Here’s the thing about the recent hullabaloo over Daft Punk’s new record, Read Only Memories: critics hated the duo’s last disc, 2005′s Human After All. Here’s a mere sampling of what some major publications had to say about an LP that paled in comparison to Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter’s previous records, the rightfully canonized Homework and Discovery…
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First things first: Thank you, dear, self-titled readers. Thank you for having good taste, and thank you for sharing it with the rest of the world as we compiled our second annual Valentine’s Day playlist. Like last year’s, it’s not the kind of thing you play when you’re trying to lay your lover down. It’s a celebration of sadness that we can all appreciate year round, from the knife-drawing masochism of Swans to one of the most beautiful but broken songs Radiohead’s ever written. Have a listen down below, or subscribe here. One other thing: the Nancy Dwyer painting above is not meant as a cruel joke; it’s actually one of our favorite pieces from Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Gallery. Make of it what you will…
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Since arguing over whether this year’s GRAMMY nominees are relevant or not is kinda like screaming at your grandmother for not owning the latest 2 Chainz album, we thought we’d skip the snark and get straight to a Spotify playlist of songs we vouch for, guilty pleasures and otherwise. Subscribe/listen/argue below, alongside some of the key categories…
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Five years. Is that all you’ve got, Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival? But seriously though, we’ve gotta hand it to Mean Red Productions for putting together yet another killer lineup of producers and DJs for this weekend’s edition of their annual floor-filling soiree. Invading the Williamsburg area this time around: Gold Panda, Deadboy, Nicolas Jaar, Omar S and, well, the list, it goes on.
Check out flyers for both days below, along with a Spotify playlist and a bonus Soundcloud set we’ll probably be adding tracks to for the rest of the day…
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Photo by Andrew Parks
Since at least a few of you probably listen to Vulgar Display of Power from time to time, we thought we’d share Phil Anselmo’s rather spot-on Halloween playlist for Noisecreep. Having been to the guy’s house before, we can safely say he’s serious about the dark arts—he even has a Pentagram-shaped pool—so if blasting Sheer Terror and Celtic Frost sounds like nice way of easing into the evilest night of the year, you need to press play down below…
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Not ones for spontaneity apparently, The Rolling Stones have posted what appears to be the set list for their 50th anniversary shows in London and New Newark. The hit-heavy selection begins with “She’s So Cold” and ends with “Midnight Rambler.” Check out the full breakdown below, alongside a Spotify-powered playlist of the entire thing for those of us who refuse to pay for $100 tickets or yet another Stones best-of compilation (Grrr!, which is out November 13th through Abkco).
UPDATE: The Stones’ Twitter account has told us that the photo below is from their rehearsals, NOT a set list. “We only decide on set lists an hour before the show starts!” they insisted. Well alright then! That’s more like it…
Now in its ninth year, Seattle’s Decibel Festival is easily one of the country’s leading epicenters of EDM-free electronic music and all things experimental. Here are some of this year’s headliners to give you an idea of what we mean: Carl Craig, Orbital, a DJ set from one of the world’s leading crate diggers (DJ Shadow), and not one but two sides of the ever-evolving Erykah Badu, a live set with her Cannabinoids crew and a rare appearance by the one and only DJ Lo Down Loretta.
Sample all of the above and a whole lot more in our Spotify playlist below (subscribe to it here), which we’ll be adding to and subtracting from according to your suggestions in the comments section, on Facebook, and on Twitter. Be honest; what’d we miss/mess up?
Well it’s over…again; it being Breaking Bad, which closed the curtain on the first act of its final season tonight. Rather than whine about how we now have to wait a year for the show’s last eight episodes, we thought we’d open the floor to your thoughts on its music. We originally tackled this topic at the end of season four, and have since added 10 new tracks to our ultimate Spotify playlist here.
What did we miss though? Leave a comment below, where we’ll be sharing an ongoing reader-curated set of Breaking Bad soundtrack selections…
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Via Dead Oceans:
Here’s a handful of some dub/dancehall/reggae favorites that have soundtracked the last 10yrs of my life. For those already into this stuff, these aren’t necessarily deep cuts, but for those who just don’t “get” reggae, then, here’s a little starter kit. -AW
Have a listen via Spotify below, and check out more Bear In Heaven coverage here…
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Words by Andrew Parks
Not to be ‘one of those guys’ who lapses into CD-age nostalgia or anything, but the last time I waited out a “Midnight Madness!” sale was for the Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty album in 1998. I believe Media Play was the place, junior year of high school the time. And what a record it was—more than an hour of sampledelic madness, held together by a couple MTV staples (“Body Movin’,” “Intergalactic”), lots of creative left turns (the robotic electro-pop of “And Me,” the Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry vehicle “Dr. Lee, PhD”) and the welcome addition of Mixmaster Mike as the trio’s full-time DJ.
While it wasn’t the trio’s best record—that honor goes to Paul’s Boutique, an unparalleled masterpiece of heady hip-hop—I’ll always remember Hello Nasty as the height of my Beastie Boys fandom, which is why the following MCA tribute (available in subscription form on Spotify) leaves out the Beastie Boys’ last two LPs. From what I’ve been told, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two was a total return-to-form record, which is fine—something I’ll explore in due time. For now, I’d like to remember the many times I tried to name-that-sample in Paul’s Boutique or played “Brass Monkey” and “Flute Loop” for wasted college students during my brief stint as a happy hour DJ at Syracuse.
Thanks for the memories, MCA…
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