I was online when it happened. I think I had just downloaded a Nirvana bootleg, despite wondering whether its contents were already on the “With the Lights Out” box I owned. I had recently downloaded, listened to, and dug on some Arthur Russell stuff a blog had posted, and decided to further investigate his [...]
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Just listened to the studio version of this song about 35 times in a row. This was taped in 2007. In other news, 2007 was half a decade ago and I have become old in body and spirit, though I was already. I have music tattooed on my brain. I pass by joggers [...] Was at a bar Saturday night shooting darts when a song came on the jukebox type machine, a catchy danceable number with some neat/odd filtered synth tones happening, and I felt compelled to Shazam the shiz out of it. To my horror, it was a track ["Helena Beat"] by a band [Foster the People] [...] Though ’80s mainstream radio seemed to become increasingly dominated by synth pop and such as the decade wore on, I do remember digging certain songs that in retrospect seem rather incongruous, simply by virtue of being non-trendy standard old school rock ‘n’ roll. The Smithereens’ “A Girl Like You” (released in 1990, but I’ll [...] Just saw this chart via a FB thread regarding artist royalties on Spotify. [Read the full post on Information is Beautiful, which was based on this post.] Welcome to the future, musicians… [...] Have heard this a couple times on the local college radio frequency modulation broadcasting station. Intrigued the first time, but didn’t catch the artist name. Second (or maybe third?) time’s the charm. And now, Ty Segall with another track from my next mix, “You Make the Sun Fry”: Funnily enough, I’d previously heard [...] Had never really listened to her before, but this was playing at various festive events I attended over the weekend, and now I can’t seem to get it out of my head. I also got to hear Lady Gaga, apparently for the first time (apparently I’m sheltered). One song was barely bearable, the [...] Coming back from LA on Thursday, driving up the 101, had forgotten the iPod back in the Bay, and neglected even to bring the cassette adapter into the passenger compartment, hence no backup iPhone action. My well-worn mixes would’ve sufficed, had my potentially gas money contributing rideshare prospects not all flaked in an unwelcome [...] Another future mix entry, Sharon Van Etten‘s “Peace Signs”. Heard it on the radio, but sounded really familiar, so must’ve heard it earlier, probably on a live show I downloaded. She has a really striking voice imbued with character, and despite her youth it seems real, rather than a put-on like I hear [...] Heard this the other day on KALX (UC Berkeley’s college radio station. Thank your lucky stars that at least a few still exist on the dial…). Immediately became obsessed. Will be on my next mix (especially since I miraculously found this album used at Amoeba on my first attempt). Such an odd beautiful [...] |
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