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Jun 14

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Jun 09

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Apr 30

Regarding Identity Theft

Apr 29

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Apr 24

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Apr 03

Alley-oop! The new Bat for Lashes record lays pretty bare Natasha Khan’s lineage as a songwriter straight out of the Kate Bush mold, and not just in the sense that she probably owns a lavender leotard: This record is distinctly sensual and that sensuality is, distinctly, a woman’s. The act of recommending a record carries with it some implicit suggestion about its content — “you’ll relate to this;” “you’ll love how audacious this is;” even just “THIS RULES.” But a record like this, or Bush’s The Sensual World, uses a real specific lens to parse its own themes, and it may be that dudes who love real lush production and big audio swells are gonna stumble on the narrative eye. I’m kinda stumbling over myself explaining this but you know what I mean. Songs of the self aren’t always universally relatable. At the least we can probably still all agree on Jeff Buckley. oldtobegin: just saying to someone - i am feminist as hell and all about equality especially in the arts. but there are certain kinds of lady-made music i hesitate to recommend to men. do guys like bat for lashes? why do i hesitate to share it - and other music like it - with dudes?

Alley-oop!

The new Bat for Lashes record lays pretty bare Natasha Khan’s lineage as a songwriter straight out of the Kate Bush mold, and not just in the sense that she probably owns a lavender leotard: This record is distinctly sensual and that sensuality is, distinctly, a woman’s. The act of recommending a record carries with it some implicit suggestion about its content — “you’ll relate to this;” “you’ll love how audacious this is;” even just “THIS RULES.” But a record like this, or Bush’s The Sensual World, uses a real specific lens to parse its own themes, and it may be that dudes who love real lush production and big audio swells are gonna stumble on the narrative eye.

I’m kinda stumbling over myself explaining this but you know what I mean. Songs of the self aren’t always universally relatable. At the least we can probably still all agree on Jeff Buckley.

oldtobegin:

just saying to someone - i am feminist as hell and all about equality especially in the arts. but there are certain kinds of lady-made music i hesitate to recommend to men.

do guys like bat for lashes? why do i hesitate to share it - and other music like it - with dudes?

CBRAP » Posse On Trendwatch: Jerkin’ On -

“Consider another major predictor[6] of this movement - D4L’s “Scotty”. It’s the greatest harmonizing rap song of the decade and the biggest of about a half dozen street hits produced by a so called one hit wonder. It spent four years crawling to a national reputation through hand to hand CDr burns, Imeem playlists and youtube scores. So now well after Fabo probably blew his “Laffy Taffy” royalties straight up his nose and Lo became a walking shit stain TI punchline, some kids on the other side of the country are running with their sound. Call it the quiet meme. Think “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” rather than Tay Zonday. And then apply that phenomenon to music that is genuinely great.”

Well, if you insist.

Mar 24

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Feb 23

Weirdo Records Sets Up Shop -

“You can destroy the rest of your life trying to find all the good music that there is until you’ve overwhelmed everything else that happens to you. That’s the project I was put on Earth to do. Being able to share that is the greatest thing to happen.”