Heavy Rotation (09/04-15/04)
this business has already gotten out of hand
If one fewer things were happening than currently are, whether or not that one thing fewer were the extended winter which is currently happening, I would be much less annoyed. Aggrieved? Both. The phrase “piled higher and deeper” is germane.
Nilüfer Yanya, “PAINLESS” (bandamp) I’ll get that diaeresis in place before this goes to press. The funk— a combination of deep beats, spacious synth hooks,…
the New Pornographers — Whiteout Conditions
Frankly, the phrase which comes inescapably to mind when looking at this sleeve is “designer drugs.”
12″ 33.3 RPM — 11 tracks on 2 sides2017 — Concord Records
After listening to this record, what I want to write— and what I am not now writing but which I reserve the right to write later when I have time— is a treatment for an espionage story set near the end of the Cold War, centering on the defection of a high-profile performing artist. There are, of course, several twists in there, and I…
The National — Trouble Will Find Me
The National — Trouble Will Find Me
12″ 33.3 RPM — 13 tracks on 4 sides2013 — 4AD LTD
I do love these heavy, 180 gram platters. I do not love getting up every three songs to change them.
There’s so many places a record goes before it’s made. A brief itinerary of Trouble Will Find Me, per the liner notes (interior gatefold, facing art panel), includes Rhinebeck, Brooklyn, and West Hurley, NY; Bridgeport, CT; Montreal, QC; Berlin,…
Heavy Rotation (02/04-08/04)
it’s come to my attention that many of you don’t know how to use the microwave
Baseball’s back: this is what is being called “Opening Week,” an expanded version of the moveable feast that marks the start of the regular season. After the songbirds return, the first strains of summer in the states are the crack of the bat and the hollow pop of the glove. I love baseball, though I came to it late and basically without catalyst; I woke up one morning and I loved baseball,…
the Movielife — This Time Next Year
the Movielife — This Time Next Year
12″ 33.3 RPM — 12 tracks on 2 sides2000 — Revelation Records
Wow, okay.Hey kid. Yeah, you. You wanna try some melodic hardcore, kid? Y’know what I’m talking about— that is that goes-down-easy scream-along shit. Some folks call it emo. Take a hit, see what you think. Plenty where that came from.
There is nothing uniquely bad about this record, and that’s half the problem. I bought this new, when…
