Hey all,
I’ve finally started a music blog where I’ll be posting tracks, mini-reviews, and select NYC show listings on as consistent a basis as I can muster, thus far it’s looking like daily Mon-Fri. It’s called Migrating Taste and can be found at migratingtaste.blogspot.com. Hope to see you there.
-David
So there was this great musician (producer/rapper) who went by the name of J. Dilla (as well as Jay Dee). He was on a shortlist of music makers who never went out of rotation once you heard them. You got hooked and you just stayed that way. This year he passed away [...]
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Here’s mine: Grizzly Bear - On a Neck, On a Spit
Story #1: On Tuesday, Joel, Crichton (of “Like Children” fame), and myself went to the Grizzly Bear show over at Bowery Ballroom. J & C had to leave early so they missed out on the fantastic show [...]
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I found this old song a week ago that I really love. It’s off of Rhino Record’s “The Doo Wop Box” and it makes me think that I should give the semi-similar-sounding Antony (& possibly the Johnsons) another chance. It’s by this group The Orioles and that vocal progression is just great.
The Orioles [...]
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Before I continue with some more selections from some of my favorite acts at the Pitchfork Music Festival, I should mention that Pitchfork’s own photo set from the weekend includes not just one but two pics of Ben P. Four Square Star. And from the “Where’s Benno?” collection (Hint: I was directly to the [...]
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In honor of the awesome time I had at the Pitchfork Festival, I’m gonna throw up some tracks from my best of the fest. So here’s me highlighting some of my favorite acts:
Spank Rock - Bump
They may have lost their low end 2 songs into their set, but they didn’t let it stop them [...]
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Sometimes I feel like all I am is this food consuming thing that makes comedy, spouts back and forth with friends, and listens to music. Now for the music part!
Who has the balls to send their sophomore album out with the title Classics? Those evocative instrumental rockers with the hip-hop attitude [...]