One of the things I enjoy most about the design work I’ve been doing in the music industry over the past couple years is seeing people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet, work with, and even befriend, as they release their music to the delight of listeners. The fanfare and positive regard you can see [...]
Stuck in the mid-summer’s heatwave? Take a moment to think for a second about how much you missed this heat back in January, remember those days when you couldn’t fathom going to the corner store without full clothing, a jacket and scarf…those always help get me through those nights where you can’t fall asleep because [...]
For today’s post, I have a fresh mix of sounds for you to check out, all relatively new jams for the season. Whether you’re in the mood for something dark and dirty, something chilled out and lazy, or something wistful yet content. Solvent – Take Me Home – Subject to Shift [Audio clip: view full [...]
Went cruisin’ around for some new deep hotness, and here’s what I’ve found: music that sounds like orange sunrise glistening off the water, lights shining through mistiness of the dancefloor at its fever pitch, or the feeling of anticipation just before going out. Unfortunately, I’ve been swamped during the week, and snowed or rained in [...]
Time for some selections that are drenched in soul, two tunes that are contemporary manifestations of soul music, unique in their own right, along with two tunes that are the original definitions of soul. First up, a track off the new Mos Def, The Ecstatic. Now if you’re like me, you may have been a [...]
So I’m sure there is already a sea of chatter about Bibio‘s newest, Ambivalence Avenue. That becomes a very fitting title, almost in anticipation of the reception it would get, ambivalence is described as “having simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing.” Maybe this was intentional, to take a markedly bolder step forward, to [...]
Music and Photography Alex on Jun 24 2009
Back from an awesome weekend in Brooklyn once again, but this time unfortunately I was without a camera– my Sony DSC has finally bit the dust I fear, and my Holga is still in Baltimore. I had nothing but my cell phone camera, which has been known to fetch some decent shots, but not in [...]
