New from the DFA...

ok that's dope, i just bought that on itunes

sounds like mungolian jetset in a good way

really feeling the Prins Thomas remixes of Surahn

i was listening to the marcus marr single wondering where i'd picked up the recommendation and thinking "wtf is this annoying shit" about the a-side but the b-side was much better, yes!

http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/04/james-murphy-files-90000-lawsuit-against-former-dfa-partner-tim-goldsworthy/

death from attorneys

ack that's not good. a real shame, in fact.

a very sad denouement.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/1139064-dr_evil_one_million_dollars_super.jpeg

little bit late but love the noodling in the second half of 'the music'

I copped a Delia & Gavin from 2005 or whatever from a DFA representative at this big outdoor record fair. for some reason i've listened to it ~90 times or so but never actually owned it.

12 years of DFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuJ6KdhEaa0&feature=youtu.be

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Days of Mars is easily my favorite full-length to come out on DFA, but I'm probably the only one who'd say that

thought it was pretty well regarded?

think "yeah (crass vn)" is my fave single song

Days of Mars is amazing but I often get sidetracked by the Relevee single/remixes and just listen to that

^both are great, as is Track 5, which might be my favorite thing by them, or on DFA

Track 5 is amazing. Out-carpenters carpenter.

Love Holy Ghost's "Dumb Disco Ideas".

the first half underwhelmed me but the second half is tremendous

it all passed without incident is the best i can say.

first few minutes feel like HG! by numbers, would be much lesser song if they'd done an edit. this is partly bcz, as with everything bar I Will Come Back and Jam For Jerry, the lyrics are completely blank, so it works great that the vocals become more explicitly sheer decoration once the synths take off.

enjoying not being able to work out if the drums are pads or carefully produced acoustic kit; looking forward to the CD to see who's credited with cwbll

love the "dumb disco ideas" instrumental. could have been made circa "yeah" -- i like that.

Has it been said all over the place that the Blurred Lines instrumental sounds a lot like a 2004/2005-ish DFA track?

new, non-album, James Murphy / HG! track on latter's Soundcloud today

^i like the music a LOT, though the vocals are oddly weak

that's not odd although they are significantly worse than usual.

i don't normally have a problem with the singing but this has the feel of a rough guide vocal that never got replaced

Unmentioned above, but the The Juan Maclean returned with a single in April:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwf31pKvGc4

Nancy Whang's vocal aside, its not as endearingly idiosyncratic as past outings. And I like Whang more on Classix's "All You're Waiting For".

10 years later, that cabaret voltaire song in the top post mix is still the jamb:

http://www.rdio.com/people/jamesmurphy/playlists/5224085/not_particularly_summery_summer_jam_mix_tape/

great video and song this larry gus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfmA6tNGUqI

I was wondering what people thought of that Larry Gus album. The couple tracks I heard are pretty cool.

not really into it. it's great that he had this complicated algorithm for deciding which background samples to use or whatever, but it's not really borne out in the music, idk.

I'm a few years behind but the Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra album is so so good. Got the sensuous smoothness of 'Still You' and the ridiculous and lovely mess that is 'That Hat' on a loop here.

that's defo one of my DFA faves

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the Museum of Love single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2E6oK7tN5w

Pat & Nancy & Nick & Alex & Juan on Letterman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHHcGlGzks&feature=youtu.be

I was wondering what people thought of that Larry Gus album. The couple tracks I heard are pretty cool.

I liked it, and that leads me to...my interview with him:

http://thequietus.com/articles/13777-larry-gus-interview

"I Wanna Be Your Hand" off the Holy Ghost album is better than the single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQdEx7qA-Y

Some days I think 'Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Rise (DFA Mix)' is the best thing they ever released.

The Holy Ghost! album is one of my fav DFA things. Took a bunch of plays but now I'm into just about every song on the album.

still waiting for another Pixeltan record over here

nerdcore

http://pitchfork.com/news/56498-james-murphy-and-ibm-transforming-us-open-tennis-data-into-400-hours-of-music/

Dance to the sound of grand slam Big Data.

surprise! sounds like a keyboard demo.

Being assisted by James Murphy could be the best thing to happen to New Order in years. Unfortunately DFA says it ain't happening. So bummed.

cannot believe i have not done this before, but i have just set up a playlist that puts 'moon unit' parts 1-4 by mogg and naudascher in order that were spread across the 2cd set, nobody knows.

question :

why on earth did they mix up the ordering on the comp, and, were they ever released as a standalone release as an ep/mini-lp ?

Although Murphy always rubbed me slightly the wrong way, I've been really enjoying listening to the MSG live stuff on Spotify - incredible band.

ok ok .. i'll reveal my ineptness .. 'MSG' ??

sorry I mean The Long Goodbye which is an LCD Soundsystem concert album recorded at Madison Square Garden

ahh .. not got that as its not hit the cd format yet has it ?

i have the live-in-the-studio london sessions, which as yet i have not actually listened to ..

time to dig it out methinks.