An angler fish and her husband (Image: Alastair Fyfe)
Agnus Dei by Francesco de Zubaran
Chopped instrumentals over electronic washes and disjointed clipping beats. Good music for getting things done.
"When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two are not the same), anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure and fear for the future begins to steal over you, start telling yourself that what you have is a hangover. You are not sickening for anything, you have not suffered a minor brain lesion, you are not all that bad at your job, your family and friends are not leagued in a conspiracy of barely maintained silence about what a s**t you are, you have not come at last to see life as it really is and there is no use crying over spilt milk.”
― Kingsley Amis"
― Kingsley Amis"
Darkside - A1 (Clown and Sunset)
Brand New EP from Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington. Delicious.
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Give these guys a listen, indie rock not too far removed from the Grizzly Bears, Wye Oaks etc of this world. Really very good.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced…..
Ah this record is beautiful: evocative, atmospheric, lingering.
Featuring Dustin O’Halloran & Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lids. If you like either of those two or the quieter moments of Johan Johansson this one’s for you.
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The Necks — Fatal (by untitledesigner)
If you like ranging, looping, atmospheric music, The Necks are playing Whelans on Nov 20th. They’re a superb Aussie three piece that play a hypnotising version of experimental jazz. Highly recommended.
Your Past Life As A Blast (by Okkervil River)
Missed this video two weeks ago, great song.
Favourite Lyrics #2
But your lips when we speak
are the valleys and peaks of a mountain range on fire.
From Girl Inform Me by the The Shins
More soppy stuff eh? I love songs of heartbreak with a snappy line. What can I say.
Favourite Lyrics #1
Well she spends all her time with a school teacher
And she gets her pencils free
She said she don’t have no time
To stop and think about me
from Find Me Now by The Reigning Sound
Great little sketch of hope coming undone in the face of the banal truth.
Oramics (by Nick Street)
“A brief glimpse of Daphne Oram’s pioneering and unique Oramics synthesizer, designed in 1957 after she left the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop to pursue the project.
This short film features Dr Mick Grierson, Director of The Daphne Oram Collection, acquiring the synthesizer from a collector in 2009.
The machine is now in the hands of The Science Museum in London and is currently being restored. It hasn’t been performed with since the 1970s.”
Take a listen to the great new album from Future Islands, glorious stuff. They play Whelan’s in Dublin in March.
If you’ve itchy brain cells in Galway this week, check out the above event being put on by the guys in 091 Labs.
