Further revision of the message I posted yesterday: it has been even longer since I last finished a hardware only song. The tracks I posted on SoundCloud in 2013 were made somewhere between 2002 and 2006, so that would place the last one of those tracks some 17 or 18 years ago.
I moved away from DAWs and plugins and made my first two tracks with hardware only finished my first two tracks using hardware only in 11 years: Bid, Raket, Maan and Paaspoezenijne.
Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance listen to “Beautiful Song” (YouTube) Skullcrusher – Quiet the Room listen to “You Are My House” (YouTube) DEHD – Blue Skies listen to “Bop” (YouTube) Tomberlin – I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This… listen to “Happy Accident” (YouTube) Ghost Car – Truly Trash listen to “Selfish, Spoiled” […]
Finally having some time to finish up a new song resulted in “Firma“. As always, it doesn’t take any longer than is needed for getting the point across.
My favorite albums of last year: Midwife – Luminol listen to “Enemy” (YouTube) Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment listen to “Daffodils” (YouTube) Low – Hey What listen to “Disappearing” (YouTube) Yasmin Williams – Urban Driftwood listen to “Dragonfly” (YouTube) Squirrel Flower – Planet (i) listen to “Hurt A Fly” (YouTube) Caithlin De Marrais – What Will […]
My favorite albums of last year: En Attendant Ana – Juillet listen to “In/Out” (YouTube) Melenas – Días Raros listen to “En Madrid” (YouTube) Gum Country – Somewhere listen to “Jungle Boy” (YouTube) Lady Di / Mega Emotion – I Know You Know I’m Perfect / Move, Motherfucker listen to “Peanut Cup” (YouTube) Frances Quinlan […]
For the first time in about eight months I found the time to finish a song. It’s called “The Morgai“.
Mark Linkous was an exceptional artist who spent most of his life in relative obscurity. Although he was somewhat of a hermit, his musical collaborations went far and wide, and included even my other unfathomable hero: David Lynch, someone Mark himself admired. But the music that touched me the most were the songs he made […]
I made yet another song, going for something different this time. I called it “Exy“, a title I partly took from the Speedy Ortiz song “Hexxy“.
New Wolfshoek song called “Katydid“, that has been half-finished for about a year. You might recognize the drums from Death Cab’s “Amputations“.
My favorite albums of last year: Pip Blom – Boat listen to “Ruby” (YouTube) Mannequin Pussy – Patience listen to “F.U.C.A.W.” (YouTube) Club Night – What Life listen to “Thousands” (YouTube) Bill Callahan – Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest listen to “747” (YouTube) Caroline Polachek – PANG listen to “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” […]
Made a new song, a bit different from the sweet little tunes I posted earlier. It’s called “De Luwte”
Twenty years ago today, I first saw “The Blair Witch Project”. You’ve probably seen it too. I went into the theatre knowing just enough about the movie to spark my interest, and yes, I was fully aware it was all fabrication. It turned out to be a nerve jangling experience from which I never fully recovered. […]
Pitchfork retroactively reviewed a b u n c h of Stereolab’s earliest records, which is great. Even though the band is in the process of reissuing some of their back catalog through their own Duophonic label, I don’t believe these five each are part of that. And Pitchfork didn’t even review all of Stereolab’s early albums, […]
I never felt sure about the respawning of Sleater-Kinney. Their breakup in 2006 was a blow to the stomach – more so because I never saw them live, coupled with the fact that they quit right after releasing 2005’s earth-shattering The Woods. Sleater-Kinney left behind a legacy that’s out of this world. They unexpectedly returned ten […]
Bill Callahan’s new album is gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. His music drifted away from me since the stellar “Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle”, which was released a stunning 10 years ago, and still is one of my favorite records ever. Callahan will be playing in Utrecht later this year, at the same venue where […]
I got an emergency ticket to the Best Kept Secret festival, should I not have been able to find a way into Stereolab’s sold-out show at the Botanique in time. Although I suppose outdoor festivals this size aren’t for me, it was great seeing Stereolab again, and Priests later that day. Their off-kilter songs sent […]
Stereolab reigned supreme in Brussels. Their show consisted exclusively of old songs, of course, because there aren’t any new ones. Some of those are my favorite songs in the world. A true blessing seeing and hearing them for the first time in, for me personally, eighteen years.
Even after reissuing a bunch of their early compilations last year, I didn’t expect the news that Stereolab, for the first time in almost ten years, would actually be touring again. This year they’ll be re-releasing another bunch of their records, from 1993’s landslide “Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements” up to 2004’s “Margerine Ecplise”. If […]
After two incredible albums, 2015’s Sore and last year’s Heaven, Dilly Dally is currently one of my favorite bands. So great seeing them again in Amsterdam yesterday. The hurricane force of Katie Monks is truly unbelievable.
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