from the rooftop // don’t look down : Kurt Vile
A fairly subdued, but nevertheless compelling, performance by Peter’s latest obsession—Kurt Vile—on some NYC rooftop.
Click here to watch all four songs.
live video // Destroyer : “Painter in Your Pocket”
Destroyer playing one of the songs Peter likes most from the Destroyer album Peter likes best.
peter likes music // 2010
Peter’s grandfather regularly remarks that he believes music continues to get better and better. Peter has to agree.
Peter liked a lot of things in 2010. Mostly he liked the music. let me count the reasons:
favorite songs
favorite 20 albums
top 5 albums
top 5 eps
favorite official videos
favorite live videos
favorite concerts
new favorite song // Girls : “Carolina”
Ready for some devestation? Possibly the most beautiful song I’ve heard in a long time. Apparently Girls have been playing it for years (note the date on the video below) but the version coming out on their forthcoming ep is absolutely incredible and can be streamed on Pitchfork.
There’s a slow but dramatic change about halfway through the song that, to me, is reminiscent of the change from side A to side B on “Abbey Road“—when the ominous thunderclouds of (She’s So) Heavy break apart and release the golden rays of Here Comes the Sun. Though, of course because it’s Girls, in this case it’s more like falling asleep on the rumbling, rhythmic bus and then waking up beyond the avenues to the salt breeze of Ocean Beach and the sweet smile of your best girl.
from the rooftop // Don’t Look Down : Here We Go Magic
Vodpod videos no longer available.The hypnotic art-folk of Luke Vibert’s Here We Go Magic hit the rooftop for the latest of Pitchfork’s “Don’t Look Down” series—check it out here.
keats + yeats // Of Montreal : Cemetery Gates
Of Montreal (with some help from her lady Solange Knowles) rock the gates out of this cemetery on Pitchfork.tv. I particularly enjoyed the reworked version of “Heimdalsgate like a Promethean Curse.”
Röyksopp // “Senior” : “The Drug”
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Röyksopp // “Senior” : “The Drug”
[via pitchfork]
surveilled // Liars
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Pitchfork‘s Surveillance starring underworlders Liars. Noise never made so much sense. More here.
new favorite video // Avi Buffalo : “What’s in it For?”
Vodpod videos no longer available.stunningly gorgeous video and song from Avi Buffalo.
[via pitchfork]
coming soon // Wolf Parade : “Expo 86”
“Expo 86 was a World’s Fair that happened in Vancouver in 1986. It’s been this thing we all talked about as a band. We all grew up in British Columbia, and we were all at Expo, which lasted about three or four days. It’s a weird little thought experiment– basically, we were all young children at the same big event. I remember Expo 86 was as big as the Olympics were this year in Vancouver. They completely reorganized part of the downtown core, and they built this giant geodesic dome called “Science World”. Now it looks completely, totally dated and a product of its time. They built monuments, built rides. It was something I don’t think we’re going to see in Canada ever again because World’s Fairs have fallen out of favor, at least for the Western World.” : Dan Boeckner [via Pitchfork]
Wolf Parade : Expo 86 // out July 2010 via SubPop.
[via MBV]
some more Yourstruly for your eyes and ears
Washed Out + Small Black
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Dum Dum Girls
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spill factor: Best Coast via yourstru.ly
Vodpod videos no longer available.Yourstru.ly has been really impressing us with their output lately. This recent feature on Best Coast is a lot of fun.
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