Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Dec 10, 2009, 1:25 am
Quadron - "Buster Keaton" These two are an electronic soul outfit from Denmark that, I expect, are too good for bloggers to ignore much longer. This track somehow comes across both incredibly lush a...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Dec 10, 2009, 1:00 am
Fuck Buttons - "Surf Solar" Never paid much attention to Fuck Buttons before this. If you have a cold, "Surf Solar" will decongest you. Headphones are necessary. Listen and be healed. ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Dec 9, 2009, 9:16 pm
It's hard to pick just one of these, so you get both of them. Jesse Boykins III - AmorUs (MeLo-X Mix) Jesse Boykins III - Amorous (AFTA-1 LOVE MIX) MeLo-X brings the buzzy synth and heavy bass, ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Dec 4, 2009, 7:25 pm
Blakroc - "Dollaz & Sense" (feat. Pharoahe Monch & RZA) ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Dec 2, 2009, 9:30 pm
I finally got around to watching "The Boxer"(1997), starring Emily Watson and Daniel Day-Lewis, and set during a precarious "ceasefire" between a militant IRA members and the British police in 1990s B...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 20, 2009, 7:43 pm
Nosaj Thing - "Wandering Star/Coat of Arms" (via Low End Theory Podcast, Episode IV) I'm heading off to Vancouver. I will be back in a week or so. ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 19, 2009, 7:19 pm
Turboweekend - "Sweet Jezebel" sleeping sickness sleeping pills sleeping beauty . . . More on this song and Turboweekend's Ghost of a Chance LP over here.
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 17, 2009, 7:43 pm
Outdoor Miners - "Turn You Into Glue" It's a bit late to be making additions to my list of melancholy summer jams, so this will just have to settle for being a charming and bittersweet pop tune. ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 13, 2009, 8:47 pm
Fever Ray - "Concrete Walls" My favourite thing on the Fever Ray album are the streaks of numbed synthesizer that snake through the above track and fade off into its oppressive blackness. The multi-...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 13, 2009, 12:20 am
Fever Ray - "Stranger Than Kindness" (originally by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 11, 2009, 6:30 pm
Four Tet - Love Cry This track might lack some of the magic of Four Tet's record with Burial ("Moth" being my current favourite track of 2009) , but it's still bordering perfection. It has ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 3, 2009, 8:05 pm
Javelin Andean Ocean Tape via dollarbinsofthefuture.com My computer says this mix runs 30 minutes, but it feels like a very long 30 minutes. It will not relieve post-summer blues, but it can make yo...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Nov 3, 2009, 7:15 pm
Fabian - "Heatwave" (photo, mp3, and quote via someplace much warmer) Leftovers from a summer that I didn't have. Please listen with headphones. . . . "Sometimes, in the colder months, when we...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 29, 2009, 10:15 pm
Little Dragon - Blinking Pigs Yukimi Nagano has a supernatural voice and perfect phrasing. She could sing a song about cows and chickens, and it would be beautiful. ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 29, 2009, 3:50 am
All of my free time is currently being sucked up by GRRM's vampire novel, Fevre Dream, and episodes of "The Wire", which I just started watching due to a massive number of friends' recommendat...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 22, 2009, 11:45 pm
photo by Gagan Mahan Small Black - Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix) ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 21, 2009, 7:05 pm
Seek Magic is not as cryptic or pretty or as magical as I thought it should be, or imagined it being. Every day I seem to rediscover this irritating fact about life: that what I want is almost never w...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 16, 2009, 6:25 pm
I put Roska's FACT magazine mix on a cd and brought it to work awhile back. I've been playing it steadily for 5 months now, and no one has complained yet. (Because. It's. So. Good.) ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 15, 2009, 8:45 pm
Most humans can only aspire to the wisdom of the pebble toad. When times get tough, it simply rolls itself into a ball and tumbles down the side of a mountain. "The toad is so small and light that t...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 13, 2009, 8:32 pm
Drift out of lane, difficulty making ..turns- ...become c0nfused in regard to signs/signals ....subjective sleepiness, sugar intake rumble strips nosaj thing - fog ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 9, 2009, 10:30 pm
I put together a little mixtape of past favourites in honour of the much-awaited resurrection of Myke Weiskopf's SHORTWAVEMUSIC blog. But first, check the recent and stunning "Ramadan In Dub", r...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 8, 2009, 7:30 pm
Shirley & Dolly Collins - Nellie the Milkmaid a few thoughts: 1) There is something in the way Shirley Collins sings this song--or maybe in the song itself--that is incredibly dispassionate. Colli...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 8, 2009, 7:20 pm
this here comic reminded me of this psychotic break/song that soul-sides posted awhile back: Gloria Ann Taylor - "World That's Not Real" It's fitting that it sounds like reality and the world...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Oct 7, 2009, 6:35 pm
smoke smoke smoke... she's got something that (lord knows) drive me out my m- m- mind Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood - "She's A Fox" ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 30, 2009, 6:40 pm
Brendan Benson - "Garbage Day" Brendan Benson - "Poised and Ready" My Old, Familiar Friend (2009) Cynicism and humour are the icing on the Brendan Benson cake. A little energy is nice, too. The son...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 29, 2009, 7:30 pm
Noel Ellis - "To Hail Salassie" Noel Ellis - "Stop Your Fighting" Noel Ellis, son of revered ska/rocksteady superstar Alton Ellis, made one album, which was put out by Toronto's Summer Records...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 28, 2009, 9:55 pm
Fucking wind. Only my music can keep me warm now. Junior Walker & the All-Stars - "Shotgun" ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 28, 2009, 9:00 pm
Patrick Wolf - "The Sun is Often Out" The Bachelor (2009) The sun is often out. The sentiment seems trite, but it's not. Even while you are going through the most intense personal tragedy, the re...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 23, 2009, 10:53 pm
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (feat. Laetitia Sadier) Logos (2009) I was not expecting to hear a woman's voice on this album. Bradford Cox has expressed his admiration for Stereolab before, so it...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 23, 2009, 12:58 am
Kmd - Peachfuzz
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 18, 2009, 5:45 pm
Music for Men falls back on the familiar a little too often, and the tone and subject matter for most of Gossip's songs doesn't exactly change from their last album. A few of these songs are ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 16, 2009, 1:29 am
Sticky feat. Lady Chann - Your Eye Too Fast It takes approximately 2 minutes to realize how deadly this is. I'm trying to imagine hearing it in the club. Would you dance, or just be confused?
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 14, 2009, 11:00 pm
a short walk through the Magik Markers album **** "Risperdal" or "Don't Talk In Your Sleep", which is more sick? This makes me want to break out the Stooges and bliss the fuck out. It's impos...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 11, 2009, 12:35 am
You can’t go to Raekwon The Chef. Rae has to come to you. (You waited three years; you can wait a few more minutes.) First we must wade into the swampy darkness and psychotropic vapours of Only Bui...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 10, 2009, 12:59 am
Destroyer - "Libby's First Sunrise" via morpheus-sailing: As this trip winds down, I will try to provide a summary of what the standard daily routine looks like onboard. This may seem overly si...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 8, 2009, 11:11 pm
I'm just getting around to check out the first installment of Neil Young's epic Archives box set. Sifting through all the unreleased material for a few gems, if there are gems to be had. . . ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 8, 2009, 12:15 am
Wild Nothing - "Cloudbusting" (via GvB) gah! this is gorgeous.
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 3, 2009, 7:03 pm
via wikipedia:The Tragic mulatto is a stereotypical fictional character that appeared in American literature during the 19th and 20th centuries. The "tragic mulatto" is an archetypical mixed race pers...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 2, 2009, 5:50 pm
Phoenix - "Lisztomania" The perfect song to soundtrack the tragedy that is The End of Summer Break. I've yet to find a music blogger who doesn't have at least a tiny soft spot for Phoenix. ...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Sep 1, 2009, 5:45 pm
Well, that never happened. Then again, Busta also promised to "King Kong all niggas like gorilla monsoon." Presumably, that's when Busta raps so hard that primates rain down from the sky to crus...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 31, 2009, 9:25 pm
Nina Simone - Don't Take All Night Nina Simone - Chauffeur . . . because Simone is the queen of the double entendre. ****
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 28, 2009, 4:43 pm
El Perro Del Mar - "Change of Heart" It might be the only good song on the Love Is Not Pop EP, but it's really good. "Change of Heart", maybe El Perro Del Mar's most compelling work to date,...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 27, 2009, 8:04 pm
directed by Reiner Werner Fassbinder
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 26, 2009, 9:30 pm
I I have always sought to bring my mind close to the mind of Indian and Japanese poets, old women in Connacht, mediums in Soho, lay brothers whom I imagine dreaming in some mediaeval monastery the...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 26, 2009, 2:15 am
Falling further down the rabbit hole. Already eight months into 2009, Ryan Leslie's self titled is basically the only 2009 album that I've listened to more than once or twice. It is contempo...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 5, 2009, 6:33 pm
From the beginning of the Fiery Furnaces' new album, I'm Going Away, I get the sense that the band is starting to run out of steam. Their last album, Widow City was so exciting and alive an...
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Thomas posted an article on A.M. 180 - Aug 5, 2009, 12:48 am
I recall hearing Extra Happy Ghost in a dingy basement bar at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival back in June of this year, though I was too int...
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