January 2010
70 posts
The Strokes - The End Has No End
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it,...”
– J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)
The National - Guest Room
One of the lesser...
Holy ish Batman! The National's new album!
6am alarms are never good, unless they’re accompanied by the email announcing The National’s new album in May! Oh sweet baby jesus, thank you.
Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow in the US (the pw & schedule is here) for their upcoming tour supporting the yet to be named new album. The exception to this is the Paris show where The National is accompanying Pavement (right!?)....
Kings of Convenience - The Weight of the World...
Hot Chip - Alley Cats
Wow. Just wow - and it gets...
“If you care about something you have to protect it. If you’re lucky enough to...”
– John Irving
Paksal - Sweet Settings
Minimal house headphone...
“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and...”
– Haruki Murakami (Dance, Dance, Dance)
Beach House - Walk in the Park
The National - So Far Around The Bend
“You’re not a good shot, but I’m worse…”
– Josh Ritter
French Kicks - Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham cover)
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
What a jam....
Clogs - Three Two
The most beautiful composition...
“They both seemed to have arrived there with an extraordinary innocence as though...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
(via pedrosanchez)
The Kinks - Lola
The National - Slow Show (“The Virginia EP”...
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with...”
– the opening lines of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
(via smut-to-go)