Here We Go Magic Video for "Casual"

Here's a new video from the Brooklyn band Here We Go Magic for the video "Casual". It's one of my favorite songs on their new  record and a pretty intense video. It reminds me of the last HEALTH video I saw for the song "We Are Water". Funny thing about this video is that my girlfriends mom was in town and I thought she was reading while I was watching this video. She in fact wasn't reading, but overlooking my shoulder (at least I think) while I was watching this video on my laptop. She gave me a look after I was done and noticed her like I was a creep. Maybe she didn't see it at all and just gave me a look. We never discussed it. I'm very glad about this.

Pitchfork keeps getting these great videos first before others do so hats off to them, I guess.

Here's the HEALTH video as well for a reference.


HEALTH - We Are Water from City Slang on Vimeo.

Morgan Packard

The first thing I heard when I listened to the first track off the album Moment Again Elsewhere by Morgan Packard was the producer Jan Jelinik. I haven't thought about that name in a few years. Sitting here this morning though with a hot cup of tea and the light breeze of fall coming in from the window made this record sound perfect for my daily routine of music exploration.

I knew nothing about Morgan Packard until this morning but now I'm very glad I stumbled upon this minimal, organic, electronic composer. I also knew nothing of the Brooklyn-based label that he's on named Anticipate Recordings. The label, who is headed by fellow electronic, ambient, and experimental producer Ezekiel Honig has other minimal, electronic artists such as Klimek, and Mark Templeton. If you get a second, read their demo policy, it's really great. They won't sign you unless you only want to be on their label, and love their label and what they're about.

Moment Again Elsewhere also has hints of organic sound such as twinkling piano which is very reminiscent of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians. There are other organic instruments on the record too such as saxophone and accordion. If you have not got from what's written above, this record is not for the club, but for the bedroom or home LP player. This is a dense listening experience, but it's worth your time.

Morgan Packard: "Unveil" mp3


This song has been in my head all day.

John Roberts New Album Glass Eights

By the cover of this record you might think it's a goth/tech record, or maybe a Bauhaus rip-off, or  maybe some crust punk LP. I guess the closest guess would be the goth /tech record but you'd still be missing the point. Glass Eights is John Roberts first full length LP and it's released on  Dial Records, the label that have other new house/minimal artists such as Pantha Du Prince, Efdemin and Isolee who just released a new single. They're one of my favorite lables and they're based out of Hamburg, Germany focusing mainly on deep house with a lean on academia of house music. Besides Kompakt, they're my favorite minimal record label.

This record wasn't really made for the club but more made for the bedroom. I heard the whole record the first time while my girlfriend was working on a project for art history on Frans Hals and I was geeking out on some music. She asked who the artist I was listening to was and I was caught off guard; she usually refers to my music as beeps and bloops and ignores my music (or at least seems to).

The record comes off romantic from the beginning. I can't tell if it's a romantic love for Chicago House or for a lady or what. The Berlin based artist only speaks with sounds, not words. I feel it has to be for a girl though. The song titles scream longing with "Even or Not", "Dedicated", or "Navy Blue". The record has an overall melancholy feel to it. The off kilter pianos sound like they're recorded in a 1920's abandoned home in the South surrounded by oak trees with a spooky amount of Spanish moss in them.
I think I'd really like to see in an old 1950's Disney style cartoon with dancing oak trees with plenty  Spanish moss in them surrounding an old run down house with the roof hinged off and a piano player (John Roberts) inside conjuring up souls with the music he plays. Hopefully that's not too abstract. Sounds like an awesome video though.

I'm pretty sick right now and Glass Eights (sounds like a John Cage record title) record is keeping me company. This is one of the stranger blogs I've written in a while so hopefully it's alright. Listen to this record though, it won't be a regret.

John Roberts: "Porcelain"  mp3 (via Pejhy)
John Roberts: "Pruned"  mp3 (via Keytars and Violins)



Watch this video from about 1:30 into it on mute and play any of the John Roberts music. It's kind of what I'd want out of him for a video. At least watch until the part with the castle and the souls.

DMCA Reads My Blog?

Look what was in my e-mail today (see below). I found this pretty funny. I guess I'll be more careful before I post tracks that are on 1,000,000 other blogs before my blog. What a boring job the DMCA must have. The funny thing is, I don't know what track the warning was for. It doesn't say. Is it for Shed, Flying Lotus, No Age or Deerhunter? They did take the blog down so make sure you have all the new records by the above mentioned artists. They're all really great.

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Primary 1 "Never Know" Video

(via Pitchfork)

This reminds me what could have been of David Bowie in the 80's if he would have worked with Prince instead of doing all those awful albums like Tonight, or Never Let Me Down. I know those records aren't the worst but come on, they're pretty bad. This is a really cool looking video either way.

Gregory Isaacs + Deerhunter + Deefhoof + Spank Rock (Todd Edwards remix)

Bummer news I read the other morning. The classic reggae vocalist Gregory Isaacs (1951-2010) dies today at his home in London. He was 59 and died of lung cancer.

Gregory Isaacs "Night Nurse"

Producer/DJ Diplo and producer Lunice remixed a track off the new Deerhunter record and now there's a video too. Check it.


Deerhunter - Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice Remix) from Mad Decent on Vimeo.

Deerhoof has a new record coming out January 25th called "Deerhoof vs. Evil" with a limited edition 2000 vinyls being printed. There's a few new songs up on blogs and so, so look for those.  Their  last record was ok, but I love these guys and I have hope that this one could be good. The first song I posted here is from the new record and the second song is from a cover album, soon to be released of Congotronics tracks. The album also has covers by Animal Collective, Glenn Kotche, Andrew Bird and Shackleton.


Deerhoof: "Merry Barracks"
Deerhoof: "Travels Broaden the Mind (Kasai Allstars cover)" via Fader

Todd Edwards, my favorite Jersey born UK Garage/house producer remixes Spank Rock to surprising results. I love playing both these artists out live and now I have more of a reason to. I never would have paired the two together but I'm very glad this happened. This track appears on the label Ninja Tune's new compilation Ninja Tune XX. The comp features artists such as Toddla T, The Bug, Zomby, Dark Sky, and a lot more spread over this 6 disk set.

Spank Rock: "What it Look Like (Todd Edwards remix)"

Matthew Dear bonus track from Black City

XLR8 just posted a bonus track from Matthew Dear's newest record Black City. The album is maybe one of the best of the year and that's coming all from the indie and electronic sites. The album is on the more synth pop side and less on the house side of music this time. This new bonus track is killer though. I can't wait to see where this album lines up in this years best. Think David Bowie meets Depeche Mode for this record.

Matthew Dear: "Innh Dahh" (via XLR8R)



Matthew Dear - Black City Teaser from Ghostly International on Vimeo.


Check out the teaser for Black City as well. It's a good taste of what the record sounds like.