Daytracker.

craigz: wavves - demon to lean on

noshuns: Gouge Away - Pixies

This song never gets old, I could listen to it on repeat for days on days.

Pixies-“Havalina”

Drove through hilly roads during dusk yesterday and this song came up. Perfect. 

Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls-“Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don’t Die)” 

This song is an annual tradition and a great fucking one, if I do say so myself. Have a good one, everybody! 

opinears: spookqueen:

Forget The Swan - Dinosaur Jr.

I’ll have to write about this song at some point. As chilling to me today as it was 18 years ago.

Don’t Let Me In - Girls Names

Girls Names is just spectacular. 

Beat Happening-“Hey Day” 

I’ll wait for youuuuuuuuuu~~~~~~~

This song is catchy as fuck. 

Yann Tiersen-“Au-Dessous Du Volcan”

I apologize for not spending enough time on this blog as of late, shit’s been crazy and I’ve been working and commuting a lot! The return starts now, I promise. Could there be anything more dramatic and beautiful than Yann Tiersen as a first post in awhile?

Ty Segall-“Femme Fatale” (Velvet Underground Cover)

This cover is raaaaaaad, and I have a feeling Halloween night’s gonna bring out a lot of femme fatale costumes. What are you guys dressing as/doing?

craigz: ducktails - the flower lane

from the upcoming lp ‘the flower lane’, due 1.29.2013 on domino.

fairly excited to hear this group effort of an album.

(source: pitchfork)

The Radio Dept.-“I Don’t Like It Like This”

I’ve always really loved this song. A theme for times as of late. 

Jens Lekman-“A Promise”

This song is 1,000% perfect. If it isn’t, I don’t know what is. 

Pixies-“Hey”

An underrated love song. As my boyfriend says: “We’re chained! Like in ‘Hey’” 

Sleep ∞ Over-“Outer Limits”

This song is so dreamy. Absolutely perfect.

White Denim-“I’d Have It Just The Way We Were”

Black Moth Super Rainbow-“I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too”

If that title alone doesn’t kill you, you are not human. 

fyeahthepainsofbeing:

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Jeremy (Magnetic Fields cover)

New single! Euro tour! Excitement! 

(A-side of 7” to be released in Oct) 

From Peggy on Magnetic Fields - “Jeremy” cover :

“The Magnetic Fields, for me, were part of an immature phase.  I know that has negative connotations, but in hindsight, I don’t think I could have fallen harder for any other band at any other time in my life.  I had the kind of naive scrawl-their-name-on-my-notebook fixation that any young teenybopper would have had, except back then, I didn’t have the luxury of the internet to find out much about my favorite band, and I didn’t live in a big city where I might hope to catch a glimpse of my teen idols as they rolled through town.  There wasn’t even a fan club for me to join.  The Magnetic Fields were a band without context.

It was a hot boring summer, 1995 to be specific, I didn’t know how to drive, and my best friend had gone away to Jewish summer camp.  All I had were a few Magnetic Fields CDs (my mom was kind enough to drive me all the way to the now defunct Tower Records in downtown New Orleans to find them) and the liner notes I had pinned to the wall.  I didn’t have a face to put with Stephin Merritt’s name or voice, but I did have all the time in the world to romanticize the man who wrote the sort of lyrics he did, the tales of young love that were so much more specific and painterly than the songs playing on the radio. I was never the sort of teenager that wanted to run away, but the Magnetic Fields were my singular escape from the ennui of suburban life, amplifying my obsessions and daydreams. This all sounds very nostalgic, but at the time, the Magnetic Fields were exactly the opposite.  They gave me hope that someday I would grow up and experience the kind of love that Stephin Merritt wrote about, even if it ended in the most hyperbolic of tragedies.  They weren’t even songs I could relate to just yet…I just wanted to be able to relate to them one day.

Now that I’m older, I can look back at the time and see how the Magnetic Fields were a band that could exist outside of a context and still make me fall in love with them.  I didn’t need to know if they were anyone else’s favorite band, I didn’t need to know what they looked like or where they were from or any frivolous details a hypothetical Tigerbeat interview might have divulged to me. I was struck recently while watching “Strange Powers” (the Magnetic Fields documentary) how completely clueless I was to the details of a band I claimed to love so much.  I had no idea how Claudia and Stephin met, or what kind of Wurlitzer piano Stephin used. My current adult pragmatic self considers many factors, both superficial and visceral, to determine whether I “like” something, and perhaps that’s just the burden of growing up.  The Magnetic Fields might have been the last band I ever unconditionally loved without ever stopping to try to understand why — just the kind of love story I hoped to one day live through.”

The Pains are also going on an EURO TOUR! Hooray! Here are the dates below to see if you’re lucky enough.

Oct 14 Oran Mor Glasgow, United Kingdom Tickets
Oct 15 Ruby Lounge Manchester, United Kingdom Tickets
Oct 16 Dingwalls London, United Kingdom Tickets
Oct 18 Stereolux Nantes, France Tickets
Oct 19 Le Trabendo Paris, France Tickets
Oct 20 LA CHAPELLE DES TRINITAIRES Metz, France Tickets
Oct 21 L’Épicerie Moderne Lyon, France Tickets
Oct 23 Astoria City Turin, Italy Tickets
Oct 24 Circolo degli Artisti Rome, Italy Tickets
Oct 26 Covo Club Bologna Bo, Italy Tickets
Oct 27 Looop Padova, Italy Tickets
Oct 29 Mascotte Club Zurich, Switzerland Tickets
Oct 30 Kino Siska Ljubljana, Slovenia Tickets
Oct 31 Szene Vienna, Austria Tickets
Nov 01 Ahoi! pop 2012 Linz, Austria Tickets
Nov 03 Musikkantine Augsburg, Germany Tickets
Nov 04 Meet Factory Prague, Czech Republic Tickets
Nov 05 Conne Island Leipzig, Germany Tickets
Nov 06 Bi Nuu Berlin, Germany Tickets
Nov 07 Aarhaus Atlas Tann, Germany Tickets
Nov 08 Debaser Malmo, Sweden Tickets
Nov 09 Sticky Fingers Gothenburg, Sweden Tickets
Nov 10 Debaser Medis Stockholm, Sweden Tickets
Nov 12 Kojaamo Helsinki, Finland Tickets

Tennis-“Pigeon” 

I wasn’t impressed with this album as a whole, but it’s weirdly growing on me… Maybe it’s because it feels like the musical equivalent of summer truly winding down.

undomondo: Terry Malts’ debut on Slumberland has been one of this years staple albums in my listening habits. Sweet lo-fi fuzz rock a la Buzzcocks or The Descendents. 

I really love Slumberland. 

Beat Happening-“T.V. Girl”

T.V. girrrlllll, at home doin’ homework…talkin’ on the phone…writin’ letters to the moooooon. This is my plan today. I love Beat Happening. I’m pretty sure I’ve posted this like three times already. 

Ty Segall-“The Hill”

Fuck! I love this. 

Traveling back in time today. Beirut-“Goshen.” 

You’re not the girl I used to know…

Active Child-“Playing House” (Chad Valley Remix)

I’ve been leaning on Pat to help me through some depressing times and I really like this remix by Chad Valley. Somehow I haven’t managed to find anybody whose been able to fuck up an Active Child song. 

This is otherworldly beautiful. 

Les Demoniaques is the love child of Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee and Tamaryn.

Here they cover “Teenage Lust” by Jesus & Mary Chain. It’s okay, but the original just can’t be beat. 

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti-“Only In My Dreams”

If I heard this song on an elevator I would get dooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwn

Beach House-“Myth”

I don’t care if you beat me blogging this. It is just too damn wonderful. 

evitavirna: The Babies; Meet Me In the City

Going to see The Babies tonight at The Echo. Come hang out!

Beach House-“Norway”

I know everyone’s talking about the new album, but I’m still so enamored with the older stuff. For the longest time, I thought she was singing “No way” instead of “Norway.” To my dearest GP.

ashtrayb: “Leave Me Alone” by New Order

I was just listening to this song/album in the car. 

oldtobegin:tempurabat: And Then (The Hexx) by Pavement

Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition

“The Hexx” was a quieter, slowed-down version of a discordant jam that was played extensively on theBrighten The Corners tour. Pavement had recorded a faster, louder version during the Brighten sessions — in fact, at one point “The Hexx” was to have been the opening track on that album. This recording was edited, retitled “…And Then” and issued as the vinyl B-side to Spit on a Stranger. The original, full-length recording can be found on Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition. The single edit also appears among eight bonus tracks on the vinyl incarnation of the Creedence edition.

This demo is so much better than the one found on Terror Twilight, IMHO LOL <3

The OG version of The Hexx kills it.

matt-t: Death Grips - Hustle Bones

The amount of fantastic hip hop that’s come out this year is ridiculous.  The ‘Rap Game’ is so innovative right now.  Thank you Based God

andreainspired: Mount Eerie - “House Shape”

This one from the new Mount Eerie album Clear Moon is incredible. It’s so different than anything else he’s done. You can stream the full album over on NPR. I think I’ve listened to it ten times now.

Fuck. Love him so much. 

Warpaint-“Shadows”

I’ve been listening to this album again recently and it’s pretty great.