Category Archives: music

Not extinct after all

Posted on April 23, 2007 by dff

Cool! Beyond is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It is their first LP in a decade, and the first album by the original “classic” lineup since 1988′s Bug. It is currently set for release … Continue reading →

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My Fun

Posted on December 22, 2006 by dff

If, like me, you’ve got a jones for the drones, check out My Fun’s Idyll EP – you can download all four songs, for free. Susanna says: My Fun is the slightly eccentric nom de guerre of Justin Hardison, a … Continue reading →

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Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill

Posted on December 22, 2006 by dff

Radiodread, via the The Mind That Brought You Nothing Else – who’s managed five posts in ’06, and thus won’t be issuing any refunds (see blogroll on right).

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Get three coffins ready

Posted on November 9, 2006 by dff

I think I’ll have to get Spaghetti Western Rainbow: A salvo to Ennio Morricone, Spaghetti Western Rainbow stands testament to the Italian composer’s enduring influence. Morricone collaborator Sergio Leone established the spaghetti western genre in 1964 with A Fistful of … Continue reading →

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If you meet the Buddha on the road, remix him

Posted on November 9, 2006 by dff

This sounds very cool: The FM3 Buddha Machine is a low-fi loop playing device containing nine pre-recorded loops which cannot be changed by the user. Due to manufacturing imperfections, individual machines play the loops with a slightly different sound, pitch … Continue reading →

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Caught my ear

Posted on November 4, 2006 by dff

Heard on RF: Kanding Ray. You can hear four tunes on their myspace page. Perhaps co-blogger JMD can pick up the CD for me on his next excursion to the Fatherland?

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Too weird for their own good, and perhaps for the good of others

Posted on October 16, 2006 by dff

Oil & Gold is one of my 10 favorite albums. (reminder via)

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Non-attendance at a non-event

Posted on August 20, 2006 by dff

I was still a bit under the weather last night so I didn’t go out to see the Non-event Alog (if you’ve got flash you can listen to some of their music, and check out the great video I lifted … Continue reading →

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When I win the lottery (part of an occasional series)

Posted on July 12, 2006 by dff

I’ll buy all 21 of Buda Musique‘s excellent Ethiopiques series in one fell swoop. Last Friday DJ John Staub (Tufts econ prof, I think) played an hour of selections from the series on Test Pattern, and it was all quite … Continue reading →

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Currently under consideration

Posted on April 9, 2006 by dff

If I manage to get out of the house for these: The Fun Years, April 18th, PA’s Lounge, Somerville. Mogwai*, May 14th, Avalon, Boston. Tag-alongs are welcome. *Mogwai’s new release is excellent, btw.

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6-bit Buddha Machine

Posted on March 13, 2006 by dff

Chinese ambient band FM3 (American-born, expat musician Christiaan Virant, and Chinese keyboardist and computer musician Zhang Jian)’s recent release, according to this review: is not a CD release, or even an LP release. It’s a small plastic box (that runs … Continue reading →

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Listening to

Posted on January 9, 2006 by dff

Red Red Wine cover by The Fun Years.

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Rare frequency

Posted on January 8, 2006 by dff

…is podcasting! Cool – now I can FF through the weird parts. ;-)

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Push!Music

Posted on January 7, 2006 by dff

Nice idea, but what are the odds that anyone nearby will have similar tastes to mine? Not good, I think. (via)

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Bring on da funk, but…

Posted on December 31, 2005 by dff

don’t you dare bring on da noise: In order to take the spiritual temperature of an individual or society, one must “mark” the music. There is no more effective way to teach anything than with the aid of music. It … Continue reading →

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For those who like this kind of thing

Posted on December 27, 2005 by dff

… this is just the kind of thing you’ll like. They appear to be releasing music through their site as they create it. I read somewhere that one of the two musicians involved is a former DK. (via)

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Mr. Beast

Posted on December 27, 2005 by dff

Still not sure when the CD will be released, but you can listen to the first release (Friend of the Night) from Mogwai‘s new album here.

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Casino vs Japan

Posted on December 13, 2005 by dff

…has a website with some free mp3s. You know: for those of you who like this kind of thing, this is just the kind of thing you’ll like. And apparently there are a couple of CDs I’m going to have … Continue reading →

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More from the fun years

Posted on November 6, 2005 by dff

For those who like this sort of thing, here’s just the sort of thing you’ll like. I still need to get their new CDR.

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Hey you kids! Get out of my yard!

Posted on November 6, 2005 by dff

Hilarious. Maybe it would help keep skate punks out of little kids playgrounds, too. ;-)

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