Crazy holidays... it was really fun stuff though. I've been working CRAZY style on the album as well so it's been a really busy month. I'm really looking forward to this next year... hopefully this will be the one where everything finally blows up... you cross your fingers... because if I get signed I can afford to really bring you some quality shit on this blog!

Speaking of writing this album... I thought I would throw up some of the stuff I've been listening to... some of my recent influences... stuff that in some way, shape, or form, my new stuff sounds (or is trying to sound) like...

First off is one of my faves off the Audion album. I love Matthew Dear to death and REALLY wish I would have stayed to see him at Pitchfork this summer (it was just WAYYYY too hot)... I did get to see him open for Swayzak, however, back in 2004 which was really cool. This song really gets me going, along with a couple others on that album. I wanted to post something from "Just A Man/Just A Woman" but I didn't want to piss the label off. This is on Ghostly International and you can purchase the album on eMusic.
Audion- "Titty Fuck"

Then I've got a track from Lusine who I've REALLY been getting into in the last month. The sort of texture in these songs is something I'm working really hard on and no QUITE getting... but I will keep peeping these songs until I figure it out. This album is fantastic 'doing-it-music'... in my opinion... this ALSO on Ghostly International... go cop it at eMusic!
Lusine- "Slur"

My new music idol is Outputmessage. I've been trying to make his album the whole time I've been writing songs. His music is lush, serene, perfection. These undulating wave of sythetic emotion run through every single song on his album. I'm chomping at the bit to have my eMusic subscription refill for the month so I can get his first album... I had to pick the 2nd one up on iTunes. I also went to Shop Ghostly early and picked up a record he did a remix for. I really want to be this guy.
Outputmessage- "Sommeil"
Seriously... go buy his records... or purchase Idol Tryouts 2 from Ghostly International... (are you seeing a pattern here?)

Then I've been spending a lot of time getting back to my roots... the dark electronic stuff that my childhood was filled with. Heather bought me a box set called "A Life Less Lived" which has LOADS of stuff that falls under that tag and I REALLY love it. I also downloaded Movement by New Order, and have been going back through my Depeche Mode albums and really absorbing all that stuff. Here's a couple choice cuts from the 80's...
New Order- "Procession"
Depeche Mode- "Leave In Silence"

Just a heads up... Depeche Mode just realeased their FULL discography on iTunes. So if you have about $170 to blow and want like every single thing they have ever done ever, including remixes, demos, and b-sides, then you should head over there and check that out!

Ok, that's it for now. I have to get back to my other blog (and perhaps some work while I'm at it). Make sure to keep checking back and I'll try to keep hooking y'all up!

So... you may have seen my pride and joy blog In Search Of Arcadia before... which I hope you have enjoyed... but as much as I love it... I feel like I need another outlet to talk about music. I mean don't get me wrong... I LOVE BRITISH MUSIC... it is my end-all-be-all, BUT, there is other music I like. Sometimes it's grime, sometimes is house music, sometimes it's garage rock, sometimes it's old school stuff... and I want to be able to write about that, but it's just not appropriate over at Arcadia. So I will post here from time to time, throwing up my new faves from all over the place. I cannot promise that I'm going to put as much energy into the look of this site... but then again... you probably don't care... you're probably just looking for the song link. And I can't blame you as this is my 'vanity project' but hopefully some of the words will be enjoyable for you too. OKAY, on to the music!

First off is Bexar Bexar... a VERY underrated band... so underrated I don't know if anyone knows about them. I've never heard anyone talk about them but I love them so, so, so, so, so much. I would say this gets played most of the time when I'm in my bedroom not sleeping. The whole album Haralambos is perfect front to back and highly recommend it to people who like Boards Of Canada's non-glitchy songs.... because this is more like folktronica... or something... I don't know what folktronica is really but I would throw this in there lol.
Bexar Bexar- "Aidos"

Speaking of Boards Of Canada, have you heard Trans Canada Highway? It's a pretty nifty little stop-gap recording to tide you over intbetween the last one and the new one (whenever that comes out)... I thought I post "Skyliner" which is probably the most exciting track off the recent E.P.

Boards Of Canada- "Skyliner"

All of this wonderful lazy-Sunday-fucking-music reminds me of a band I really listened to in years... or at least I haven't heard this Tortoise song in at least 8 years because I left the cd in Brian Perkins car on the way back from seeing Tricky at the Vic in 1998. The seminal Chicago band can easily go toe to toe with any other instrumental group out there, and frankly they have had longevity that few of their contemporaries have had. This song is like part Ennio Morricone and part Portishead... anyway you look at it, it's all good. I used to sit around and get wasted at the older kids dorm (at Interlochen Arts Academy) and listen to this cd on repeat while looking at soft porn with Matt Buck... ahhhhh those were the days.

Tortoise- "Along The Banks Of The River"

Next... I'll get away from the straight instrumental thing... but this music is pretty low key so it would probably fit on a mix with the prior songs. I don't really need to say anything about Interpol. At all. If you don't know anything about Interpol you must be like a 13 year old girl without the internet or something. Because they are the most super hyped indie band in the world ever who had loads and loads of exposure and played every venue on earth in support of their 2nd record... including the ICA in 2004... which is where this gem came from...

Interpol- "Evil (Live @ ICA 2004)

Ok, I need to get back to work and I need to get back to my other blog... here's a funny little list about 89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Cliches in Rock Music to keep you tied over until I get back with some more songs.