Rodarte: States of Matter from MOCA on Vimeo.
Haha, they always score! This time it’s “Rodarte: States of Matter”- fairly in depth film about the inner workings and throught process behind fashion.
Category Archives: Music
SOTD: Angry Angles – “Apparent Transparent”
My Totally Badass Mix
1) Atlas Sound-Artifical Snow-
2) Abba- Waterloo
3) Tandoori Knights- Into Her Arms
4) BBQ- Threw My Girl a Party
5) Dum Dum Girls- Blank Girl
6) The Barbaras- Heaven Hangs
7) The Beets- Broken English
8) GG Allin- I want to Kill You
9) GG- I Wanna Fuck Myself
10) Natural Child- Crack Mountain
11) Vomit Squad- Burning Beezzlebub
12) Fear- I Don’t Care About You
13) Fear- New York’s Alright…
14) Johnny Cash and June Carter- Time’s a Wastin’
15) Maine Coons- Inside You
16) Maine Coons – How Long…
17) White Wires- Girl Girly Girly
18) Wavves- Wavves
19) Wavves- Friends Were Gone
20) Antsy Pants (kimya dawson)- Tree Hugger
21) Adam Green- What Makes Him Act So Bad
22) Girlfriends- Good to Be True
23) Hunx- Too Young to Be In Love (old version)
24) Black Lips- Go Out and Get It
25) Jay Reatard- You Get No Love
26) Lost Sounds- Memphis Is Dead
27) Glassjaw- You Think You’re John Fucking Lennon
28) Atlas Sound- Atlas Shrugged
29) Ohio Players- Love Rollercoaster
30) Nation Of Ulysses- Spectra Sonic Sound
31) Dum Dum Girls- Bang Bang, I’m a Burnout
32) DDG- Jail La La
33) Funstix- Funstix Party
34) Whitest Kids You Know- Hitler Rap
35) GG Allin- Expose Yourself to Kids
36) Ramones- Chinese Rocks
37) Girlfriends- I Was Here, But I Disappear
Not all titles may be correct (I got kinda lazy here), but I just made up this wonderful playlist of completely random, but highly impressionable and catchy ditties. A fun way to procrastinate I suppose.
Anthony Needle Drops Belong
I had a similar reaction, but I’m still in that transitioning process of the album “growing” on me or simply putting my finger on what exactly I find displeasing (at least compared to their debut, as I think this is decent as a plain old record) about the album. We’ll see what happens. Peace.
Noise Vox: Hunx & His Punx Interview
New LP Too Young to Be in Love! A review will be up soon.
Black Lips @ SXSW
Bits and pieces of:
Family Tree – NEW
Lock and Key
You Keep On Running – NEW
Dirty Hands
O Katrina
Buried Alive
Make It
Bad Kids
CD Review: What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? [2011]
Band: The Vaccines
Release: 3/2011
Label: Columbia
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1. “Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) – A-
2. “If You Wanna” – B
3. “A Lack of Understanding” – C+
4. “Blow It Up” – B
5. “Wetsuit” – C
6. “Norgaard” – A-
7. “Post Break-Up Sex” – A-
8. “Under Your Thumb” – B
9. “All In White” – B
10. “Wolf Pack” – A-
11. “Family Friend” – B
Comments: To answer the title’s question, I honestly had no expectations of the Vaccines. I heard the name, was present for the hype, and so on and so forth. I never gave their singles a healthy listen so this is a fresh start kind of review — the kind I like the best because I’m left with little bias. Anyway, it’s pretty easy to point the comparison finger to homeland counterparts Fratellis (“Wreckin’ Bar), Franz Ferdinand/Editors/Early-Mid 2000s Post-Punk Revivalists, and the like; i.e bands that were able to achieve “indie” stardom with a ‘bigger’ sound — so to speak — that was a few hair-lengths and stylistic choices from the real big name, The Killers. In the Vaccines case, it does feel quite like they are aiming (probably not true) for Killers-esque fame, instead of becoming the next Arctic Monkeys. Their descent into safe pop like “Wet Suit” just goes to show you they really don’t care about developing a Vaccines signature sound. When they speed things up to a near-garage level (“Norgaard”), they become a very fun band to listen to. Single “Post Break-Up Sex” and “Wolf Pack” combine the charisma of catchy garage pop with post-punk revival delicacy. There’s a lot to like on Vaccines, but as a fan of the heavier, louder, ‘dirtier’ stuff, there does not seem to be enough.
Grade: B (85)
CD Review: Rolling Papers [2011]
Rapper: Wiz Khalifa
Release: 3/2011
Label: Atlantic
1. “When I’m Gone” – B-
2. “On My Level” – C
3. “Black And Yellow” – A-
4. “Roll Up” – B-
5. “Hopes and Dreams” – B-
6. “Wake Up” – B-
7. “The Race” – B-
8. “Star Of The Show” – B-
9. “No Sleep” – C+
10. “Get Your Shit” – C-
11. “Top Floor” – C-
12. “Fly Solo” – D+
13. “Rooftops” – C-
14. “Cameras” – C
Comments: We’ve got a new Kid CuDi in town! Now, now, not really, but you can see a theme. Wiz had an intricate revelation after smoking via rolling papers and here we are with this, a very “focused” record. Focus from a stoner….no way?! “When I’m Gone” is an aspirational number — a non-single with the aim of a single — see where I’m going with the CuDi comparison. There’s the opening piano, the OH SHIT’s about to get REAL moment following that, some meh-meh rhyming (“Back in the day money was short, I’m making it taller), and a decent hip-hop chorus. So at this point, it’s pretty reasonable to assume Wiz is about to travel down the “I’m about to get rich” rapping route, a well-traveled path…but wait maybe he’s not! “On My Level” is bass heavy — a deep beat that is a bit too deep and not aided any by a less than spectacular chorus and real rudimentary verses. “Man, I’m high as fuck and I swear I’m on my level. Man, I’m sloppy drunk, man I swear I’m on my level.” Huh! “Black and Yellow” is old news at this point, but it still holds up pretty well. Pretty much one of the freshest hip-hop songs – verse, chorus, break, everything – of 2010! “Roll Up” sounds like a handful of other songs — does it not? It’s pretty lazy — a trait that a lot of the hip-hop records I’ve reviewed possess. A pre-requisite to listening to this album may indeed be smoking, but a well-done record is one that need not require the green leaf to be appreciated. Rolling Papers – I think it can be argued — lacks genuine excitability. It’s perpetually chill, which could be appealing to a lot of listeners. I will give it that. BoB lacked true excitement, I mean he’s not on Wiz’s level if only because he included that girl from Paramore on a song. That’s some weak ass shit. “No Sleep” is like a ghetto Miley Cyrus tune. Lyrically, speaking. Just got to shake your head listening to “Fly Solo,” which is similarly corny. The latter third/half of this is just frustrating. I’m giving Wiz an honest chance too, but it’s hard to find anything better than average. Speaking of BoB, “Cameras” = that silly “Nothin On You”.
Grade: C+ (77)
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Wiz Khalifa performs April 9 at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena with Third Eye Blind, Taking Back Sunday, and Mac Miller as part of the school’s annual Spring Fest concert.
SOTD: Dum Dum Girls- “Blank Girl”
Rap News: Revolution
This is the latest of my favorite ongoing youtube series, it’s very political, but also very funny. Even if you don’t agree with the message, I hope you take it in the same humor as you might take a Daily Show episode. Plus, the detail they put into it is amazing!
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 