12 Things I Loved in the Month of March
Written by pistachionut on Sunday, 30 of March , 2008 at 8:01 pm
Okay folks, Willie and I are making up for the huge lack of posting here over our spring break by tossing up two huge megaposts of things we’ve liked in the past month. Here goes.
11. The MANtage
Even though this is a music blog, things that make us laugh are always welcome.
10. Spring Training
It’s every baseball fan’s 2nd favorite time of the year. Los Doyers open up the season tomorrow at home against the Giants. If Juan Pierre is in the starting lineup, Joe Torre deserves to be fired. No joke.
9. Neon Coyote
If you felt off topic, you felt correctly. Back to the music, this DJ brings a fresh take on popular and electronic music. Check him out on MySpace.
8. Muxtape.com
This sight is the definition of legit. Not only because it has some really sick logos of cassettes (we here appreciate that), but also because it is like a personalized hype machine. Upload tracks for anyone to stream online. Very cool stuff.
7. Cut Copy
I first saw Cut Copy as a curious little 7th grader going to see Franz Ferdinand. The eager little kid I was, I wanted to get there extra early. I was a genius, without even knowing it. The first opening act were Aussies Cut Copy. Later that year I picked up their debut LP, Bright Like Neon Love and it had a huge impact on me. They were the band that got me into electronica/dance music. We are now sitting on the edges of our seats anticipating their 2nd LP, In Ghost Colours, which is already out in Australia.
Cut Copy - Saturdays
(off Bright Like Neon Love)
6. Touching From A Distance
I just started (and am now halfway through) Deborah Curtis’ Touching From A Distance. The book chronicles the life of Ian Curtis. His story is absolutely incredible, a depressing vision into a rocker who had dreams of fame and no intention of living into his thirties. The book is a quick read and I highly recommend it.
Joy Divison - She’s Lost Control (Live at the Factory in Manchester)
5. The Pitchfork Review of Rick Ross’ Trilla
“I wish we could all just be droll about Rick Ross’ need for a bra, his insistence on rhyming the same word with the same word multiple times a verse, and his little waddle in the opening 45 seconds of the “Speedin’” video.”
4. Shaggy
I constantly reminisce about the 90s. Jeremy Katzenstein constantly is the 90s. Shaggy was the early 2000s, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be great. Everybody’s favorite inaudible Jamaican(?) is making a comeback. Or at least we hope so. Check out the video for “Wasn’t Me” and you’ll agree wholeheartedly.
3. Hot Chip’s Cover of Snoop’s “Sensual Seduction”
This is absolutely amazing, I can’t even describe it.
Hot Chip - Sensual Seduction (Snoop Dogg Cover)
3 and a half. The Hot Chip Facebook App
2. Girl Talk and Grizzly Bear Performing “Knife”
1. Tokyo Police Club’s full length debut, Elephant Shell and the Troubador Show
Asher and I consider ourselves blessed to see these Canadians at the Troubador Thursday. They put on an amazing show, and declared the audience one of their best. After a stunning rendition of “Nature of the Experiment,” bassist/singer Dave Monks gladly declared, “YOU WIN!” At the very same concert I was able to buy an mp3 download prerelease of Elephant Shell, the group’s highly anticipated full length debut. The album is less than double the length of the already short EP, weighing in at 28 minutes. Despite its length, the album delivers what the band does best - fun, exciting, great, melodic and thoroughly fantastic music.
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