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-Thomas M. Callihan

Thom Yorke Hits Broadway

Who would have guessed that one of the most dramatic vibratos in the past decade would have been destined for Broadway. Yes, that's right Thom Yorke will be doing a one man show of Radiohead tunes on
Broadway. "After seeing what Green Day's American Idiot did for youth culture I had to respond with something in the same vain, but more me" Yorke says. The play entitled No Surprises is set to start in late September and will be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (not the awesome Komapkt recording artist). Jonny Greenwood is also set to compose the musical. I have a feeling this is going to be a winner.

This is also a joke and not true.

James Blake's "Wilhelm Scream" video

This is pretty old but still pretty rad so I thought I should post it. If you don't have the record, get on it. 

Joy Orbison to release new Single "Wade In/Jels"

Joy Orbison went from post dubstep producer (?) to straight up bad ass house producer. I won't write too much here. I think the man liked making tracks that sounded great sonically ("Hyph Mngo" e.g.) but realized kids were not shitting themselves on the dance floor like they should have been. I don't think kids every shit themselves for house music but O's making really interesting sounding tracks and doing it well. He's also a baby (only 23 years old I think). In 5 years he could be even more amazing. Him and Nicolas Jaar are killing shit right now. Everything they put out I'm all over and I can't get enough of. The new single will be released on March 21st on Hotflush Recordings who also just seems to be killing it right now with artists such as Mount Kimbie, Scuba and Boxcutter.

Pretty weird that Arcade Fire won the Grammy for best album last night for their record the Suburbs. I like the title track and "Sprawl II"but the rest of the record reminded me too much of Green Day's American Idiot or maybe just a pop-punk record. Maybe I'm turning into an old man but I'm really not that teenage angst anymore. I do like No Age though?

I want to write more about Nicolas Jaar right now but I'm not going to and try to absorb his record and get back to this after a while. This is also the third or fifth time I've written about Joy O. Do I have a man crush or what?

Joy Orbison: "Wade In" (via FACT)
Joy Orbison: "Hyph Mngo"

-T.M.C.

Switchboard @ the Ace Hotel

A new monthly party has formed via Telephoned (Sammy Bananas and Maggie Horn) at Liberty Hall in the Ace Hotel on the first Tuesday of every month. The idea is the DJs and vocalist reproduce songs in new ways in however the artists see fit. I saw some of Telephoneds set and thought it was alright. I think I kind of just walked into their set and didn't know what was going on yet. There was also some sound issues with feedback that was slowly taking cared of during Telephoned set. I meet Maggie Horn at the bar and told her the set was nice.

I was most excited to see Shyvonne (you might know from Kindom's "Mindreader") and Eli Escobar.
When Shyvoone got on the mic everyone magically swept towards her like she was some kind of mystical soundtress. When she sang too, HOLY FUCK she could belt out some notes. I don't get to see live R and B or house type vocalists live so this was a refreshing experience. I would love to see her do this again. If she sang some house/soul classics I might shit myself.

By the time Eli got on the decks for his set my posse was half done and so was the crowd. No one seemed like they were in a dancing mood which to me was kind of bullshit. He was playing a killer set though.

As we were getting ready to leave I walked up to meet Eli and see what his DJ set up was. I looked to my left as I walked to the decks and sure enough Diplo was right there. I don't really get star struck but I was surprised to see him there on a Tuesday night. Here's how our conversation went...

Me: Diplo???(surprised to see Diplo)

Diplo: Yeah, what's up man?

Me: What are you doing in the city?

Diplo: I had a court date.

Me: For what?

Diplo: For breaking some dudes arm.

Me: Why'd you do that? (thinking he was kidding)

Diplo: Because he was fucking with me.

Me: OK, see you later. (realizing I might become annoying)

My girlfriend also told me that night that Diplo was sexy like 1,900 times. Thanks, I get it;)

James Brown: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Eli Escobar Bmore Club edit)"

Kode 9 @ The Cove

Kode 9 (aka Steve Goodman and owner of Hyperdub Records) came to Williamsburg, NY January 28th 2011. I was very excited to see my first Hyperdub DJ/producer live in my new city the day before my birthday. Unfortunately, I drank too much coffee and alcohol before his set at the Cove and don't remember any of it. He did play funky and house based tracks instead of the more dubstep influenced stuff he usually produces. I wish I had a list of tracks he played but I think that might of been the pile of barf I left in the cab on my way back home. Also, this is the first time I've ever puked in public in all my years alive now. Parents if you're reading this, I watched some TV and passed out early. If you can imagine though---I had a very happy birthday.

I know I haven't posted in a while. My internet is not up yet at my new place. The new Simian, Hercules jj and Toro y Moi are out. One of those has to be good. Until I write again...

Kode9 mix for XLR8R from a while back entitled Bubble 'N'Squeak. Download it!

Kode9: "Babylon" mp3

Follow me at Songkick and see the shows/gigs I'm going to and maybe tell me what shows I should go to. My name is Thomas-Callihan on the site. 

Brooklyn Bound

I'm moving to Brooklyn in a few days with my very lovely girlfriend and I don't know how long it will be until my next post. Before I leave Gainesville, FL (about fucking time) I'd like to leave everyone with some tracks that helped me grow up while I was here. It might look like a weird list but these tracks  really helped me on my path of music geekery and and becoming a DJ or at least somewhat of one. This might be my college playlist, maybe? I might look very cliche after all of this? I'll take that. 

Oh, and the new James Blake album leaked so get you hands on it some how. It's really, really, really good.

The Beatles: "Revolution 9"

This might have been the first time I heard an abstract and minimal song placed on a pop-rock album. The song sounds silly to most, but I was impressed very much with the balls the Beatles had to put this long track on a commercial rock record. I think I actually read that John's the only one who wanted it on the record. Either way, here it is.

Bob Dylan: "I Want You" 

I think at this time I was in love and I liked the way he expressed that idea. I couldn't find cliches in Dylan's writing and thought his words came off more genuine than what I heard in pop (as much as he didn't want to be considered pop) music before. Dylan also got me into the Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Both writers made me change the way I thought about literature in that they didn't do what they were suppose to do and had this very unique perspective on the world. This I liked.

The Velvet Underground: "I'm Waiting for My Man"

"I'm Waiting For My Man" to me is almost like one of the first rap songs. It's about what's happening on the streets away from the eye of the white collar working folk, but also about buying drugs. The train thump drum beat in this song is what really makes the song interesting besides the already ballsy lyrics. This showed me that you didn't have to be traditional in your song writing. 

Can: "Vitamin C"

This was one of the most important times in my life. I started to realize I liked production, interesting approach to song writing and music that overall didn't do what it was supposed to do in pop standards. I still think this beat is one of the more interesting ones I've heard in years. 

Ricardo Villalobos: "Dexter"

Villalobos was to me what to jam bands are to some kids. I just didn't want to take a hand full of drugs and dance all day at a festival with 10,000 other smelly kids with the same intention. Villalobos made smart bedroom music that sounded really good in a nice pair of headphones or a really nice sound system. It also made me feel more patient towards music on a whole. The song is nine minutes and some change long but it never really loses momentum. There's not too many sound artists that could pull that off. This was also when I decided that I liked house music for the first time. 

Liquid Liquid: "Optimo"

This track convinced me that you could be punk, indie, hip-hop, disco or a house music person, but as long as you liked interesting sound and dancing you were would like this song. This song might have made me a dance DJ as much as Villalobos made me a bedroom DJ. One of the best things I saw this year was watching Liquid Liquid on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon perform "Cavern" with the Roots, even the Roots seemed stoked. To me it was like seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan. 

Animal Collective: "Leaf House"

Another really good example of interesting music from kids who weren't doing what they were suppose to do with music. It was like Brazilian Tropicalia, hip-hop (at least samplers being used), weirdo pop, and folk all came together. It's really cliche to like Animal Collective as a white kid, but damn those guys have been doing a really great job not doing the same thing twice and being constantly progressing into whatever they want to be.

Madvillain: "Accordion" 

As much as this could be white boy hip-hop, Doom still sounds hard and that he won't take shit from nobody. As weird as the lines are "Hey you/ don't touch the mic like there's A.I.D.S. on it", the music still comes off raw and original. I never thought an accordion could be the main melody maker in a hip-hop track either--- I was wrong. I heard that Doom and Madlib are working on round two of this project; I hope this is true. 

Motor City Drum Ensemble: "Raw Cuts 3"

I try to listen to house tracks on the reg but it's hard when songs are nine minutes long, you work full-time and you have a girlfriend. I got really lucky to hear MCDE aka Danilo Plessow production of Detroit techno, Chicago house, and classic disco and soul. These are all things that I enjoy very much. If you're an organic, soul or analog type person this might be the guy that gets you into house music. 

Burial: "Ghost Hareware"

A friend of mine comes to Gainesville a few years ago (right before Untrue came out). He plays me the Burial's Untrue album and speaks about so romantically that I feel that I missed out on something truly important. My internet is not hooked up my new place so I can't get a hold of it. Luckily for me a local record shop has the Ghost Hardware EP. I buy it and start listening to it a lot and try to figure out how to use it. I feel it goes well with the downbeat early night stuff like Nobody and Flying Lotus. I throw this on one night when my friend who originally played me Burial came to town. He immediately lets me know I've been playing the track too slow. I feel like an ass but we both decided the track sounded cool both ways and that I mixed it in well either way. This is the first dub-step artist that I really got into and then I started paying attention to more UK club music. 'Nuff said. 

Best Tracks Playlist from 2010

Best of 2010 Playlist

01. Here We Go Magic: "Casual"
02. Lindstrom and Christabelle: "Music In My Mind"
03. Nite Funk: "Am I Gonna Make It"
04. Onra: "The One  (feat. T3 of Slum Village)"
05. Dimlite: "Diana Won't"
06. Flying Lotus: "Kill Your Co-Workers"
07. Les Sins: "Toss and Turn"
08. Thomas Fehlmann "Permanent Touch"
09. Teebs: "Double Fifths"
10. Gil Scott-Heron and Jaime XX: "NY Is Killing Me"
11. Joy Orbison: "So Derobe"
12. John Roberts: "Even or Not"
13. Deerhunter: "Memory Boy"
14. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Round and Round"
15. Darkstar: "Gold"
16. James Blake: "CMYK
17. Beach House: "Lover of Mine"

Click here to hear the playlist. (Just let the first video play and when the song's done the playlist should just play through. If you want a physical CD, let me know and I'll try to drop one off to you or mail it to you)

Beach House on Conan

I can't believe I missed Beach House on Conan the other night. Beach House might win as my favorite live show that I was lucky enough to see this year. I think at the beginning of each song at the show I said "I love this song". I was really surprised to see their record in so many top albums lists 0f 2010. Way to go Beach House.

I'm home for the holidays and I don't have a whole lot to do. Expect a lot of posts.

I Love London

My girlfriend and I are moving to NY in a few days and we're really excited about being in New York for New Years. I don't want to talk trash about other cities and their choices of New Years parties but I did take notice of the list of acts playing in London on New Years and had a moment where I just wanted to hop on a plane and go (if I could). I'm very excited about this New Years and I'm sure if it's anything like last years New Years, it's going to be unforgettable. Either way, take a look at London's New Years Parties list (via Pitchfork). It's almost too good. 

LONDON, ENGLAND

-Sonic Youth, Shellac, Factory Floor, the Pop Group, DJ Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) - Hammersmith Apollo (ATP Strange Days)

-Matthew Dear, Joker, Roska, Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus - The Tunnels (Eastern Electrics NYE)

-Friendly Fires (DJ Set), Riton, L-Vis 1990 - XOYO

-Steve Bug, Jay Haze, Terry Francis, Cassey, Hearthrob - Fabric

-Caribou - Flowerpot

-Carl Barât (DJ Set) - All Star Lanes Brick Lane

-British Sea Power - Koko (Club NME)

-Four Tet, James Holden, Jamie XX, Nathan Fake - Corsica Studios (Trouble Vision X Deadly Rhythm)

-Matthew Johnson, Åme, Move D, Mark E, Gerd Janson & Tim Goldsworthy - CAMP (Phonica Records)

-Mala, Toddla T & Redlight, Nicky Blackmarket, Sukh Knight, P Money - TBA venue (Urban Nerds X ATG)

-El-B & MC Roller, Channel One, Daddy Skitz - The Big Chill House

-Mark Ronson, Annie Mac, Katy B, Fake Blood - O2 Academy (Together)

Here are some tracks I thought were appropriate for this post. 

Crystal Fighters: "I Love London (Brackles Remix)" 

FaltyDL: "To London"

Burial: "South London Boroughs" 

Top 10 Lists Part 3

(The Dream)

An old good friend (Axel Anderson) of mine via Brooklyn who produces, edits, DJs, and web designs just sent me his top 10 of 2010. It's another list in no particular order. That seems to be the popular thing to do with my friends. Check it out. It's the only single track list on the site.

In no particular order:

The-Dream - Veteran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt0KoGu4RU8

OFWGKTA - Up Chopped and Screwed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFWBrU0KyI

Ramadanman - Work Them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utvgs27fT4U

Jody Breeze - The Way I Move
http://soundcloud.com/ghettophiles/jody-breeze-the-way-i-move

Girl Unit - Wut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc6ZqhJWRhE

Dinah Washington and Max Richter - This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHGoaEtmFM

Geiom feat Marita - Sugar Coated Lover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQ4TBOYAe8

James Blake - Limit to Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT2-OTebx0

Arthur Russell - Come To Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksudTFX42c
* Came out at the end of 2009 but so damn good I'm putting it in.

Darkstar - When It's Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgqHWQToHas

(Ramadanman)

Top 10 Lists Pt. 2

(James Blake)

I feel like every year I make a years best list and then I always want to change it a million times. Hopefully this year---that's not the case.

 1. James Blake - Klavierwerke EP (all the EPs are killer though)

 2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 

 3. Actress - Splazsh 

 4. Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow

 5. Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers

 6. John Roberts - Glass Eights 

 7. Four Tet - There Is Love In You

 8. Matthew Dear - Black City

 9. Beach House - Teen Dream

10. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 

James Blake: "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsJ09RhqZw

Joy Orbison: "So Derobe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FN4nwLTxHs

(Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma)

Runner-ups

Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker 

Wild Nothing - Gemini 

Shed - The Traveller 

Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas

Thomas Fehlmann - Gute Luft 

Best Coast - Crazy for You

Onra  - Long Distance

(Onra)

Onra: "The One (ft. T3 from Slum Village)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIkzg3Oit0

(Matthew Dear)

This list comes from a good friend of mine, music geek and local boutique owner in Gainesville F.L., Matthew Turner. 

In no order, except for #1.

1. Matthew Dear - Black City
2. Gayngs - Relayted
3. Beach House - Teen Dream
4. Kanye West - My Dark Twisted Fantasy
5. The Fresh and Onlys - Play It Strange
6. Jonsi - Go
7. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
8. Tobacco - Maniac Meat
9. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
10. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest


Matthew Dear: "You Put A Smell On Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8kPVSbbS4

Four Tet: "Love Cry"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxkFfbejcMk

(Gonjasufi, A Sufi and Killer)

Runner-ups
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and A Killer
Cloud Nothings - Turning On
Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot
Twin Sister - Color Your Life
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Twin Sister: "All Around and a Way We Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLjnTO6k2dU


Gonjasufi: "Duet" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDZ31YQvxWY

(Four Tet, There's Love In You)

(Guru)

I sent an e-mail to a few music friends about a top 10 list of the year. I got a reply back from my friend Jay Lang (aka DJ CurbCuts) about a Guru top 10. I'm a big Guru and Gang Starr fan so I was all for it, so check it out--here it is. 

DJ CurbCuts Top 10 Guru Tracks In No Particular Order
"Code Of The Streets" - Hard To Earn
"No Time To Play" - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1
"DWYCK" - Hard To Earn
"Mass Appeal" - Hard To Earn
"Take It Personal" - Daily Operation
"Full Clip" - Full Clip
"You Know My Steez" - Moment Of Truth
"Tonz O Gunz"- Hard To Earn
"Ex Girl To The Next Girl" - Daily Operation
"Moment Of Truth" - Moment Of Truth

 Gang Starr: "Mass Appeal" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lNbNGbo24

Gang Starr: "Moment of Truth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwSXfocnt48

 Bonus Tracks:
 "Loungin" - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1
 "Just To Get A Rep" - Step Into The Arena

 Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal R.I.P. 1961-2010

Top Albums of the 2010

Here's a few lists of top 10 records of the year from a few music geeks that I know or that I DJ around with on occasion. All the lists are really good and if you're looking for a list with a non bias slant (meaning none of us are paid off by sponsorship or by labels), its a good place to look for records you might have missed out on this year. 

Dan Snider (Resident DJ out in St. Augustine and Jacksonville) 

In no particular order

Earl Sweatshirt - Self Titled
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 2
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 2 (Return of the Ankh)
Shit Robot - From the Cradle to the Rave
Matthew Dear - Black City
Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers
James Blake - CMYK EP
The Dream - Love King
Onra - Long Distance
Floating Points - Vacuum EP
Actress - Splazsh

Actress:"Always Human"

Shit Robot:"I Found Love (Radio Edit)"

James Blake: "CMYK"

My main man Larry G.out in San Francisco (Minimal, Tech and House DJ)

Bonobo - Black Sands (highly recommended, classy and well put together)
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (space rock...period)
Todd Terje - Remaster of the Universe (poppy coolness)
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas (The sound of Robert Johnson and German space age disco)
Four Tet - There is Love in You
V/A -Pop Ambient (like furry little kittens softly massaging my balls)
Thomas Fehlman - Gute Lift (old dude knows what is up)
Martin Buttrich - Crash Test (just a great album for dancing the 4/4)
Michael Mayer - Immer 3 (nice addition to the series)
Actress - Splazsh
Patrick Pulsinger - Impassive Skies (very interesting stuff...also appears on Immer 3)
John Roberts - Glass Eights (surprise from nowhere. nice stuff)
Sascha Dive -Restless Nights
Wolf and Lamb - Love Someone

and I like Pulshar.

John Roberts: "Glass Eigths"

Deerhunter: "Helicopter" 

Bonobo: "Eyesdown (ft. Andreya Triana)"

My most frequent DJ partner-- Ernie Hotsauce

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 
Guido - Anidea
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 
Darkstar - North
Fly Lo - Pattern + Grid World
Gucci Mane - The Burrprint 2 HD
El Guincho - Pop Negro
Rick Ross - Teflon Don

Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Came out riiiight at the end of 2009, wasn't released on vinyl until 2010, so I count it) 

Guido: "Mad Sax"
Darkstar: "Aidy's Girl Is  A Computer" 


As for my own list...it will be out sometime this week. I want it to be perfect so I'm really thinking about it.