Back to school people. Sure, I haven’t had first day jitters in a long time, but I’m getting my Bugle Boys ready to impress nonetheless. Should I match with an OP or a Hobie t-shirt? Decisions, decisions. That’s how “Which Song,” the brand new Max Tundra single — from his forthcoming Domino LP, Parallel Errors [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2008
Quick post today of a really nice mix done by Four Tet of a newish track from Warp Records Born Ruffians. I actually haven’t heard the original yet, but it’s always exciting when a Four Tet remix actually hits the mark and this one surely does. Builds upon a really clean, looping synth line [...]
Continue reading...12. August 2008
When I decided to redesign scissorkick, I promised myself that I’d spend more time posting a wider variety of music. Because of the energy DJs employ to scour the web for new tracks, it’s been really easy to generate great responses to the more esoteric remixes, digitized vinyl and brand new cuts that I post. [...]
Continue reading...11. July 2008
Back in the day — now easily over a decade or so — my old friend Sam and I used to share a kebab over at Crystal, skate around the Sommerset parking lot (badly) and engage in friendly arguments about music. While the doner ingestion (and resultant swamp-ass) and skateboarding have steadily slowed to a [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2008
Introspective track today I guess. Just heard word that our friends Adam and Amy had a baby a few days ago and my old friends Pete and Tracy should be bringing their first into the world any minute now. All this new life, these literal positive changes in the fortunes of parents and their children [...]
Continue reading...14. May 2008
My younger co-worker said something recently that caused quite a stir in the office. “John Hughes is totally overrated” or something similar to that. The more seasoned of us — nearly 10 years her senior — couldn’t believe the sentiment. No neophyte directors since have been able to come close to Hughes’ teen-oriented melodramatic comedy [...]
Continue reading...14. March 2008
Really surprised and delighted by the newest record from guitarist Kaki King. Not being so in touch with the singer/songwriter set, I’m generally reliant on someone more knowledgeable to fill me in. To be honest, one of the few reasons I even gave this album a listen was because one of her older records (she [...]
Continue reading...25. February 2008
I’m glad that advanced album PR seems to have shifted almost entirely to the digital realm. Sure, I still get the occasional CD or 7″ sent over, but the majority of correspondence has clearly moved toward email. It makes discovery that much easier, when all a prospective writer or blogger need do is follow a [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2008
Stumbled across these guys after recently watching the fantastic documentary Helvetica. You’d expect a full length feature about a font to drag, but the combination of compelling interviews and beautiful photography with a standout soundtrack made it one of my favorite documentaries of the year. Kristian Dunn, of Los Angeles-based instrumental duo El Ten [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2007
This is the first of two posts of bands with the word “State” in their names. Other than that, they have very little in common. First off, is Washington D.C’s Statehood, the newest project from former-Dismemberment Plan rhythm section Joe Easley and Eric Axelson, Vehicle Birth’s Leigh Thompson and vocalist Clark Sabine. I don’t [...]
Continue reading...
12. September 2008
0 Comments