum'n'bass or drill'n'bass or whatyoucallit. well, in short venetian snares have been trying hard to make music that you can barely listen to - not because it is bad but because it is a bit mindnumbing. the music has always been more interesting than enjoyable. his latest album, Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett, changes all that. though it has it shares of frantic beats it combines it with more traditional instruments - all sort of gypsy sounding. in places the album recalls portishead, in others aphex twin's flirtations with classical music. it also reminds me a bit of amon tobin's live set (last summer) which incorporated some fantastic violin samples. venetian snares weaves the electronic and accoustic sounds together with the same skill that amon tobin does. normally i turn away from a venetian snare's cd waiting for my headache to subside, this time i am waiting to hear what he does next.

gypsy punk i - gogol bordello

i don't really know anything about these guys except that they were generating some buzz with their live shows last summer and that they have a new album out east infection. and well, they sound like a lot of fun. mala vida is a cover of manu chao and, well, it doesn't sound worse than the original. the album is available over at itunes and and some more songs are available at: http://www.gogolbordello.com/