February 2012
yvynyl:
SoftSpot - Holy Father
This Bushwick band’s been on my radar for a time, and this live clip will show you why. Hot, hot, hot.
Pick up their recent singles on Bndcmp, but look for more soon. Directed by Sarah Kinlaw + Nadirah Zakariya.
Ehh im just going to reblog this again, so you better watch it this time if you didn’t already
cactus-mouth:
SoftSpot // “Holy Father” (Live)
As if this band, and more specifically this track, needed any other reason to occupy my brain more than they already do; here’s a new video of SoftSpot playing the haunting “Holy Father.” I haven’t made a habit of posting live material but this is so beyond anything captured on an iPhone in a smokey club and uploaded to YouTube. It’s a masterfully...
January 2012
I know this is true with recording, but I think it goes for most things: pretty...
– Steve Albini
December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Radiohead (4)
Pavement (3)
Madvillain (2)
New Order (2)
Pulp (2)
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therealsoftspot:
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Fleetwood Mac (21)
Main Attrakionz (7)
Pulp (4)
Quasimoto (3)
Kendrick Lamar (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Knxwledge (7)
Balam Acab (7)
The Beach Boys (4)
Quasimoto (3)
TV on the Radio (2)
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November 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Drake (24)
Quasimoto (18)
Atlas Sound (16)
David Lynch (15)
Mugison (10)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30) →
Atlas Sound (16)
Matthew Dear (9)
Pavement (2)
Tom Waits (2)
Roberto Cacciapaglia (1)
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October 2011
the ragbag: some peculiar halloween customs →
ragbag:
On Halloween hang an apple by the door just the height of the chin. Rub the chin with saliva, stand about six inches from the apple, and hit the chin against the apple. If it sticks to the chin, you will be married, and your true love will stick to you.
On Halloween a girl is to go through a…
Dear New York:
Deepest apologies, I realize it is currently snowing all over y’all, but I am in Hawaii and I am going to post some photos of some beautiful Hawaii shit
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Tom Waits (14)
Oneohtrix Point Never (13)
Cocteau Twins (12)
Future Islands (11)
Softspot (10)
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landlessness:
There’s an incredible richness that comes from the unanticipated collisions of things.
Walter Murch