The Life Wire
Gregor Tresher – The Life Wire
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Mickey Mouse
Yeah people seem to hate his guts. And yeah, he probably shouldn’t take as many drugs. But this new album’s the shit. This track’s called “Mickey Mouse” and its got Nathan Williams doing his best Noah Lennox.
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Remember Me?
I’ve been in a pretty major slump lately, musically speaking. You’ve all been there I’m sure and I hope you can empathize with me. Alas, here is a pretty good track for listening. This is a Memory Tapes remix of Suffocation, the best track off of Crystal Castles‘ newest record. It’s a great track to forget you have on for a few minutes, then about halfway through it grabs your attention back abruptly, captures you and then ever so slowly releases you again.
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In a Bath Robe on a Thursday
I like to keep tabs on how repetitive/pathetic my life has gotten since I lost my job. I usually do this through some sort of introspective examination of what makes me excited, to varying degrees.
Today, I saw that USA was playing a Burn Notice marathon all day. I got excited. This is my fucking life.
It’s not a good show. Not by any means. Bad acting, poor Caruso-esque one-liners, and editing that would make an epileptic Japanese boy go into fits. But, again, this is my life now. I get psyched when a show that I don’t even like is going to be playing all day, every hour on the hour. It’s got spies at least. Spies are kind of cool, right?
I digress. The real reason for this post is to throw up a nice little Wolf Parade ditty from the forthcoming Expo 86. It’s the last track on the album, called Cave-o-sapien.
I don’t think that anyone’s informed Spencer Krug that a metaphor is only effective when you use images that everyone else can fucking identify with. Still, it sounds pretty damn good. Definitely my favorite track of the new album. Hopefully, you’ll dig it as well.
Cave-O-Sapien
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UPDATE: I’m an idiot.
Last week I mentioned something about Arcade Fire apologizing for releasing an album to all the other bands who released great albums this week. I don’t apologize for that. I think it’s fair (both statistically and mathematically) to assume that they will release the best record this year, unless TV on the Radio or Radiohead decide to release one as well.
However, I did mention later that the National should get an apology letter, even though I thought they were garbage. Well, as it turns out, I’m a fucking moron.
High Violet is incredible. I know I’m not saying anything groundbreaking here, but the blog just went back up, so what do you expect? Sorry I’m late.
My wife to be listened in the car with me yesterday on the way home from Chester County. Her thoughts: “This is really good music. But, if you listen to what’s being said, this guy just won’t stop fucking whining. It’s still awesome though.”
I couldn’t agree more. Great record. That guy’s a fucking whiner, but it’s definitely awesome. Go buy that shit.
