Better Than Medium

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Notable Albums of 2011

2012-01-18T04:13:00.001-05:00

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind

Son Lux - We Are Rising

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Gregory Spears - Requiem

Bjork - Biophilia

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

tUnE-yArDs - Who Kill

Nurses - Dracula

And More:

13 & God - Own Your Ghost

Wye Oak - Civilian

Gretchen Parlato - Lost And Found

yMusic - Beautiful Mechanical

Fredrik - Flora

Check Out Ma Mang Sherm

2011-12-14T17:25:00.000-05:00

Check it

http://talktosherm.wordpress.com

Gregory Spears - Requiem

2011-11-21T01:15:00.001-05:00

<a href="http://gregoryspears.bandcamp.com/album/requiem">Requiem by Gregory Spears</a>

absolutely
 stunning
 vocal
 arrangements

www.newamsterdamrecords.com

2011-11-21T01:06:00.001-05:00

Computerless since July, I have been gifted a computer for two weeks.

Here we go

New Young Magic

2011-10-22T11:00:00.001-04:00

track 2 yins

<a href="http://youngmagic.bandcamp.com/album/night-in-the-ocean-slip-time-7">Night In The Ocean / Slip Time 7" by Young Magic</a>

DJ Shadow - Scale It Back (feat. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon)

2011-10-10T01:56:00.000-04:00

Off DJ Shadow's latest album "The Less You Know The Better"

The Notwist - This Room (Four Tet & Manitoba Remix)

2011-09-26T13:59:00.000-04:00

Now Ensemble - Judd Greenstein - Sing Along

2011-09-26T03:22:00.002-04:00

2011-09-26T02:48:00.003-04:00

Off Nurses new release, "Dracula"

Friends - I'm His Girl

2011-09-19T02:55:00.000-04:00

Friends - I'm His Girl by LuckyNumberMusic

New Apparat - Song of Los

2011-09-19T00:50:00.002-04:00

Apparat - Song Of Los by Mute UK

Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

2011-09-01T17:37:00.000-04:00

double rainbow

Blonde Redhead & Miranda July

2011-09-01T17:30:00.002-04:00

Bjork - Sun In My Mouth

2011-09-01T17:07:00.001-04:00

Feist - How Come You Never Go There

2011-08-31T01:38:00.000-04:00

How Come You Never Go There by Feist

New album 10/4

Daedelus feat. Inara George - Penny Loafers

2011-08-30T03:16:00.001-04:00

Off Daedelus' album "Bespoke"

Out on Ninja Tune

2011-08-26T23:51:00.000-04:00

From Timothy Andres' 2010 album, Shy And Mighty, on Nonesuch Records

Jonti - Hornets Nest

2011-08-24T15:20:00.000-04:00

Back to the city after two weeks of wild west exploration.

Now I'm feelin like this:

>> Jonti - Hornets Nest

2011-08-03T17:42:00.001-04:00

Same New Era by Kelpe

new kelpe

mm hmm

Dave Holland Quintet - Make Believe

2011-07-11T00:16:00.003-04:00

2011-07-09T21:56:00.000-04:00

Today I made pancakes, took a bike ride, then listened to these...

...and then these.

Check out my boy Mugsy

2011-07-06T16:25:00.001-04:00

He's got the good stuff here

As for me, I'm in the midst of some lovely changes this summer. I'll be around...

Activating Intention

2011-06-23T15:48:00.000-04:00

New Apparat

2011-06-16T00:02:00.000-04:00

Apparat - Ash/Black Veil by Mute UK

From the forthcoming album.

!!!

Julian Lage

2011-06-15T16:04:00.001-04:00

Just discovered 23 year old guitarist Julian Lage. The kid is brilliant, literally, he was a child prodigy.

Lage composed and posted a series of Etude's on Youtube to help fellow guitarists with compositional and technical skills that he's been exploring.

Here is Etude #3, blows me away.

Check out his albums. Superb.

http://julianlage.com/

2011-06-15T12:04:00.002-04:00

PJ Harvey recently released a short film for each song on her awesome latest, Let England Shake.

You can catch them all on Youtube.

I am currently addicted to this track.

take home: >>PJ Harvey - Glorious Land

Helado Negro

2011-06-14T12:01:00.001-04:00

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://heladonegro.bandcamp.com/album/awe-owe"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Awe Owe by Helado Negro&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

&amp;lt;a href="http://heladonegro.bandcamp.com/album/canta-lechuza"&amp;gt;Canta Lechuza by Helado Negro&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

Helado Negro's albums are doin the trick today.

http://heladonegro.bandcamp.com

Pat Jordache - Future Songs

2011-06-09T15:13:00.002-04:00

Future Songs - PAT JORDACHE [full stream] by Constellation Records

Another one from Constellation Records.

Pat Jordache was in Sister Suvi with Merill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs).

Esmerine - La Lechuza

2011-06-09T14:03:00.002-04:00

La Lechuza - ESMERINE by Constellation Records

After six years without a release, Esmerine just dropped their latest album June 7th on Constellation Records.

Esmerine dedicated the album to the late and incredibly talented Lhasa De Sela, a mutual friend of the players.

Much of the album was recorded at the lovely Patrick Watson's home studio, and he contributes vocals on "Snow Day For Lhasa".

This album will keep your body and spirit cool on a scorching hot city day.

13 & God - Own Your Ghost

2011-06-08T13:24:00.001-04:00

Giving the sophmore album by 13 & God (Notwist & Themselves) my first spin.

Reaaal nice.

Joan As Police Woman - Eternal Flame

2011-06-01T13:18:00.001-04:00

Beautiful tune off of Joan As Police Woman's 2006 debut album.

This one's got a hold on me.

Burnt Friedman - Where Should I Go ft Steve Spacek

2011-05-26T11:49:00.000-04:00

Burnt Friedman - Where Should I Go ft Steve Spacek by Anders Bersten

Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit: Secret Rhythms

2011-05-26T11:00:00.001-04:00

Thrilled to have found this stellar 2002 release today.

Jaki Liebezeit is the drummer for Can. 'Nuff said.

Patrick Watson meets Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

2011-05-19T15:24:00.000-04:00

Watch how overjoyed he is when the orchestra comes in.

Patrick Watson - Just Another Ordinary Day

2011-05-19T13:36:00.001-04:00

Revisiting Patrick Watson's lesser known 2003 album today.

2011-05-17T11:11:00.000-04:00

I could stay, I could stay here with you
Under the neon blue sky
Pink clouds humming by
'Cause I don't have anywhere to be
There's no particular place for me

SBTRKT - Wildfire (feat. Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon)

2011-05-13T16:02:00.002-04:00

Fink - Perfect Darkness

2011-05-11T15:32:00.000-04:00

>> Fink - Perfect Darkness

Opening track off of Fink's upcoming release "Perfect Darkness"

more info here

John Vanderslice - White Wilderness (album stream)

2011-05-11T11:06:00.001-04:00

For Vanderslice lovers old and new.

Fredrik - Chrome Cavities

2011-05-10T00:49:00.001-04:00

If you missed my last post on Fredrik's new album, I'm giving you a second chance.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2011-05-09T11:24:00.001-04:00

Describing how the idea of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra came to him, Jeffes said:

"In 1972 I was in the south of France. I had eaten some bad fish and was in consequence rather ill. As I lay in bed I had a strange recurring vision, there, before me, was a concrete building like a hotel or council block. I could see into the rooms, each of which was continually scanned by an electronic eye. In the rooms were people, everyone of them preoccupied. In one room a person was looking into a mirror and in another a couple were making love but lovelessly, in a third a composer was listening to music through earphones. Around him there were banks of electronic equipment. But all was silence. Like everyone in his place he had been neutralized, made grey and anonymous. The scene was for me one of ordered desolation. It was as if I were looking into a place which had no heart. Next day when I felt better, I was on the beach sunbathing and suddenly a poem popped into my head. It started out 'I am the proprietor of the Penguin Cafe, I will tell you things at random' and it went on about how the quality of randomness, spontaneity, surprise, unexpectedness and irrationality in our lives is a very precious thing. And if you suppress that to have a nice orderly life, you kill off what's most important. Whereas in the Penguin Cafe your unconscious can just be. It's acceptable there, and that's how everybody is. There is an acceptance there that has to do with living the present with no fear in ourselves."

Above is their entire self titled 1981 release, for your streaming pleasure.
If you haven't dabbled I highly suggest diving in.
All of their albums are incredible.
Enjoy.

2011-05-06T12:37:00.000-04:00

>>Sonnymoon - Soft Shoulder

How To Be Alone

2011-05-02T15:45:00.000-04:00

For the jazz buffs

2011-05-02T11:23:00.000-04:00

Smalls jazz club streams their gigs live

Check it out here

JASON LINDNER / BREEDING GROUND - "SPARKLE WOLF"

2011-04-29T12:08:00.000-04:00

See. Them. Live.

!!!

Takenobu - Neverland

2011-04-29T10:33:00.001-04:00

07 Neverland Takenobu by Jrodius

2011-04-28T10:52:00.000-04:00

2011-04-22T15:48:00.000-04:00

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life...

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.
"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

"One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego.

"The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.

"This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,
"Which wolf will win?"

The old chief simply replied,
"The one you feed."

>>Phillip Glass - Opening

Wye Oak: Fish

2011-04-19T13:53:00.002-04:00

Wye Oak - Fish (Official Video) from City Slang on Vimeo.

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2011-04-16T17:54:00.000-04:00

superb.

2011-04-12T10:41:00.000-04:00

"You want to start a new world
Easy come easy, you got madness on your mind
I'm not saying that you can't
You got a gift that's neither beast nor neither man"

Fredrik - Flora (stream the album)

2011-04-11T14:39:00.003-04:00

After a long hiatus, festering mixed feelings about blogspot, and some time spent outside of the city, I figured it's time to get back to the good business.

Here's a full stream of the new Fredrik album which drops tomorrow on The Kora Records.

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Laura Veirs - Ocean Night Song

"Swimming with my fallen blossoms, I drink from the source above"

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>>Saroos - Yukoma

2010-10-22T08:47:00.000-04:00

Crashing With The Waves - Tom Eno featuring Mr James Bright by Tom Eno

2010-10-21T11:04:00.002-04:00

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson "Magnolia" from The Qualities of Light on Vimeo.

2010-10-21T10:57:00.002-04:00

Teebs "Bern Rhythm [Codeine Version]" from The Qualities of Light on Vimeo.

2010-10-20T16:41:00.000-04:00

>>Nils Frahm and Anne Muller - Let My Key Be C

Hauschka - Foreign Landscapes

2010-10-06T13:27:00.002-04:00

Hauschka - Foreign Landscapes by Hauschkamusic

Hauschka's new album drops October 12th on Fat Cat

Pyrit Mix

2010-10-04T02:20:00.005-04:00

Pyrit by aLex

My latest mix. Download away.

1 Why Like This? - Teebs
2 ♥ - Baths
3 Lullaby / A Place In My Heart (A Capella) - Morgan Geist & Erlend Oye
4 Let Letter - Glasser
5 Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia Remix) - Radiohead
6 Air & Lack Thereof - James Blake
7 One At A Time (feat. Muhsinah) - The Clonious
8 Lovely Bloodflow - Baths
9 When I Take A Step Back - Joya Mooi
10 Slippin (Natural Self Remix) - Quadron
11 Slowdance (Bear In Heaven Remix) - Matthew Dear
12 If You Return (feat. Little Dragon) - Maximum Balloon
13 Tonight's Today - Jack Penate

Portico Quartet

2010-09-27T15:54:00.000-04:00

>>Portico Quartet - Dawn Patrol

See Portico Quartet at Joe's Pub tomorrow night, or at Coco 66 on Wednesday. See you there.

Victoire - Cathedral City

2010-09-27T14:45:00.000-04:00

Victoire's album, Cathedral City, drops tomorrow on New Amsterdam Records.
I'm so ready for this one.

>> A Song For Mick Kelly
>> A Door Into The Dark

2010-09-27T14:08:00.001-04:00

New Sufjan. 'Nuff said.

Glasser - Ring

2010-09-27T13:50:00.000-04:00

Stream the album.

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Glasser's debut album, Ring, drops tomorrow on True Panther

2010-09-21T12:52:00.000-04:00

Baths - ♥ (Daedelus' Snorelaxed Remix)

Matthew Dear - Slowdance (Bear In Heaven Remix)

2010-09-14T12:15:00.003-04:00

Just discovered that Matthew Dear's new album, Black City, is the bomb.

Pivot - Church With No Magic

2010-09-09T13:57:00.001-04:00

Stream the album.
Thanks to Music From Go To Whoa for the heads up.

2010-09-08T10:43:00.001-04:00

NPR is offering 14 full albums for stream until September 14th.

Check it here

So far, Fields by Junip (Jose Gonzalez) is my favorite NPR offering

2010-09-03T11:31:00.003-04:00

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble "Drips/Take Notice" feat Flying Lotus from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on Vimeo.

or audio...

<a href="http://miguelatwood-ferguson.bandcamp.com/track/drips-take-notice">Drips/Take Notice by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson</a>

2010-09-01T11:47:00.000-04:00

New: Sufjan Stevens

2010-08-31T14:20:00.003-04:00

<a href="http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-adz">I Walked by Sufjan Stevens</a>

2010-08-30T01:59:00.002-04:00

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2010-08-29T23:21:00.000-04:00

Liquid Love (A Sophisticated Meeting Place) by Algorythm

from http://www.wepluggoodmusic.com/

2010-08-29T23:00:00.001-04:00

Killer mix at Jamais Vu.

ANTIQUITY by jazzyjazz

2010-08-28T14:05:00.002-04:00

Quadron - Unpatience by We Plug G.O.O.D Music 2

New --- Esperanza Spalding --- Sufjan Stevens

2010-08-23T14:03:00.002-04:00

Check out:

Chamber Music Society by Esperanza Spalding
All Delighted People EP by Sufjan Stevens

Esperanza Spalding - "Little Fly" Music Video from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/all-delighted-people-ep"&amp;amp;gt;All Delighted People (Original Version) by Sufjan Stevens&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

2010-08-12T12:01:00.000-04:00

Balanescu Quartet - Empty Space Dance

2010-08-05T12:54:00.001-04:00

CLOGS "Last Song" from Brassland on Vimeo.

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>>Kamaal the Abstract - Feelin

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