setlist

The setlist for Sodastream's last ever show:

Firelines
Out
Keith & Tina
Chorus Line
Horses
Charity Board
Fresh One
Wedding Day
Let it all Turn Black
Warm July
Lushington Hall
Otherwise Open
Blinky
Constant Ships
Mood in the Bunker

I feel a need to record all of this for posterity... i'll do a review soon.

Sodastream ends

The Elevator Music King

So in Bangkok I bought a CD called The Jazz King, of jazz music composed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. And I was listening to it, and it just didn't sound right. It sounded weird. And then, after seven tracks, I figured it out. It's not really jazz music. It's elevator music. You know, that awful stuff they put over tourism promotional videos, with too-smooth melodies and a beat that belongs in a Vegas hotel in 1992.

mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

So I first heard this whole album on a dark night in Istanbul, and I bought it this week. In short, it is awesome. It's sort of indie-rock 'post-hardcore' arty-farty music with spoken-word poetry/singing/wailing. It goes from soft to chaotic, from English to Arabic (in one song), from understandable to confusing. Sound stupid? It's not. Listen to them here.

Dir En Grey

Well I came across the infamous Dir En Grey on Purevolume, and it looks like they've turned hardcore, after their previous incarnation as self-pitying wrist-slitting whinge-rock. Have a listen to Clever Sleazoid.

my Hottest 100 votes

After much deliberation, and culling of my 60-song shortlist, these are the 10 extra-special songs I voted for.

Antiskeptic - Dancing On The Inside
Just great.

Ben Folds - Such Great Heights (Like A Version)
Sweet piano take on Postal Service's song.

Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me
What can I say? Jens is awesome.

Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
So I am I. The video was one of the year's best.

Muscles - One Inch Badge Pin
Nice, very nice.

Panic! At The Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom & Suicide
The best song off one of, if not THE, album of the year.

Peter Bjorn & John - Let's Call It Off
This one makes me want to jive.

Sodastream - Twin Lakes
I love Sodastream.

Youth Group - Forever Young
This song means 2006.

The Zutons - Why Won't You Give Me Your Love
The dance-fighting gangs of this song's video are awesome.

back from the dead

Noun 1. splodge - an irregularly shaped spot

I'll start by putting up some archives of previous posts.