Alwaysmovinginstereo

give more money to NASA. 

HEALTH, the experimentally inclined noise band from LA covers their homie Pictureplane's "Goth Star", which in turn was created around an iconic sample from Fleetwood Mac's "Seven Wonders".

I'm just waiting until someone kills it with Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back". God, now talk about a hook of a synth line. MONEY.

Women boxing on a rooftop, 1934, Los Angeles.

So last week I grumbled about pretty much everything - sucky weather, utter broke-ness, and the lack of good new jams. I was your prototypical anonymous cynic of the internets!

This week is different. It's currently 75 degrees in Oakland with fair skies, and I'm stoked on a new track. I am however, still broke, but I'm always broke. 

French swirly dream pop band M83 dropped new single "Midnight City" off the forthcoming Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. This succeeds John Hughes-movie- soundtrack-inspired LP Saturdays=Youth, which was a damn near perfect record for ME. I mean, c'mon, an atmospheric synth-pop record inspired by moments like Ferris and Sloane bidding goodbye after a long, radical day to Dream Academy's "The Edge of Forever"? 

Saturdays=Youth was a record tailor-made for this kid who thought Shermer, Illinois was real way before Jay and Silent Bob.

New single "Midnight City" doesn't sound far off, era-wise. There's a huge sax solo at the end. I've heard this so many times before (Psychedelic Furs' "Heartbreak Beat") but with that, it hits every note of nostalgia without sounding old. 

The double(!) record comes out October 18 on Mute, followed by a gig at SF's Independent on November 10. 

Janet Jackson's 25th Anniversary of Rhythm Nation 1814

Brooklyn Gang Series - 1959

Top 3 Female Vocalists I've heard live:

1. Florence Welch

2. Zola Jesus

3. Terra Lopez, of Sister Crayon.

Knight Stalker's remix of the chillwaver's "Still Sound" off his new record Underneath the Pine.

Toro y Moi is playing at the Great American Music Hall soon. March 24th with Braids (they're Canadian so that's good) and some kids from Ohio known as Cloud Nothings.

At one of the best venues in the City, it's going to be heavenly. 

Anyone else notice the chillwave theme? I'm such a sucker for it. Soon enough I'll be spouting about the Neon Indian show in May...oh wait. True story.