Record Related #3: And I could use a thing or two…
These are among the stories that might hit us before we listen to Mr. M. Once we turn it on, the music takes over. Hmm, there’s that M again.
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Posts by: Jeff T. Johnson
“Big Little Wolfs”
(Rick Moody Remix)
The band Aeroplane Pageant and novelist, musician and Rumpus contributor Rick Moody have collaborated on a new version of a song from the band’s recent album, Float Above the Yard. Moody’s remix of the song “Big Little Wolfs” is ambient and drifting without being lulling, a place (near the docks) as much as a song. […]
...moreCarrie Brownstein Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Well this is exciting! Carrie Brownstein’s memoir is making its way into the mediascape! She’s rocked us in Sleater-Kinney, The Spells and Wild Flag, broadcast hyperarticulations on her beloved Monitor Mix music culture blog, and wowed us with her comedic and improvisatory pizzazz on Portlandia. Will all of this and more fit in one memoir […]
...moreRecord Related #2: Wild Flag, Wild Flag, Wild Flag
Wild Flag, S/T (Merge) / live at The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 10/18/11 Eleanor Friedberger, best known as half of The Fiery Furnaces, sings the ultra-catchy, ’70s-damaged “My Mistakes.”
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At the Looking Glass
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mirror Traffic (Matador) / live at Webster Hall, NYC, 9/25/11 “I’m also a Jick.” —Stephen Malkmus, Amoeba Hollywood in-store appearance, 8/24/11 Mirror Traffic opens with a fake-out.
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