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Monday, December 20, 2010

(31) Days of Good: Day 20

Blue Hawaii tells the story of a lush paradise. The way begins ambient and uncertain, but beautiful white shell beaches and carefree sunshine parties await and nourish those travelers with love in their hearts; their peace thus raised above the arguments found along the rocky road. The duo consists of Raph and Agor; they use voice, guitars, synths, drum machines, and other electronics to create a kind of tropical-pop with love ache melodies and experimental club rhythms. (courtesy of Arbutus Records)




Brooklyn-based duo, Matt & Kim, released their third full length this year. Like the past two albums, Sidewalks is complete with simplistic lyrics, synth melodies, shouty singing, and the band's gleefully spazzy sound...everything we love about Matt & Kim.



Even more GOOD over at 35mmBeats
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

a few of my favorite things...

(Photo = Sound of Music...if you don't understand the connection, you obviously weren't a soprano in your jr. high choir)

I've wanted to do something like this for quite some time now, but it's been much harder than I expected. I probably have at least 10 different drafts with some sort of "favorites" list that are just collecting digital dust. Why so hard? I guess it's because my favorites keep changing. For example, it seems like every time I hear my new "favorite album of 2010", a newer album comes out and trumps my old favorite (disclaimer: this really isn't a complaint, I love the fact that I keep falling in love with new music).

But you know what? I'm tired of my favorites never seeing the light of day. So consider this my (late) New Years resolution—I promise to share my favorites with the masses...even if they might change 15 minutes after I publish this post.

To start things off, here are my 5 favorite remixes (for at least the next 15 minutes):


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Thursday, August 26, 2010

ON THE ROAD: MATT & KIM


The Brooklyn duo, Matt & Kim, are going to be super busy this Fall. They'r shipping out on a huge Fall tour and their latest record, Sidewalks, is scheduled for November 2nd release (rumor has it we'll get a taste of the new stuff Aug. 31st!).

I definitely recommend catching one of the shows if you get a chance. Even if you don't care for their musical stylings, I guarantee you will still enjoy the show. I just recently saw them this Summer and it was super fun.

Be there!

(@ make music pasadena, june 21, 2010)


SEPTEMBER
15 Syracuse, NY - Westcott Theater
16 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
17 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
18 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
19 Chicago, IL - Metro
21 Madison, WI - Majestic Theater
22 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
23 Lawrence, KS - Granada
24 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
25 Columbia, MD - Virgin Mobile FreeFest
27 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Rickshaw Theater
28 Seattle, WA - Showbox
29 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
30 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

OCTOBER
01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
02 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
03 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
06 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
08 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
09 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
11 Oxford, MS - The Lyric
12 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
13 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
14 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
15 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater
16 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
17 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
19 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
20 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
21 Richmond, VA - The Canal Club
22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
23 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
24 Philadelphia, PA - Starlite Ballroom
26 New York, NY - Webster Hall
27 New York, NY - Webster Hall
28 Rochester, NY - Water St. Music Hall
29 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theater
30 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
31 Clifton, NY - Northern Lights

NOVEMBER
02 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
03 Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
04 Boston, MA - House of Blues
05 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
06 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street

(@ make music pasadena, june 21, 2010)


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Thursday, December 10, 2009

15 is my favorite #, so i'm choosing 15

there was so much good music this past year, it was much harder than i expected to choose only fifteen. in order to make the necessary cuts, i based my decisions on replay value and the entirety of the album. for example, the most recent stellastarr* album, "civilized" was an excellent album and i could listen to the track "freak out" all the time, but it wasn't anywhere close to their debut album (self titled) that has been in my car stereo since 2003.

i wouldn't be surprised if more than one of these albums makes it on your list, but please remember, these are my favorite albums and i don't expect our tastes to be exactly the same. email me and let me know what your favorite albums of '09 were and if i forgot any that you think should be this list.

so without further ado...

15) Wale - Attention Deficit

14) We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls

13) White Lies - To Lose my Life

12) Telekinesis - Telekinesis!

11) The xx - xx

10) Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below

09) Passion Pit - Manners

08) Matt & Kim - Grand

07) The Temper Trap - Conditions

06) Royksopp - Junior

05) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

04) Islands - Vapours

03) Karen O and the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are

02) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

01) Mew - No More Stories are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories

(On the cusp: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm, Mos Def - Ecstatic, The Antlers - Hospice, Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest, Stellastarr* - Civilized, Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young, Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca)

Check out some other good "Albums of '09" lists:
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