Last year’s album, and one of my new findings, Parov Stelar. Can’t take my ears off it. Easy, sunny nu-jazz, and the video for the song is magical. Прошлогодний альбом, и одна из моих недавних находок – Parov Stelar. ОторватьÑÑ Ð½Ðµ могу. Легкий Ñолнечный nu-jazz, а клип на Ñту пеÑню – волшебный.
2009
The Tough Alliance – Prison Break EPThe Tough Alliance – Prison Break EP
The Tough Alliance – Prison Break EP [Sincerely Yours, 2009] ]Eric Berglund and Henning Fürs have been silent for a long while, and here comes a little, but intense release, Prison Break EP. Six remixes – all of them highly addictive, in the Tough Alliance manner, with enhanced danceability. One of the tracks is a […]
Song of the Day: Delphic – This MomentaryПеÑÐ½Ñ Ð´Ð½Ñ: Delphic – This Momentary
Today’s song of the day is the second single from the forthcoming Delphic album, Acolyte. The album is already hyped about to the extent of nearly getting in the 2010 tops. New New Order and comment like this… Anyway, the drive and the speed of the track are astonishing! The video for the song was […]
Best of 2009: tracksЛучшее из 2009: треки
[lang_ru]И 2009 год в пеÑнÑÑ… – тех, что ÑлушалиÑÑŒ чаще других и/или запали глубже.[/lang_ru][lang_en]2009 in songs: those listened to more than others or loved deeper.[/lang_en] 1. The Radio Dept. – David 2. The Crêpes – What Else? 3. Animal Collective – My Girls 4. Pallers – Humdrum 5. Metric – Sick Muse 6. Franz Ferdinand […]
Best of 2009: albumsЛучшее из 2009: альбомы
[lang_ru]УÑловно-Ñубъективно лучшие деÑÑÑ‚ÑŒ альбомов в 2009 году выглÑдÑÑ‚ так:[/lang_ru][lang_en]The top 10 albums of 2009 (subjectively) look like this:[/lang_en] 1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 2. Metric – Fantasies 3. Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself 4. Royksopp – Junior 5. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6. Burial & Four Tet – Moth/Wolf Cub (not […]
Ben Frost – The Carpathians
The year has almost ended, and I realize that I won’t have the time to write about everything, or even half of what I listened to and graded A. Still, I want to mention a momentarily passion, a gloomy experimenter from Reykjavik with almost otherworldly sound – Ben Frost. Even his Myspace page is “the […]
Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (EP)Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (EP)
Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind (EP) [Domino, 2009] The year started with Animal Collective, with Animal Collective it ends – very successfully at both. Merriweather Post Pavilion irrevocably placed them into the mainstream and brought about a round of applause on the critics’ part. And the current EP only gives a foothold for this. […]
Hauschka – Small Pieces EPHauschka – Small Pieces EP
Hauschka – Small Pieces [3”] [Secret Furry Hole Recordings, 2009] Volker Berterlmann (a.k.a. Hauschka), a pianist and composer from Dusseldorf, is the most talented composers of today. His every work, be that LP or EP, makes my universe a bit more balanced and good. This 5-track, 3” will refine your life for fifteen minutes of […]
Memory Tapes – Seek MagicMemory Tapes – Seek Magic
Memory Tapes – Seek Magic [Sincerely Yours, 2009] Memory Tapes is an ailas of New Jersey DJ Dayve Hawk. Actually, one of his many aliases – Memory Cassette, The Banker from Deal Or No Deal, Weird Tapes. His twitter cutely starts with “found a skull”. He demonstrates, and sometimes gives away his new things on […]
Fuck Buttons – Tarot SportFuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport [ATP, 2009] Fuck Buttons are definite followers of the new noisy stream in music started most prominently by Animal Collective. (At the same time, they’re pretty close to Mogwai.) Noisy, wild, the rhythm is the king. It’s drawing you inside, it’s pressing heavily on you, aggressively and animalistically. The sophomore […]