Young lovers kiss each other publicly and shock self-righteous people/beware the gorilla.

Still getting through my stash of records I picked up at Other Music on my recent trip to NYC.
Feeling the French vibe right now, particularly George Brassens and this song, 
which I am predicting now, will likely end up in the next Wes Anderson film.

Oh, also, this song, considered pornographic, was banned at one point in time.

 


http://bit.ly/mgzpYB

Ninja Tune is no longer a teenager.

Song of the day from album of the week from Teebs "Ardour", now out on Brainfeeder and helped out by Ninja Tune, who just also happens to be having their 20th anniversary party in NYC tonight.
Big ups on that.

http://www.brainfeedersite.com/2010/10/19/teebs-ardour/
http://www.santospartyhouse.com/event/index/id/1810

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

After 6 days/nights of music madness/awesomeness (plus great cuisine), I'm back from Austin, back in NYC, back in my little office, recuperating the best I can.
Missed this band down at SXSW, which was a bummer, but they're hitting the spot right now with some good vibes.

http://www.myspace.com/tanlinestheband
http://www.truepanther.com/

Thrown like a star in my vast sleep.

Other Music in New York is one of three in the world all tied for first place for best record store.
The other two are Mississippi Records in Portland and Honest Jons in London.
Every time I go into any one of them, I am overjoyed and feel like a little kid in complete wonderment.
And at Other Music, I'm lucky enough to know my friend, Daniel Givens, who every time I see him, turns me onto something new.
Recently it was the album "Catholic" from Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras.
And now it's my honor to turn you onto it, via their rad cover of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man":

Read about the album here:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6740

http://macro-rec.com/
http://www.honestjons.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Records

Ashes, ashes, all circles vanish.

Seeing Broadcast tonight at Le Poisson Rouge with Atlas Sound.
Going to be a great show.
Just starting to really get into their new album.
This track is classic Broadcast.

Plus I got to pick up some 45s today from my favorite DJ shop, Deadly Dragon.

http://www.broadcast.uk.net
http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=21615
http://deadlydragonsound.com/
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/451

My heart, slow down. Won't you beat a little slower? But don't stop. Never end your hunting. You'll see I'm lost without your rhythm.

As far as I know, "The Snake" from Wildbirds & Peacedrums has actually been out for sometime now,
but it seems to have gotten some kind of reissue/re-release lately,
which I'm all for, as it was a really tough one to find there for a while.
They're playing a number of times in NYC over the next few weeks,
including a show tomorrow night at Le Poisson Rouge with Deerhoof and next week with Fanfarlo.
"My Heart" is a song of theirs that I completely obsessed on when I working in London last summer.
I used to play it really loudly late at night at my desk
in the Wieden + Kennedy offices when everyone was already gone for the evening.
Oftentimes, it was after I had been out already with all my work mates for a few rounds of pints.
I'd be a little tipsy, turn it up and sing to myself and wonder where my life was headed.

Apocalypse Now (or quite soon)

http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com/
http://www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/artists/view/44/Wildbirds%20%26amp%3B%20Peaced...

A little bit of me inside you, gathering what you've lost.

Got to see a special acoustic performance from Kings Of Convenience yesterday
at EMI/Capitol Records in NYC that ended up with them playing in the stairwell.
It was a lovely short set featuring new tracks from their upcoming album, including this one:

Also, they're still in town, playing a sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom tonight.
http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/3519
http://www.kingsofconvenience.com/

Riding on the freak train, where there's a whole new story there.

I already dug The War On Drugs and now completely love the new Kurt Vile solo album, "Childish Prodigy", that's about to come out as well.
This track is perfect for riding the subway.
Just put on your headphones, crank it up and people watch.

http://www.matadorrecords.com/kurt_vile/
http://www.matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=387
http://www.kurtvile.com/

Stop making that big face.

Congratulations to Warp Records on 20 years of making progressive, challenging, raw, beautiful, ugly, bizarre, inspiring creations.
If you're in NYC, celebrate with them during the next few days as they're having parties, shows and screening all over the city:
I'll be there.
Here's to another 20.