October 2010
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WatchI haven’t made up my mind about James Blake’s warped cover of Feist’s “Limit to Your Love” just yet, but there is no doubt that Blake is doing some incredibly innovative stuff at the moment. Blake is a sort of minimalist dub producer that manages to create a stunning amount of depth and beauty from only a few sounds and textures. A slightly less apocalyptic Burial for...
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WatchUK 80’s revivalists Mirror’s were responsible for one of my my most played songs of last year with “Look at me” and now it finally looks like they are gearing up for a proper full length release. Not sure exactly when Lights and Offerings is set to be released but the new video for “Hide and Seek” is a great introduction.
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Miike Snow, Santiago de Chile, 9/28/10
I was nervous heading to the Miike Snow show last Tuesday. Not for my safety, nor for the audience’s ears, but for the band’s reception. Chile is not known for its indie/blog/college radio/whatever-friendly music scene. There is a dedicated group of electro kids who will show up for anyone playing music they can wild out to (1999 rap reference, whut), and there are a few blogs...
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State of the CotP Address
A quick word on what’s up with the lack of posts. Forget that long post, here it is in six sentences.
We’re busy. Dylan’s in transit and will be back to posting when settled. I’m about to move. There are a bunch of posts banked for the next nine weeks or so, while I’ll be away from the internets. Lots of good stuff coming in the next few months. Don’t...
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