Aug
18
R. Kelly, “Number One”
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FINALLY. Good song. Nonsensical video. “Sex in the Kitchen” callback.
Jul
30
Like Visiting the Holy Land
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Guess what. It IS possible. And it will fucking happen.
Jun
9
Happy Bitte Orca Day!
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What was certainly the most anticipated record of my 2009 is finally here. But because we live in the future, I’ve had a chance to spend a lot of time with Bitte Orca over the past few weeks and it’s been an interesting experience.
My initial reaction went something like this: “WHY ISN’T THIS EXACTLY LIKE THE LAST RECORD? WAH WAH WAAAAH. I’M SUCH AN EMPTY PERSON.” But idle times found the album on repeat and before I knew it, it hit me. This is a phenomenal accomplishment for Dirty Projectors.
The reviews I’ve read thus far are right. Dirty Projectors have managed to make a record that’s every bit as challenging as their last (the stellar Rise Above) while doing something they’ve never done before: become accessible. As someone who has written many shitty songs in his life, this is absolutely maddening to me. It doesn’t make sense. The way the off-time noodling, the vocal stabs, the sporadic bass hits, and the seemingly random drum lines fit into something immensely sing-along-able is a total mystery.
It also makes me incredibly happy. I love this record.
May
21
Crushes: Annie Clark
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Annie Clark, the phenomenal guitar/multi-instrumentalist who named her debut record after an Arrested Development catchphrase, is better known as St. Vincent.
She is also known as the woman I’ll be seeing perform on Wednesday while surrounded by countless other lonely, pining slobs.
Here she is on a bed in France:
May
18
In B Flat
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To be filed both under “Why Didn’t I Think Of This” and “Reasons I Love The Internet” is In B Flat. From the site’s description:
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls. The videos can be played simultaneously — the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.
For me, more interestingly than adjusting levels is varying each clip’s starting points. I’ve done three go-rounds with this so far and each have been absolutely beautiful. I love bringing in the bass towards the middle and dropping the vocal track right before it. And the horns always round things out.