In 1996, I went to Israel with my high school. It was a life changing trip in many, many ways. The Spinanes 'Strand' came out that year and became a sound track to my movements. Weird, to put the warm desert of the Holy Land and the Spinanes together, in one sentence and experience. But something about it worked. Rebecca gates voice sounds sun lit.
I loved love life. I saw them once in San francisco at the Hemlock Tavern. Only a circle of candles dimly lit the room. 'The Rose he lied by'' was one of my favourite records of 2000, when it came out. It was released on Troubleman Unlimited who were totally my favourite label of that era. They released the radest stuff of the late 20th, early 21st century (haha) The entire record swept me off my broom stick. Their second record 'Here Is Night, Brothers, Here the Birds Burn' came out on Jagjaguwar in 2002. Here's the opening track: LISTEN LOUDLY Do what it is says, become the song, listen loudly Katrina Ford, who I always thought was a man, listening to the first LOve Life record, went on to form Celebration who are still around today
So coolloquial. Produced by EL-P, which is such a perfect coupling. I'm psyched about this. Sparse simple dark head nod perfect amount of here now abstract sensibility.
One of my favourite rappers out there at the moment. Again, hip hop is so exciting again. So many gem jam joints going on in the genre. It feels like an infinite hyperlink law of physics or something... But I love the production/style/sonic aesthetic/consistency of this guy. Zach Hill from the awesome band HELLA produced this record (Ex Military). RAW AND CRUNCHY. Just like kale.
Was listening to ABC a lot last week. It's good music to listen to when you're on the train, looking across the wintery world. They need to have free hot water taps on trains. B.Y.O tea. This music does have a warmth to it, it's in the high hats.
