YES

FUCK BUTTONS TOMORROW

IT'LL BE MY THIRD TIME

I HOPE THEY'LL BE ANYTHING BUT GENTLE

OMG

They ended with their opener

As anticipated, Fuck Buttons were downright transendiary last night. I was pumped to see the little cassette player (with a reminiscent sticker attached) knowing that they'd be pumping out a few Street Horrrsing tracks. Even the two openers Growing and These Are Powers were really pretty great. It was hard NOT to move, to NOT occasionally close your eyes and just swing around. I even got a little head-banging in when the apocalyptic buzz of 'Bright Tomorrow' kicked in. 

FB and Growing are playing again on the 27th at Market Hotel. I'm hoping to be there but if I can't then I'm beyond glad I made it last night, even when some forces (fuck you Ronkonkoma) were against me and my lovely evening companion.

If I recall correctly the set-list went something like:

Surf Solar

Colours Move

Rough Steez

Bright Tomorrow

Olympians

Phantom Limb

Space Mountain

Flight of the Feathered Serpent

And then an encore of Sweet Love For Planet Earth

Granted I could very well be making most of this up as I have a pretty awful memory, I am 90% sure that is the exact set-list, but I would get a second opinion.

Look! There I am! Right of heart-clenching girl.

Tarot Sport (otherwise known as my album of the year)

Listening to Tarot Sport I now imagine Street Horrrsing to be in a sort of bubble. A bubble where there are only a handful of sounds and Fuck Buttons master all of them. Tarot sounds as if that bubble had exploded and a million new sounds have generated around it, new sounds FB had to learn to master. And they did wonderfully. 

Tarot Sport is epic, ground-shaking, beautiful, kaleidoscopic, and even heart-breaking. Nobody should have to miss out on this album.  

October-ber-ber

There is alot to look forward to this October (and November).

1. New Fuck Buttons album.
I even dreamt I was listening to it last night.
2. New Lightning Bolt album.
I still haven't gotten a chance to listen to 'Colossus' but I'm always excited for anything LB.
3. Where the Wild Things Are hits theaters.
And it looks beautiful.
4. New season of Nip/Tuck.
Came out of nowhere, but good timing.
5. Halloween (duh).
Duh.

I can't think of anything to be for Halloween. I'll feel bad if I don't at least try and do something, but I'm kindof lost. Maybe I'll just wear a sailor shirt and my batman mask. Or I could do what a friend suggested and dress just extra peculiar and have people guess, and whatever they say I am, I am.

'Surf Solar'

Days ago I headed over to the Fuck Button's myspace, because every now and then there's a little edible candy blog with information relevant to my interests. And judging from the title I knew it'd be something good.

They had announced their second album-Tarot Sport-and a bevvy of UK tour dates. Though I don't live in Europe the album spill and the mere mention of playing live again made me giddy.

Earlier today Pitchfork.com premiered the duo's first single-'Surf Solar'-and I found it during lunch at work, and lucky me my computers speakers are shit-broke. So I had to wait to get home to finally listen to it. And the verdict?

Well, I love it, that is a given. But I'm also really conflicted.

Andrew Weatherall (who did a delightful remix of 'Sweet Love For Planet Earth' that invoked the dance floor) has apparently had a hand in Tarot Sport, and it is quite noticeable in 'Surf Solar.' Not to say that's a bad thing, but if every song on Andy and Ben's sophmore piece sounds like a remix instead of their fuzzy, unique noise, then I'm going to be a tad dissapointed.

Granted the two haaave been playing some mysterious, yet-to-be mentioned tracks during live shows, so there's hope that maybe those will be included.

Now, I should state that 'Surf Solar' is fantastic in it's own right and I love it; I mean, if my ears are correct there's some subtle collective chanting going on which is splendid. If all of Tarot Sport sounds like this then I'm sold, but here's hoping to some ocean-of-noise and tribal drum epics that Street Horrrsing so lovingly contributed.

http://pitchfork.com/news/36063-premiere-fuck-buttons-surf-solar/

Commenced? A possible follow up to 'Street Horrrsing'?

As in... finished? As in everything is recorded? As in new album?
Well it's been 3 years hasn't it?

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12929735&blogId=496705430

Lookee what I made

(This is just a fan-made video done through inspiration and boredom, if it's infringing on all the things of the world then i'll take it down. Thank you.)

What's going on here?!

My beloved 'Sweet Love for Planet Earth' is in a movie trailer? I don't really know how to react. I'm not really upset with it, there's only a bit of the beginning chime part. So not enough for people to go "Oh what song is this? I need this!" but enough for fans to identify.

Not to mention Victoria Bergsman (of The Concretes and Taken By Trees) cover of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' is played through all Kubricky. What with such a sweet song overlapping gorey rape and murder.

I can't say I'm excited for the movie, but if EITHER of these songs is in it I may shell out the cash just to hear them on the big screen. Wait...what?

'If I Had A Heart' Fever Ray

For whatever reason, I never took the time to get into The Knife. Which is a shame because I have a weird fondness for Swedish bands (The Radio Dept., The Concretes) and judging by the sister half of The Knife's new solo album I'd probably fall for them as well. Karin Dreijer Andersson, or Fever Ray, has proven that she can break off from the family tree and succesfully make hauntingly beautiful, badass music.

Her first single 'If I Had A Heart' is a real soft treat. Blending the sounds of a tribal funeral with a continuous stream of threat and a drum machine. Unlike other songs such as 'When I Grow Up'-where Karin's voice is used to it's sharpest-'If I Had A Heart' demonstrates a more breathy and throbbing chant, demanding "more, give me more, give me more..."

The B-side to this single is more of a surprise treat, taking things to an inevitable next step. It's not surprising to hear a more beat-orientated remix of the dark track, but who would have expected noise geniuses Fuck Buttons to take it there. Luckily it's an absolute success (not that I would expect any less) and proves that you can turn a hypnotizing requiem into what should be this years most danced to song. It starts with a sped-up beat almost reminiscent of 'Bright Tomorrow', Karin's deep-breaths weaving in and out of electronic chimes, then at the 4:44 mark the "calm before the holocaust" that we love in tracks like 'Sweet Love for Planet Earth', 'Bright Tomorrow', and the FB remix of Mogwai's 'Fear Satan' initiates. It's loud, it's static, it's perfect. My only complaint (and it be a small one) is that the ending seems to come out of nowhere, leaving you wishing it would loop for another five minutes. But maybe that's just their genius at work, making you re-listen over and over again.

Fever Ray's self-titled debut album is out now, and the second single will be 'When I Grow Up'.

2 days until ATP NY

This is driving me crazy, I just want to go already!

Incase you haven't already been informed by countless music blogs, My Bloody Valentine have gotten back together after sixteen years of nothing. After a big announcement that they were teaming up with All Tomorrow's Parties (among other announced events) to currate a three-day concert filled with the nosiest of noise-rock, MBV have announced a short tour in North America. So hopefully everyone can get their fill before they go back in hiding again.

Of course, there's always that album they're working on to look forward to, but who can compare a CD to the loudest band in the world? I'm hoping when I see them on the twenty-first that I won't need earplugs, it's not like I'll be crammed up against the speakers or anything, I plan on staying a little ways away from the stage, and by a little? I mean alot. Yeah, maybe going deaf to My Bloody Valentine wouldn't be SUCH a bad thing, I mean there are few bands I would let demolish one of my senses, but I still want to be able to hear their new stuff when it surfaces.

But MBV aren't the only band I'm desperately dying to see. Fuck Buttons, Om, Lightning Bolt, Le Volume Courbe, Autolux, and Brian Jonestown Massacre (among others) are some great additions that I will not miss.

There may still be some tickets up for grabs, so if any of this is turning you on I suggest shelling out the bucks to get a chance to see one of the most influential bands, and bands that will undoubtedly become influential, in action.