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falseSteve2006-08-15T12:05:00-04:002006-08-15T16:06:17Z2006-08-15T16:06:17Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115565797762152581BLOGGERI think it's time to move. Yes, I think I sort of hate blogger. And I'd like to move to another blogging software. Any ideas.
Please let me know if you use something you are happy with.falseSteve2006-08-07T10:16:00-04:002006-08-07T15:22:23Z2006-08-07T15:14:22Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115496366292082776Ratatat's New <i>Classics</i> LPGot back from DC and was happy to return to the Ratatat record sitting in the mailbox. Not only did the good people at XL send over the CD, they also sent over the first vinyl single from the record, "Wildcat," which includes a sick E*Vax remix on the A-side. What can be said about Ratatat that hasn't already been said? The record has a cheetah or cougar, some kind of big cat, on the front. FreshfalseSteve2006-08-04T11:39:00-04:002006-08-04T18:26:59Z2006-08-04T16:11:56Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115470791643715613GlovesBack in college, about 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to jam with three other friends in a pretty amazing practice space in downtown Buffalo. Not far from a nice brew pub and within close proximity to our apartment, we found ourselves practicing on a fairly regular basis, refining a handfull of songs to near completion. We never really had a name (our friend Zander suggested "Gloves" which wefalseSteve2006-08-02T16:49:00-04:002006-08-02T21:08:05Z2006-08-02T21:06:50Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115455281037684853Eliot Lipp :: New MP3s from Digital Only Days EPJust receieved some advanced MP3s from the new Days EP from Hefty's Eliot Lipp. Two new nuggets of angular synthesizer instrumental hip-hop that can break the sweltering 100-degree heat. The first is a brand new track from his forthcoming digital-only EP called "Eye Sore" available for download at Beatport or in the iTunes store. So says the Hefty PR machine: "The EP consists of ten tracks, eachfalseSteve2006-08-02T10:05:00-04:002006-08-02T15:11:13Z2006-08-02T15:11:13Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115453147364614816Psst! Pass it On...I will be DJing at the world premiere screening of the Psst! Pass it On... series of collaborative films next week -- Tuesday, August 8th, 7 to 11 PM at Kanvas. I had the opportunity to write about these shorts for RES and they will not dissapoint fans of short film, animation, motion graphics and the like. The basic principal is based loosely on the Surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse. In otherfalseSteve2006-07-20T10:38:00-04:002006-07-20T17:49:09Z2006-07-20T15:11:28Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115340828855767214Anniversary PostSpecial post alert! Over-affectionate Nausea Warning! Stop reading now if you can't stand public displays of digital affection.
Today marks exactly 5 years since I left work as per our usual half-day Fridays and headed to the N train back to Brooklyn. On the way home however, I bumped -- literally -- into a girl who was delivering compost to the Union Square Green Market at that same instant.falseSteve2006-07-07T10:29:00-04:002006-07-07T15:29:02Z2006-07-07T14:53:56Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115228403636014070NomoBeautiful Friday in NYC so why not post a little post-Afrobeat to get the weekend rolling. Nomo are a transcultural ensemble (read: weed smokers with ethnomusicology degrees) who hail from Ann Arbor, Michigan and if likembe (finger piano), hand claps and scorching horns are your thing you should definitely check out New Tones, their second LP and first for Ubiquity. Produced by Warn Defever of HisfalseSteve2006-07-06T10:55:00-04:002006-07-06T15:27:27Z2006-07-06T15:27:27Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115219964763699020The Benevento/Russo DuoOf all the benefits that come with age, none seems to be more satisfying than the wisdom gained from the realization that perhaps you didn't know everything about the world at 21. For instance, if someone came up to me 10 years ago and told me that a band currently opening for Phil Lesh & Friends and jamming with Trey Anastasio of Phish would release one of my favorite records of the Summer, I'mfalseSteve2006-06-29T11:02:00-04:002006-06-29T15:30:28Z2006-06-29T15:13:58Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-115159403847548923CouchAwesome new track from Germany's Couch. Solid instrumental post-rock that surprisingly is the type that will age beautifully. For a long time I thought that a lot of the mid- to late 90s post-rock slowly eroding my inner ear would be just a flash in the pan; music more memorable for the nostalgic quality it would have 20 years later. But after listening to the new Tortoise compendium andfalseSteve2006-06-08T00:24:00-04:002006-06-08T04:48:24Z2006-06-08T04:44:52Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114974189232867470Matthew Herbert: <i>Scale</i>Quick post today before I start a really long stretch of 5 days of wedding and work celebration.Two huge events are happening at the same time -- Pete and Tracy's wedding and the Webby Awards (which I help produce). So in the mean time, to keep spirits high and to prove that I'm still here and ready to upload the goods to all of you, I offer something from Matthew Herbert's tragicallyfalseSteve2006-05-24T13:50:00-04:002006-05-24T18:07:46Z2006-05-24T18:05:49Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114849394982707915Deaf In the FamilyDon't you just love those moments of "how did I not know that existed" illumination? That's how I felt the first time I listened to this brand new promo CD for Deaf in the Family titled For Those About to Rock, an unreal collaboration from Brookyn production team The Resource (DJ Sae One and Adam Podrat aka Mr. Ling) and a host of underground MCs including Scavone, Bavu Blakes, Pumpkinhead andfalseSteve2006-05-23T13:06:00-04:002006-05-23T17:17:36Z2006-05-23T17:17:36Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114840465674827930Tortoise: Unreleased Mike Watt RemixAfter an absolutely astonishing 5-day bachelor party in 2 cities, it's time to take a serious relax and mellow out. Pete, Dave and Dan hit big on the Preakness which launched 18-plus hours of a flawless party. Words currently fail me.
So, I come home Sunday welcomed by a stack of packages, each filled with some killer promo stuff, the most exciting of the lot a 9-song sampler from the upcomingfalseSteve2006-05-11T11:43:00-04:002006-05-11T16:51:02Z2006-05-11T16:49:56Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114736619660527787Reminder (aka Josh Abrams)Been a while since the last post. My apologies but big happenings on the horizon for SK, trying to move to a new blogging client (maybe moveable type, maybe something else) so I can change the template up. Summer project.
In the meantime, a lot of new records have come via the postman and I have a string of posts coming up with some stellar tunes. Today's post is from Josh Abrams, longtimefalseSteve2006-04-19T12:00:00-04:002006-04-19T18:47:35Z2006-04-19T16:16:53Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114546341373892562New SK Feature: ROCK ACTION!Have you ever been crushed by a huge wave? Humbled by the unimpeded force of nature? Face-first into the sand, waiting for the whitewater to subside while figuring out which way is up? That's how this blog can often make me feel -- humbled, frightened, wet all over. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that so many people read, download, post and basically give a shit at all. But you do.falseSteve2006-04-12T17:58:00-04:002006-04-12T22:24:38Z2006-04-12T22:18:53Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114488033364517880rjd2 InstrumentalsIf you haven't heard Magnificent City the brilliant collaboration with Aceyalone and rjd2, you need to immediately put down that Sudoku and get a copy. It's like traveling to Santorini, Greece or Hawaii: It's exactly how you imagine it to be. RJ's production takes up where his last LP left off and it's good to hear Acey, one of hip-hop's most underrated and openminded MCs, all but guaranteefalseSteve2006-04-05T11:10:00-04:002006-04-05T23:11:03Z2006-04-05T15:38:03Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114425148313032667New DJ Shadow TrackDudes. I'm getting old. Irreversibly, unapologetically old. Look, if you just so happen to be the lone 50-year old reader, I apologize for jumping the gun here. Yes, I know I've got plenty of youthful life ahead. Continuing on however, I've always reserved a special disdain for unnecessary musical sub-genres but for some reason this entire Hyphy bullshit really rubs me the wrong way. I'm not evenfalseSteve2006-03-28T11:36:00-05:002006-03-29T21:21:43Z2006-03-28T17:18:57Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114356633794869192Chimp BeamsLet someone else drive for a change. Take a nice full pull from the peace pipe and soak up the rolling greens and foothills that pass like an animated Bob Ross landscape.Yes, that surely is the smell of Spring slowly creeping in and it's time to get out of this concrete metropolis and head to the hills. Before you do that however, I'd strongly advise you to add Chimp Beams to your roadtripfalseSteve2006-03-14T10:27:00-05:002006-03-14T16:44:31Z2006-03-14T15:37:43Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114235066303358047himYou heard it here first. Brand new track from Doug Scharin and company, also known as him (not to be confused with Bam Margera's overrated metal Finnish pals HIM). Apparently someone with taste at Google has ranked them at the top -- probably only for a short time -- but the new album, Peoples might keep them there for a little while longer. It's hard to describe a record like this in just a fewfalseSteve2006-03-02T18:39:00-05:002006-03-02T23:55:17Z2006-03-02T23:55:17Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114134371737114157Lefties Soul ConnectionEvery so often a 7" drops that leaves my jaw on the floor and birds spinning around my skull. I had heard of Lefties Soul Connection from appearances on some compilations of new funk. But it wasn't until this cover of DJ Shadow's classic "Organ Donor" (the track that heavily samples Giorgio Moroder's "Tears") that their raw funk really caught my attention. Raw might be an understatement: This isfalseSteve2006-02-22T18:14:00-05:002006-02-23T00:11:28Z2006-02-23T00:11:28Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039483.post-114065348835939902The Cinematic Orchestra Covers RadioheadI'm really happy to be the first blog (I hope) to post a new track from SK favorites The Cinematic Orchestra. As if Radiohead's "Exit Music (For A Film)" wasn't cinematic enough, J. Swinscoe and company give the fantastically epic track their inimitable jazz touch. A new record is slated for 2006 and hopefully this track can tide eager fans over for a while. Not much has been released regardingfalse