But mostly I’m listening to the new Underworld, which in addition to feeling like a legitimate comeback, has one of the most evocative, melancholy album titles I think I’ve ever seen.
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Been on a real NYC kick lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYeg9r5hNI&ebc=ANyPxKr1elHqMXkk8ZvewWxysfo4oo1_KVHclFmKJX6I0AZa0hQ03_gYuWSHmnPYhOe3FJlv4NIY6IhFzK28m-SMPr1_drM_-QReport
the 90s are now our 70s and i feel older than i have since this afternoon when i asked a student how old he was when 9/11 happened and then he told me. and i felt old.
anyway, i am as shocked as you are, but the sun kil moon/jesu collab is actually good! i mean dude is still playing loops and other dude is still reading his grocery list and bemoaning impotence of the spirit and/or junk, but it works well. each helps avoid the other’s major pitfalls (terrible, terrible vocals and boring song structure and less than interesting backing arrangements much of the time).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4vNt3ISbA
“what does rekindle mean?” has been stuck in my head for a while now.Report
the 90s are now our 70s
It’s worse than that. I told someone the other day that when I went to Lolla 1 in 1991, Woodstock was 22 years in the past; and it (and hippies) seemed impossibly-distant and faintly-ridiculous.
I am farther from Lolla 1 now, than I was from Woodstock then.Report
by that i mean “for the current crop of yunguns the 90s are to them what the 70s were to us, a faraway land filled with influence and nonsense”.
though i must say your tolerance for shoegazey verby ladies doing 90s things is far higher than mine. the sunflower bean stuff is rather eh (the video is awful). not sure how i feel about the first bit, but i do give them points for being confusing.
both videos are kinda male gazey tho. not sure if it’s intentional or a joke or joktentional.Report
i’m wrong. the first isn’t, actually. i like the light effects near the end.Report
A good place to note: I’ve been rotating the sidebar musical selection a little bit more frequently recently. I’m pretty intrigued by today’s find:
https://youtu.be/IZfbesWhwHUReport
Did you end up getting School of Seven Bells’ last? How is it?Report
Well, for some personal reasons I’ve found the album emotionally pretty rough to listen to, particularly the opening number. But it’s a gorgeous collection of music and I recommend it highly. When I heal a little more I will enjoy it much more.Report
Coincidentally, we’re seeing Sunflower Bean tomorrow.Report
Let me know how it is. Opinions are all over the map (and so’s their music) but I think they are pretty young.Report
Will do. They’re the first set in an event that we’re attending mainly to see Flatbush Zombies. The whole lineup:
SUNFLOWER BEAN
KAMAIYAH
DAY WAVE
FLATBUSH ZOMBIES
DUA LIPA
SECTION BOYZ
NEON INDIAN
RAE SREMMURD + THE SREMMLIFE CREW
KACEY MUSGRAVES
I want to skip out after Section Boyz to try to catch Petite Noir at another venue, but R. Really likes Rae Sremmurd, and Teenager likes Neon Indian, so there may be a heated debate.Report
A guy at another site was really repping Flatbush Zombies. I briefly got excited because I mistakenly thought it had something to do with East Flastbush Project.Report
No, but they do have a bit of an old school East Coast sound.Report
I should check more Flatbush Zombies. I like what I’ve heard so far. Joey Bada$$ is really the only dude out of that scene that I’ve listened to a lot. I should remedy this.
I keep telling myself that I should pay more attention to mix tapes and independent releases, but I just get lazy about it.Report
Hip hop we’re definitely seeing this weekend: Joey Bada$$ is here too. I recommend checking out Little Simz (also here) too.Report
OK, definitely check out Anderson .Paak. He just put on one of the ten best hiphop hop performances I’ve seen, and I’ve seen everyone.Report