God damn british pop music. How does one island produce so much good music. King James found its way to my ears and reminded me indie isn't dead. Just when I though four cord rifts and the most basic of drum beats had all been used up, they found a way to rearrange themselves into something new again. Maybe I'm just a sucker for good lyrics.
So it turns out there are castles in the sky. They're made of crystal and the second Alice Glass's voice touches a microphone they shatter with the vibrations, falling to the mortals bellow. This post is somewhat of a pitty post for myself because the last time I got to hear the screams of Crystal Castles was at Coachella last year, and unfortunately that festival was out of my geographical local this year. But enough about my secluded soul, Crystal Castles has announced a release date of June 7th here in Europe and a day later in the States. Till then, let this be your guiding light through glass cathedrals. -cs
This big room rocker came to me from the collaboration of Peace Treaty & Disk Jo Slim. Can't find the dirt on Peace Treaty, but Jo Slim is an LA based rager, with a continuous list of shows and parties throughout the greater LA. This original reminds me of when I heard Major Lazer's Pon Di Floor for the first time. Feel free to snag the 320 and show Mr. Disk Jo Slim some love on the myspace and twitter. Now I need to get the fuck outa the house. Its a saturday. -cs
Lo-Fi-Fnk have been around for about 10 years or so, but been off the radars since their 2006 album "Boylife". It was feared the duo had parted ways or fallen off the wayside. But their new video and single "marchin in" is just what we needed to restore faith in the swedish sensation. Snag the track bellow, and buy the album when that shits hits. -cs
There's something to be said for reverting back to the sounds of marching bands while still making a song that feels catchy and hip. I forget the name of the song, but everyone knows ok go for that viral video with synchronized tread mill dancing. This too is a one taker and rather clever. -cs
Palin has somehow managed to keep herself in the lime light even after proving to the world she doesn't understand basic governmental functions. She wrote a book that was ghost authored by Lynn Vincent, editor of the Christian World Magazine and anti-abortion/gay rights/evolution activist. So we know where this thing was going. Palin thought she was being rougue, while using the same carl rove social dividers that have been in the republican handbook for years. And now, after scoring a role at Fox and Friends, Palin has found the audacity to be the face of the Tea-Party movement.
She recently spoke as the Key Note speaker at the first national Tea party convention in Nashville, TN. Run away government spending and attacking Obama for not being tough on terror were just a few of her complaints. In particular she called the democrats out for their stimulus package, clearly ignoring the fact that it was Bush who started throwing money at the banks in his final months. A farewell to friends the only way the guy knew how, by bankrupting the treasury with no accountability. Palin kept the Patriotism meeter high, using the ever vague claims of God given freedom and the likes. The real stinger though, is that her little speech about Real America and real people, earned her the likes of $100,000. No one in the room but her makes $100,000 for 45 minutes of work. She is the whore of the republican party, a classy one, but never the less, a whore.
And I say the republican party because though these Tea Partiers, including Palin, claim they do not swing to either party, they turn around and say, "but make sure to vote for the republicans in these upcoming elections." The old bait and switch. When will the "real America" see through their shit? When it costs at the least $359 to see some bitch who couldn't even remember what she reads when asked, "So what do you read?", while she herself is making $100,000 for that speech, there is nothing grass-roots or anti-establishment about it.
This is just the most recent of a long set of events where the conservative establishment uses religion, zealous patriotism, vague symbolism, a hint of racism, and a claim of being "for the people, and by the people," to rile up their bases to turn out and vote so the conservative establishment can continue its Laze-faire fascism with interest of the international conglomerate far above that of the common man.
I get why the tea party people are pissed. We were sold a story about banks that were too big to fail, and if they did everything would be ruined, so the banks got a bunch of money and we stood here with an ever growing jobless rate and neighborhoods turning into ghost lands cause' no one wanted to pay a mortgage on a house that was twice what the current market value placed it at. But these issues are not from a government that is too big, they're from a treasury that is privately owned and operated, with no regulatory functions to ensure how the tax money is being spent. And where were these tea party people when Bush spent 1 trillion on some wars that benefited the few and connected while ruining the lives of military families and entire countries? Most of them, were waving flags and yellow ribbons screaming "freedom ain't free." I guess the point is, don't say your pissed about runaway spending when your douchbag of a leader spent more and grew the power of the federal government more than any other president in history. Then Obama comes in and after one year of just sorting out the loose ends and figuring what the fuck is really going on, while trying to restore the balance of power between the branches of government, you attack him for not doing enough, while doing too much. Grow up. The Chart below breaks up the various causes for the deficit the tea party people are complaining about. Notice the size of Bush's tax cuts and the wars.
Just whipped this up this morning. Hej Matematik is a Danish pop group that was created out of a bet, as the story goes. walkmand was their first big hit and you can hear the wager in the track. "A fucking pop song" is the answer to the bet which was "I pet I could make a fucking pop song" and so they did. Since I recently moved to Denmark, I figured its only fitting to start working with the local material. Enjoy. You make Me Feel like a Fucking Pop Song by Crass Slander
I'm not a fan of system of a down, or metal, or head banging. But there's something about three chicks doing it on violins that makes you turn your head.
It just took five dudes with audacity to call themselves what a lot of popular music has been lacking recently. Free Energy, coming out of philadelphia is a name to look out for in 2010. There's no gimmicks, just rock n roll.
When I started hearing the rumors about the iPad I thought "sick, a no keyboard touch screen computer." You know like apple's answer to those HP touch screen desktops but in a portable form. Instead they gave us an oversized iPod touch with the same bullshit, att restrictions. It has photos; but no usb port to plug in a camera. It has the internet; but no flash support. Personally, I think this thing is gonna fall flat on its face. and oooh, there's digital books now. Why do I get the feeling those are gonna be as over priced as 99cent songs. Steve, you're blowing it. -cs
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I've been both excited and disappointed with Obama. Its been a year since Bush left and the country is still shit. I guess it takes a lot more work to fix problems than create them. Regardless of how you see the views, you've gotta give the President credit for putting himself in front of the house republicans and letting them ask whatever they want. He takes responsibility for mishaps, and deflects the lies with that sleek tongue that got him elected. It feels good to have a guy in office that is at least thinking through this shit.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Fixed gears and catchy electro riffs. Bike culture is huge here in Denmark, they've got these six inch wide ramps on all the stairs so you can ride down them, and their bike lanes are like secondary sidewalks (with curbs) in between the sidewalk and the road. Anyways on that note, I though this video would be rather fitting, or fixing I should say. -cs
"from the top billin club house is the helsinki 78-82 project from team-bros flipper and koobra, a starship sorta jam with help from fellow label-ees villa nah" - I'm too lazy to say it a different way. Yes, this description is ripped straight from stoneyroads.com
this track reminds me of warm summers and tequilla by the pool. None of which is remotely close to the snow on the ground here in Aarhus.
Here's a new video I edited up for the Tenderlions from a show they played with Simian Mobile Disco at Mezzanine in San Francisco a little while back. It was an epic night.
So four days into my adventures in Denmark and I got a gig at the Studenterhus in downtown Aarhus. The place is ran by students, for students, so the drinks are affordable. It was an amazing drunken blur, but apparently I did alright cause' they've asked me back for a Carnival Fest on February 16th. Every tuesday is international night so the crowd will be wonderfully diverse. This is gonna get crazy. Come join in the mayhem with us.
unfortunately I've got no pictures for everyone cause' I don't have right right chord for my new camera. Soon though. In the meantime, check out the studenterhus website here. I wanna give a special thanks to Mads and everyone there for being so accommodating.
This is a new blog about everything and really anything. I'm not gonna tie this thing down to some kinda "genre" blog. It is what is, what I'd like to see as insights into the many aspects of this modern life.
