The Let Out: Carl
- story THE FADER
This week on the Let Out, The FADER’s weekly East Village Radio show, Carl Bennett the ultimate man of mystery/guy who had a weird show on Vice TV called Hot Dogs and knows a lot about music will be coming through to play records, hang out and drop knowledge jewels left and right. Listen live to the Let Out this and every Friday from 6-8 pm on East Village Radio, but specifically listen to this one.
Premiere: Bonjay, “Gimme Gimme (Wire Hanger RMX)” MP3
Bonjay’s forthcoming single “Gimme Gimme” is kinda like T-Dot diasporic lo-fi dancehall, singer Alanna singing slyly over a super pared down and clappy riddim before it flips out into weird and psychedelic. That drops November 20 (you can hear it on their myspace) but as a teaser, Bonjay remixed their own jam under the “Wire Hanger” moniker with a little more electronic blurbage, so that it works as a transition track for a washed out rave or soundtrack for your own personal Run Lola Run.
Download: Bonjay, “Gimme Gimme (Wire Hanger RMX)”
Stream: Yeasayer, “Ambling Alp” (DJ/Rupture Remix)
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
- photo Guy Martin (F49)
Last week Yeasayer officially released sophomore album single “Ambling Alp,” and today DJ/Rupture’s version popped up on the internet in what feels like record turnaround time. The remix makes sense too: live, Yeasayer have always approached a more intense club thump, and Rupture furthers that idea, pushing “Ambling Alp” from spacey inspiration into deep bass tones and manipulated vocals. Both versions are great, it just depends if you want to feel happy about the world or like you’ve been swimming in thick mud for a couple hours. Stream it over at Stereogum.
Serani, “Polka Dot” MP3
- story Peter Macia
A superstar in the FADERverse, Serani just released his new, long-awaited No Games album and it, along with new albums from Sean Paul and Vybz Kartel, built a small brick wall on the Billboard charts, selling a collective NOT THAT MUCH recently. To this we say to the music buying public, is the new Weezer album really that good? Cuz y’all scarfed that up like it could pay your mortgage. We’re biased as hell because we’ve been playing some of these songs during memorable times over the last two years, but even if we hadn’t, it’s about to get brick outside for the next few months and this album is end-to-end heaters for the ramping shop, people, and it only costs a few bucks. Go get it and enjoy the Brasco bonus cut below with Serani on the hook.
Download: Serani, “Polka Dot”
Brasco f. Serani, “Money Train”
Video: Grizzly Bear, “Ready, Able”
- story Matthew Schnipper
Five years, countless months and a loan/ Hope I’m ready, able to make my own good home totally makes us think of rainbow Play-Doh monsters. We actually directed this, Alison Schulnick is our pen name. We had the interns take turns melting.
Matias Aguayo Q+A + “Rollerskate (Radio Edit)” MP3
- story Claire Lobenfeld
Matias Aguayo’s nurture of his creative community is transcontinental. When he is not working in Paris, Matias lives in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of the BumBumBox parties—a communal affair where he and his Comeme compatriots gather in public outdoor spaces, armed with ghettoblasters playing pre-made mixes, like a drum circle that avoids improvised hippie snags. In clubs as a DJ, Aguayo connects to his audience by performing live vocals over the music, the singalong enveloping him into the audience. His most recent release Ay, Ay, Ay is also informed by his international sensibilities, transcending language, as he almost strictly uses his voice as the musical content of each song and has no preferred dialect when approaching lyrics. Aguayo talks to us about his belief in comradery, expectations of club shows and rollerskates—the topic of the chirpy first single off of the album. Check the song below and the interview after the jump. Aguayo really likes ellipses.
Download: Matias Aguayo, “Rollerskate (Radio Edit)” MP3
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posted on Nov 6, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags electronic/dance, Matias Aguayo
Video Premiere: Bobby Birdman, “Weighty Weight”
If you’re the kinda person who smokes a J like once every six to eight months, do it now and watch this slo-mo skate vid with Bobby Birdman multiplying and flickering on and off like a ghost or Donnie Darko. What’s crazy is like, you’re watching the TV, but also Bobby is INSIDE the TV. Mega meta-mind-warp. Or don’t smoke, and just get lost in his sludgy dreaminess, cozy with all the waves-crashing glory of his voice, cause it’s the kinda song that makes you sad you’re not in love.
Javelin, World MIDI Classics Volume 2
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
This is all hypothetical, but we imagine the dudes of Javelin don’t ever leave their apartment, instead just listen to records without ever putting them back in their sleeves, recording 20 second snippets and then throwing that all together into one mp3. Nothing sticks around long enough to make a strong impression, but this also isn’t some Girl Talk memory bait either. Instead it’s just Nerds Being Nerds And Sharing It, also known as exactly why we got into this shit in the first place.
Download: Javelin, World MIDI Classics Volume 2 (via P4K)
Video: Tanlines, “Game Two”
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Wave of the future! Tanlines just released a song that was recorded on an iPhone accompanied by a video made with Google Earth. We just watched it three times trying to figure out how they made what sounds like Gregorian chants in the middle of an all night Euro-rave at a Polish club into exactly what we want to hear at any given moment during the day.
Interview: Kris Kristofferson
- story Peter Macia
- photo Matthew Williams (F64)
Kris Kristofferson’s new album Closer To The Bone is so good and refreshing that we decided to put him in the Gen F section of our latest issue. For that story, we spoke to Kristofferson over the phone while he sat at home in Maui. Yes, we were jealous. But it’s hard to hold it against him when the conversation goes from his songwriting to his Texas childhood to World War II, Oxford, Obama, Johnny Cash and ultimate fighting. The whole thing kind of made us want to retire and be his personal groundskeeper/buddy. After the jump, read the interview and see the video for the album’s eponymous single. And when you’re done, make sure to check out Kristofferson’s excellent new Daytrotter session.
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posted on Nov 5, 2009 in Homepage Top Spotlight, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags country, Interview, Kris Kristofferson, Q+A
