The 8-bit, new rave, synthpop revelation!
A “pc-computah”, as explained by anwoord’s lead singer and rapper extraordinaire, is needed in creating next level beats. The problem with electronic music is that it has been flooded with garbage. I offer insight into the musical Ganges.
Mind.In.A.Box
I’m not going to quote anything here. I feel the fact that it’s a one man band says enough. The vocals are performed by a dude.
POWERLIFTER
POWERLIFTER – “BUFFALO” MUSIC VIDEO from Kevin Wildt on Vimeo.
Video was shot on two Canon 7D’s with identical DIY fluorescent light rigs on each. Lenses used where Sigma 10-20mm f3.5, and Tokina 12-24mm f4. Edited and colored in Final Cut Pro.
Crystal Castles
White Lies – Death (Crystal Castles Remix) from edd on Vimeo.
[....] they named themselves after a She-Ra playset, which is like finding out LeBron James chose to wear uniform number at #23 as a tribute to his favorite Jimmy Eat World song. Then again, it’s fitting for a record that draws so much of its power from unpredictability..
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Letters to Management I: The Fork in the Road
In an ideal world, your job as a manager would include setting goals and acquiring the resources to acheive them. But we don’t live in an ideal world, largely because there are people like you in it.
Since you don’t have the intelligence to establish goals or acquire resources, you are left with only two logical choices. Pick wisely.
1. Do nothing.
Result: get fired for doing nothing.
2. Do irrational and unproductive things.
Result: get rewarded for being a can-do manager who makes things happen.
One of the problems with being a manager is that your actions are scrutinized more intensely than BP’s offshore drilling safety protocols. Doing productive and rational things is an easy mistake to make, don’t get me wrong. Top three things to avoid right from the get go: rewarding good work with good pay, communicating clearly with your staff, and improving the efficiency of your department. The consequences of these mistakes can be absolutely devastating. I would hate to see any manager of mine suffer the resulting fallout; so please, to my managers, to all managers: never reward a hard-working, skill employee with money, keep your instructions as vaguely worded as possible, and above all else, clog the cogs wherever you can.
Thank you Scott Adams. More detail to come…
Toxic avenger: One man’s desperate idea to save the rhinos–poison their horns
With rhinoceros poaching in Africa approaching an all-time high, one nature preserve owner has had enough. Ed Hern, owner of the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve near Johannesburg, South Africa, is experimenting with injecting cyanide into his rhinos’ horns. He believes the poison will not harm the rhinos, because there are no blood vessels in the horn to carry the poison the rest of the rhino’s body. But if anyone kills the animals and sells the horns for use in traditional Asian medicine, the end-consumer could pay the ultimate price.
Your introduction to Fuzz-folk, Slowcore, Caucasian Soul music
Regardless of your virility or how far you can piss, every real man has a playlist on his or her media player of choice; usually named “chill”, “night”, or “pussy tunes”.
MALAJUBE
Malajube || Luna from Dare To Care Records on Vimeo.
More than a Montreal music digest, Malajube’s magpie sensibility spreads their matrix of association across national borders. They’re more French than Phoenix, but they share a knack for stringing together terrific, self-contained moments: The songs don’t progress so much as chain-react, each part exploding out of the last.
THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage from Service on Vimeo.
Apparently I missed the season where Erlend Øye won the coveted golden-golf-ball belt of The Whitest Boy Alive, but apparently the musician is proud enough of his accomplishment to have named his latest project after the award. It’s no surprise that Øye was such a formidable candidate; after all, he hails from notorious WBA powerhouse country Norway, and despite being quite poor in the Lack of Rhythm competition, his Nordic skin resembles an Atomic Fireball with the most miniscule of sunlight exposure, and he looks like he’d be an encyclopedia of TNG-era Trek facts.
THE ROSEBUDS
The Rosebuds – Life Like from Merge Records on Vimeo.
The Rosebuds exude quality. Not that everything the North Carolina band has done has been great, but the potential has always been there. From their auspicious debut The Rosebuds Make Out to its bittersweet follow-up Birds Make Good Neighbors and last year’s synth-heavy but hardly frilly Night of the Furies, there have been glimmers of greatness in each of the group’s three albums, a rapidly expanding catalog that’s established the Rosebuds as Merge’s most slept-on act since the shockingly overlooked Spent.
DISCLAIMER: I use genre labels at random. Although they may not apply, the elitist in you was forced to read through the article.
Meet The Tiny Crustaceans In Your Tap Water
New York City is known for having excellent tap water, but why does it taste so good? It might be the microscopic shrimp.
The Electropunk, Superfunk Synth, and Post Punk Essentials
The following, a collection of Canadian talent. One of the bands is Finnish but Finland is the Canada of Europe.
WE ARE WOLVES
We Are Wolves / Fight Kiss from L'ÉLOI on Vimeo.
These guys only pump out the vilest of the male condition, and Total Magique is an emotional train wreck that’s hard to pull away from.
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
Death From Above 1979 – Turn it Out from Jaque Fisher on Vimeo.
There’s the obligatory French introduction, there’s cowbell, there’s handclaps, and the lyrics put Nic Offer’s “what did George Bush say when he met Tony Blair?” hook to shame. And, at the end, a superfunk synth straight outta Chocolate City makes it clear that the DFA79 libido is back. Will the cycle of You’re a Woman repeat itself? Probably, but for now get out of the corner and just fucking dance.
DISCO ENSEMBLE
Disco Ensemble – Headphones from Fullsteam Records on Vimeo.
The chosen name of Finnish four-piece Disco Ensemble is something of a misnomer, as the tautly wound balls of vitriolic pop this band spits out are about the furthest thing from the inflated dance floor slop that once plagued the Western world.
DISCLAIMER: I use genre labels at random. Although they may not apply, the elitist in you was forced to read through the article.