April 2008

Weekly MP3 #2: Fennesz - Winter

Submitted by jet jaguar on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 13:10
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OK, one week in and I've failed to find a legit, free MP3 off one of my faves of last year (Fennesz & Sakamoto's Cendre). Not ideal. So in lieu of that, here's something by one of the artists.

cat prin - the tailor for a cat you know

Submitted by jet jaguar on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 17:52
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Courtesy of good ol' popbitch comes a fine Japanese site extolling the virtues of costumes for cats.

A cat dressed up as a rabbit.

I think the site explains its raison d'etre best:

"You need to dress a cat. And you will say to a cat together with a family. 'It has changed just for a moment'. [ 'it being very dear' or ] You will pass pleasant one time."

Weekly MP3 #1: Dntel - The Distance

Submitted by jet jaguar on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 13:01
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I decided to do something like the Friday music posts on Look Out, He’s Got A Knife  but for whatever reason am going with only legally available stuff. Thought I’d start with some tracks from my favourite albums of last year.  Right, action...

This song and the title track from Dumb Luck are available for download from Better Propaganda.

The new Cut Copy is quite great

Submitted by jet jaguar on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:11
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Cut Copy have just put out a second album, In Ghost Colours. It’s heaps better than their first, sounding like they’ve synthesised (hoho) their ridiculously long list of influences much more successfully. The involvement of Tim Goldsworthy (DFA, ex-UNKLE way, way back) probably helps to ensure the overall sound is much fuller and more interesting than on the first album too.

I tried to piece together all the things even one song reminded me of, but it’s a bit of an impossible task. Anyway, here’s my attempt: