Tag Archive for 'magnetic fields'

dear life cereal, where do you get off?

Published
by
gregor
on February 15, 2008
in announcement and shows
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sup, peoples? we need to, as a nation, chill the fuck out. for reals. what in the fuck is going on with these shootings? moreover, what is up with these fuckers committing these heinous and selfish acts and then offing themselves? i guess its better than wasting tax payers money on a long drawn out hearing ala the brian nichols case here in atlanta. i dont, and never will understand what triggers such acts but why the fuck they have to involve other people? anyway, sad stuff.

one more thing. why in the hell our we wasting, and i mean wasting, money on these mitchell report hearings? i love baseball, more than most, but dont we have more pressing things that we should be worried about? fuckin a, i dont give a shit if pettite or clemmens or who the fuck took hgh. its a damn game! what a waste. our, or shall i say our governments priorities need to shift just a wee bit to shit that really matters.

stephen malkmus and the jicks make their way to the variety on 3.26 w/ john vanderslice opening up. will hopefully be checkin this out.

baltimore off real emotional trash

my most anticipated show of the year has to be the gutter twins @ the roxy on 3.21.

idle hands off saturnalia which is due out on 3.4 - i believe.

in other news and a show i unfortunately wont be seeing, black mountain plays at the earl this fine evening with blood on the wall opening up. here are a few blood on the wall tracks. i have yet to hear em so these are new to me too.

mary susan

black rats and top hats

on my mouth

if for some reason you havent checked out black mountain’s killer new record in the future here’s a bit of what you’re missing.

tyrants

here is the magnetic fields live on 1.7.01 at the roskilde fest in denmark.

1. intro

2. a pretty girl is like

3. i dont believe in the sun

4. all my little words

5. a chicken with its head cut off

6. reno, dakota

7. come back from san francisco

8. lets pretend we’re bunny rabbits

9. asleep and dreaming

10. the book of love

11. i dont want to get over you

12. kissing things

13. no one will ever love you

14. very funny

15. the night you cant remember

16. the luckiest guy from the lower east side

17. papa was a rodeo

18. epitaph for my heart

19. swinging london

20. lindy

21. i think i need a new heart

22. yeah! oh, yeah!

23. abigail belle of kilroman

24. just like a movie star

25. acoustic guitar

26. roses


i’m probably sterile. it runs in my family.

Published
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gregor
on December 12, 2007
in new stuff, old stuff and shows
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sup peoples? if you are subscriber, you may or may not have to re-subscribe because i think i messed up my feed. so just click that orange thing <—— over there and all should be ok. for those of you who dont do readers, i have added the option to be emailed whenever something new and exciting is posted - which is usually just once a day. just thought i would mention it.

for those that may have missed it the first time around, i reposted whiskeytown’s those werent the days over here.

i have a new found appreciation and respect for david @ largeheartedboy for he has compiled one hell of a year end list from around the internets. check it!

i am very happy to report that the new magnetic fields record, distortion, is pretty awesome. it very much in the vein of wayward bus and 69 love songs with claudia, whose voice i love, taking the lead on just about half the songs on the record. i am sure you have heard it but just in case here is the first single.

three way

magnetic fields site

i havent listened to new zealand’s die! die! die! yet cause other than distortion i am not listening to anything new this year, as i previously reported. the comparisons to sonic youth, wire, the pixies and jesus and the mary chain definitely piqued my interest, but yet i wont give in. touring with the likes of slint, blood brothers, wire and wolfmother doesnt hurt

die! die! die!’s promises, promises is being released on 2.18.07

sideways here we come

die! die! die! site / myspace

i was a pretty big fan of beach house’s dream state inducing self titled debut, which came out last year. their sophomore record, devotion, is due out in february on carpark records. here be the first single. they have a shit load of tracks streaming on their myspace page, btw.

gila

beach house myspace / carpark

still havent really dove into any pink floyd records as of yet. even though i have had all good intentions. it just hasnt worked out just yet. i have been listening to this recording, though. its a awesome soundboard from 11.21.70 @ altes casino montreux, switzerland.

1. astronomy domine

2. fat old sun

3. atom heart mother

4. cymbaline

5. the embryo

6. just another twelve bar

7. more blues


wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy

Published
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gregor
on December 8, 2007
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so, its official the captains dead household will be a little more hormonal come may. as my wife is looking to pop out a girl. oy! so, kids that are one, two, three or 24 are going to possibly be nailing my daughter in 18 years. awesome!

for those that missed it the first time around, i reposted the sea and cake live at dead pigeon over here. for those keeping score, i recently started broadcaster house for stuff i didnt feel like writing about. well, i am also going to use that for reposts and keep thanks for nothin as my dumping ground of random shit.

anyway, i finally got around to checking out the new black mountain tracks that have been floating around the intertubes, and needless to say i am very psyched for the new record. their debut was in my top 5 from whatever the hell year it was released. here’s the first release, “tyrants,” an 8 minute juggernaut.

tyrants

druganaut from their debut

black mountain site / jagjaguwar

so the end of year lists are starting to roll out around blog-o-world, and here are a few…all of em, as you guessed it, contain accompanying downloads… mine will be posted on sunday or monday.

the line of best fit’s playlist of the year 

aquarium drunkard

muzzle of bees

berkeley place has an ongoing list but #37 is isbell’s sirens of the ditch

gorilla vs bear

here’s something you dont, or at least i dont, come across every day. an actual live recording of magnetic fields, and a nice one to boot. i have been a huge magnetic fields fan since holiday. now, dont confuse my magnetic fields fanboy status as being one that encompasses all things stephin merritt. cause quite frankly, most of everything else, not including the first 6ths record, merritt has released has left me feeling empty and sad. this is not his fault, by any means, but a lot of it is just too over the top show tuney for my liking. distortion is being released on 1.18.08 on nonesuch. sign up for the house of tomorrow mailing list for up to date info on all things merritt.

here he is as the magnetic fields playing at cats cradle during merge’s 5th anniversary party celebration on 7.29.94. much love to mrpember for the taping!

1. when im out of town

2. either you love me or i dont love you

3. born on a train

4. 100,000 fireflies

5. strange powers

6. lonely highway

7. deep sea diving suit

8. love goes home to paris in the spring

9. dream hat

10. candy

11. san diego zoo

12. rot in the sun

13. desert island

14. summer lies

15. young and insane


the innocent shall suffer - big time!

Published
by
gregor
on June 27, 2007
in magnetic fields, misra, okkervil river, palomar, richard buckner and shows
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is it odd that while i love the magnetic fields, i actually feel the exact opposite towards his other projects - save the first 6ths record?� anyway, according to stephin’s site the new magnetic fields record is slated to be released sometime in early 08 presumably on merge. currently, he is working on a stage adaptation of neil gaimins’ coraline.

i have been listening the hell outta the charm of the highway strip and 69 love songs the past few weeks.� depending on how you look at it, they are either two or four, since 69 is 3 discs, of my favorite records of all time.

long vermont roads from the charm of the highway strip

yeah! oh, yeah! from disc 3 of 69 love songs

for those of us in the atlanta area, voxtrot is playing this evening, wednesday the 27, at the drunken unicorn. admittedly, i love the two eps but find their full length quite a dreadful bore. opening the evenings festivities is brooklyn’s, and misra artist, palomar. they kinda remind me of a less poppy velocity girl or as their bio states, the fastbacks. their all things, forest can be pre-ordered through the misra website.

our haunt from all things, forest

okkervil river is prepping for the release of the stage names on 8.7.07 on jagjaguwar - my favorite label the past couple of years. with only one listen under my belt i can confidently say that its pretty great and seemingly much different in terms of instrumental scope than black sheep boy, but sadly thats all i can muster in terms of an intelligent critique at the moment. here is the first single from the stage names

our life is not a movie or maybe

here is a beautiful richard buckner show from 2.5.97 @ the great american music hall

1. intro - richard bruckner?

2. slow down old world - willie nelson

3. 4 am

4. blue and wonder

5. raze

6. desire

7. home

8. eds song

9. song of 27

10. lil wallet picture

11. still lookin for you - townes van zandt

12. here - pavement

13. your lone journey - doc watson