Deerhunter’s Badford Cox wants you to download this virtual 7″ single, released under his Atlas Sound moniker, for free on his blog. It features a fantastic cover of The Five Discs’ “Doctor” backed with a track called “The Screens.” I didn’t really get into Atlas Sound’s last album, Logos, but these tunes really hit the spot on a miserable Hump Day like today.
Atlas Sound – Doctor (The Five Discs cover)
Atlas Sound – The Screens
ALBUM and POSTER giveaway details at the end of the post.
Karen O and the Kids
Where The Wild Things Are OST
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out September 29th
74/100
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Karen O and The Kids’ Where The Wild Things Are OST is an album that is impossible to consider abstracted from the movie it is destined to accompany. Unlike some soundtracks merely meant to advance the plot, provide suspense, or fill the void left by a lack of dialogue, this soundtrack embodies everything the movie is. The film’s characters make appearances, the themes of the songs match those of the book and movie, and the soundtrack’s parabola parallels that of Where The Wild Things Are’s plot.
So it is ironic, then, that I find myself reviewing this album prior to ever seeing the film. I feel, in many ways, that I’ve heard a sneak preview – that what I’ll see on the screen will simply be the music videos I’ve been imagining accompanying this album all along. And the fact that the film will likely exceed the expectations that this soundtrack creates fits with everything else related to the media blitz that has been WTWTA. Continue reading →
pmaCAST #18 The “Post-Labor Day” Episode Tracklist Continue reading →
1. TV On The Radio – Read Dress
2. No Age – Eraser
3. St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work
4. Animal Collective – Brothersport
5. Grizzly Bear – Knife
6. Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook
7. Deerhunter – Never Stops
8. Black Kids – I’m Making Eyes At You
9. Hockey – Put The Game Down
10. Royksopp – Happy Up Here
All the music geeks live at Pitchforkapolis. The music geekdom powerhouse has unleashed it’s Top 50 Albums of 2007, and its quite a list. The praise it’s received is kind of intimidating, but really, P4K wouldn’t be P4K if it wasn’t intimidating, right? I plan on dissecting a few other big dog lists, so why not kick things off with Pitchfork?
Love
02. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver - Sound of Silver is positioned perfectly, I think. This album was topped only by one other… but I don’t think It was Person Pitch.
03. M.I.A. – Kala – I haven’t stopped listening to this album for weeks now, I have re-fallen in love with it. Perfect position here too.
07. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – I am so glad Spoon are getting their dues and Ga Ga is being recognized as one of the best indie-pop albums out there.
18. Kanye West – Graduation - A little lower than I’d put it, but what can ya do?
40. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup / Lon Gisland EP - SO glad the top 10 wasn’t taken up by Beirut hype.
49. Dizzee Rascal – Maths + English – Kind of surprised to see this one here, nice touch.
Hate
01. Panda Bear – Person Pitch – As amazing as Person Pitch was, there is no way it was better than Sound of Silver, just no freaking way.
04. Radiohead – In Rainbows - I’m all for Radiohype, but to be so bold as to place In Rainbows upto No. 4, that’s just idiotic. Lower half of the Top 10, if you’re feeling generous, please.
05. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? – I never thought for a second that I’d see this int he Top 5
13. Jay-Z – American Gangster – This maybe his best work in 10 years, but it is definitely not the best rap album of the year.
14. Deerhunter – Cryptograms / Fluorescent Grey EP – I’ve had enough of these guys.
19. Feist – The Reminder – One of the most magical pop albums in years at No. 19!!! WTF?
27. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible – Look at #19, and #2, then add a plethora of WTFs and DIE NOWs.
38. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams – Overall bad, bad, bad album.
42. Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab – Behind Wu-Tang?
