DEERHUNTER / ATLAS SOUND / LOTUS PLAZA / GHETTO CROSS by bradford cox and cole alexander

2011-12-26T22:22:00.002-05:00

http://www.cocoart.org/shop/ccadl03-roam-for-the-holidaze-vol-3

2011-11-22T18:32:00.004-05:00

maybe there is a god.

2011-11-19T13:54:00.000-05:00

slapback

2011-09-03T15:28:00.001-04:00

serpintine dance 1900

2011-08-26T22:01:00.001-04:00

i want to do a music video like this, but i know any form of technology i could find be it retro, or modern would not really capture it like this

fascinated otherworldly by these prayer calls.

2011-08-11T16:33:00.003-04:00

Glass Disc Vapour

2011-04-26T02:40:00.000-04:00

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This guy must have one of the most amazing guitars i have ever seen

2011-03-29T13:22:00.001-04:00

its like magic wand

think about it

2011-03-24T19:18:00.002-04:00

brother Jared showed me this the other day and
i have to say it might be one of the greatest YouTube videos i have ever seen!
think about it.

SCENARIO:

2011-03-13T17:19:00.000-04:00

Tonight (Sunday) at the EARL in HISTORIC EAST ATLANTA VILLAGE

11PM DEERHUNTER MUSIC GROUP

10PM LOWER DENS (OF MARYLAND)

9PM LONNIE HOLLEY feat. GHETTO CROSS (C. ALEXANDER & B. COX)

ALL OF THIS FOR 5 DOLLARS

MUSIC AND DANCING. NON SMOKING SHOW.

DOORS AT 8PM / HARD CURFEW 12 AM

Habib-Man Marde Tanhayee Shabaam

2011-03-01T17:21:00.002-05:00

excellent guitar tone.
we cant get these guitar tones in the west,we have all the wrong compression and all the wrong transistors.
the blood sweat and tears of american and chinese manufacturing cant capture islamic soul with in its electricty.
-oldkingcoleyounger

2011-02-20T13:44:00.002-05:00

In the very early 60's when Janet was a freshmen at Lancaster High School she asked her parents if she could go see a rock in roll concert.
Her father yelled at her that that was the "devils music"! He said, "you need to quit listing to that rock n roll crap". "You need to come with us to church on Sunday to listen to some real music", but she exclaimed that "church music is for squares, i wanna see rock roll". And ain't that a shame, because Janet ended up going to a Pat Boone concert.
While her parents went to see the legendary Rev. Julius Cheeks and wife Marge Cheeks. Aint that a shame that this church music blew her wussy so called rock roll music out of the waters! As a matter a fact, it was far more rock n roll than many of the rock artists of her day. It would inspire many rocking artists like Wilson Picket and James Brown

Which would you rather see?

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Roam for the Holidaze 2 Coco Art Christmas Compilation

2010-12-24T23:59:00.000-05:00

Compilation my good friend David put together. Check it out here.

Atlas Sound - Artificial Snow

2010-12-22T04:37:00.001-05:00

Work tapes for a song I made for my roommate David's annual Christmas compilation. Lockett also made a song, as well as David and Colin's band Hollow Stars and a bunch of other rad people. I think David is releasing it in the next few days.

1. Artificial Snow (Notown Version)
2. Artificial Snow (Bedroom Version)
3. Artificial Snow (Rhythm Mix)
4. Artificial Snow (No Drums Mix)
5. Artificial Snow (Campfire Metallophone Version)

Instrumentation: Electric Bass and Jazzmaster through Fender Super Reverb, Drum Kit, Maracas, Weird African Tambourine, Xylophone, Metallophone, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Moog Rogue Synthesizer, Vocals

Recorded on Tascam DP-08 Portable Eight Track

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2010-12-18T03:02:00.004-05:00

ATLAS SOUND: BEDROOM DATABANK VOL. 4

2010-11-25T02:09:00.004-05:00

B. COX: Clock Repair, Honesty

1. FARMLAND FANTASY

2. TERRARIUM

3. SPECTRE (ROYAL TRUX)

4. TALENT SHOW AUDITION TAPE, WINNEPEG 1975 +

5. WIRE BRUSH STOMP

6. EX-PRODIGY (FOR NORBERT WIENER)

7. MOONLIGHT ON VERLAINE

8. HOW TO PASS THE TIME

RECORDED AT HOME NOV. 24 2010

+ RECORDED IN THE BASEMENT OF TOMMY'S PARENT'S HOUSE, APRIL 1975

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TALENT SHOW AUDITION TAPE, WINNEPEG 1975

In the fall of 1974 Tommy's Parents bought a 4-track Reel to Reel machine. Henry, his friend and a aspiring songwriter who also had good grass connections, convinced Tommy to form a band with him. The main reason for this was to gain access to the reel-to-reel, although Henry was also somewhat intrigued by the build-your-own synthesizer kit Tommy had recently acquired.

Henry had been dating a boy named Sue. We politely called her "her" although she was born with both sets of privates. Henry always joked he had found the jackpot and we politely high-fived him, giving each other sideways glances. When he insisted to Tommy that she join the group, Tommy was reluctant. The issue was resolved upon the appearance of four valiums that appeared in an envelope in his locker with a girl/boy's handwriting addressed to him.

Sue brought with her Pat, whom nobody knew nothing about. Even its gender cannot be recalled now. Pat played a Teisco bass through a wood paneled cabinet. He/She once requested the stage-name of Depth Charge.

Tommy's little sister Anne insisted on playing drums. She was quick to remind Tommy that his "no-girls-allowed" policy was now demolished with the presence of Sue. She also threatened to tell his parents about the valium.

Tommy now recalls driving to Tommy and Anne's house on a snowy evening in April, 1975 to record this, one of three total songs committed to tape by the band. He drove his Mom's Volvo and the moonlight shined on the broken leather with the foam showing in the backseat. There was a book of constellations laying in the floorboard. Tommy was supposed have been doing his astronomy homework that night.

His only memories of the evening are that the snare drum presented much difficulty. It was the loudest thing in the room and sounded like a dry cough. Tommy convinced Anne to put one of his Playboys on it and the sound became far more manageable.

The room was filled with cigarette smoke. Tommy's reel to reel made a lot of noise and the black lights hung along the walls caused a certain amount of interference with Pat's bass amp.

Finally, at two in the morning, they listened back to their three song discography. They were full of excitement and hopefulness. Sue kept going on and on about how it was a little rough now but they would practice away the rough edges. They were all just so excited to have made something.

The next day during discretionary, Tommy took the tape by the library and gave it to Miss Calson to give to the review board for the talent show.

A few days later he received the rejection letter in his locker. His initial excitement at what he thought were a few more valium pills was replaced with a weird since of failure and sadness. He stared off into the hallway where bright light reflected of the snow outside a window. Lots of people were passing by carrying their books, rushing off to classes. The final bell rang and he relaxed his eyes and let the hallway go out of focus.

ATLAS SOUND: BEDROOM DATABANK VOL. 3

2010-11-24T03:02:00.001-05:00

B. COX: LIT GLOBE, PANIC, FALSE SNARES

1. MONA LISA (VERSION 1) ^

2. YARDS OF SILK +

3. I CAN'T TAKE IT *

4. BORDER AGENTS #

5. INDIAN BITRATE *

6. MOONROOF *

7. CROSSRIVER #

8. COMET 8 *

9. DRUMS & PISSING *

10. WESTERN SHIRT +

11. NOTOWN PHASE *

12. DREAM COLOR *

13. MONA LISA (ALT. VERSION) ^

14. EPILOGUE *

^ RECORDED AT HOME NOV. 23, 2010

+ RECORDED AT HOME SUMMER / FALL 2010

* RECORDED AT NOTOWN 2010

# RECORDED AT THE HOXTON HOTEL, LONDON 7/10

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ATLAS SOUND: BEDROOM DATABANK VOL. 2

2010-11-23T01:50:00.002-05:00

B. COX: Electric Bass, Bells, Congas, Nylon Guitar, Mouth Organ, Vocals

1. PILOT LIGHT +

2. STRANGE PARADE +

3. STATIONARY BLOOD *

4. LA LUNA +

5. DAY OUT *

6. HEATWAVE +

7. CHANGE IS GOOD +

8. MOUTH OF THE DESERT *

9. AUTUMN INTRO CASCADING INTO UNIVERSITY COURTYARD +

10. TOWN CENTER +

11. HELIO INTRO +

12. SUMMER EDIT +

13. WILLFUL *

14. WINTERGREEN SKETCH +

15. OCEANVIEW +

16. HERE COME THE TRAINS *

+ Recorded at Home
* Recorded at Notown

All tracks recorded in 2010

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ATLAS SOUND: BEDROOM DATABANK VOL. 1

2010-11-22T05:21:00.000-05:00

B. COX: Harmonica, Synthesizer, Drums, Vocals, Computer
W.A.B. II: Maracas, Other Vocals

1. GREEN GLASS BOTTLES +
2. THESE WERE MY WALLS +
3. WILD LOVE +
4. LANTERNS ^
5. NEW ROMANTIC +
6. CYNIC'S RECOURSE +
7. FREAK TRAIN (KURT VILE) *
8. AFTERNOON DRIVE *
9. HOTEL ORLANDO +
10. THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE (DYLAN) +
11. POSTCARD ^

+ Recorded at Home November 15-22, 2010 on TASCAM DP-08
^ Recorded on Computer Oct. 2010
* Recorded at Home August 2010 on TASCAM DP-08

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we still love you moe

2010-10-20T13:49:00.001-04:00

Casino Vs. Japan - Hush Hush

2010-09-15T18:43:00.000-04:00

Haruomi Hosono - Carousel

2010-08-27T21:49:00.000-04:00

Filipino transvestite excorsist whitney houston!

2010-08-21T17:33:00.002-04:00

kodakrome country

2010-08-14T15:01:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Kate Bush

2010-07-30T20:19:00.000-04:00

2010-07-25T18:10:00.006-04:00

Heatwave

2010-07-25T05:28:00.004-04:00

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Triads' July 1994 Youth Flex

2010-07-21T15:08:00.000-04:00

Clippings from May 1980 issue of New York Rocker

2010-07-21T04:11:00.000-04:00

Front Cover, May 1980 Issue of New York Rocker

Cramps Ad for 'Songs The Lord Taught Us' from Back Cover

Micromix 28: Summer Vacation

2010-07-21T02:47:00.002-04:00

MICROMIX 28: Summer Vacation

01. The Jive Bombers - Bad Boy

02. Eric Copeland - Fun Dink Death

03. António Variações - É p'ra Amanhã

04. Pere Ubu - Chinese Radiation

05. The Shirts - Operetico

06. Growing - Cumulusless

07. 13th Floor Elevators - May The Circle Remain Unbroken

08. Jog & The Tracksuits - Red Box

09. Stereolab - Velvet Water

10. B-52's - 53 Miles West Of Venus

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Warm Ghost remixes Lotus Plaza

2010-07-21T00:24:00.003-04:00

hello there,

it's been quite a while since i have posted here but i wanted to post a cool remix of my song redoakway that Brooklyn duo Warm Ghost did. check it out! i don't remember exactly how to make the text include the mediafire link so i will just copy and paste it below. hope you enjoy it!

http://www.mediafire.com/?6o7wqmkqbyh5i2e

-lp

120 Minutes

2010-07-20T20:31:00.000-04:00

Take The Skinheads Bowling - MyVideo

Velvet Water

2010-07-19T16:34:00.002-04:00

Janelle Monáe is the new Bowie

2010-07-15T17:17:00.004-04:00

i'm really surprised she is not Lady Gaga level by now. This performance is mindblowing and recalls Young Americans-era Bowie with obvious James brown hypnotic mindlock reference points. The coda even recalls Stereolab with its warped Brazilian chords. The whole second half is such a rush that the fucking guitar amp falls over (at around 3:15) seemingly a result of radness overdose.

FUCK T~PAIN

2010-07-15T04:40:00.003-04:00

2010-06-20T17:53:00.003-04:00

HEAVY

2010-06-17T17:42:00.002-04:00

2010-06-06T20:46:00.002-04:00

Atlas Sound Lisboa Show Ticket Prices Drop to €7

2010-06-03T17:38:00.003-04:00

My friends, Nelson and Pedro, Lisbon Portugal.

Press release from Filho Unico:

"Friend and musician Bradford Cox, who is playing Lisbon's Lux Fragil, this Friday June 4th, has decided together with the promoters of the show that the tickets should not be the initial price of 15 Euros, and should now be at 7 Euros. The artist has decided to cut half of his playing fee and the organization is cutting more than half the original price, due to a big part of the local audience not being able to afford to see the show, in the context of the national and global economical situation. For ticket-holders they can get their 8 Euros' difference refund at the record stores selling tickets (Flur and Materia Prima) as well as at the venue at the time of the show, which is at 10pm, with local opening band Aquaparque opening."

Please RETWEET or REPOST lisboa friends!

Press release da Filho Unico:

"Amigo e musico Bradford Cox, que toca no Lux Fragil esta sexta-feira 4 de Junho, decidiu, juntamente com os promotores do espectaculo, que os bilhetes nao permanecerao ao preco inicial de 15 euros, e irao passar a custar 7 Euros. O artista decidiu reduzir o seu pagamento pelo concerto para metade e a organizacao esta a tirar mais de metade do preco inicial, devido a grande parte do publico local nao ter capacidade financeira de presenciar o espectaculo, no contexto da situacao economica nacional e global. Para o publico que ja adquiriu o bilhete poderao reaver os seus 8 Euros de reembolso nas lojas de discos que estao a vender bilhetes (Flur e Materia Prima) bem como na sala onde o concerto ira decorrer, na hora marcada do espectaculo, as 22h, com primeira parte a cargo dos portugueses Aquaparque."

Por favor facam RETWEET e REPOSTS!

THE SPITS!

2010-05-30T16:41:00.002-04:00

this band is on tour now check'em out dude!

tour dates up on
http://www.myspace.com/thespits

Saturday Night Time Machine Vol. 2

2010-05-22T20:41:00.002-04:00

Micromix 27 From the British Countryside (shit is broke)

2010-05-18T06:45:00.006-04:00

1. Emeralds - The Cycle of Abuse
2. Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town
3. Casino Vs. Japan - Dental Fur
4. The Fall - In My Area
5. The Associates - Party Fears Two
6. J.P. Decerf - Witchcraft World
7. Nobukazu Takemura - Sora No Ue
8. Simon Finn - Very Close Friend
9. Matching Mole - Starting in the Middle
10. Human Hands - I Got Mad
11. The Raincoats - Honey Mad Woman

damn

Youth Culture

2010-05-17T20:38:00.000-04:00

This made all of us really happy.

Micromix 26

2010-05-02T01:10:00.002-04:00

1. Roberto Cacciapaglia - My Time
2. The Residents - Moisture
3. MGMT - Someone's Missing
4. Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalor
5. Sun Ra - Angels and Demons at Play
6. Oval - Ovalprocess 1
7. Bradley & Geofrey - Mr. Steven's Private Service
8. Charlie Patton - Moon Going Down
9. Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos
10. Raymond Scott - Autolite
11. Robb London - Gloria

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budget rock

2010-04-20T19:23:00.000-04:00

Contest: Free Boston Tickets

2010-03-23T22:52:00.004-04:00

For two tickets to the March 27 (Saturday) SPOON, DEERHUNTER, STRANGE BOYS show at the house of blues submit your best photoshopped image of Moses (does not have to be based on the one below...) to deerhunterplusmoney@gmail.com by Friday the 26th. The band will judge the entries and inform the winner and post the best to the blog.

Stay tuned for the results and for more contests on this tour...

Love DEERHUNTER

Genius

2010-03-04T17:08:00.002-05:00

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(Via A Journey Around My Skull)

2010-02-28T03:36:00.003-05:00

Micromix 25

2010-02-22T02:30:00.004-05:00

Photo: Mississippi Records, Portland Oregon. February 2010

This micromix is a special one to me not only because it is the 25th (that number is probably a little off and doesn't count odd ones like Moses' recent "Micromix 0") but because it is modeled (with the exception of 2 songs) after a mixtape I listened to constantly while driving around Marietta delivering Chinese Food (second best job ever) when i was 19. The two new songs are ones that were i've been digging lately, "Video Life" by Chris Spedding which I only heard because of a friend, and "Hold My Body Down" by Robert Johnson (as the liner notes state: "not the Robert Johnson you're thinking of...") from the Mississippi Records cassette release "How Long Has It Been Since You've Been Home?" Hope you enjoy this mix.

- Bradford

1. Peggy Lee - Fools Rush In
2. Fela Kuti - Dog Eat Dog
3. Faust - J'ai Mal Aux Dents
4. Chris Spedding - Video Life
5. Glass Candy - Lady From The Black Lagoon
6. Nobukazu Takemura - Moth (Edit)
7. Robert Johnson - Hold My Body Down
8. The Feelies - On The Roof

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J'ai Mal Aux Dents

J'ai mal aux dents!
j'ai mal aux pieds aussi!
...
This is a man hard working song
there is... no old dream
we practiced for years my friend
to get this machine screams
noise follows questions honey
the hero is a business bunny
if it means money
this is time maybe we do it without crime
because you are crying and i don't listen
because you are dying and i just whistle
that thing so anonymously today
and echoes of my laughter burn into your seven hour turn

The problem is not only pain
if time could be part of machine
you could pack it, see it's clean
you could roll the end to start
tomorrow skip my plastic heart
beating for a spacey blues
and you could hear it without shoes

It's been a nice (historic) role
first call the name and then the code
first call the code and then the name
i think it's still a funny game

ROCK OFF!!!

Here we go sisters, here we go man
your home made connections
i do what i can
your tranquilliser body touch is very nice because
and i don't need you
makes you wait for the master because
i don't need you
and you sit on your chair with your distant care
this mind blowing freak
makes my mind very sick
and the seasons grow without your be active or die blow
say A.M. man, say A.M. woman's role
see the mind control is perfect
and you still have your daddy's smile
fences on the floor are not there
because you can't hide
you get your children, you get your car
what do you think how old you are
what do you think what people need
it's not that plastic, let it bleed
it's not that plastic honey don't
because you understand you won't
see your generation with their
TV on standby

ROLL OUT!!!
j'ai mal aux pieds aussi!
...
Schempal Buddah
ship on a better sea!

more logo's (i love these things)

2010-02-03T03:03:00.004-05:00

this is supposed to be russian one.if there's are anything like this than it must have been really scary to grow up there.

and why does mickey have like 5 10 layers inside of his body???

LOGOPHOBICS UNLEASHED!

2010-02-01T09:28:00.002-05:00

remember when you were little...

and you were watching frosty the snowman.
When all the sudden after it was done a weird barrage of creepy animated rays and lights almost appeared to come out of the television. and you were hypnotized into a psychedelic trance, THAT SCARED THE LIVING,
SHIT OUT OF YOU.That was logophobia and from Sesame street to Mickey
mouse,TV production company's brought you these disstressing shorts to warp your mind with esoteric fucking beams of light and sound.these should be rated R!for brain disturbace

Saturday Night Time Machine

2010-01-31T01:25:00.005-05:00

Let's go to a Sparks concert in 1974...

Micromix 0

2010-01-19T14:39:00.008-05:00

1. Pink Floyd - Fearless

2. The Alan Parsons Project - Nucleus

3. 10cc - I'm Not In Love

4. Markus Guentner - Umgebung

5. Cluster - In Ewigkeit

6. The Beach Boys - Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)~Vocal Snippet

7. Beach House - Silver Soul

8. El Perro Del Mar - Change Of Heart

9. Moondog - Maybe

10. Ela Orleans - Something Higher

11. Van Dyke Parks - Van Dyke Parks

12. The Cyrkle - It's A Lovely Game Louise

13. The Alan Parsons Project - Some Other Time

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Tonight in NYC: Moses drumming with Georgiana Starlington @ Glasslands Art Party

2010-01-18T16:37:00.003-05:00

Facebook Event Page

Monday, January 18, 2010 at 8:00pm @ Glasslands

From Facebook:

"Come stare at the sky with us! Cameron Michel and I with the help of lots of sweet amazing flower makers have created a sky installation for Glasslands stage! To help us celebrate, Raul de Nieves and Maya will DJ soaring tunes and live performance by Georgiana Starlington will take us to the moon!"

Georgiana Starlington is our good friends Jack and Julie Hines. Jack used to be in Black Lips and Julie and I used to have the Wet Dreams. Psyched to see Moses playing drums with them.

- Bradford

Jeremy Lee Lindsey Jr. (May 1, 1980 - January 13, 2010)

2010-01-13T22:37:00.002-05:00

Jay was what few people have the capacity to be. He created an undeniably classic album that contained so much pain transfered to tape in such an explosive way that it made you feel different after hearing it. He was transgressive and honest. His flaws were something he focused on and overdubbed and distorted until they made you forget who he really was - a person with feelings and a good heart. He loved music and worked hard from a young age to pursue it. He was a self-made and unmade man. I am truly sickened to see him go.

Vernon Wray and Rimaldas Viksraitis - an unlikely duo

2010-01-10T16:42:00.007-05:00

Link wray is my faaavorite guitarist in history, so it is only natural that his brother vernon would have some charm of his own. checking out his stuff along youtube i ran into this video where someone put vernons music to the photographer Rimaldas Viksraitis. i was unfamiliar with Viksraitis work but boy am i glad i know it now. I hate to make a reference point - but it kind of has an eastern block gummo factor. these pictures memorialize how casual people can be hanging out naked with animals.

-oldkingcoleyounger

Viksraitis?

The Most Defining Album of the last decade: Bobby Conn - The Golden Age

2010-01-07T00:07:00.006-05:00

Now that the season of "best of" lists is over and there is no pressure to make them, I've had time to really think about it and have a better idea of what albums affected me most in the last decade. One keeps coming to mind and, as it is criminally overlooked, I'd like to give it a little spotlight here and argue it's case. The album I'm thinking is truly the most defining and important work in my subjective opinion is Bobby Conn's The Golden Age.

What Bobby did was make an album that is equally dark, funny, sad, and above all unselfconscious. In my mind (which may be a little warped) the songs and lyrics capture a lot of the painfully mediocre emptiness of suburban adolescence without romanticizing it or taking an elitist and condescending tone about it. I am not a particular fan of lyrics and it really takes a lot to get me to remember and pay attention to what a singer is actually saying. Bobby tells stories on this record. Sad ones, Funny Ones. And sometimes you can't tell which are which.

Thirty-three! We made it, baby, let's take our helicopters for a ride
Oh, this land will be so pretty once we push these peasants into the sea
And we'll be golfing for our charities
Playing bingo with our memories
They always kiss your ass when you live in the past
And we're lost inside the best years of our lives!

Whenever the lyrics get too clever and cynical the music comes along and pushes it out of the realm of the bitter and adolescent fuck everyone attitude and into an ambiguous and bizarrely emotional area.

I hate writing about music because I can never express how a song sounds exactly to me. Also it is to be expected that since this album came out when i was 18, I had no hard time relating to it. It really spoke to my cynicism and angst at the time but backed it up with stories and narrative impulse and above all - this weird, creepy, charismatic sense of humor.

The album also captured something else that appealed to me at 18 - a transgressive sense of sexuality that I could relate to. I had just discovered Dennis Cooper and Jean Genet. Growing up in a place like Marietta in the mid-to-late 90's, I was desperate to identify music and art that could confirm I was not insane and alone. Bobby Conn's narratives excited me because the idea of someone singing about what he was singing about was exciting and dangerous.

You've Come A Long Way Baby (Lyrics by Bobby Conn)

High school sleep over under my bed
And when the conversation stops you offer head
But I only tease you, I don't know how
So you took Jimmy in the ass, I'm so confused
You've come a long way, baby, you've come along
You've come a long, long, long way down
You're father's a hero, he's doing time
He held the knife up to your throat when you were three
You're mother's a beauty at thirty-nine
She took me downstairs for some dope and blew my mind
You've come a long way now, baby
Skin popping heroin under your desk
In New York City you lived in the closet and I wore the dress
In San Francisco you got my luggage but I got your gun
Back in Chicago that was the last time we had any fun
Are you still alive?

A Taste Of Luxury (Lyrics by Bobby Conn)

You said, "The higher we fly, the farther we fall
But there's a place in the sky where there's no weight at all
And if we can make it we'll finally be free
Totally helpless, without gravity."
But I fell back in the cul-de-sac for a little history lesson
It was '83 and you were working me to fight off the depression
Throwing pills at my window sill so we could go shoplifting
You had a preppy look for a petty crook
You were never wanting for a
Taste of luxury

The Pumper (Lyrics by Bobby Conn)

You into ecstasy? You wanna try?
Get in my Cherokee; it's a ten-minute drive
I can get you high, I can get you high
I got one leg, and a twelve-inch stump
I use a crutch, but I don't got to use the pump
I can get you high, I can get you high
Power exchange!
You feel your balls tighten up; you don't know who I am
'Cuz you've never been to Texas, boy, alone with a man
I can get you high, I can get you high
Power exchange!
I know you got my life in your hands, I know you got my life
Kick me
Power!

I hope you will check out the best album of the last decade (in my opinion) if you haven't already.

- bradford

"leroy faster" download

2010-01-07T00:03:00.008-05:00

oldkingcoleyounger - leroy faster

formerly a uk blacklips b-side. this is from the "labias negros demos"
adorable image via vodoovilage via icanhasacheesburger
-oldkingcoleyounger

"these cats look like best friends forever!"

"Rodrigo D. No Futuro"

2010-01-06T17:23:00.006-05:00

So being that my mother is Colombian.I was always in search of the punk culture there,and i found it when i visited in the 90's.Anyways somebody from maximum rock n roll turned me on to this movie and i recommend you watch the whole thing if you get a chance.It is a window in to the grim realty of life for kids in 1980's Medellín. The movie like some other Colombian films i.e "Maria full of grace" is slow but that doesn't bother me so much cause thats how life can sometimes be.Capturing boredom on film is realistic.Oh yeah all the and bands in the film are real groups of the day almost making this like a semi-documentary.they had a bunch of shows on rooftops in the city.The "slam dancing" in the second clip seems kind of whimpy but there is plenty of violence to be found otherwhere.

Atlas Sound - Christmas Synths

2010-01-06T04:46:00.003-05:00

(Image: "The Flatiron" Edward Steichen)

An outtake from Christmas season Notown demo sessions.

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The Decaying Microcastles of Detroit

2010-01-06T04:33:00.004-05:00

From 100abandonedhouses.com:

The abandoned houses project began innocently enough roughly ten years ago. I actually began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the mid 90’s as a creative outlet, and as a way of satisfying my curiosity with the state of my home town. I had always found it to be amazing, depressing, and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress, all the while surrounded by such affluence.

Brush Park, on the outskirts of Detroit’s entertainment district was always an area of interest to me. For as long as I can remember the area, housing large houses and mansions, sat largely abandoned just a stones throw away from the Fox Theater, and not far from Wayne State University, the Masonic Theater, and even the central business district. How could an area that was obviously once a wealthy enclave in the city become an example of the downfall of American cities?

For years the area had signs advertising the redevelopment that was about to take place. It finally began to happen, with the construction of the new ballpark for the Tigers, and Ford Field for the Lions. New condos, and town homes began to appear amidst the rubble of burned out mansions turned apartments. Some of the houses were so large they became “loft condos”. As the entertainment district flourished, and Brush Park began to transform into something new, I realized the other approximately 135 square miles of Detroit was largely ignored. The excitement about Detroit’s “rebirth” took center stage, while much of the rest of the city was becoming largely abandoned. Even Brush Park itself was still largely abandoned, but with the remaining tenants of Brush Park buildings being pushed out, and many of the old houses torn down, I moved on to other areas, where Detroiters were attempting to make a life among abandoned and burned out houses. Often times, the neighborhoods were almost completely abandoned. In these neighborhoods I encountered concerned citizens, packs of wild dogs, 20 foot high piles of toilets, and houses with the facades torn off, filled with garbage.

As the number of images grew, and a documentary style emerged, I switched from mostly black and white, to color, and decided to name the series 100 Abandoned Houses. 100 seemed like a lot, although the number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.

soul converters

2010-01-05T17:10:00.004-05:00

psych rave gospel!to the maxx!rated fucking R!
(visual effect get trippy around 2:15)

Legal Disclaimer - RE: Cole

2010-01-05T05:33:00.003-05:00

Since Cole has started posting here please be sure to read who posted what at the bottom of each entry. Ever since Lockett's journal of bodily functions, I've been rather annoyed how people attribute everything on this blog to me. Especially lazy journalists. Cole's opinions of prepubescent latino preachers are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Deerhunter Music Group, LLC.

Cole - keep it PG-13.

evil elocution

2010-01-04T15:03:00.004-05:00

some of the folks spectating youtube have branded this poor child and his teachers evil. and evil or not, there is something undeniably special about this youngster's delivery, one that i aim to tap into for my own forces that i choose. I do not consider my self religious but this kid makes Christianity seem awesome and poetic with the fierce energy that passes thru his small prepubescent body. I have not often seen such passion in nay-sayers, nor my artisan counterparts.

Atlas Sound New Year's Eve Show Bootleg At Southern Shelter

2010-01-04T00:20:00.002-05:00

Features a 17 minute version of 'Attic Lights' with John Fernandes (Circulatory System / Olivia Tremor Control) on electric viola

Thanks, Sloan!

The Bandits from Marietta, GA

2010-01-03T23:15:00.003-05:00

long before deer hunter was spawned from the streets of a small town called Marietta, Georgia.There was a band in the 1960's and they are one of the only rock bands known to have existed and actually released music commercially in what was then a desolate enclave of northern GA."A Woman" was their claim to no fame,.this picture is an overhead shot from roughly the whereabouts in which the band may have been located.

The Bandits - A Woman

Old King Cole Younger is our new contributer.

2010-01-03T22:33:00.004-05:00

Never Stops on Two Pianos

2009-12-14T02:50:00.003-05:00

This is really neat! Thanks to Andrew King on Facebook for sending this in and thanks to the players in the video for giving the song such a flattering arrangement. :)

Deerhunter - Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night (2005, Notown Sound)

2009-12-12T20:08:00.003-05:00

Responding to several requests I have dug up an old copy of this 2005 Deerhunter CD-R. It features only me and Moses and is very experimental in nature. This was during our "tape phase" when we would often play shows as a duo (or as a trio with colin) playing only tape machines and vocal loops.

Tracklist:
1. Bright and Early (8:30)
2. Cicadas (3:56)
3. Rotation (8:03)
4. But I'm A Boy (6:54)
5. Three Dolphins Melting into Orange Wax (4:20)
6. Snow Dogs (2:12)
7. Dogs are Cool (3:41)
8. Homorobotic (3:54)
9. Cordless (2:05)
10. When I Taste Blood (2:53)

Recorded live to 2-track cassette machine at Moses' old house on North Ave & Ponce
"Mastered" at the Old Notown building on my dad's ancient PC using Soundforge,
Scans of all orignal artwork from the Notown Xerox Machine included.

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Nite of Respite Pt. 2 Drone Show at Eyedrum - Dec. 11, 2009

2009-12-12T18:25:00.008-05:00

From Creative Loafing:

"Tonight (Fri., Dec. 11) Respite From the Cold II billows over Eyedrum with an evening of warm ambient drones, atmospheric dirges, head-cleaning noise and various other guises of minimal aural pleasantries. There will be plenty of warm beverages on-hand to enhance the listening experience as well." - Chad Radford

The Lineup includes:
Lotus Plaza - drones, tapes, and general awesomeness
Magic Apron - quiet guitar meditations with resonant filters and soft vocal attachments..so pretty
Brainworlds - guitar drones deep and wide, mind-bogglingly nice
Nomen Novum - field recordings, samples, and bleepy blippy synth terrificness
Marvelous – members of 1000 holy shards and Lid Emba with David Kirby drone with synths and percussion manipulations

live streaming drone radio from haiti

(...apparently this meant "A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack on repeat. - Bradford)

I went to the Eyedrum with the intention of making a recording of Lockett's show but was so impressed by all the performers that night i decided to record them all. Highly recommended dispatches from Atlanta's apparently burgeoning new wave of drone acts. (Note - Unfortunately there was a technical problem with my recording of Nomen Novum's set. It was my first attempt at using a new device and i fucked up. Great set though.)

Magic Apron | DOWNLOAD LIVE SET

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Nomen Novum

Lotus Plaza | DOWNLOAD LIVE SET

Micromix 24

2009-12-05T17:07:00.002-05:00

1. Privacy - Love Don't Love Long
2. Dion DiMucci - Drip Drop
3. Ulf Lohman - Untitled 7 (Because Before)
4. Pere Ubu - Horses
5. Chet Parker - Devil's Dream; Medley #1
6. Kurt Vile - Can't Come
7. Richard Hell - I'm Your Man
8. Lô Borges/Milton Nascimento - Ao Que Vai Nascer
9. Mayo Thompson - Black Legs
10. Docteur Nico - Suavilo
11. Hans Joachim Roedelius - In Liebe Dein
12. The Fall - Frenz
13. György Ligeti - Continuum (adapted for two player pianos)
14. Michael Hurley - Lonesome Graveyard

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Adam Bruneau's new project Dust Bunnies covers 'Dream Lover'

2009-12-05T09:55:00.002-05:00

2009-11-23T00:39:00.001-05:00

Virtual 7" No. 7: Atlas Sound - Doctor b/w 'The Screens'

2009-11-11T02:15:00.001-05:00

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Micromix 23: Featuring Fever Dream Field Recording

2009-11-10T03:12:00.002-05:00

1. The Five Discs - Doctor
2. Alain Poinsot - Rosarium 2 (Reversed & mixed with dictaphone recording of fever dream I had while in bed with pneumonia)
3. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - I Won't Hurt You
4. Sun Ra - Solar Drums
5. Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven
6. Ruth White - Gymnopedie No. 1
7. Rafael Toral - We Are Getting Closer
8. Phillip Jeck - Wholesome
9. Paul Giovanni - The Anointing
10. Sonny Sharrock - Once Upon A Time
11. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby

Transcript of Fever Dream Field Recording:

or:... oh... a gorgeous a gorgeous and vapid transcript
or: name and date
or: faculty lead / apparitions
or: a necros Neapolitan nashville diamond exit
forma formulaic and famous for these, you know, oral drapes
always acrost accost hmmm
or: Fripp no are these quartets or are these
a montage or discovery option discovery application for knowledge
oh yeah oh oriental knowledge mask front forum days-ish
contact contaction
connector (oh the gorgeous king enveloped by dust clouds)
please make clear spotty skies
or: clean out my lungs with prescription heat
key press caption
how to donate blood on an empty island
or: if it was even necessary
why even bother these days?
snapping and fantastic coral
drip drip drip enthusiastic mornings
always doves ripped op.. ripped open
iraqi iroquois
named after kings or a king
die name dyno dynamic
or: asleep (forma forma)
formal soft granite shoulder
marble neck
sleeping shape
soft, floral floral "maybe its a channel"
maybe its a channel
and there is noise there that could empty a stadium of breathing loud lungs

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Lotus Plaza - Live @ Eyedrum ATL Sept 22, 2009

2009-09-23T00:16:00.003-04:00

Direct from the mixing desk courtesy of Nathan Brown & Robby Kee

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Micromix 22

2009-09-07T01:52:00.004-04:00

1. Belong - Late Night
2. Unknown - Palm-Wine Highlife Song From Ghana
3. Bjork - Antarctic Return
4. Seeds - Faded Picture
5. Ducktails - Deck Observatory
6. Pharoah Sanders - High Life
7. Bill Fay - Sing Us One Of Your Songs, May (Demo)
8. Bishop Perry Tillis - Duet With Self (Excerpt)
9. Captain Beefheart - Kandy Korn
10. Lullatone - Puddles on the Playground
11. Elizabeth Cotten - When I Get Home

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Atlas Sound - Walk A Thin Line (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

2009-08-12T04:37:00.001-04:00

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2009-08-06T21:26:00.001-04:00

2009-08-05T02:56:00.001-04:00

Micromix 21

2009-07-30T03:34:00.005-04:00

Greetings from Baltimore.
This micromix is dedicated to Jeff in Vancouver who made me an awesome Micromix that we have been playing a lot in the van.

1. Rev. Johnny L. Jones - Walk With Me / Anonymous - We Shall Overcome
2. Es - Säteet Sun Sielusta
3. Pescado Rabioso - Superchería
4. Juana Molina - Martin Fierro
5. The Particles - Apricot's Dream
6. Neil Young - Bad Fog Of Loneliness
7. Anonymous - We Shall Overcome
8. Atlas Sound - Coffin Trick (Second Version)
9. Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty
10. Pescado Rabioso - Las Habladurías Del Mundo

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Missing Dream of Sea EXPANSION

2009-07-19T16:45:00.000-04:00

2009-07-02T15:42:00.000-04:00

Benjamin Jay Womack 1974-2009 R.I.P.

2009-07-01T21:25:00.004-04:00

A great friend and an amazing human being.

Greetings from Barcelona

2009-05-30T11:33:00.003-04:00

This cover of our latest single 'Rainwater Cassette Exchange' by a mysterious youtuber is fantastically superior to the original. It actually sent shivers up my spine, especially during the second verse...

We played Bragging Party with Kim and Kelly at Breeders' ATP!

2009-05-19T09:55:00.004-04:00

Here is another shorter video:

Micromix 20

2009-04-30T12:24:00.003-04:00

1. Music From the Final Scene in Terence Malick's "Badlands"
2. Thomas Wayne - Tragedy
3. Crumb Brothers - Seat in the Kingdom
4. The Spades - We Sell Soul
5. OMD - Swiss Radio International
6. Abner Jay - The Reason Young People Use Drugs
7. Child's View - The Cradle of the Light
8. Brian Wilson - Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Piano Demo)
9. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed
10. Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me (Demo)
11. Nehamusasa - Instrumental Excerpt
12. DQE - Burning
13. Wavves - Weed Demon
14. The Fleetwoods - Tragedy

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The Breeders - Fate To Fatal EP - Review

2009-04-22T15:05:00.003-04:00

It rules.

Virtual 7" No. 7: Atlas Sound - Time Warp

2009-04-21T23:24:00.003-04:00

1. Springtime Instrumental B/W
2. Time Warp

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Famous Last

2009-03-24T20:27:00.002-04:00

Words.

2009-03-22T20:39:00.003-04:00

LEVEL 2

RAinwater

2009-03-20T20:04:00.002-04:00

BOO HOO.

Virtual 7" No. 6: Atlas Sound - Solo, or 'The Square'

2009-03-19T01:22:00.003-04:00

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