tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31974963336700643982024-03-21T04:44:28.541-04:00Drop me in the middleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-43837771459401918712018-01-06T18:09:00.000-05:002018-01-08T14:50:12.445-05:00postmortem“It’s only New Year’s Eve once a year.”
Yes, but it’s also only every other day once a year. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Time, like any other colour or language or feeling, is incredibly elastic*. And so we divise standard units (or, in America, nonsense units) in an effort to universalize expressions of it.
PS. Sorry I've fallen away from this page again.
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*not in the economic Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160093364179216741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-62434189121312729942017-10-13T11:04:00.000-04:002017-10-13T11:13:37.121-04:00Aparde debuts with acoustic "Glass"From Berlin producer Aparde (real name Paul Camillo Rachel) comes a stunning debut in ten stains. On Glass, Aparde roots his sound in textured percussion (including literal sampled glass), thoughtful piano themes, and deliberate use of negative space. He provides his own warm vocals on many of the tracks and harmonizes with ANËKIN on lead single "Mouth" (download available via XLR8R).
The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160093364179216741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-91982150396512270082017-10-07T10:43:00.000-04:002017-10-07T10:43:01.588-04:0017/10/07 weekend roundup: RΞZZ, k?d, ttwwrrssFirst, a PSA courtesy of my Starbucks app: free pumpkin spice whip on any PSL this weekend but any intention of #basically commemorating Canadian Thanksgiving was probably coincidental given this promo ends Sunday, a day short of our entire long weekend.
More importantly (although this is subjective), rising Canadian DJ RΞZZ is in Toronto tonight at The Danforth with LA's No Mana, on a tour Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160093364179216741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-67867068286262070762017-10-02T20:21:00.000-04:002017-10-02T21:25:45.930-04:00sort as: ritual / no escape out of time
English quartet R I T U A L -- Adam Midgley, Gerard O'Connell, Tommy Baxter, plus Mononoke -- released No Escape Out of Time last Friday and I cannot stop hearing it in the back of my head.
It's not unlike when I was first introduced to their music by Aaron Axelsen in San Francisco, before Club cheval's set at MEZZANINE last summer. I rarely give a second thought to songs I don't recognize Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160093364179216741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-66079506930810868492017-09-26T22:24:00.000-04:002017-09-29T19:04:16.136-04:00the 100th song and predictive truthRemember that interview I was cramming for that other weekend? Well, I signed onto the team this morning. I knew I was going to write this post the day I signed for it. Despite no guarantee of success in the ensuing four interview rounds, I knew that it would set forth both a new routine and a new city.
I won't let you in on every past double intent, because then I'd be too easy, but by the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-47123299930407648782017-09-05T22:25:00.000-04:002017-09-29T19:04:16.125-04:00the 100th song and personal learning
I knew I was going to write this post the entire time I was cramming for an interview this weekend, but once my schedule cleared, I didn't know how I wanted to start. I'm used to getting caught in the lede, knowing a good lede will get you far. And I'm afraid I didn't start with a good lede during my interview. But getting caught in the lede also suggests a desire to be heard. Makes sense for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-22079590157310239952017-08-02T19:40:00.000-04:002017-08-02T19:40:32.267-04:00sfo: a playlist
poster scan from Wolfman Books410 13th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
If there’s one thing I wish I’d indulged in more this last year, it’d be writing. Since coming home yesterday, I’ve uncovered a trove of creative projects, abandoned in a one-sided effort to be a better student, a better networker, a better employee: my third complete novel, musical motifs, outlined sketches. They’re a friendly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-66851007945100845992016-12-28T13:37:00.000-05:002016-12-28T14:18:10.421-05:002016 in review: Je ne dis pas au revoir mais merci
I'm told time goes by faster as one gets older, but this year was a heavy decade. Heavier for at least me: we saw glimpses of its hope, its fear, and its wreckage from too close and afar.
Greats were reminded of their temporality, youth of their mortality, and cities of their destructibility. Once invisible communities became living, breathing flesh, bloodied, torn. Worn. Too often inside out, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-33427523529172081652015-12-31T18:47:00.000-05:002015-12-31T19:03:05.097-05:00in passing
truth is often
numerous things
seem to warrant apologies
at a gateway to narnia
in passing
you met me
in the margins
we whispered
words
raised spines
a third quarter
your platform was flimsy
still i cheshire'd back
--
now that extended stay is over
do not pass go the bank is broke
we are the 99 per cent
by monetary terms only
everyone else has already fled
into high fantasy sanctuary
i Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-41286995567021311972015-08-24T23:22:00.003-04:002015-08-26T11:59:27.893-04:00When there's a burning in your heart2015.08.14 -- 2015.08.20 // one car, two planes, three provinces, four parts
I haven't written here this summer. I haven't been in Toronto since January 13, effectively missing NXNE, Fringe, and TIME Festival. Upon return, I left immediately to be a tourist.
i. prince edward islandWe start small and grow towards a sort of synergy. The smallest of Canada's ten provinces and the birthplace ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-92010293579511746312015-01-10T02:33:00.000-05:002015-01-10T02:39:04.797-05:00Motez infuses Sam Smith's "Leave Your Lover" with signature bass
Coffee aficionado Motez Obaidi -- with whom I talked origins, zanboors, and beards last October -- has been tearing it up these past months. Spinning 1015 Folsom in San Francisco as we speak, the Adelaide-based producer known for his deep house habits dropped an official "Leave Your Lover" retake this past Thursday.
"A song I instantly loved and wanted to remix, it's easy working with a voice Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-8910436361174647612015-01-07T09:29:00.000-05:002015-01-07T10:07:52.742-05:00It's An Endless World, according to Holobeams
Splitting time between Glasgow and Nagoya is a producer I haven't entertained for a while. My first (and at that point, last) encounter with Iain Foxwell's Holobeams moniker (formerly Holobeams and Broken Machines) was midsummer 2012, shortly after the warm and broad reception of two-track debut "Clouds/Sunrise": "Heads in the Clouds" a crunchy electronic ordeal slowly and gloriously Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-87493432819173367432014-12-26T09:04:00.000-05:002014-12-26T09:19:17.193-05:002014 Favourites
song of the summer from Calvin Harris (choice remix by Diplo x Grandtheft)
POP
Taiga by Zola Jesus
(Mute)
looks like / what I wrote before / what I wrote after / live review
"Beggin for Thread" by BANKS (Harvest) remixed
In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith (Capitol)
"Go" by Grimes (Arbutus) watch
"Hideaway" by Kiesza (Island) watch
INDIE"Heartbeat Overdrive" by Ballet School (Bella Union) watch
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-78242093177063348512014-08-14T00:49:00.000-04:002014-08-14T09:19:57.787-04:00Ocean Avenue lends some tropical house vibes to Whitney on his latest, "Wake Me"
Another Frenchman with his sights set on the internationally bubbling tropical house kick, Ocean Avenue has been officially active for two months. During this span, he's cleanly (and tastefully) remixed JJ Goldman, Indochine, and Jaymes Young, accruing upwards of 100,000 Soundcloud plays and over 600 followers. This early in the game, he may consider rethinking his performing moniker due to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-55928587623810528422014-08-11T21:17:00.000-04:002014-08-11T21:17:11.872-04:00VIDEO: "Attak" by Rustie feat. Danny Brown
Here's Scottish EDM-saurus Rustie (real name Russell Whyte) absolutely killing it on his latest collab and Danny Brown having a pillow-less pillow fight while spitting god knows what and non-stop, too. Luckily, they've provided the lyrics. The video's nothing brilliant, but that particular shade of aqua and those audio sirens are. Green Language drops August 25th via Warp Records.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-66134746495355852102014-08-10T07:03:00.000-04:002014-08-10T07:03:06.808-04:0014/08/10 REMIXES: Nelsaan, Manila Killa, AObeats
Day in, day out.
BEACHAnonymous Norwegian producer Nelsaan tried to slip this Sam Smith remix in under the radar. At first, it's unassuming amongst the other pretty "Stay With Me"s in the crowd. And then it's absolutely arresting, and absolutely prone to be one of those "missed connections" if you don't act on it now. So... um, stay with it; it's not love, it's all you need.
DUSKManila Killa Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-919831644476899892014-08-07T23:00:00.000-04:002014-08-08T07:25:00.675-04:00Populous channels Afrobeat and krautrock in "Vu"
Lecce, Italy's Andrea Mangia produces electronic world (yes, I went there) music as Populous and considers himself a "white b-boy." THUMP, where the lead single from his upcoming Night Safari premiered, reports: "It's a blend of African chants mixed with samples captured from a famous kraut-rock band," says Mangia. In terms of the safari, "It should represent Africa, but I'm pretty sure someoneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-18391571357203860642014-08-04T09:30:00.001-04:002014-08-05T12:05:22.986-04:00Arkells spin a wild one with third album, High Noon
Back two months early for their third triennial full-length, Hamilton, ON’s Arkells have proved themselves a well-crafted draught. High Noon, out August 5th via Dine Alone Records, is a driven album any fan can cheer along to; it's seriously the best thing Arkells have done thus far, and one has to wonder exactly what role new (temporary?) keyboardist Anthony Carrone (illScarlett) played in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-27866931119110429282014-08-01T00:05:00.002-04:002014-08-01T00:05:33.273-04:00Living Days' "Thrill Anybody" from upcoming debut receives a dark rework from MNDR
New York's cutesy-indie-turned-dark-wave trio Living Days is due to release their debut full-length, and from the sounds of its first single, Dance Not Dead will be several styles removed from the debut EP the online indie community refuses to forget: Make Out Room, Vol. 1 (2010). Either way, led by the perfectly punk-yet-romantic vocalist Stephonik Youth, this band's bringing back the right Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-35418417653718084672014-07-29T21:34:00.001-04:002014-07-29T21:37:37.174-04:00Treasure Fingers and BOSCO hash out "Names"
With a name like Treasure Fingers, Atlanta's Ashley Jones was simply asking for quizzically-raised brows, even with undying support from Fool's Gold and the label's spotless record. Since 2008, he's been "ready to take over the world," but even his latest single with fellow Georgian BOSCO feels like a hidden gem.
Channeling a definitive A-Trak influence and a jungle chime eerily similar to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-16355975607542946662014-07-28T20:37:00.000-04:002014-07-29T06:41:10.649-04:00Kygo signs to Sony, then "pops" a Weeknd remix
22-year-old Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll sold out his Toronto debut last month. At our swanky Hoxton nightclub. Without having ever released any original material. Eight days ago, Kygo revealed via Facebook that this was about to change and that he had signed a contract with Sony Music, to which disenchanted fans responded: "death of Kygo," calling the boy a sell-out.
Frankly, I'm not sure this even Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-37266700994756058122014-07-27T20:27:00.000-04:002014-07-28T08:32:08.728-04:0014/07/27 WEEKLY ROUNDUP: The Tallest Tree, Young Summer, and Simian Mobile Disco
Running on the beach this morning / I found out that shells come in plastic bags... this week is the "hi, I'm cute and domestic" edition. Because no matter how punk or ratchet or math metal you are, there's something magical about sparkly synth and simplified rhythms.
THE TALLEST TREE
The owners of an indie-rock outfit and another picturesque love story, Dawn Larsh met Armanda Vega when his Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-78358273755748062162014-07-24T20:09:00.001-04:002014-07-25T00:30:56.995-04:00THUGLI x Mad Decent mix for Mad Decent Block Party
Ugh. In two short years, local boys THUGLI are all grown-up and packing official Mad Decent mixes. The duo played Digital Dreams several weeks ago and have just dropped this killer 33-track tape, essentially a celebration of Block Party growth since its inception in 2008, Mad Decent growth, and electronic music growth in general. I never felt too strongly about Onslaught (2013), but this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-20579841130468023812014-07-22T22:07:00.000-04:002014-07-22T22:07:39.930-04:00City and the Sea rock out with new single, "Venture"
City and the Sea, or CATS as the band has dubbed themselves, play some mean rock 'n' roll. Aside from slightly young, pop-punk sounding vocals that will certainly mature over time, the Hamilton-based unit has its key features locked down: toughly-conceived guitars, an unapologetic percussionist, a solid bass line, and the right attitude. They're "hell bent" on bringing back the glory of classicAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197496333670064398.post-15268952309375569302014-07-20T11:14:00.000-04:002014-07-20T11:17:07.805-04:00Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada, St. Lucia play TIME FestivalAfter braving the torrential downpour at Fort York Garrison Common yesterday, I left one of the most disorganized mini festivals I'd ever been to.
(After a three-year hiatus, TIME Festival had returned to the city and it would appear they were a little rusty: security was inconsistent, especially regarding umbrellas; food trucks were a scarce resource; and rain shelters weren't brought in until Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321903397858073274noreply@blogger.com