Temporary Obsession | Mining Cultural Ephemera since 2009
Series 7 is coming!
Okay, so it’s coming in November. I’m still allowed to be excited. Now to get ready to run around PAX in a few weekends.
Track of the Day: Uncanny Alliance, “I Got My Education”
Did you know that Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)” had a bitchy answer song? Neither did I until this weekend. What makes this track so awesome is the spoken part in the middle. ”GET AWAY FROM MY WINSHIELD” indeed.
Track of the Day: Balam Acab, “Come True”
Well, it’s been a week. Time to chill out as we go into the weekend. Here, with some liquid atmospherics, is Balam Acab.
Music Review Roundup: BLARP!
It’s been an awesome month for new releases, so rather than post a new review I thought I’d highlight the last few weeks’ worth of reviews: Andrew Bird’s Break It Yourself [4/5 stars] Perfume Genius’ Put Your Back N 2 It [4.5/5 stars] Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror [2.5/5 stars] Grimes’ Visions [5/5 stars] In [...]
Random Notes: Vegas, pt. 2
- How do you get 20 foursquare check-ins in one day? The Las Vegas Strip. For those playing along at home: Caesars Palace, Imperial Palace, Venetian, Palazzo, Wynn, Treasure Island, Mirage, Bellagio, Monte Carlo, New York New York, Excalibur, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, MGM Grand, Ross Dress for Less, Paris Las Vegas, Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, Caesar’s Palace, Mesa Grill. – once you’ve seen the inside of a Las Vegas Casino, you have basically seen [...]
Track of the Day: Chairlift, “Peculiar Paradise”
Hooray for weird synth noises, vocal sampling, and Vegas. “Peculiar Paradise”, a bonus track from Chairlift’s fantastic Something offered on RCRD LBL earlier this year, went on my vacation playlist a few weeks ago because the title seemed to mesh so nicely with the whole concept of Vegas – this peculiar “paradise” in the middle [...]
Track of the Day: Beach House, “Myth”
Beach House is back! After their fantastic third album “Teen Dream”, Victoria and Alex are back and are somehow even larger sounding than before. If this is the taste of their forthcoming album (supposedly called Bloom and supposedly out in May on Sub Pop), I can’t wait to hear the rest.
Break It Yourself
When you get an Andrew Bird album, you expect a few things: slightly complex, scientific metaphors, layers of violin loops, and whistling. You won’t be disappointed on his latest release, Break It Yourself, if that’s what you’re looking for, but you’re also in for a few surprises. This is the second Andrew Bird album I’ve [...]
Random Notes: Vegas, pt. 1
-It hit me on the plane ride there that Vegas was going to be my first adult “vacation”. Sure I’ve flown home more than once since moving out to Boston, but this time I was going someplace other than the Twin Cities for a reason other than a holiday or major event. It was both [...]
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER
Community is back this week. Based on this trailer, I can’t wait for Thursday.