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| Proenza Schouler |
Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City
Friday, August 31, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Dirty Diana
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| Diane von Furstenberg |
Summer is coming to an end...sad, but true. Let's enjoy our sandals for as long as we can wear them! And be on the look for SALES! Fall is the prefect time to buy classics for next year!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
New Music Tuesday!
Every Tuesday is an exciting new day for music! And an exciting day
to write about it. Here are a few selections worth checking out (or
avoiding), with links to articles, reviews, videos and anything else the
Internet could provide...Happy Listening!
New Releases.
Bloc Party
Spotify: Bloc Party – Four
Review link: 411 Mania
I don't think I got passed track five.
There are a lot of people who like Bloc Party and I have tried to like them, but it just doesn't happen for me. You'd think I'd just give up, but I can't. If everyone else gets it, why don't I? It's a mystery, but one that will have to remain unsolved.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Spotify: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Review link: Boston Globe
I don't think I got passed track three.
Summer of 2010 I was living part time at the beach. I fancied a local that worked at one of the stands around the corner from where I lived. His taste in music was interesting. Some I liked, others I didn't and a few I pretended to like. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was one of those bands. Talk about a band I don't get. This might be #1 on that list.
I don't live at the beach anymore so I no longer have to pretend. This album/artist is fucking weird. Are they weird because that's who they are? Or are they weird because sometimes hipsters think it's cool to be weird? I have no idea. Regardless of their reasons, I couldn't bring myself to listen to the entire album so this review isn't really a review, but instead a cry out to those that like or understand why people like this band for a little insight.
MNDR (released 8/14/12)
Spotify: MNDR – Feed Me Diamonds
Review link: CoS
I hate to be negative, because I know the amount of time and work that goes into putting together an album, but this album was a major disappointment for me.
As I said previously, the summer of 2010, I was living at the beach part time. The life of leisure sounds awesome, but tends to be a little boring. So I used the opportunity to scour music sites and find as much new music as I possibly could. I found a Summer Mixtape put together by Stereogum. On it was this amazing dark, but honest and smokey track called "I Go Away," by an artist I had never heard of before, MNDR. I had to Google to figure out how to even pronounce it (side note: pronounced Man-dar). I listened to that song at least 100 times over the course of the next month, keeping it on constant replay. Tried to find an album, EP anything and was able to find E.P.E. which had been released that year. Bought it. Loved it. Dance music meets Williamsburg's hipster scene. Sounds awful, but it wasn't.
Anxiously awaited the announcement of a full length album which came at some point earlier this year. There are times an album is hyped so much it has no other choice but to fail. There are times an album lives up to the hype. Most fall somewhere in between. After listening to Feed Me Diamonds several times, I tried. I tried SO hard. Was even super stoked to find the song that had attracted me to MNDR in the first place was included on this album! Sadly. For me, this album was an incredible disappointment and failed to live up to the hype I created for myself.
Tracks: I Go Away
For a complete list of new releases, please visit All Music.
News.
1: Download new AC Newman track "I'm Not Talking" The Key - XPN
2: Dwight Yoakam Teams With Beck for "A Heart Like Mine" Rolling Stone
3: Dinosaur Jr. video for "Watch the Corners" CoS
Anticipation.
New Releases.
Bloc Party
Review link: 411 Mania
I don't think I got passed track five.
There are a lot of people who like Bloc Party and I have tried to like them, but it just doesn't happen for me. You'd think I'd just give up, but I can't. If everyone else gets it, why don't I? It's a mystery, but one that will have to remain unsolved.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Review link: Boston Globe
I don't think I got passed track three.
Summer of 2010 I was living part time at the beach. I fancied a local that worked at one of the stands around the corner from where I lived. His taste in music was interesting. Some I liked, others I didn't and a few I pretended to like. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was one of those bands. Talk about a band I don't get. This might be #1 on that list.
I don't live at the beach anymore so I no longer have to pretend. This album/artist is fucking weird. Are they weird because that's who they are? Or are they weird because sometimes hipsters think it's cool to be weird? I have no idea. Regardless of their reasons, I couldn't bring myself to listen to the entire album so this review isn't really a review, but instead a cry out to those that like or understand why people like this band for a little insight.
MNDR (released 8/14/12)
Review link: CoS
I hate to be negative, because I know the amount of time and work that goes into putting together an album, but this album was a major disappointment for me.
As I said previously, the summer of 2010, I was living at the beach part time. The life of leisure sounds awesome, but tends to be a little boring. So I used the opportunity to scour music sites and find as much new music as I possibly could. I found a Summer Mixtape put together by Stereogum. On it was this amazing dark, but honest and smokey track called "I Go Away," by an artist I had never heard of before, MNDR. I had to Google to figure out how to even pronounce it (side note: pronounced Man-dar). I listened to that song at least 100 times over the course of the next month, keeping it on constant replay. Tried to find an album, EP anything and was able to find E.P.E. which had been released that year. Bought it. Loved it. Dance music meets Williamsburg's hipster scene. Sounds awful, but it wasn't.
Anxiously awaited the announcement of a full length album which came at some point earlier this year. There are times an album is hyped so much it has no other choice but to fail. There are times an album lives up to the hype. Most fall somewhere in between. After listening to Feed Me Diamonds several times, I tried. I tried SO hard. Was even super stoked to find the song that had attracted me to MNDR in the first place was included on this album! Sadly. For me, this album was an incredible disappointment and failed to live up to the hype I created for myself.
Tracks: I Go Away
For a complete list of new releases, please visit All Music.
News.
1: Download new AC Newman track "I'm Not Talking" The Key - XPN
2: Dwight Yoakam Teams With Beck for "A Heart Like Mine" Rolling Stone
3: Dinosaur Jr. video for "Watch the Corners" CoS
Anticipation.
Alanis Morissette - 8/28/12
Animal Collective - 9/4/12
Animal Collective - 9/4/12
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - 9/11/12
David Byrne/St. Vincent - 9/11/12
The xx - 9/11/12
The xx - 9/11/12
Band of Horses - 9/17/12
Mumford & Sons - 9/24
Grizzly Bear - 9/24
Muse - 10/2/12
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Top Five Monday
Everyone likes to make lists...
Last night I stayed up til 3am finishing a book that has taken me a month to read. I'll be writing more about that later, but on my way to work this morning, it was absolutely necessary to put together a playlist to wake me up, lest I fall asleep on the train and end up in Middle Village (the very end of the M line).
Top Five Songs As Coffee: Pearl Jam Edition
(*Coincides with the book I read...I've got a whole theme going this week...)
1. In Hiding - Yield
2. Porch - Ten
3. Severed Hand - self titled
4. Last Exit - Vitalogy
5. Rearviewmirror - Vs.
Spotify: Top Five Songs As Coffee: Pearl Jam Edition
For those not on Spotify...
Last night I stayed up til 3am finishing a book that has taken me a month to read. I'll be writing more about that later, but on my way to work this morning, it was absolutely necessary to put together a playlist to wake me up, lest I fall asleep on the train and end up in Middle Village (the very end of the M line).
Top Five Songs As Coffee: Pearl Jam Edition
(*Coincides with the book I read...I've got a whole theme going this week...)
1. In Hiding - Yield
2. Porch - Ten
3. Severed Hand - self titled
4. Last Exit - Vitalogy
5. Rearviewmirror - Vs.
Spotify: Top Five Songs As Coffee: Pearl Jam Edition
For those not on Spotify...
In Hiding
Porch
Severed Hand
Last Exit
Rearviewmirror
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
New Music Tuesday!
Every Tuesday is an exciting new day for music! And an exciting day to write about it. Here are a few selections worth checking out (or avoiding), with links to articles, reviews, videos and anything else the Internet could provide...Happy Listening!
New Releases...
Sixpence None The Richer - Lost in Transition
Review: Recording Connection
The end of August into Fall brings a plethora of noteworthy releases to the schedule, but this week felt like a throw away. Upon first glance, nothing really piqued my interest. I browsed Spotify's 'What's New' section to see if a new single had been released or maybe an EP. Didn't really see anything I thought was worth the time or energy. Until I saw Sixpence None The Richer. I rolled my eyes and laughed. Everyone remembers the movie She's All That (even if you don't want to admit it). After the movie's release in January, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hearing "Kiss Me," in 1999. And there's always their airy version of The La's, "There She Goes," released as the second single the same year. Their reputation has been one of bubblegum, Top 40. So my hesitation to listen was justified. But I hit play anyway. I didn't hate it. It didn't make me want to gag. It actually made me happy! Their sound wasn't so far off 1999 that they sounded like a different band, but their sound was different enough that it didn't remind me even a little of "Kiss Me," or their version of "There She Goes." I'm not sure I'd buy it, but I'll definitely listen again...
Tracks: My Dear Machine, Give It Back, Go Your Way
For a complete list of new releases, please visit AllMusic.
NEWS!!
1. Elton John - Madonna Fued Continues: Newsday
~ This article is more gossip than news, but I just had to... Elton can be pretty bitchy, but I can't say he's wrong on this one. Madonna does in fact look like a "fairground stripper,"whatever the fuck that means. More Skeletor than Pop Icon. She looks gross. And all the controversy she's stirring up is a little over-the-top even for her, well...the younger version of her. I didn't mean for this to turn into commentary on how much I loathe the Material Girl, so I'll leave it at this..it's time to retire Madge.
2. Mars Rover Curiosity Lands, NASA releases new image and video: Washington Post
~ SO. FUCKING. COOL!!
3. The Monkees Getting Together for Fall Tour: Kovideo
~ Won't be the same, but keep the memory alive guys!!
Anticipation...
MNDR - 8/14/12
Bloc Party - 8/20/12
Alanis Morissette - 8/28/12
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - 9/11/12
David Byrne/St. Vincent - 9/11/12
Band of Horses - 9/17/12
Muse - 9/17/12
Mumford & Sons - 9/24
Grizzly Bear - 9/24
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
New Music Tuesday!
Every Tuesday is an exciting new day for music! And an exciting day
to write about it. Here are a few selections worth checking out (or
avoiding), with links to articles, reviews, videos and anything else the
Internet could provide...Happy Listening!
New Releases...
For a complete list of new releases, please visit AllMusic.com
NEWS!!
1. Broadway Will Dim Lights in Memory of Gore Vidal - Daily Tatler - SF Luxe
2. Bon Iver: Stem Project - remix tracks from Bon Iver and win the chance at up to $10,000!! - IndabaMusic.com
3. Beyonce writing, directing and staring in a documentary about Beyonce - PreFix Mag
Anticipation...
MNDR - 8/14/12
Bloc Party - 8/20/12
Alanis Morissette - 8/28/12
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - 9/11/12
David Byrne/St. Vincent - 9/11/12
Band of Horses - 9/17/12
Muse - 9/17/12
New Releases...
For a complete list of new releases, please visit AllMusic.com
NEWS!!
1. Broadway Will Dim Lights in Memory of Gore Vidal - Daily Tatler - SF Luxe
2. Bon Iver: Stem Project - remix tracks from Bon Iver and win the chance at up to $10,000!! - IndabaMusic.com
3. Beyonce writing, directing and staring in a documentary about Beyonce - PreFix Mag
Anticipation...
MNDR - 8/14/12
Bloc Party - 8/20/12
Alanis Morissette - 8/28/12
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - 9/11/12
David Byrne/St. Vincent - 9/11/12
Band of Horses - 9/17/12
Muse - 9/17/12
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
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