Deep Time @ Farm 255, Athens Georgia, 22.08.12
Nobody gives a fuck if you played the song right.
Micachu And The Shapes – Never (Rough Trade)
This is what it feels like to be alive in 2012 — connected to everything and more isolated than ever.
Shrag – Canines (Fortuna Pop)
The anger hits; the sadness hurts. There’s nothing cute about this band, not anymore.
Clams Casino – Instrumentals 2 (self-released mixtape)
Why the hell should I sit here for an hour or two racking my brain as I struggle to evoke the beauty, the tragedy and loss of Clams Casino’s music, its programmed swoons and electronic sighs, its music of weeping computers and children trapped in ice, when someone else has already done it?
“collapse board is but a baby wombat in the works of the mighty australian street press”
collapse board is a great place to lose two hours
22 of Scott Creney’s favorite songs of 2012 so far
It wouldn’t be Collapse Board without a little shambling boy-girl indiepop, now would it?
Hillsong United – Live In Miami: Welcome to the Aftermath (Hillsong)
History shows us there are infinite interpretations of Christ and his message. And if all this ‘power’ and ‘glory’ shit makes me uncomfortable, if $30 t-shirts and $15 souvenir tour drumsticks make me feel like flipping over the tables in their stadium temples, then maybe Hillsong and I have just read The Bible differently.
Can – The Lost Tapes (Mute)
Six months ago I wrote that Can music was a universe. Hell, it’s way better than that. It’s a better version of our universe.
Cheap Time – Wallpaper Music (In The Red)
There’s an elephant in the room, and that elephant needs to have its back shaved.
Kimbra – Vows (Warner Brothers)
Vows is a signal post for pop music. It’s like Kate Bush if she knew how to write a good song. It’s like Cat Power if she had someone who loved her. It’s like Adele if she knew how to dance. It’s like the Rolling Stones if they were still alive. Where can anyone go from here except sideways?
