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[r00]

Peter Murphy - Wild Birds
Really getting into Murphy's solo stuff lately after getting his new album on a whim.

Wild Birds is awesome.

I hit up a record shop downtown and came away with 2 vinyl items (for $14 total!) that I have been looking for for a LONG time, but they were always ridiculously priced on ebay/amazon.

Amadeus - OST (the 2 vinyl set)

The Stone Roses - mint 12" vinyl for "Fool's Gold"  OMG!! <3<3<3

[doom]

saul williams new album, Volcanic Sunlight comes out 11/11/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY8xGMUEy3s&feature=relmfu

YES

[sin]

VNV Nation - Automatic
Clan of Xymox - Breaking point
Clan of Xymox - Darkest Hour
Peter Murphy - Ninth
Peter Murphy - Wild Birds

[chimera]

This week, of course, is dedicated to Petrus.  And I have learned:
-my relationship to this music is largely unchanged, even though it's sad to think that someone who possessed such unassailable character within the music itself is no longer alive
-the 45-second intro to "Stay Out of My Dreams" (which comes back around mid-song) is one of the best things they ever did, and yet it's so incredibly simple, but they made it into an expression of what made their sound so compelling
-Dead Again is a well-made album but even a year later the only song I can really embrace is "Hail and Farewell to Britain," although eventually more may grow on me; that's how it was with World Coming Down.

[luna]

Florence + the machine - ceremonials

On first listen not as good as lungs but still pretty good

I could really get used to having new music to listen to every week...next on my list new black keys in December

[doom]

i actually think this album is better than lungs..

[doom]

nin  - ghosts I-IV
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
Saul Williams - Volcanic Sunlight


I've also put together a playlist of just the instrumentals off all the major nin albums except ghosts. its pretty cool

[rynne]

Neil Gaiman: musical genius. Amanda Palmer, Stephin Merritt and Moby can't help but look like talentless hacks by comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI6zIqVxmmk

Not sure what to make of Merritt's schlubby homeless lunatic look.

[r00]

goddamn her fucking pits.

and this ukulele trendy thing recently is starting to get really old.

[Aaron]

goddamn her fucking pits.

At first I was like  but then I started to laugh, I laughed a lot in fact... 



Also the new Saul Williams album is already out? Amazon has it, (import so its not cheap) 21USD. But I thought it was gona be out 11/11/11...Huh

[chimera]

I'm all for hairy pits, just don't inflict them on an unsuspecting public.

But I loved how Neil's fangirls applauded every time he hit those three notes, or whatever. 

[doom]

the assassination of jesse james OST - nick cave/warren ellis

[rynne]

Handover impressions after one listen.

The most overwhelming impression is that this doesn't sound like a Skinny Puppy record. Or at least most of it doesn't. "Vyrisus" and "Village" sound like what I'd expect from SP.  And I guess "Wavy," since it sounds like it's re-purposed the guitar track from "Jaher."

Ever since SP reformed, a small group of fans have claimed that post-Dwayne SP was indistinguishable from ohGr. I understood what they were getting at. Until Handover I never was inclined to agree. But I'll be damned if the first four slow tracks don't sound like they could be slotted into an ohGr record and no one would know the difference. The same could perhaps be said of "Gambette," except that it inexplicably sounds poppier than anything ohGr would typically produce.

cEvin asserts himself more over the rest of the album, though in unexpected ways. "Icktums" sounds like a fractured take on trance. "Point," "Brownstone" and "Noisex" push beats of varying degrees of abstraction well to the forefront. I think "Brownstone" is the most successful musically, being rhythmically reminiscent of late-period Autechre, though I'm not enamored of the vocals. "Noisex" is kinda disappointing; I couldn't identify any unique twist to justify a resurrection of drill-n-bass long past the genre's high point, let alone let it run far longer than any other track on the album.

None of this is to say that I think this is a bad record. I'm sure that repeated listens will reveal more to appreciate. But I can't deny that I didn't have the same level of response to Handover as I did on initial listens of TGWotR and Mythmaker.

[r00]

The Social Network OST

It just never gets old and perfect for when I'm working.

[kristin]

goddamn her fucking pits.

and this ukulele trendy thing recently is starting to get really old.

Amanda Palmer is aggravating. Fact.

Also, Neil Gaiman is so great. I actually got a few of my former students interested in reading some of his YA stuff, I'm psyched.