[MP3]
Beach House Norway
Analysis of the Cultural and Critical Impact of this Song:
This mp3 is the ‘beginning/launching point/kickoff’ of the 2k10 music season. The first step on an annual cycle to attempt to understand ‘who is the best/most culturally relevant/buzzworthy/meme-able’ band of the year. It is this cycle which gives the blogosphere purpose, giving [...]
[MP3]
Phoenix – Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)
2 of the most relevant bands of the year, Phoenix and Animal Collective ‘collab’ to output a remix of some song. I feel like this takes me back to the bloghouse era, when the most relevant bloghouse bands would create alt-synergy by remixing one another. [...]
By Carles | September 10, 2009
Photo via HRO, October 2k8
[MP3]
Au Revoir Simone Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)
Does n e 1 remember the glory days of 2k7-2k8, back when ‘remixes’ were something to get ‘fucking pumped up about’ with your bros. Now that they have become such deliberate marketing strategies, it is more difficult to ‘get wrapped up in [...]
This is a picture of the band Trailer Trash Tracys ‘working on music’ in their ‘d.i.y. studio.’
[MP3]
Trailer Trash Tracys Candy Girl (demo)
Last year in indie music has been kinda weird. There has been an emergence a bunch of bands that sound like they are ‘in a fuzzy garage,’ but I have never really ‘understood’ [...]