Despite having Love Will Tear Us Apart on pretty heavy rotation on my iPod/iTunes/CD player — as well as owning over a dozen versions and covers of it — I still find myself to be quite fond of it. So having the music video cued up and on call at YouTube won’t hurt, will it?
Category: Music
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It’s The Blessed Routine
I’m a little late to The Good, The Bad and The Queen‘s party — but I feel like I need to go on record and say that they’re kind of fucking amazing.
Oh Danger Mouse and Damon Albarn, can you do any wrong?
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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths on a Ukulele? It sort of makes sense to me. Then again, I’m kind of weird…
Either way, I think this is an outstanding cover of one of my very favorite Smiths songs.
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Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
This isn’t a music blog or anything, but for whatever reason I can’t seem to stop playing these songs over the past week. So I thought I’d share them with the lot of you. Sharing, after all, is caring…
- Interpol – Evil — This is probably one of my favorite Interpol songs out of their entire catalog. Enough people have said that they have a very Joy Division sound at times — to the point where it sounds a bit cliche — and I think this song does a good job drawing a line between the two groups.
- Colin Meloy – Jack The Ripper — I really enjoy what Colin from The Decemberists has done with this Morrissey track. In fact, I really enjoy the whole Colin Meloy Sings Morrisey EP, but this one is quickly replacing Everyday Is Like Sunday as my favorite.
- New Order – Age Of Consent — Speaking of songs quickly replacing one another as favorites, I’ve been swayed towards liking this song a bit more than Temptation. I’m not sure if it’s just because of current circumstances or whatever, but I feel like I really identify with it.
The senduit links expire in a week. If you want them, grab them quickly.
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Best. SNL Digital Short. Ever.
It feels weird to post a SNL Digital Short that’s actually been uploaded to YouTube by NBC, but here it is in all its uncensored glory. Oh yeah, a big ol’ NSFW on this one BTW…
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Rocking Your Own Shit
I’ve finally had the time to read Pitchfork’s interview with James Murphy from this last Monday and it’s actually a pretty amusing read. If you’re into the LCD Soundsystem at all, it’s most definitely worth your time. Check it…
Pitchfork: You said you try to make music you want to listen to at home. Do you listen to your own records at home?
JM: Yeah, I do a lot.
Pitchfork: A lot?
JM: Well, before I go on tour. They’re new to me, and I’m just experiencing them. Right now, I just got this record done, so I’ve been driving around listening to it. I try to listen to it before it comes out because people see you driving your car and listening to your own record. It’s happened to me before. I was listening to an edit last year and pulled up to a red light in Williamsburg, and two kids looked in and were like, “He’s listening to his own record.”
Pitchfork: They knew who you were?
JM: Yeah, I was in fucking Williamsburg. And the kids were like, “Hey it’s the DFA dude…and he’s listening to his new record.” They probably thought, “What a jerk! Do you take pictures of yourself too?”
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Four More Fake Indie Bands
I’m trying to figure out if four is enough of something to be considered a “list” — but since I can’t seem to come up with any more names right now, I really don’t care. So without further adieu, here’s a few more awesome fake band names for your ass:
- The Run-On Sentences
- Rural Juror
- Short Focus
- I Seem To Be A Verb
As always, feel free to use them if you want to…
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Beat Connection
Woke up to find a link to the new LCD Soundsystem waiting for me. And as bad as I feel for downloading it three months ahead of schedule, I’m doing it anyhow.
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Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album
This looks to be a wonderful history of all the artistic output of Factory Records — which was home to the likes of Joy Division, New Order, The Happy Mondays, Cabaret Voltaire and James.
If you know me, this might make a wonderful christmas gift… ;)