Vampire Weekend does an acoustic rendition of “Cousins.” Sort of reminds me this video of The Dodos playing “Fools,” except the Dodos video is canned over the recording and VW does this one live. Definitely check them both out, though.
Died of what?
Probably Death.
— Susan Howe, in “Secret History of the Dividing Line” (1978)
GANGLIANS
played a sick Daytrotter session last week that you should check out, linked above. This rendition of “Hair” is particularly cool.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Building Nothing out of Something (2000) by Modest Mouse. Some gritty, half-polished stuff from Modest Mouse, somewhere between “Shit Luck” and “Float On.” Definitely worth some listens on shitty, soggy Philadelphia snow days.
Building Nothing out of Something: amazon
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new broken social scene: "world sick"
go to the broken social scene website, brokensocialscene.ca, enter your email address, download, and revel in the first glorious sounds of Forgiveness Rock Record, to be released May 4. it’s been way too long, BSS.
Throwback Thursday: Liquid Swords by Genius. The album is full of unbelievably sharp hip-hop lyricism from one of Wu-Tang’s unsung heroes—all accompanied by equally sick RZA production. Check out the title track below, featuring a classically bizarre Wu-Tang intro and lines like “I’m low-key like seashells.” What more could you want?
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"HOW PURPLE CAN YOU GO (LUDACRIS x JOKER & GINZ)"
by the hood internet (download or stream by clicking the above link)
summertime dues
remember light-freckled concrete curbs, or spectral leaves lined by sunburst, branches zigzagging, and grass encroaches on ankles—anything but cold production, factory-military efficiency, slate, wallowing in chalk dust that gets between fingers and nails—
