Unintentionally hilarious "sexy" album covers

Random lists? I love random lists! Go look at this one. It's very funny. Big ups to Shoe!

Fun Girls

More mutant 80's disco-pop from Brooklyn's Greatest Hits from their upcoming 7" on Japanese label Sixteen Tambourines. Listen to "Fun Girls" below and shake your ass.


Greatest Hits - Fun Girls by Sixteen Tambourines Recs

Infinite Jest

Every year, i pick a big, long, heavy book to wade through. Past years have included Roberto Bolano's "2666" (which was excellent) and Thomas Pynchon's "Mason And Dixon" (which, aside from the part where the main characters smoke weed with George Washington, i absolutely hated). This year, i've chosen the late David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest." So far (a couple hundred pages in) there is some good stuff, but you've got to swallow it with a mountain of pretentious bullshit. I'm trying to stay positive and focus on said good stuff, but i hate, hate, hate footnotes and appendices and glossaries, and this novel is just filled to the brim. However, i will soldier on and reward myself with some pulpy detective trash or tripped out sci-fi next. Adieu.

Underneath The Pine

I didn't want to like this record as much as i do. It's leaps and bounds ahead of "Causers of This," and the added 70's airy groove just makes the whole thing a hell of a lot of fun. Toro Y Moi, i salute you.

Muppets dance themselves clean

I love LCD Soundsystem, and i love Muppets...so this video is a no-brainer for me. Enjoy.

Hooray! It's the final Panda Bear 7"

On March 14th, the last of Panda Bear's "Tomboy" lead-up 7" records comes out via Kompact. "Surfer's Hymn" will be limited, so it will probably sell out fast like the previous 3 records, and there's no pre-sale, so looks like you'll be scrounging the bins with me. Happy hunting.

Summer Camp

London's Summer Camp will be putting out an LP sometime in the summer. Check out the stalker anthem "I Want You" right here. Dark and dancey. Check the group out during SXSW.

Mushy

Lo-fi goth atmospherics. A feeling of overwhelming dread. Synth-wave and kraut-psychedelic soul awaiting the arrival of Cthulu and his otherworldly minions. So enter Italy's Mushy. Think Zola Jesus with more hiss. Get the LP from Mannequin Records. And sample the song "Losing Days" over at 20JFG.

Sonic Youth score a French film...go figure

Sonic Youth provide the score for the French film, "Simon Werner A Disparu." It sounds exactly like what you would think it sounds like...mellow, instrumental Sonic Youth songs that weave back and forth from melodic to just a bit noisy, and the album cover's pretty rad too. The record's good though, so if you're a Sonic Youth kind of kid, then this should be on your radar. I would like to see the film, just to see how the songs jive with the cinematic images. Vive la France!

Destroyer at Mohawk in March

Dan Bejar brings his easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl self to Austin on March 25th when Destroyer will play a set at The Mohawk. Tickets available now. "Kaputt" has been one of my favorite records of the year thus far, so some bored Bejar action post SXSW should be cool.