Song of the day – 667: Ragana
I like the fact Black Sabbath and Unwound haven’t been a male institution for years.
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)
Night Time, My Time is fantastic. A lifetime of bad ideas that turns into good ideas in the context of music. I like the new M.I.A. album. I respect the new Laurel Halo album. I’m falling in love with the new Sky Ferreira album.
Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)
The string and vocal arrangements bring to mind Disney at its sweetest, or Van Dyke Parks at his straightest.
The 3 r’s | repetition, repetition, repetition
I’m going to be listening to this on repeat for the rest of the month. And I’m going to be repeating this status update while I do.
Happy Jawbone Family Band – Happy Jawbone Family Band (Mexican Summer)
This is the most disappointing record I’ve heard all year. It hurts. Ken Kesey was right. Never trust a prankster.
100 Greatest Songs Of All Time If You Spent Your Childhood Moving Around the US Without Anything To Guide You Except For The Radio
By Scott Creney
Roly Porter – Life Cycle Of A Massive Star (Subtext)
Play Life Cycle Of A Massive Star every morning for a week. If it doesn’t change the way you see the world, play it again. If after a month you haven’t gotten any results, accept that you are a corpse that someone forgot to bury.
The Definitive List | The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time, Part 5
I actually believe that at this point in time it would be statistically impossible for our writers to be even lazier, but we shall see.