500 + [/b] /rant

500 posts! Wait, only 500 posts? Hasn’t this blog been truckin’ along since, what, 2007? Well… when you go thru the usual messes in life sometimes it pulls you away from the inane and insignificant. I like to look back every now and then on previous posts and all the types of music I’ve consumed. […]

Phoenix + Uppermost /french house

Haven’t listened to the non-remixed version too often, but I do enjoy this french house/nu disco remix from producer Uppermost. Reminds me of some early Alan Braxe & Fred Falke. Pressuring bass under 80’s synth drums giving way to funk guitar solos? …mmmmmmyyeaaa! Unfortunately he could’ve taken things past the initial apex at the 2:30 […]

Dan Deacon + Adult Swim /experimental

Not having cable means one is limited in the media they consume. Either by word of mouth, podcasts, npr, or in this case–reddit. Nine different (read: amazing and unique) animators came together to collaborate a music video for Dan Deacon’s track “When I Was Done Dying”. Here are the animators in chronological order per the […]

Cazzette + Oliver Nelson /prog house

So I noticed a few of the comments on SoundCloud for this Sleepless remix were negative describing it as just the same song slowed to 110 bpm and a steady kick-clap… but I disagree. There is no reason to ever read social media comments. While the Oliver Nelson remix provides a slower more chill tempo than […]

Phoebe Ryan /indie pop

It’s snowing a lot. I could make some metaphorical comment about how that relates to my life currently, but its not even worth it. That in itself could symbolize my thoughts on current happenings more than other words. meh. Phoebe Ryan – Mine

Olivver + Lucy /electro pop

Lull after the fourth? Better relieve it with some good ass music. Olivver is a new LA project, dont know much else other than their SoundCloud bio. The driving menacing bass and lyrics work though. Olivver the Kid – Lucy (Hurt People Hurt People)