…but just in case you haven’t, check it:

I love Rage… so fucking much.

Almost everything was wrong with The Stanley Park Singing Exhibition (day one, anyway. I’m not going to day two). That said, almost everything was right with Deerhoof’s performance.

I did not illegally record their show. And you should not DOWNLOAD IT.

P.S. Andrew Bird was really awesome too, but the recording device I totally didn’t have ran out of batteries.

My friend Adam is going to poop himself when he sees this:

…yikes.

(I love this guy)

Tomorrow I’m going to Berlin, for the first time in my life.
Could I be more excited?
(mm.. maybe.. if I was a beautiful girl from Sweden who’s going to go to USA next October)
There’s always been something.. special, between me and Berlin, since when I was a child, really.
My very first band I’ve been a fan of was Alphaville, and they were from Berlin. Read More..

Some days ago I uploaded a post about Does It Offend You, Yeah?, a band from Reading, and I chose, among their 5 videos to date, “Epic Last Song”, which features the band as miniature action figures.
I totally love this kind of videos: action figures with cut-out faces, or real people with cut-out faces, or cut-out figures with.. uh, whatever!
So why not post some more?
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While surfing YouTube, I discovered this video from the future. I say from the future, of course, because these children are clearly mine. Check it:

On rare occasions, I find myself somewhat blown away by the quality and originality of new music I’ve discovered. But not since my friend Will made me listen to “We Tigers” by Animal Collective have I said to myself “holy shit, nobody else is doing this.” Enter Muskox, a big little band from Toronto who remind me of Animal Collective in the truest sense. No, not that they sound like them at all, but that they’ve managed to find influences from a variety of unlikely sources, and put them together to create something that is truly original (and perhaps the birth of a new genre entirely).

Mike Smith, their leader in crime, was kind enough to grant me an interview. Here is what transpired:

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As the air is getting crisper and the sky is getting rainier (at least around these parts), it’s getting about time to (grudgingly) bid summer adieu. In honour of this bittersweet farewell to warm weather and mild sunburns, I decided to make a playlist of all the songs I played the hell out of this summer. Enjoy them while you can.

As you all probably know already, while I’m writing this post the Reading & Leeds festival is taking place.
It’s one of the things on my “must do before I die” list. No, not “write a post about it”, no.. I mean.. “BE THERE”, for once in my life.
It’s something I’ve been putting off since 1992, when I was left shocked after reading that year’s lineup: Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Smashing Pumpkins (inbetween “Gish” and “Siamese Dream” era..), Ride, Pavement, Screaming Trees, Charlatans..
Whatever..
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