Dragon Wings and Wizard Tales

Coming straight outta Connecticut, 1979, Emerald Web unleashed this rare, private press record and was all the rage at the planetariums of the early 1980's, a perfect soundtrack for a mediocre laser light show, and more moog and flute than you can shake a stick at. I first heard these guys on the Mind-Bending Motorway Mix, courtesy of Trish Keenan. The first track on the mix is a really trippy number off of this record.

And, i want it. I want it badly. But alas, my $100 bid on ebay was not enough, so sucks to the ass-mar of the dude who outbid me.

Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang

Sweet.

My last link be all bad and shit

Still want to listen to some new Prefuse 73, but my last link got you nowhere? Of course you do. Why don't you try here instead? Hooray!

Prefuse 73

Prefuse 73 has a new record coming out in April from Warp. All the vocals on the album are performed by a variety of female singers, including Zola Jesus, My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden, and the late, great Trish Keenan from Broadcast. Go here to listen to some samples.

Candyman

Re-watched "Candyman" for the first time in like 15 years the other night. I had no idea that Phillip Glass composed the score. Sweet.

The Party Ain't Over

A few years ago, Jack White produced a record for county legend Loretta Lynn. The two had kind of Rick Rubin/Johnny Cash thing going. It was awesome. For 2011, Mr. White is teaming with 1950's rockabilly artist Wanda Jackson to create another awesome rock & roll record. With classic production, a really original voice, and a bitchin' cover of Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm Know Good," Wanda Jackson is back baby! Get it from Third Man Records.

Console

The Notwist's Martin Gretschmann and vocalist Miriam Osterrieder are back with a new album from their Console project entitled "Herself." A mix of minimalism, Krautrock, and coldwave, Console are a German electro-pop-fusion dream. Mellow, pretty headphone music for gray days and cold nights. Your laptop is drooling.

Belong

Straight from the booze-soaked underbelly of New Orleans comes swampy shoegaze duo Belong. Their debut LP will be out in March from Kranky. Until then, download the track, "Perfect Life" right here.

Superbowl today

The Superbowl's today. Not quite as exciting this year without my Saints there, but i love football, so let's go...Packers. And let's go overeating and drinking too much. Hooray!

(And yes, that is a picture of the Puppy Bowl. Hazaa!)

Baths and Braids at The Mohawk

LA's Baths and Montreal's Braids put on a great show last night. Star Slinger had to cancel (wa-wah). Here's what i learned:

Braids play a really pretty combination of electronic and shoegaze, awesome sleepy time music.

Baths is a gay guy who talks like McLovin and dances like a freak while manning his sampler. Very fun to watch.

Here's some pics:

Braids

Baths

Baths