Albums:
Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends.
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel.
MOD CON - Modern Convenience.
Cat Power - Wanderer.
Janelle Mon�e - Dirty Computer.
Mitski - Be the Cowboy.
Superorganism - Superorganism.
Songs:
Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers - Amsterdam Hotel Room (on Bought to Rot)
I want you to come try to find me
So I'm trying to manifest that kind of energy
Speedy Ortiz - Buck Me Off (on Twerp Verse)
Wouldn't you mind
Acting as the centerfold in someone's longing?
Poli�a and s t a r g a z e - Speaking of Ghost (on Music for the Long Emergency)
I would love you most
It's like speaking of a ghost
Lucy Dacus - The Shell (on Historian)
I am busy doing nothing
And you're rudely interrupting
Grouper - Parking Lot (on Grid of Points)
Her hands on her painted blue skin
A world of pain
Baker Boy - Black Magic
Laurel Halo - Koinos (on Raw Silk Uncut Wood EP)
Mallrat - Groceries (on In The Sky EP)
We're laughing like it didn't hurt
Middle Kids - Never Start (on Lost Friends)
I've got no space and you've got no time
If we jump up and down together, maybe we'll be fine
Angie McMahon - Slow Mover
And I don't want to kiss you
Underneath that flashing sign
Mirah - Counting (on Understanding)
Round and round goes the whole game
Power takes and power aims
Waxahatchee - Slow You Down (on Great Thunder EP)
In the house the dust is floating free
We will reach, resisting gravity
Montaigne - For Your Love
Wait just a minute, is that a glitch?
Did I get a glimpse out?
Outside the program
Trust in Men - Say, Can You Hear (on Oncle Jazz)
Dozens of doors you never tried to open
Narrow vision, you�re the scapegoat
Moaning Lisa - Good (on Do You Know Enough EP)
Soccer Mommy - Cool (on Clean)
She won't ever love no boy
She'll treat you like a fucking toy
She'll break your heart and steal your joy, like a criminal
Snail Mail - Golden Dream (on Lush)
Tomorrow I'll feel differently
But my mind will be made up
Carb on Carb - Man Says (on For Ages)
Can't wait to grow up
Kira Puru - Molotov (on Kira Puru EP)
Blood Orange - Hope feat. Tei Shi and Puff Daddy (on Negro Swan)
You know, it's like you want something but you don't know if you can handle it
Yungblud - I Love You, Will You Marry Me (on Yungblud EP)
We got the love but they put out the fire
3MA - Mariam (on Anarouz)
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) (on Once EP)
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random mixtape - no one is born to hate.
Bradley Harms - Like Velvet!
kira puru | molotov. soccer mommy | cool. courtney barnett | hopelessness. mitski | remember my name. cat power | moaning lisa | carrie. lucy dacus | the shell. snail mail | golden dream. laura jane grace & the devouring mothers | amsterdam hotel room. carb on carb | home again 2. cat power | in your face. mitski | me and my husband. burial | indoors.
Das Lied zum Sonntag
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless (on Tell Me How You Really Feel)
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Women are scared that men will kill them
I hold my keys
Between my fingers
Men are scared that women will laugh at them
I wanna walk through the park in the dark
Women are scared that men will kill them
I hold my keys
Between my fingers
random mixtape - there was never any middle ground.
camp cope | ufo lighter. mod con | neighbourhood. japanese breakfast | the woman that loves you. rhye | count to five. grouper | parking lot. poli�a and stargaze | speaking of ghost. janelle mon�e | make me feel. speedy ortiz | buck me off. mod con | tell me twice. camp cope | the face of god.
Das Lied zum Mittwoch
Janelle Mon�e feat. Grimes - PYNK
Getting lost in the dark is my favourite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Getting lost in the dark is my favourite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Das Lied zum Sonntag
Janelle Mon�e - Dirty Computer Trailer
Er... the year of Tessa Thompson I guess?!
Er... the year of Tessa Thompson I guess?!
Das Lied zum Sonntag
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - No Place I'd Rather Be
I think that you and I
Could set the world alight
'Cause we're all stars tonight
We're a thousand miles from comfort, we have traveled land and sea
But as long as you are with me, there's no place I'd rather be
Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous
Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous
I think that you and I
Could set the world alight
'Cause we're all stars tonight
Music of the Year
Albums:
Sampha - Process.
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds.
Cable Ties - Cable Ties.
Angel Olsen - Phases.
Cayetana - New Kind of Normal.
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural.
Feist - Pleasure.
The xx - I See You.
Yumi Zouma - Willowbank.
Tei Shi - Crawl Space.
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives.
Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness.
Songs:
Alex Lahey - I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself (on I Love You Like a Brother).
You say that you want me but you don't act like you do
I'm pretty sure my mum said be careful around you
Diet Cig - Maid of the Mist (on Swear I'm Good at This).
I wanna hold a seance
For every heart I've broken
Put them all in a room and say "get over it"
Waxahatchee - Brass Beam (on Out in the Storm).
I took a pill
I went to sleep for the first time in weeks
Sassy 009 - Feel Me (on Are You Leaving).
[...]
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin' On (on EP2).
I feel so fine.
Smerz - Have Fun
[...]
Kelela - Blue Lights (on Take Me Apart).
Baby, keep the blue light on
TOPS - Cutlass Cruiser (on Sugar at the Gate).
Do you take scars or bruises?
All have proof that we struggled somehow
Hoops - Rules (on Routine).
Come on over and we'll sort something out.
Mega Bog - T.V. M.A.C. (on Happy Together).
You're such a piece of work.
Fazerdaze - Take it Slow (on Morningside).
Round and around we go
Take it slow
Jessie Ware - Hearts (on Glasshouse).
I'm losing sight of you
Sallie Ford - Loneliness is Power (on Soul Sick).
By myself tonight
Mind is going dark
Loneliness is powerful,
Loneliness is power
The Mountain Goats - Rain in Soho (on Goths).
No town more barren than our town
No haven safer than the one they tore down
The National - Day I Die (on Sleep Well Beast).
I�d rather walk all the way home right now than to spend one more second in this place.
Big Thief - Mythological Beauty (on Capacity).
You have the eye of someone I have seen
Outside of ordinary situations.
Slowdive - Don't Know Why (on Slowdive).
I don't want to see you now
Put it in a picture
(Bury all the magic)
Hide it in a story
(Bury all the treasure)
I don't wanna know about
Laura Marling - Next Time (on Semper Femina).
It feels like the last time I'll run my fingers through your hair
Madeline Kennedy - Don't Forget / There's Room (on Night Night at the First Landing).
There's room for you.
Shannon Wright - The Thirst (on Division).
A fool, a con, a fiend
Carla dal Forno - Make Up Talk (on The Garden).
I forget these walls.
Garbage - No Horses
And all the lovers turn cops
Alice Glass - Without Love (on Alice Glass).
How are you gonna lie about me now?
Austra - Future Politics (on Future Politics).
Realities beating, A grave has been dug
I'm looking for something
To rise up above
Bonobo feat. Nick Murphy - No Reason (on Migration).
And we've got no rhyme and no reason now
We've got the time of our lives now
The Blow - The Woman You Want Her To Be (on Brand New Abyss).
[...]
Laurel Halo - Koinos (on Dust).
[...]
Burial - Rodent (on Rodent EP).
[...]
Jlin - Black Origami (on Black Origami).
[...]
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sampha - Process.
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds.
Cable Ties - Cable Ties.
Angel Olsen - Phases.
Cayetana - New Kind of Normal.
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural.
Feist - Pleasure.
The xx - I See You.
Yumi Zouma - Willowbank.
Tei Shi - Crawl Space.
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives.
Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness.
Songs:
Alex Lahey - I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself (on I Love You Like a Brother).
You say that you want me but you don't act like you do
I'm pretty sure my mum said be careful around you
Diet Cig - Maid of the Mist (on Swear I'm Good at This).
I wanna hold a seance
For every heart I've broken
Put them all in a room and say "get over it"
Waxahatchee - Brass Beam (on Out in the Storm).
I took a pill
I went to sleep for the first time in weeks
Sassy 009 - Feel Me (on Are You Leaving).
[...]
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin' On (on EP2).
I feel so fine.
Smerz - Have Fun
[...]
Kelela - Blue Lights (on Take Me Apart).
Baby, keep the blue light on
TOPS - Cutlass Cruiser (on Sugar at the Gate).
Do you take scars or bruises?
All have proof that we struggled somehow
Hoops - Rules (on Routine).
Come on over and we'll sort something out.
Mega Bog - T.V. M.A.C. (on Happy Together).
You're such a piece of work.
Fazerdaze - Take it Slow (on Morningside).
Round and around we go
Take it slow
Jessie Ware - Hearts (on Glasshouse).
I'm losing sight of you
Sallie Ford - Loneliness is Power (on Soul Sick).
By myself tonight
Mind is going dark
Loneliness is powerful,
Loneliness is power
The Mountain Goats - Rain in Soho (on Goths).
No town more barren than our town
No haven safer than the one they tore down
The National - Day I Die (on Sleep Well Beast).
I�d rather walk all the way home right now than to spend one more second in this place.
Big Thief - Mythological Beauty (on Capacity).
You have the eye of someone I have seen
Outside of ordinary situations.
Slowdive - Don't Know Why (on Slowdive).
I don't want to see you now
Put it in a picture
(Bury all the magic)
Hide it in a story
(Bury all the treasure)
I don't wanna know about
Laura Marling - Next Time (on Semper Femina).
It feels like the last time I'll run my fingers through your hair
Madeline Kennedy - Don't Forget / There's Room (on Night Night at the First Landing).
There's room for you.
Shannon Wright - The Thirst (on Division).
A fool, a con, a fiend
Carla dal Forno - Make Up Talk (on The Garden).
I forget these walls.
Garbage - No Horses
And all the lovers turn cops
Alice Glass - Without Love (on Alice Glass).
How are you gonna lie about me now?
Austra - Future Politics (on Future Politics).
Realities beating, A grave has been dug
I'm looking for something
To rise up above
Bonobo feat. Nick Murphy - No Reason (on Migration).
And we've got no rhyme and no reason now
We've got the time of our lives now
The Blow - The Woman You Want Her To Be (on Brand New Abyss).
[...]
Laurel Halo - Koinos (on Dust).
[...]
Burial - Rodent (on Rodent EP).
[...]
Jlin - Black Origami (on Black Origami).
[...]
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
random mixtape - loneliness is powerful.
mount kimbie feat king krule | blue train lines. sassy 009 | feel me. TOPS | cutlass cruiser. mega bog | t.v. m.a.c. hoops | rules. slowdive | don't know why. angel olsen | special. sallie ford | loneliness is power. priests | jj.
Das Lied zum Sonntag
Smerz - Have Fun.
[via Dazed]
Calypso Rose feat. Manu Chao - Leave Me Alone (Yaeji Remix)
[via gorilla vs. bear]
[via Dazed]
Calypso Rose feat. Manu Chao - Leave Me Alone (Yaeji Remix)
[via gorilla vs. bear]
random mixtape - the self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken.
gang of youths | achilles come down. alice glass | without love. chvrches | call it off (tegan and sara cover). madeline kenney | don't forget // there's room. mount kimbie | marilyn (feat. micachu). the blow | the woman you want her to be. smerz | blessed. jessie ware | your domino. yaeji | drink i'm sippin' on. mount kimbie | we go home together (feat. james blake). burial | rodent.
Links 22/10/17
Politics:
I have not mentioned the Austrian Parliamentary elections, mainly because this is no longer my home and I spent enough years struggling with that particular misery, but for the record, it looks like the People's Party will once again govern the country - which I believe makes it 29.01 out of 30.10 years of my life, in a stunning display of how to successfully never be held accountable for your own actions. It also looks like the Freedom Party will make a return to the governing coalition after the crash and burn of 2000-2007.
All of this is insane:
�I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it�s a situation of trying to contain him,� Corker said, adding later that most GOP lawmakers �understand the volatility that we�re dealing with and the tremendous amount of work that it takes by people around him to keep him in the middle of the road.�
The Washington Post: Inside the �adult day-care center�: How aides try to control and coerce Trump, October 16, 2017
All of the personal stories emerging concerning Harvey Weinstein's frequent assaults on women are horrifying to read, as are all the other reports of other high profile figures abusing their positions of power (like Bj�rk's about Lars von Trier).
Pop Culture:
Music - a long portrait of techno culture in Detroit (and gentrification) at Roads & Kingdoms.
& new Jessie Ware and Carla dal Forno.
Halt and Catch Fire, perhaps the best television show this year, ended magnificently after turning itself inside out, and refocusing entirely after its first season (after realising that two of its minor characters were the most interesting people on the show, and should be at its moral and emotional centre).
Some book recommendations: Annalee Newitz' Autonomous, Paolo Bacigalupi's The Water Knife, Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere.
Runaways will premier on November 21st and here is a final trailer (also highly recommended, Rainbow Rowell's writing for the returned comics).
Links 28/09/17
Politics:
An often overlooked aspect in midst of stories about refugees coming to Europe is the fact that LGBTQI* refugees sometimes require protection from other refugees and staff at reception centres: "But in reality asylum authorities are often unable to effectively protect those fleeing such persecution from further harm."
The Cincinatti Enquirer traces the horrifying effects of the opiate crisis in the community through one week.
In light of a US President lashing out at the national sport and athletes speaking up against institutional racism, here's a historic summary of how dissent became treason during WW1 (or, as S-K put it on Combat Rock, "Dissent�s not treason, but they talk like it�s the same").
And more: Charlotte Rankine on Charlottesville, Ta-Nehisi Coates on how President Trump is negating President Obama's legacy.
An investigation into how obesity has replaced hunger in Brazil, and the massive stake that multi-national junk-food companies have in people having no alternative to eating poorly.
I'm very fascinated by the idea of working out the trolley problem when it comes to self-driving cars (like, would you purchase a car that was programmed to kill you in case it caused the least harm?) - how do you program ethics, and do you trust a machine to make the choice of who to kill? How do you assign specific value to people's lives and teach that to a machine? Endlessly fascinating.
This is a by-the-way thought, but the fact that Sean Spicer was "ironically" invited to the Emmys is such a good demonstration of the evil that pop culture can do - reclaiming people who were instrumental in spreading toxic ideologies after they were fired because in someone's head it looks like an act of rebellion to pose them that way after. There really is a very dangerous way in which irony always just plays into the hands of the powerful and how repressive tolerance just helps to entrench power even more.
Pop Culture:
So many things have happened: Halt and Catch Fire is ending it glorious run with a beautiful season that circles around the broken friendship between Donna and Cameron (and somewhere in there is the conclusion that innovation only happens when these two work together, because their individual projects remain stunted without each other's input). Also, it's set in the 90s, and so far has played early PJ Harvey and name-dropped both Heavens to Betsy and Bratmobile.
Star Trek Discovery (recapped by Mallory Ortberg at Vulture) has begun, and I have many feelings about it - it's a complete switch to previous series, which were centered around a crew, as it looks like this season will focus on the individual experiences of Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), a human who was raised by Vulcans (arguing beautifully that her emotions inform her logic), navigating the politics of the Federation and Starfleet. There are many reasons (among them, so many good faces) why I am excited about Star Trek for the first time since DS9 ended.
While Transparent has a new season out, I want to highly, highly recommend Tig Notaro's One Mississippi.
Also, a new season of Broad City (with a stellar first episode that pays hommage to Sliding Doors), and both Swerve and Twenty are two excellent webseries to follow.
(and more, because I haven't been around much: Wynonna Earp had an outstanding second season that was perhaps the greatest antithesis to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all the shit that went down with Joss Whedon being revealed as a misogynist hiding behind a feminist facade, The Bold Type took every single cliche you could think of when it comes to three women working for a driven, ambituous boss running a fashion magazine and completely turned them upside-down, becoming a show about mutual support and unrelenting, unconditional friendship
Two great essays on David Lynch in the wake of the third season of Twin Peaks being different from what everyone wanted and therefore peak Lynch: on his humanity and worldview based on empathy, which is often overlooked, and avoiding falling into following a simple interpretation of his masterpiece Mulholland Drive.
Books: Mallory Ortberg has published a collection of short stories titled The Merry Spinster, Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death will be turned into a television series by HBO, N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season, the first part of the now-finished multiple Hugo-award winning Broken Earth series, will be adapted for television as well (and I'm excited to find out who will be cast as Damaya/Syenite/Essun). Runaways is finally back and written by Rainbow Rowell. Excited about Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, and this interview by Annabelle Sicari with Jenny Zheng (Sour Hearts):
It�s not what people want out of immigrant stories, because they�re not really about a repressed woman, the woman who can�t emote or be angry. I wasn�t fitting in. So I doubled down. �I�ll be more disgusting, more gross, never write a novel, I�m going to make all my protagonists Chinese American girls because you said they limited me, so I will write every single kind of story and always use the exact same protagonist.�
A list of various films that I am looking forward to:
With some casting reservations (slightly buffered by the fact that Mackenzie Davis was obviously always meant to be in Blade Runner), Blade Runner 2049, Annihilation by Alex Garland, based on a novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Tessa Thompson and Gina Rodriguez co-star with Oscar Isaac and Natalie Portman), Thelma by Joachim Trier (Oslo, 31 August).
And music: new The National, War on Drugs and Gang of Youths in same few weeks, and a new track by Burial.
In Australia (or at least in Adelaide), I've gotten by very well by just saying No Worries all the time, to everyone, in any situation, but I feel very sorry for anyone who has to explain to Boomers what No Problem means.
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