Articles

1. Beach House
“Devotion”

Yılın en anlamlı albümü.. Gözlerinizi kapatıp bambaşka yerlerde olmayı düşlediğinizde arkada çalan albüm işte bu.. mutlu değilsiniz, hayır, ama olsun.. kışın cama vuran yağmur ya da kar taneleri, ya da yaz sıcağında balkon kapısından süzülen ılık rüzgar eşliğinde dinleyiniz..

2. The Walkmen
“You & Me”

Sadeliğin güzelliği.. iddialı bir sadelik hem de.. bilinçli bir küçülme harekatı bu albüm The Walkmen için.. sessiz sessiz insanı en derinden yakalıyor işte, eksik fazla hiçbir şey yok.. hayatınızın albümü değil belki ama ister istemez seviyorsunuz sonuçta..

3. Wolf Parade
“At Mount Zoomer”

Birçok kişi beğenmedi, dağınık, samimiyetsiz buldu.. evet, neyi hedeflediği biraz muğlak, nereye gittiği çok da belli değil.. ama güzel işte, gerek tek tek şarkılar, gerek albüm olarak sevdirdi kendini bana.. ilk albümdeki enerji yok belki ama yine agresif ve tavizsiz, aynı zamanda çok daha ağırbaşlı bir album bu.. …

I leave for Stockholm and Oslo in 5 days and I am preparing my lists of music that I have been unable to find in the USA I want to pick up while I am there. Let me know if I've forgotten any:
Laleh
Maia Hirasawa
The Honeydrips
Sakert!
Anna Ternheim
The Mary Onettes
Britta Persson
My darling YOU!
A Smile and a Ribbon
The Sound of Arrows

In the meantime I am going to prepare my classroom for my absence and practice my Swedish, which will just involve me saying YAAAA a lot and talking about fried herring and ikea.

This week's Hypelist:

• Rubies - I Feel Electric
  The Swedes are putting out some really nice electronic sounds these days, especially on labels like Songs I Wish I Had Written and Sincerely Yours. This particular track is out on my favorite Norwegian label Tellé Records (first home of Annie and Röyksopp) and features vocals by Feist. Check out the really cool, neon-filled video, too!
  
  
• The Honeydrips - It Was A Sunny Summer Day
  Fitting for the season!
  
  
• MaxxFemm - Storm
  Mellow, beautiful new wave. A gem off the self-titled debut E.P. Looking forward to hear what else this artist comes out with. New single expected to be released late summer.
  
• Chromatics - I'm On Fire
  Bruce Springsteen cover simplified and synthesized. Works really well with female vocals. The original is one of my favorite songs of all time, and absolutely no harm has been done with this remake.
  
  
• Róisín Murphy - Movie Star
  For the longest time I was pronouncing her name raisin with an o. Then I learned it's pronounced Ro-Sheen. …

Best to worst:

Girl Talk(New Haven)
Jens Lekman
Wu-Tang Clan
Kanye West
Girl Talk (second time)
A Place To Bury Strangers
No Age
Boredoms
Holy Fuck
Lupe Fiasco (first time)
a silver mount zion
Explosions in the Sky
Liars
Rihanna
The Mountain Goats
Vampire Weekend
Justice
N*E*R*D
Lichens
Lupe Fiasco (second time)
Northampton Wools
M.I.A.
Busy P
The Honeydrips
The Moaners

Hall of shit:
Tiny Whales
Umphree's McGee (worst show of the year)
The Trollys
All Wu-Tang openers

1. Girly Berry - Shake It
2. Rakim - Uplift
3. CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen Death From Above
4. Róisín Murphy - Primitive
5. MGMT - The Youth
6. Marc-André Hamelin - As Três Marias - 01 Alnitah
7. The Stranglers - No More Heroes
8. The Honeydrips - I Wouldn't Know What To Do
9. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
10. Adele - Tired

Ian

Henry's Dress - Target Practice
The Chefs - 24 Hours
Strawberry Fair - Give Up
The Diskettes - 12345
The Auteurs - The Rubettes
Afternoon Naps - Orange Paws
Those Dancing Days - Hitten
MJ Hibbett - The Lesson of the Smiths
The Smiths - Ask
Rocketship - Lost Without You Here
The Royal We - All The Rage
Best Fwends - Skate or Live
Heavenly - C is the Heavenly Option
New Order - All The Way
Figurine - IMpossible
Barcelona - Studio Hair gel
The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Jonathan Richman - Goverment Centre
Belle and Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
Jens Lekman - A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
Nixon - Undevoted Friend
The Magnetic Fields - You and Me and The Moon
The Field Mice - Canada

Marianthi

The Barry Gemso Experience - Buttercup Business
The Bumblebees - Fluffy Clouds of Joy
Girlfrendo - Make-up
Dorotea - Kortedala
Liechtenstein - Universal Appeal
My darling YOU! - Please don't talk to me I fall in love so easily
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Fri 4 Apr – Jens Lekman, The Honeydrips

Saw Jens Lekman with (at least part of) The Honeydrips at the Dise last Friday. The burning thought that has stayed with me since that night was this sort of show really is a rarity for me. Since rediscovering my passion for music, I have been to a lot of concerts, but that night was really something special. It is so rare to see a conert that is so moving and so uplifting, and this was a perfect example of such a show. Without a doubt one of the best ones I've been to.

Honeydrips opened, although something was clearly up, as they were running on half of the usual (wo)man-power. With just one member, it was an incredibly stripped down gig. The male member (no idea on names) had all of the music playing out through is Mac, and stuck to simply holding Jens guitar as more of a safety blanket than anything. All the problems aside, he put on a very good short (~30 minute set) of some lovely little Swedish pop songs. Nothing expectionally remarkable, so I won't exactly dwell on it. …

At some points, I have made a mix each month - last year was an example of that. But in others I have made a mix each season, basically every 3 months. This time I was sort of forced into it, as I did not have a working CD burner.
What has come about because of the long time between mix making (the last one was in November) is a bit more of a refined disc. Not by much really - there are still oddities, no theme really, and it is just a collection of tracks from the radio, friends, blogs, soulseek, and many other sources. But it seems to have a bit more of a consistent flavor compared with my last few. It is fairly laid back, which is surprising considering the sort of semester this has been. Or perhaps not, come to think of it.
So, here is what it is:

1. Yeasayer - 2080
2. The Flaming Lips - Be My Head
3. The Mountain Goats - Autoclave
4. Pulp - I Love Life
5. Patrick Wolf - Bluebells
6. Lisa Germano - Paper Doll
7. Ringo Deathstarr - Sweet Girl
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