revolver

back after years of blah blah blah. just to say laura marling was born a classic. and boy are we glad that she was.

fin de semana

"It is part of my DNA. It conveys all things I can’t put into words. Life, loss, love, spirit. As I evolve so too does 'Ocean'."

-John Butler on 'Ocean', debuted in '96 and still keepin' on.

Feast for the eyes...

 
and ears...

more photos here

"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

-Pablo Picasso 

 

Purity Ring - Fineshrine from Young Replicant on Vimeo.

Après moi le déluge

I haven't forgotten about you, blog. I've just been wheelin' and dealin'.

 

Teen Daze meets Neon Indian meets Phantogram

I had already decided I loved this song before I saw the video. No judgement.

 

Looks a bit like little bean and her older seester.

3rd of july

why don't you spend the holiday drifting towards the coast

whirlwind

And it's barely July.

corn starch and water

It's like they wrote this for me specifically.

flight over fight

Cannot wait to get the hell out of this town and be with my family.

spf

First sunburn of the season. New Beach House via NPR, those saints. Above image from one of my favorite tumblrs. Nothing big, just David Bowie singing with Bing Crosby. Just another Monday.

revive

Feeling stale with my music lately. I shouldn't be; in the past two weeks I've seen Radiohead (even the holy ones couldn't redeem arena concerts), Andrew Bird and First Aid Kit, which was easily the best of the three. So good, in fact, that I only want to listen to them live from now on. Rhye is offering some reprieve from this funk. Reminds you of Sade doesn't it?

Craving other stimuli, I'm eager to attend my roommate's modern dance performance tomorrow and Smuin Ballet Company's spring program the day after that. I'm also still reeling from watching this AMAZING film, which pays homage to famed choreographer Pina Bausch. I couldn't recommend it more.

Maybe next time around I'll be a dancer.

dan the man

Enjoying Dan Mangan's recent album Oh Fortune. Very Glen Hansard, very Marcus Mumford.

Dan Mangan - Leaves, Trees, Forest (Live Session) from Best Fit Sessions on Vimeo.

Have a lovely weekend.

sentir

Has a piece of music ever given you chills? I experience it often it seems. Usually an indicator that you're experiencing some serious earlightenment, amiright? Apparently this phenomenon has a name: musical frission. I read browsed through an article on it while I was working on some really important work-related work things.

Check it out!

This song, and much of Debussy's other work, tends to give me chills. Other offenders: a bow being drawn across cello strings and most things Radiohead.

as the world turns

Two rad infographics for the day: wind and water. Ain't the world a peculiar thing?

dreams, cont.

Seabear member Sóley Stefánsdóttir released a solo album in 2011 and it appears to have taken a full year for it to float over from Iceland into my California ears. We Sink was worth the wait; I can only describe it as a boozy Ray Bradbury nightmare. But in a good way...  Sit with that.

 I love the simplicity of Theater Island, the last song on the album

dream state

Did I not mention? I saw Apparat a couple weeks ago. He played with a live band which made it all the more mesmerizing. Incredibly powerful performance.

Above photo part of a luscious series by Alberto Seveso.

the young girl and the sea

Grimes is slaughtering the music scene with her latest album, Visions. Mostly because the music is totally radical, but also because the little lady who is Grimes, Claire Boucher from Montreal, is just so goddamn cool.

Exhibit A: As legend has it, Claire and a companion once built a 20 foot houseboat with plans to sail down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, a la Huckleberry Finn. A faulty motor and the Minnesota PD prevented them from getting too far, but what a weirdly wonderful adventure! Full story here.

 

Live sesh in SF last year.

mental oasis

Just when I had almost given up for the day, Lykke Li flashed on my radar, joining The Deportees on their delicious new track.

god bless the Swedes.

cumpli

Wishing I could be celebrating my beautiful momma's birthday with her and the rest of the clan! I'll compensate with chocolate and a glass of red, in her honor.

  

This song always conjures up images of cold winds and warm blankets.

cafe con leche

No song, just an awesome ad campaign sponsored by Friends of the Earth.

A Love Story… In Milk from Catsnake on Vimeo.

Also, newish St. Vincent video