ATP New York 2009: Babies and Drums
- story Peter Macia
- photo Abbey Braden
Boredoms’ drummer Yojiro (YO2RO) Tatekawa was carried into the main performance space on a platform carried by eight dudes, ten minutes into the already heart-exploding Boadrum 9 reprise at ATP New York last Sunday. He bashed on his drums so hard, it was unclear whether they would be able to hold him up. They did, and an hour later, Tatekawa and his bandmate Yoshimi were walking around with a bunch of awesome little Boredoms babies, on their way to participate in Oneida’s marathon 13-hour performance and then check out Boris’ volcanic replay of their album Feedbacker. Jim Jarmusch looked pretty psyched on Boris too. This was basically the vibe at Kutsher’s Country Club, a tarnished gem of the Catskills social set, where VIP is nonexistent and there was always something happening that was going to destroy your eardrums for, as of post time, at least two or three days.
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posted on Sep 15, 2009 in MUSIC NEWS tags Animal Collective, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound, ATP New York 2009, black dice, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boredoms, Boris, Boss Hog, Crystal Castles, David Cross, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Dirty Three, Grouper, Melvins, Menomena, No Age with Bob Mould, Oneida, Panda Bear, Shellac, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide, Super Furry Animals, The Drones, The Feelies, the Flaming Lips, The Jesus Lizard
Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout” MP3
- story Peter Macia
In FADER #49, Bradford Cox aka Atlas Sound told Black Lips’ Cole Alexander:
“It’s not good to be trapped in that same state of mind for your whole life. It’s a sad and difficult thing, actually. It’s like never getting over something and trying to work it out over and over and over again. The sounds may be a little more advanced, but I’m essentially making the same kind of art with the same kind of ideas that I was when I was a kid.”
On “Walkabout,” the first song from his upcoming album Logos (Oct 20, Kranky), Cox sings along with Noah Lennox, What did you want to see/ What did you want to be/ When you grew up, and generally seems to be focused on moving on, becoming an adult, or at least acknowledging that he can’t be a child anymore. The song samples the bubbling keys of “What Am I Going to Do” by the Dovers, as inspired by some tour bus song games between Cox and Animal Collective, and reflects that song’s simple and beautiful pop, with Cox and Lennox’s signature soft layers. If Logos is in any way as good as this song, we will not need much else in the fall.
Download: Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout”
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posted on Jul 17, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC tags Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Noah Lennox, Panda Bear, rock
Freeload: Panda Bear, “Comfy In Nautica (XXXchange Remix)”
- story THE FADER
Okay this is the first Panda Bear remix we’ve heard that is actually nearly as insane and catchy as the original, and no surprise it comes from XXXchange.
Download: Panda Bear, “Comfy In Nautica (XXXchange Remix)”
