Saturday, July 30, 2011

The World In Your Eyes

Nice summer week or two. FINALLY! Lake Michigan finally warm (code: refreshing) enough to get into. Extremely successful week music-wise; happy to have gotten the two Ambarchi duo LPs, caboladies (thanks RL!), bellows (thanks JFK!), within mirrors (thanks Jesse!), Kompakt Total 12, and a few other things. Still looking for Aquarelle (brand new) as well as Old News #6 (not even out yet), as well as Container LP (ditto), oh, and the Starving Weirdos LP on Bo’Weavil.

Been on a Spacemen 3 / Sonic Boom / Spectrum kick! Good for summer.

Not finding (yet), but would like to:

Further investigation:

l.r.j martens – eternal landscapes LP (aguirre 08) may 2011
expo ’70 – inaudible bicoastal trajectory LP (agurre 11) may 2011

Forthcoming:

Charalambides - Exile CD (KRANK 158CD)
Aquarelle - Sung in Broken Symmetry LP (SOD 089LP)
Barn owl - Lost In The Glare CD (THR 280CD)
Negrot, aerea - Arabxilla CD (BPC 240CD)
Lawrence - Timeless CD (CORMIX 035CD)
Farben - Xango 12" (FAITICHE 006EP)
Boratto, gui - III CD (KOMP 090CD)
Walls - Coracle LP+CD (KOM 245LP)
Scott, simon - Bunny CD (MIA 017CD)
In the country - Sounds And Sights CD/DVD (RCD 2113CD)
Continer - LP LP (SP 007LP)
Clams casino - Instrumentals 2LP (TYPE 095LP)

New this week:

Le revelateur – fictions LP (gneiss things 10) july 2011

Grabbed:

Le revelateur – motion flares (root strata 64) june 2010
Tuusanuuskat – naaksaa naa mun kyyneleet (fonal 78) july 2011
Borden / james ferraro / Samuel godin / lauren halo / Daniel lopatin, david – frkwys vol. 7 LP (rvng intl. 07) july 2011
Keith fullerton Whitman / alien radio (datashock) – split LP (dekorder 54) june 2011
Fennesz – seven stars (touch) july 2011
Ohayo – the state we are in (hapna 45) may 2011
Temporal marauder – makes you feel LP (spectrum spools 006) june 2011
Oren ambarchi & jim o’rourke – indeed LP (demego 021) june 2011
Oren ambarchi & Robbie avenaim – dream request LP (bo’weavil sidra 005) june 2011
Bellows – handcut (senufo #15) may 2011
Akira Rabelais & Stephan Mathieu – quien era aquella (conv [spain] CNV R09) may 2006
Chihei hatakeyama – mirror (room40) july 2011
Gui boratto – the drill (kompakt 232) july 2011
Barn owl – lost in the glare (thrill jockey) july 2011
Caboladies – renewable destination LP (students of decay) july 2011
Total 12 CD (kompakt 92CD) july 2011
Polvo – heavy detour 7” (merge) july 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

Lonely Avenue

still lookin' for some elusive titles. mostly LPs. especially the ambarchi collaborations and new students of decay (caboladies & aquarelle). busy summer so far. finally hot this week. too much travelling yet not enough vacation feeling.

Not finding (yet), but would like to:

Starving weirdos - Rolled In The Midst Of Never-Ceasing Currents Flowing Without A Rest Forever Onward lp (bo’weavil) june 2011
Ambarchi / o’rourke
Ambarchi /avenum
Aquarelle – sung in broken symmetry (students of decay) july 2011
Caboladies – renewable destination (students of decay) june 2011
Bellows – handcut (senufo editions) w/ bonus material june 2011

New this week:

Fennesz - Seven Stars 10" (touch) july 2011
Temporal marauder – temporal marauder makes you feel (spectrum spools 006 LP) jun 2011 (mms best of 2011)
Kassel jaeger – algae (senufo) july 2011

Grabbed:

Ty segall – goodbye bread (drag city) jun 2011
Ty segall – I can’t feel it 7” (drag city) may 2011
Margaret dygas – Margaret dygas (perlon) jun 2011
Biosphere – n-plants (touch 84) jun 2011
Eternal tapestry & sun araw – night gallery (thrill jockey 266) july 2011
Rene hell – the Hilton – bonus CD with vinyl version of the terminal symphony (type 085) mar 2011
ben vida / keith fullerton whitman “split” aggregatepulseripper (damaged iiii) b/w 080114 LP (amish 033/required wreckers 3) june 2011
Eleanor friedberger – last summer (merge) july 2011
Bee mask – elegy for beach Friday (spectrum spools 05) june 2011
Ducktails – killin’ the vibe (new images 01) july 2011
Jackie-o motherfucker – earth sound system (fire) july 2011
Kenneth kirschner – twenty ten (12k 1066) june 2011
Sog – fremde hande (profane 35) july 2011
Stephan Mathieu – to describe George Washington bridge 10” (dekorder 51) july 2011
Wooden shjips – west (thrill jockey) july 2011
Tomutonttu – elavana planeetalla (new images 02) july 2011

Listened:

vetiver - errant charm (sub pop)
vetiver - tight knit (sub pop)
mv & ee - country stash (3lobed)
oystered 10
eleanor friedberger - last summer (merge)
margaret dygas - (perlon)
ty segall - goodbye bread (drag city)
jim o'rourke - old news no.5 (editions mego)