Always gets me into trouble- June 24, 2008 I suppose I should be used to it by now, but technology always amazes me. I'm in a coffee shop in Cape Cod right now (Cafe Zia in East Orleans, if you're wondering - I recommend their breakfast burritos) - and writing something I usually write from a couch in Minneapolis. You'd think "the Internet" wouldn't be shocking to me still, but damn, how great is this Music everywhere, from everywhere. Ron Sexsmith - Brandy Alexander (ED: fixed the link - sorry about that!) But as usual, I...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002433.html black & white- June 23, 2008 Not one of my own gigs for once, but I'm happy to spread the werd. My good buddy Tha Pumpsta has a new album coming out this week, and for those of you in NYC, you should go to the release party tonight at Santos' - it will be tons of fun, sweaty hotness. MONDAY, JUNE 23rd 10PM THA PUMPSTA BASS BLACK TREBLE WHITE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY 100 LAFAYETTE aka SANTOS PARTY HOUSE with performances by: BUNNY RABBIT THA PUMPSTA and DJ sets by: Michael Magnan & Telfar and LEB LAZE from Prefuse 73 FREE...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002431.html Megamixxxed- June 20, 2008 Daedelus - Daedelus' Candied Assortment (megamix) Daedelus, aka Alfred Darlington, has been making his own brand of synth and sample-heavy music since the early 00s, which has appeared on a half dozen labels including Plug Research, Mush, Eastern Developments, as well as on our own Music For Robots Vol. 1 CD. Daedelus' newest album, Love To Make Music To is being released by our friends over at Ninja Tune, and it is a real corker. I personally loved his previous effort, 2006's Denies The Day's..http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002430.html If You Had It Comin'- June 20, 2008 Albert Hammond Jr. - gfc. It's comically hot in Los Angeles right now. The kind of heat you can smell, and when opening a door is like opening a blast furnace. By someone's standards I guess that you could consider today a summery day. And that's fine. It's where I live and we all deal with it. And how do we deal with it By putting on the new Albert Hammond Jr. record. There are reasons behind this. First, it's the type of thing of record that takes your attention off other things. It's just...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002429.html Makin' babies- June 19, 2008 Here at MFR we tend to keep to ourselves, but every now and then, we do talk with other blogs. Sometimes we even make internet babies. Our friends over at RCRDLBL asked us to pick some jamz on their site and do a little interview - fellow Robots Mark and David helped me put it together. You can read it all here. If you aren't already reading their site, I would recommend it - lots of artists worth looking into, and the folks that run it are good people to boot ;)...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002428.html Darkness ain't gonna hide you from light- June 18, 2008 I don't post hip-hop very often, what's up with that Common Market - Red Leaves. This is from the duo's record Black Patch War, which came out on May 20 (digitally on May 6). It's really good. Common Market are from Seattle, and they share a member - DJ Sabzi (Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi) - with the other awesome Seattle hip-hop duo, Blue Scholars. Both groups are on fire right now, with a handful of releases on Mass Line, the label co-owned by Common Market, Blue Scholars and...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002419.html I like Hugs, and knobs (and faders)- June 17, 2008 I'll be joining my pals Rezound and Cousin Cole for Working The Knobs this Friday night (June 20th) at Hugs (108 North 6th) in Williamsburg. Expect house and disco jamz all night long, in the relaxed atmosphere that the Hugs boogie-bunker provides - think of it as a real-folks and real-tunes oasis in the New Lower East SideNew East Village that has become north-side Williamsburg. Trust....http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002427.html Ghosts again- June 17, 2008 The Black Ghosts - Repetition (Diplo Remix) Our friends The Black Ghosts (former Simian front-man Simon Lord and former Wiseguy Theo Keating) have been hard at work on their full-length self-titled album, which comes out next month. They've also been playing a lot of shows, and will be back here in NYC in mid-July, which I'm really excited about - see their myspace page for tour details. Today, we were fortunate enough to have been given this remix of "The Repetition Kills You" by...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002426.html Hey, kids, look at this- June 15, 2008 When I found out Aimee Mann and Ben Kweller would be doing a show in the area, I was only somewhat interested. I like them both a lot, but I saw them each recently, and last Thursday's show was in the middle of an especially busy week. But then I learned something important: their show would be at the Minnesota Zoo. The zoo! Aimee Mann - Thirty One Today. Ben Kweller - Penny on the Train Track. The Minnesota Zoo is in Apple Valley, a suburb just south of the Twin Cities. As zoos go, it's a...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002425.html You've a Right to be Confused- June 13, 2008 Hot Club de Paris - I Wasn't Being Heartless When I Said Your Favourite Song Lacked Heart I've been a total hermit lately. A boring old man. More excited about putting compact florescent in my light fixtures than anything else. But fuck that. It's summer. The weather is perfect. There's some money in my pocket. The Celtics posted the most uplifting victory I've ever seen last night. And there's a new Hot Club de Paris record dropping next week. And here we have one of their songs. It's got...http://music.for-robots.com/archives/002424.html |