I would like some peace of mind, I've got such a heavy heart, and you were broken down before you had a chance to start

It's been a while, I think. I've kind of been avoiding any sort of...internet...stuff.

Something happened somewhat recently and since then I've decided to give up facebook (I was already on the verge of disowning it to begin with) and my cellphone; I'm just avoiding instant/constant social interaction for some indefinite amount of time.

All I'm going to say is that I lost someone incredibly close to me and even as I'm typing this I can feel my eyeballs turn to cotton as the sadness boils up in me.

But because I've become a recluse lately I just want to type this out to hopefully let a few people know I'm still alive, etc. etc.

Was upstate at this years ATP, which was...bittersweet. It was far too soon and I'm still not sure if going was a right choice or not, but nontheless I did have a good time. Favourite show of the weekend was without question The Books, who also came out with my album of the year. Second place goes to Beak>, who I'm currently very obsessed with. And third goes to my personal faves Fuck Buttons, who pretty much played the same set I've heard twice before but they still kicked so much ass.
Also saw: Girls, Vivian Girls, Shellac, The Breeders, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, Kurt Vile, Papa M, Tortoise, uh...I know there's more...I'm just forgetting them.

I think I'm going to change this blog layout. It's kind of getting on my nerves. Title and junk too. EXPECT CHANGES.

New Battles!

Hopefully I will never have to post about Twilight again, but for now I have to mention that a new Battles song (finally) is on the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack. It is called 'The Line' and it is badass, however it sounds a lot more...commercial, maybe. It's hard to really put into words. It sounds like Battles but it sounds toned down...maybe. Fuck I don't know.

Click HERE to stream the soundtrack.

Things are awesome.

YES

FUCK BUTTONS TOMORROW

IT'LL BE MY THIRD TIME

I HOPE THEY'LL BE ANYTHING BUT GENTLE

OMG

I'm Here

Finally got around to seeing Spike Jonze's latest short film 'I'm Here', a half-hour masterpiece about love and robots in L.A., based on Shel Silverstein's (of whom the main character is named after) 'The Giving Tree'.

Sheldon is a robot who lives an uneventful life in a society where robots and humans coexisting is commonplace. He works at a library, takes the bus, sits in his sparsely furnished apartment, recharges, then does it all over again the next day. Then by a chance meeting he comes in contact with Francesca, a robot who dreams, drives, listens to music, and collects tissue paper to mold into a family of rats.  As you can guess Sheldon fall head-over robot heels in love and in no time Francesca shows him everything he's been missing out on.

As the movie progressed, not unlike the tree in the book, Francesca begins to lose herself. And I mean literally. First she loses her left arm in the audience of a concert hall, then later she loses her right leg in some unknown accident, and even later on she loses much, much more. But for every limb and ligament detached from her body Sheldon offers up his in return. 

It's such a raw, heartfelt, heart-breaking film that deserves to be seen and appreciated. I'd urge everyone who reads this to give it a try.

I'm Here official site

Accompanying the movie is quite the soundtrack. With Sleigh Bells 'A/B Machines' and 'Crown On The Ground' blasting on car stereos, Girls' 'Hellhole Ratrace' appropriately playing at a party, and faux-band The Lost Trees accompanied by Aska Matsumiya and the movie's obvious theme song 'There Are Many of Us' which is used frequently and to great effect.