new song // Lee Ranaldo and The Dust : “Last Night on Earth”
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust // Last Night on Earth :
new favorite album // Thurston Moore : “Demolished Thoughts”
Thurston Moore // “Demolished Thoughts” : 2011.05.24 : Matador genre folk art punk sounds like a crowded room of fur coats. heavy sunlight filtering through branches. soft, rainbow-colored wooden blocks. Nick Drake’s soundtrack to a Kubrick film. notes sounds exactly like Sonic Youth and nothing like Sonic Youth all at once—to the best possible effect. […]
listen party // Thurston Moore : Demolished Thoughts
Thurston Moore // Demolished Thoughts : 2011.05.24 : Matador : streaming in its entirety on NPR.
showing the kids how it’s done.
After listening to Sonic Youth’s latest album The Eternal, I found myself remarking on how rare it was for a nearly 30-yr-old band to maintain such relevance, vitality and, not to mention, artistic integrity. This A>D>D performance on Pitchfork is a fine example. This song is an early favorite of mine on the album, which […]
showing the kids how it’s done.
After listening to Sonic Youth’s latest album The Eternal, I found myself remarking on how rare it was for a nearly 30-yr-old band to maintain such relevance, vitality and, not to mention, artistic integrity. This A>D>D performance on Pitchfork is a fine example. This song is an early favorite of mine on the album, which […]
25 favorite albums
These are albums I love listening to from beginning to end and have a magical appeal no matter the time, place or mood. These are not necessarily the albums I respect the most. In other words: this is a list of what I consider to be my favorite albums—but not, in all cases, what I […]