129. THE ...

129.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

{Blaise Pascal, Pensées}

128. ITS ...

128.

'Its aim is to irritate, provoke and exhaust the emotions.'

{Nancy Mitford, Don't Tell Alfred}

127. NO ...

127.

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

{William Blake, Proverbs of Hell}

126. WALKING ...

126.

walking the city, taking the streets as they come,
down to the river, over the bridge and away
we run ...

{Bridget St. John, I Like To Be With You In The Sun}

125. THUS ...

125.

Thus in reading, a lonely, quiet concert is given

for our minds, and they in turn, less noisily,

reach its meaning.

{Stéphane Mellarmé, The Book: A Spiritual Instrument}

124. MY ...

124.

My eyes have no memory; 
my steps, no plan.

{Simone de Beauvoir, America Day By Day}

123. I ...

123.

I began with no memory,
I began with no future,
but I looked for that moment
when the mind was halved by a horizon.

{Derek Walcott, Names}

122. WHAT ...

122.

What is most true is poetic.

{Helene Cixous, We Are Already In The Jaws Of The Book}

121. IT ...

121.

It was that moment before the lamps go on,

when the atmosphere has that exciting blue

clarity of the nocturnal scenes in old silent films, 

a colour of water that holds a few drops of ink.

{Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone}

120. OFTEN ...

120.

Often she found herself sitting and looking,

sitting and looking, with her work in her hands

until she became the thing she looked at –

that light for example.

{Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse}

119. A ...

119.

A variety of birds, multi-coloured, have acquired a

phony imperturbable air of, "I don't give a shit,

mate, but that worm and that crust of bread you've

chucked on the lawn, is MINE!"

{Hone Tuwhare, Caretaker's report from Tomarata Estate}

118. HOW ...

118.

How wonderful are your gracious wonders!
All we can do is be amazed and stammer and fall silent
Because intellect and words fail.

{Edith Stein, I Will Remain With You}

117. I'M ...

117.

I'm hungry, always hungry, 

a man should not be hungry,

so I'll have to become a dog– 

but how?

{Vladimir Slepian, Fils de Chien}

116. THAT ...

116.

That wonderful creature–she became fluid;

she became light; she became every colour

and flame, and finally she resolved into 

miraculous spirals of flames wafted

towards the Infinite. 

{Isadora Duncan, My Life}

115. WE'RE ...

115.

We're given a final warning

today after a long time talking;

and in the mist of the morning

my love and I go walking.

{Sam Hunt, A Long Time}

114. JUST ...

114.

Just around every corner lay something curious

and interesting, something I had never before

seen or done or known about.

{Joan Didion, Goodbye To All That}

113. AND ...

113.

And so, with the ruin of all my hopes,

I sat there up in the tree throughout

the hours of darkness like a night-owl.

{Joseph Von Eichendorff, Life of a Good-for-Nothing}

112. IN ...

112.

In a sudsy dream I floated off, 

unknitting, unknotting, unraveling. 

{Elaine Dundy, The Dud Avocado}

111. WORDS ...

111.

Words referring to things outside of her experience

were a foreign language to her, and meaningless.

{Mark Twain, The Diary of Adam and Eve}

110. ONLY ...

110.

Only the bookshelves gave me a sense of her.

{Banana Yoshimoto, N.P.}

109. MAYBE ...

109.

Maybe growing a moustache, did you say,

with an adorable look of amuzement?

{James Joyce, Finnegans Wake}

108. THE ...

108.

The day empties its images

like a cup or a room.

{Sylvia Plath, Parliament Hill Fields}

107. STILL ...

107.

Still today I am only counting on what comes of my
own openness, my eagerness to wander in search of everything, 
which, I am confident, keeps me in mysterious communication with 
other open beings, as if we were suddenly called to assemble.

{André Breton, L'Amour Fou}

106. WE ...

106.

We lack words, and we have to many of them.

{Susan Sontag, The Aesthetics of Silence}

105. AND ...

105.

And then, abruptly, the sky went black.

{Milan Kundera, Ignorance}

104. NOWADAYS ...

104.

Nowadays it often seems writing is

nothing at all.

{Marguerite Duras, The Lover}

103. THOUGH ...

103.

Though my senses were sinking into oblivion,

they seemed to expand ere they reached it.

{E.M. Forster, The Other Side Of The Hedge}

102. SHE ...

102.

She woke, she opened her eyes but did not move -

did not move a finger.

{Katherine Mansfield, Vol.2: Notebook 38}

101. ONCE ...

101.

Once again the light splits 
as it traverses imagination's prism,
and I submit to this iridescent universe.

{Louis Aragon, Paris Peasant}

100. IF ...

100.

If you please, no reference to examples in books.

{Jane Austen, Persuasion}

99. WHAT ...

99.

What is this quality of 'firstness'?

{John Berger, G}

98. I ...

98.

I lost you in the crowd

in an unfamiliar town

they found your bag in the river

where hardly no one goes.

{Victoria Bergsman, To Lose Someone}

97. CITIES ...

97.

Cities also believe they are the work of the mind

or of chance, but neither the one nor the other

suffices to hold up their walls.

{Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities}

96. HERE ...

96.

Here is my voice:
This empty shell
The shadow of a sound
Preserving its own lament…

{Cecília Meireles, Introduction}

95. ENGULFMENT ...

95.

Engulfment is a moment of hypnosis.

{Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse - Fragments}

94. PERHAPS ...

94.

Perhaps the boy would be sent to jail for lying to me.

{Miranda July, The Boy From Lam Kien}

93. HE ...

93.

He quoted Wittgenstein's advice on keeping silent

when understanding is beyond us.

{Vincent O'Sullivan, Still Life}

92. I ...

92.

I found I could say things with color and shapes

that I couldn't say any other way – 

things I had no words for.

{Georgia O'Keeffe}

91. CICADA

91.

Cicada – did it

chirp till it

knew nothing else?

{Matsuo Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho}

90. BE ...

90.

Be never quite sober, never quite drunk. 

{Patricia Highsmith, Deep Water}

LA SERA "REAL BOY/DRIVE ON" MUSIC VIDEO

check out the colourful, self-reflexive circus romance fantasy crossed with a b&w "grindhouse" take on Georges Franju's macabre masterpiece "Eyes Without A Face" (1960) for La Sera's latest single(s) Real Boy/Drive On, both are off Goodman's delicious new album "Sees The Light", out now on Hardly Art ! video by Travis Peterson.

89. THE ...

89.

the moment I jump 

out of bed there is

this horror in the world

and I cannot write it.

{Raymond Federman, Here & Elsewhere}

JULIA HOLTER "MONI MON AMIE" MUSIC VIDEO

take a look at the subdued et dreamy, office-bound, poetic realist music video for Julia Holter's latest wistful single Moni Mon Amie, from her stunning double album "Ekstasis" (2012). it is available from RVNG Intl. on cd et 2x lp! or you can acquire it digitally via itunes. video directed by LA-based artist Yelena Zhelezov.

88. BUT ...

88.

But what, a skeptical reader might ask, is the point?

{Marjorie Perloff, Flatland Afterword}

87. BORED ...

87.

Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination
in transforming it into a subjective point of view.

{Ernst Haas, About Color Photography}

86. WHILE ...

86.

While a mourner, a griever, comes to a sense
of closure and moves on, the melancholic embraces
the condition of lingering. 

{Jacky Bowring, A Field Guide To Melancholy}

85. OPEN ...

85.

Open to any page and read some of the text 

onto a tape recorder.

{William S. Burroughs, Scrapbook Texts}

84. IF ...

84.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that

some of us are born into the world with such a passion

for line and color.

{Mary Cassatt}

ADVANCE BASE "SUMMER MUSIC"!

i'm delighted to be bringing you this next track, the deliriously wistful et nostalgia-laced, trilly et jangly, candid, lo-fi reverie Summer Music, from legendary Chicago-based lo-fi/bedroom pop crooner Owen Ashworth aka Advance Base {formerly Casiotone For The Painfully Alone!} off his eagerly anticipated debut album "A Shut-In's Prayer" (2012).

you have to take your hat off to Ashworth who possesses an incredible knack for producing wonderfully candid et self-deprecating observations on life et love. Summer Music has some of the best lyrics i've heard in a long time! enjoy!

"There's no comfort in sympathy

She's up state with her family

I'm still at the same address

Still believe I can love the best

The sound of music from the kitchen boom-box."

MP3: Summer Music

"A Shut-In's Prayer" will officially see the light of day on May 1st via Caldo Verde Records, it will be available on cd or mp3.

you can find Advance Base here: facebook | advancebasemusic

83. THE ...

83.

The empty daytime; silent

Night-time, lonelier, darker;

The moon for me extinguished,

The stars spent in the skies.

{Giacomo Leopardi, The Revival}

SIMONE WHITE "IN THE WATER WHERE THE CITY END" MUSIC VIDEO!!!

you definitely need to check out the stunningly poignant, Japanese woodblock print-styled animation for Simone White's devastatingly sublime et achingly lyrical single Into The Water Where The City Ends. it is from her forthcoming album "Silver Silver" (2012), which is set for release May 7th on Honest Jon's. the animation is by Japanese artist Hideyuki Katsumata. enjoy!

82. MEN ...

82.

Men of today seem to feel more acutely than ever
the paradox of their condition.

{Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity}

"ON HOLD" VIDEO WITH MUSIC BY FACTORY FLOOR

take a look at the mesmerizing et disquieting, seemingly loop-laden visuals for the music video "On Hold", with music by Factory Floor. video produced by Paris-based outfit AB/CD/CD for Nowness. one certainly gets a sense they are as enamored et influenced by CANADA's wonderfully idiosyncratic style as countless other 'filmmakers' out there, however AB/CD/CD have managed to create something visually playful et captivating out of CANADA's firmly established et distinctively offbeat, surrealism-imbued style. enjoy!

81. WOE ...

81.

Woe betide the man who cannot go a single day
in his life without feeling the torments of boredom,
and who prefers, if need be, to converse with idiots
rather than with himself!

{Xavier de Maistre, A Nocturnal Expedition Around My Room}

HANNE HUKKELBERG "NOAH"!

i've been desperately trying to find some new sounds from the divine lands of indie pop, Scandinavia! i am happy to announce that i have indeed succeeded in my quest, lie back et let your ears devour the gorgeously fragile et deliciously idiosyncratic, wonky et wistful, lethargic, lyrical lament Noah, from Oslo-based avant-folk/pop songstress Hanne Hukkelberg off her sublime new album "Featherbrain" (2012).

"Eyes and ears

and swollen hands

slowly swirls

no more demands."

check out the tripped-out, motion graphics tour-de-force music video for the single My Devils, also off the album. the video is by Oslo-based design studio Forest {who also created the stunning cover art for "Featherbrain"}. enjoy!

i'd highly recommend getting yourself a copy of the winsome "Featherbrain" album out now on Propeller Recordings. it is available on cd from Platekompaniet otherwise you can acquire it digitally from itunes.

you can find Hanne Hukkleberg here: facebook | myspace | hannehukkleberg

80. IN ...

80.

In a room as big as loneliness

my heart

which is as big as love

looks at the simple pretexts of its happiness

at the beautiful decay of flowers in the vase

at the sapling you planted in our garden

and the song of canaries

which sing to the size of a window.

{Forugh Farrokhzad, Another Birth}

S / S / S "MUSEUM DAY"

... well it's been a while since my last post, but, i have to admit that i haven't been inspired or even compelled to share any of the music or videos that have been coming out lately, it's all been very stale ... anyways here's a track that got my eardrums tingling a little, check out the laid-back et funked-out, soulful, autotune-swooning, crash-cymbal laden, introspective hip-hop-inflected rumination Museum Day, which just happens to be the debut single from the brilliant new collaborative project S / S / S {Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti & Son Lux!} off their forthcoming experiment "Beak & Claw" EP (2012).




the "Beak & Claw" EP is set for release March 20th on Anticon Records, it will be available from Insound and Midheaven on 12" vinyl et mp3.

79. READ ...

79.

Read the eschatological chaos of signs.

{Robert Adams, The New West}

78. LEAVE ...

78.

Leave the door open for the unknown,

the door into the dark.

{Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide To Getting Lost}

77. A ...

77.

A glimpse of a smile under a white crape hat

with a lilac coronet is enough, for the soul

to enter into the place of dreams.

{Victor Hugo, Les Misérables}

76. WHAT ...

76.

What torture lurks within a single thought

{Amy Lowell, A Single Thought}

75. YES ...

75.

Yes, I know that one day I must die,

I'm alive.

{Caetano Veloso, Nine Out Of Ten}

74. AT ...

74.

At the same time her free hand, which was holding

a peach-stone, groped in the air for an empty

cup or ashtray.

{Colette, The Cat}

73. BUT ...

73.

But he felt he was now within something,

perhaps a painting he had seen in the last year.

{Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient}

72. MY ...

72.

My toes curled up instinctively.

{Edna O'Brien, The Country Girls}

71. LANDSCAPE-TONES ...

71.

Landscape tones: brown to bronze, steep skyline,

low cloud, pearl ground with shadowed oyster

and violet reflections.

{Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar}

70. WHEN ...

70.

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight

from the darkness of movie house,

I had only two things on my mind:

Paul Newman and a ride home.

{SE Hinton, The Outsiders}

69. BIRDS ...

69.

Birds singing

in the dark

–Rainy dawn.

{Jack Kerouac, Haiku (Birds Singing...)}

68. OFTEN ...

68.

Often she passed whole hours walking up and down the 
paths of the woods; she wove garlands of flowers and ivy,
or watched the flickering of shadows and glancing of the leaves;
sometimes she sat beside a stream, and as her thoughts paused,
threw flowers or pebbles into the waters, watching how those 

swam and these sunk, or she would set afloat boats formed 

of bark of trees or leaves, with a feather for a sail, and 

intensely watch the navigation of her craft among the

rapids and shallows of the brook.

{Mary Shelley, The Last Man}

67. THEN ...

67.

Then those curiosities become realities –

realities of art which help to lift life

out of its mediocrity.

{Paul Klee, On Modern Art}

FENSTER "2.7XO17" MUSIC VIDEO!

take a look at the vintage-styled, poignant et forlorn, post-apocalyptic-themed visuals for Fenster's single 2.7XO17 off their debut album "Bones" (2012) out now via Morr Music on cd, lp et digitally. video by Bryn Chainey.

66. ONCE ...

66.

Once they were gone, who would remember what he did,

what happened to him, or what it meant?

{Alice Kaplan, The Interpreter}

65. SHE ...

65.

She returned before noon, he was asleep again;

she sat on the side of the bed, her hand in his hair,

rolling his head on the pillow to shake him awake,

still in the open coat and the hat shoved back from

her forehead, looking down at him with the sober

yellow profundity, and now he mused indeed on

that efficiency of women in the mechanics,

the domiciling, of cohabitation.

{William Faulkner, The Wild Palms}

64. THE ...

64.

The room was swirling with sun and he rested there 
content in the brightness.

{Dorothy B. Hughes, In A Lonely Place}

GRIMES "OBLIVION" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the wonderfully candid et effervescent, Cyndi Lauper-esque music video for Grimes' infectious lead single Oblivion off her stunning new album "Visions" (2012) out now on Abutus Records et 4AD. video directed by Emily Kai Bock {who made Human Heart, an insightful et entertaining short documentary on Claire Boucher back in 2010, sadly it is no longer available to public?!}.

63. I'D ...

63.

I'd rath – er be an art – ist

than an art – work. 

{Julian Dashper, Why I Find Life Interesting}

BLOUSE "GHOST DREAM" MUSIC VIDEO!

you're just in time for the utterly mesmerizing et immersive virtual tour through a glitchy, deconstructed et surreal re-visioning of american 'culture' for Blouse's latest single Ghost Dream, from their brilliant self-titled debut album "Blouse" (2011), out on captured tracks. video directed/animated by Gusti Fink & Helmut Ash Kaway. this is one remarkable audiovisual experience that you won't soon forget! enjoy!

 

62. NO ...

62.

No more silence, no more inactivity.

{Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now}

RXGIBBS "SILVER" MUSIC VIDEO!

here is some more sublimely juxtaposed, experimental visuals from the fruitfully creative mind of Andrew de Freitas {Young Magic's Night In The Ocean, Cool Rainbows' Southern Summer Sun, Kieren Blake's Yer Not A Sunrise & Adventure's Rio}.

have a look at his magnificently entrancing et evocative, perception warping, surrealism-steeped video for RxGibb's stunning new, 90s-infused, synth-gaze-y single Silver off his "Futures" EP out now on Cascine. once again de Freitas manages to artfully commingle his now distinct imagery et effects with the musical track he is working with, he aptly creates intoxicating et enigmatic audiovisual journeys that transcend the limitations et clichés that often detract et overburden a music video. take a plunge et enjoy!!!

61. HE ...

61.

He is blamed most of all for existing,

for he is really too full of life. 

{Léon Bloy, La Femme Pauvre}

LIZARD KISSES "WATER TAP"!

i am delighted to be sharing the winsome new single from Brooklyn's loveliest, Lizard Kisses! here's the irresistibly catchy, warm et dreamy, melodiously slinky et swoony, 50s-laced, bittersweet, indie pop tale-of-woe, Water Tap from Brooklyn-based indie pop/folk outfit Lizard Kisses {chiefly Marc Merza & Cory Siegler} off their forthcoming "Water Tap/The Colour Of Water" split 7" (2012), in collaboration with My Friend Wallis.

"I can use a glass of water

But what you give to me don't,

quench my thirst."

MP3: Water Tap

the "Water Tap/The Colour Of Water" split 7" is due out March 6th on clear vinyl et digital download, you can pre-order now from bandcamp or lizardkisses. this is a very special et limited edition item, there are only 35 hand numbered copies in existence, each with unique retro-styled collage cover-artworks designed et assembled by the bands themselves! get in quick, head over et check out the covers to see which one takes your fancy!

this is my favorite cover so far! 

what can i say, i'm an ailurophile!

if you happened to miss the phenomenal "Tiny Island Teeth" EP (2011), then i strongly urge you to acquire a copy immediately. you can check out my post for the wonderful single Swell, et head over to the Cakes & Tapes bandcamp to digitally stream or download/purchase the EP, please be generous!!!

you can find Lizard Kisses here: myspace | facebook | lizardkisses

60. IT ...

60.

It goes without saying

that a sheep can remember

a fair life

and more than fifty human faces.

{Stephanie de Montalk, Northern Spring}

BE FOREST "HANGED MAN" MUSIC VIDEO

take a look at the stylish et trippy, edwardian/pre-raphaelite-steeped, experimental performance video for Italian dreamgaze trio Be Forest's latest single Hanged Man off their new "Hanged Man/I.O." digital 7", available digitally from the WWNBB bandcamp. video by Lorenzo Musto and Erica Terenzi.

59. STRAIGHTFORWARD ...

59.

Straightforward words

Seem  paradoxical.

{Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching}

DEATH GRIPS "GET GOT" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the intense et deliriously lo-fi, glitched-out, video effects-laden performance video for Death Grips' latest experimental electro/hip-hop barrage Get Got, off their forthcoming album "The Money Store" which drops April 24th on Epic Records.

58. A ...

58.

A cloud, small, serene, floated across the moon.

{Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay}

GARUZONE "EISBAER" MUSIC VIDEO!

here's another stunning animated video, this time for early 80s Swiss, NDW/new wave pioneers Grauzone's hit single Eisbaer (Polar Bear) from the brilliant compilation album "Gauzone 1980-82 Remastered", which came out in 2010 on mital-U. the animation is by KALKATTAK/Shfflerror & Telle.

57. THERE ...

57.

There is more work in interpreting interpretations

than in interpreting things; and more books about

books than any other subject; we do nothing but

write glosses on one another.

{Michel de Montaigne, Essais}

WILLIS EARL BEAL "EVENING KISS" ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO!!!

check out the absolutely stunning new flickery, lo-fi, pencil-drawn illustrated animation for Willis Earl Beal's devastatingly forlorn debut single Evening Kiss from his forthcoming album "Acousmatic Sorcery" (2012). video directed by Willis Earl Beal et animated by Michael Zauner for Forever-Pictures.

56. SICK ...

56.

Sick of the town, sick of the situation,

sick of everything.

{Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake}

CRAFT SPELLS "STILL LEFT WITH ME"

take a listen to the deliriously hazy et washed-out, wistfully introspective et nostalgia-swooning, indie pop lamentation Still Left With Me, from Seattle-based indie/synth pop outfit Craft Spells {chiefly Justin Vallesteros} off their forthcoming "Gallery" EP (2012).




the "Gallery" EP is set for release May 15th on Captured Tracks, it will be available on lp et mp3.

also check out for posts for Your Tomb and For The Ages off the highly recommended debut album "Idle Labor", available from Captured Tracks or Insound  on cd or lp.

you can find Craft Spells here: myspace | facebook | craftspells

55. WHEN ...

55.

When people have no real life,

they live on their illusions.

{Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya}

54. I ...

54.

"I am a rock thrown down, and heaviness is in me."

{Djuna Barnes, Ryder}

FRANKIE ROSE "KNOW ME"

time to lie back et soak up the infectiously hazy et sultry, jangle-laden et reverb-swooning, 80s-imbued, wistful indie pop reverie Know Me, from Brooklyn-based garage/noise pop songstress Frankie Rose {ex-Vivian Girl/Dum Dum Girl et Crystal Stilts...} off her brilliant sophomore album "Insterstellar" (2012).


MP3: Know Me

check out the winsome 70s-styled, tripped-out, interstellar visuals for the ridiculously catchy single Gospel/Grace, video directed by Hannah Lew {Rat Columns' I Wonder video!}. evokes the films of Ed Emshwiller et Norman McLaren, one can also see the influence of the Crystal Stilts "In Love with Oblivion" album cover. enjoy!

the BNM'd "Insterstellar" album is out now on Slumberland Records, it will be available on cd or lp, or digitally via itunes.

you can find Frankie Rose here: facebook | missfrankierose

53. IN ...

53.

In its leaves that day

We read no more.

{Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy}

DUSTIN WONG "DIAGONALLY TALKING ECHO" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the ecstatically tripped-out, ultra-vivid, lo-fi, compression art acid trip for ex-Ponytail guitarist Dustin Wong's deliriously cathartic, reverb-shimmering et tropical flavored, anthemic single Diagonally Talking Echo, off his phenomenally epic new album "Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads" (2012). out now on Thrill Jockey, available on cd, mp3 or double lp! enjoy!

52. THE ...

52.

The escalator of words ran swiftly under me,

like a river.

{Anaïs Nin, The Labyrinth}

COLLEEN GREEN "GOLDMINE"

have a listen to the deliciously scuzzed-out, grunge-steeped, garage pop daydream Goldmine, from Oakland-based DIY garage/stoner pop artist Colleen Green off her forthcoming album "Milo Goes To Compton" (2012).

"I'd do anything to make you mine."

MP3: Goldmine

"Milo Goes To Compton" comes out February 21st on Art Fag Recordings, it will be available from Midheaven or ANOST on lp et mp3, otherwise you should be able to score it digitally from itunes.

check out my posts for the deliriously anthemic single Dance The Night Away off Green's debut "Green One" EP (2011) et the more recent single Rabid Love from the great "Cujo" EP (2011).

you can find Colleen Green here: myspace | hardlyart | happybirfdayjeff

51. DESPITE ...

51.

Despite this strange way of swirling, the starlings

cleave through the ambient air at no less rare a speed

and each second make precious, appreciable headway

towards the end of their hardships and the goal of

their pilgrimage. 

{Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror}

TANLINES "BROTHER" 360° MUSIC VIDEO!

check out et have a play with the 'interactive' 360° rotatable, apartment performance video for Tanlines' catchy electro pop single Brothers. video created by Weird Days using Go Pano. enjoy!

50. AND ...

50.

and the coffee pot 

still bends at the knee slightly

{Joanna Margaret Paul, Poem Written In A Garden}

PHÈDRE "COLD SUNDAY"!

check out the infectiously skitzed-out, chillwave-flavored, drawly et spaced-out, hip hop-infused acid trip that is Cold Sunday, from Monte Carlo-based avant-leaning electro/hip-pop outfit Phèdre off their phenomenal self-titled debut album "Phèdre" (2012).




take a look at the lurid, Kenneth Anger-esque, glitchy et tripped-out, dionysian-addled visuals for the lead single In Decay. video directed by Jesse Ewles. enjoy!

i'd highly recommend checking out the rest of the brilliant "Phèdre" album, it is available digitally from the DAPS Records bandcamp. otherwise the album is also streaming on soundcloud. enjoy!

you can find Phèdre here: facebook | pantheonrecliner | phedreamour

49. A ...

49.

A listener might not understand precisely what was
being talked about; but he would catch his breath, 
curtains would open wide before his eyes, something 
resplendent would burn dazzlingly ahead of him.

{Ivan Turgenev, Rudin}

JULIA HOLTER "IN THE SAME ROOM" MUSIC VIDEO

soak up the gorgeous layers of superimposed nature imagery et refreshingly artless performance for Julia Holter's wonderfully airy new single In The Same Room off her forthcoming album "Ekstasis" (2012), set for release March 8th on RVNG intl. video directed by Hilary Walsh. enjoy!

48. UPRIGHT ...

48.

Upright books were jammed shoulder to shoulder

within high metal cases, no room to breathe, book

after book, shelf above shelf, case following case

with only narrow isles between.

{Edith Pearlman, Inbound}

GLASS VAULTS "GOLD STAR" MUSIC VIDEO

take a look at the mesmerizing et enigmatic, Philippe Grandrieux-esque, mystical et tribal-steeped cinematic visuals for Glass Vaults new single Gold Star off their phenomenal follow-up "Into Clear" EP (2011), available digitally from bandcamp. enjoy!

47. I ...

47.

I will give your mind wings on which to lift itself;
all disquiet shall be driven away and you will 
be able to return safely to your homeland.

{Ancius Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy}

PIOTR KUREK "SHE" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the wonderfully entrancing, psyched-out, experimental visuals for Piotr Kurek's stunning track She, off his new "Heat" album, which came out on a limited run cassette from Digitalis Limited, it has mostly sold out now, but you can try to acquire a copy from DSCRMNT. video made by Piotr Kurek. enjoy the audiovisual experience!

46. THEN ...

46.

Then cold white lights went over the fields;
and went out; and I stood under great trees
waiting for the lights of the bus.

{Virginia Woolf, Selected Diaries}

45. MY ...

45.

My opinions are all too frequently 

too damn harsh for words.

{J. D. Salinger, Hapworth 16, 1924}

TOMORROW WE MOVE TO HAWAII "UNDERWORLD"

take a listen to the infectiously tranced-out, pulsating, darkwave-infused, electro-pop anthem Underworld, from Oslo-based electro/synth-pop duo Tomorrow We Move To Hawaii off their new "Underworld" 7" (2012).




the "Underworld" 7" is available from Brilliance Records, you can acquire it digitally from itunes.

you can find Tomorrow We Move To Hawaii here: myspace | facebook

44. TO ...

44.

To fly/steal is woman's gesture, 

to steal into language and make it fly. 

{Helene Cixous & Catherine Clement, Newly Born Woman}

COASTING "SAME OLD SAME OLD" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the great new retro-styled, stop-motion  collage animation for Coasting's latest infectious single Same Old Same Old from their awesome debut album "You're Never Going Back", which is available from M'Lady's on cd, lp or cassette! et digitally from bandcamp. video directed by Alice Cohen {who also made the fantastic video for Coasting's Kids}.

43. IDLE ...

43.

Idle youth 

enslaved by everything,

by being too sensitive 

I have wasted my life.

{Arthur Rimbaud, Song of the Highest Tower}

42. SHE ...

42.

She lies quietly on the bed, and her head turns

and turns towards the words.

{Kirsty Gunn, The Keepsake}

41. SOMETIMES ...

41.

Sometimes my reveries end in meditation, but

more often my meditations end in reverie, and

during these wanderings my soul roams and soars

through the universe on the wings of imagination,

in ecstasies which surpass all other pleasures.

{Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries Of  A Solitary Walker}

KENDL WINTER "SHADES OF GREEN"!

well, i've been meaning to post this gorgeous track for some time now ... so here it is, the melancholy-tinged yet rousingly optimistic, banjo-laced, soulful, bluegrass-imbued reverie Shades Of Green, from Olympia, WA-based indie folk multi-instrumentalist/songstress Kendl Winter off her winsome new album "The Mechanics Of Hovering Flight" (2012).


MP3: Shades Of Green

et here's a great single from the "At The Same Time" 7" (2011).

MP3: At The Same Time

if you like what you hear then i'd highly recommend getting yourself a copy of the delightful "The Mechanics Of Hovering Flight" album, it is out now on Krecs, available on cd, lp et mp3, you can also acquire it digitally from itunes.

i'd also suggest you check out Kendl Winters' previous album "Apple Core" (2010), it is available from Krecs on cd, lp or mp3, otherwise you can find it digitally on itunes.

you can find Kendl Winter here: myspace | facebook

40. AT ...

40.

At no point have I ever been able successfully

to keep a diary; my approach to daily life ranges

from the grossly negligent to the merely absent,

and on those few occasions when I have tried

dutifully to record a day's event, boredom has so

overcome me that the results are mysterious at best.

{Joan Didion, On Keeping A Notebook}

39. SHUDDERINGS ...

39.

Shudderings of images awakening.

{Robert Bresson, Notes On The Cinematographer}

oOoOO "NOWAYBACK"!

next up is the airy et spectrally, throb-laden et reverb-shimmering, somberly reflective, synth-infused lamentation NoWayBack, from San Francisco-based electro-pop producer oOoOO off his forthcoming album "Our Loving Is Killing Us" (2012).

NoWayBack features the entrancing et wistful vocal stylings of Laura Clock aka Butterclock, enjoy!


MP3: NoWayBack

the "Our Loving Is Killing Us" is set for release April 10th on Tri-Angle Records, it will be available on cd, lp et digitally.

check out my post for last years stunning single Burnout Eyess, if you haven't already.

you can find oOoOO here: myspace | facebook

38. WE ...

38.

We rested at times, 

and when we rested hanging down,

an article of clothing became a hammock.

{Trisha Brown, Floor of the Forest}

HORRID RED "NOTHING IN MY HEART"

check out the wonderfully woozy et murky, infectiously bleak et nihilistic, NDW-imbued mantra Nothing In My Heart, from Aachen, Germany/San Francisco-based punk-wave trio Horrid Red from their phenomenal new album "Celestial Joy" (2012).

Nothing In My Heart features some gorgeous reverb-swooning, Robert Smith-y guitar hooks, enjoy!!!




the "Celestial Joy" album will be released February 7th on Terrible Records et will also be available from RVNG on vinyl, otherwise you can acquire it digitally from bandcamp!

you can find Horrid Red here: facebook

37. STARS ...

37.

Stars are beautiful, but they may not take 
an active part in anything, they must just
look on for ever.

{James M. Barrie, Peter Pan}

36. OH ...

36.

Oh oh the sky is too wide to sleep under!

{Janet Frame, The Clown}

M.I.A. "BAD GIRLS" MUSIC VIDEO!

check out the ultra slick new middle-eastern-themed, stunt et attitude-laden, tour-de-force performance video for M.I.A.'s latest infectious single Bad Girls. directed by French filmmaker Romain Gavras {"Notre Jour Viendra" (2010)}.

35. WE ...

35.

We have considered the possibility that a virus 

can be activated or even created by very small 

units of sound and image.

{William S. Burroughs, The Electronic Revolution}

BEACH FOSSILS "SHALLOW"!

here's a delightful surprise for you, check out the deliciously wistful et harmonious, jangle-laden new single Shallow, from Brooklyn-based indie/surf pop outfit Beach Fossils off their forthcoming "Shallow/Lessons" 7" (2012).


MP3: Shallow


the "Shallow/Lessons" 7" is set for release February 21st on Captured Tracks, it will be available on 7" vinyl or digitally from itunes.

the yet to be named follow up full length album is in the works for release later in the year.

you can find Beach Fossils here: myspace | facebook | beachfossilsnyc