Activitystory: » music http://activitystory.com/blog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:21:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 P’s Favorite Albums of 2011 http://activitystory.com/blog/2011/12/19/ps-favorite-albums-of-2011/ http://activitystory.com/blog/2011/12/19/ps-favorite-albums-of-2011/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:47:24 +0000 patrick http://activitystory.com/blog/?p=756 My top 15 records of the year, in an undisclosed order, each with representative video:

Les Blanks – In Country

Baxter Dury – Happy Soup

Panda Bear – Tomboy

tUnEyArDs – whokill

Yuck – Yuck

Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania

Wye Oak – Civilian

Moon Duo – Mazes

The Men – Leave Home

Hella – Tripper

Computer Magic – Electric Fences EP

Belong – Common Era

Black Angels – Phosgene Nightmare EP

Forma – S/T

Wild Flag – Wild Flag

Honorable Mention:
Sons & Daughters – Mirror Mirror
The Ettes – Wicked Will
Widowspeak – S/T
Pure X – Pleasure
Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
Com Truise – Galactic Melt
Beach Fossils – What A Pleasure
Ladytron – Gravity the Seducer
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath 1972
Toro Y Moi – Underneath the Pines
Nicole Atkins – Mondo Amore
Ducktails – Arcade Dynamics
Raveonettes – Evil Seeds
Blackout Beach – Fuck Death

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box of p

& Greg’s, Hannah’s, and Kaleb’s.

Oh, and Kaleb and Hannah were on ReMIX on KOOP to talk about theirs!

Hopefully the next round of mixes will appear soon.

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: Before Today
Nothing was better than this.

Wild Nothing: Gemini
Keep reviving what he’s reviving.

Pairs: Pairs EP
This year’s Japandroids, to me.

Arctic Death: S/T EP (& untitled CDR)
Western New York Represent, yo.

Beach House: Teen Dream
Of course this is on th’list.

Jason Forrest: Utopia EP
Much more accessible, also: free!

Stereolab: Not Music
Start, end with side four.

Kurt Vile: Square Shells EP
Was free, for a minute.

Benoit Pioulard: Lasted
Gets me every single time.

Solex vs. Jon Spencer + Christina Martinez: Amsterdam Throwdown King Street Showdown
All of them, back finally.

Sam Prekop: Old Punch Card
Librarians must all love this album.

The Soft Moon: S/T
Buzzing, squealing across the warehouse.

High Places: High Places vs. Mankind
Love where it goes eventually.

Magic Kids: Memphis
Almost painfully perfect, thankfully brief.

Jaill: That’s How We Burn
A nice little rock record.

Honorable mention, no reviews: Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM; Efterklang: Magic Chairs (Wait, that was 2009?); Tobacco: Maniac Meat, Foals: Total Life Forever, Janelle Monae: The Archandroid, and Oval: O.

Favorite Songs of 2011:
“Baptism,” by Crystal Castles
“How Does Somebody Say When They Like You?” by A Sunny Day in Glasgow
“Round & Round”, by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
“It’s Kate’s Birthday” by Washed Out
“Weird Machines,” by Small Black
“Silver Soul” by Beach House
Nicole Atkins cover of Can’s “Vitamin C”
“You Wouldn’t Have to Ask” by Bad Books
“Hey Boy” by Magic Kids
“Love Cry” by Fourtet

More gems in my Last.fm account.

What about you?

Have a look at older lists: 2009, 2008.

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Macro Reggae 45s – a set on Flickr.

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]]> http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/12/23/727/feed/ 0 New Yelle http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/10/07/724/ http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/10/07/724/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:48:49 +0000 patrick http://activitystory.com/blog/?p=724 It’s no Je veux te voir, but the new Yelle sounds pretty good to me.  Give it a sec. Then watch the Je veux te voir again.

YouTube – YELLE – La Musique.

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]]> http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/07/15/boxsetofmylife/feed/ 0 YouTube – DieHard Battery vs. Gary Numan http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/07/13/youtube-diehard-battery-vs-gary-numan/ http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/07/13/youtube-diehard-battery-vs-gary-numan/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:35:56 +0000 patrick http://activitystory.com/blog/?p=711 YouTube – DieHard Battery vs. Gary Numan.

]]> http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/07/13/youtube-diehard-battery-vs-gary-numan/feed/ 0 Can’t wait for this album http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/05/29/cant-wait-for-this-album/ http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/05/29/cant-wait-for-this-album/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 13:46:32 +0000 patrick http://activitystory.com/blog/?p=699 Kathryn Calder – “Slip Away”.

Now, watch her run:

]]> http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/05/29/cant-wait-for-this-album/feed/ 0 Vintage Record Jumbles http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/02/05/vintage-record-jumbles/ http://activitystory.com/blog/2010/02/05/vintage-record-jumbles/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:19:38 +0000 patrick http://activitystory.com/blog/?p=688 I was looking for some files on an older hard drive and I found a few of my Record Jumbles from 2005. Sound quality varies, and there is a charming amount of surface noise on these. Since I’ve been doing so many mixes in the last bunch of years all from within my computer, it’s nice to hear some spontenaety and human error. Also, totally weird record selection on most of these. Enjoy!

April 18, 2005
April 25, 2005
May 2, 2005
May 9, 2005
January 22, 2007 (Drawn completely from records found on the street in Brooklyn)

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