Yucca Valley, CA
Gold Panda x Charli XCX. Match made in grimy dance-pop heaven?
obviously you know which one would be me.
M83's anticipated double-album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming finally and officially dropped on Tuesday. I must admit, I've been apprehensive. How could the self-proclaimed youth and nostalgia-obsessed Frenchman and mastermind Anthony Gonzales live up to the hype(machine)? I mean, everyone loves that sax solo in lead single "Midnight City"! And Urban fuckin' Outfitters had rights to the first complete stream of the album!
Still, I believe true mainstream success will elude M83. Unless within the year he sells out the Fox Theater(I call it) and every track is licensed to movies, tv, and commercials ala Moby's Play.
Regardless, I will continue to listen to standout track "Steve McQueen" with my fist in the air.
Giving credit where credit it due: this particular heartbreak is one of the greatest heartbreaks of all time.
The thing about it was I always knew. I knew exactly what I was getting into.
I was me - being sweet to the most beautiful, challenging, and ultimately infuriating person I have ever met.
If I had the choice, I'd probably do it all over again.
Fucking silly, really.
I was always thinking of games I was playing...
St. Etienne, the early 90s English indie-dance act that inexplicably covered a Neil Young classic and garnered their first and only US club hit. Here's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."