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I Feel Slightly Traumatized

roachface killah — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:31:09 +0000

After watching “Lana Del Rey” a.k.a Lizzy Grant, daughter of ultra rich NY businessman Robert Grant, perform on SNL I was left with a feeling I hadn’t felt before. I now believe it is a form of PTSD. Yeah, it was that bad.

Now I totally understand that most artists, especially new ones, don’t do well on SNL. It’s been notorious for bad acoustics since the beginning. It also separates the Kanye Wests and Linkin Parks from Ashlee Simpsons & Ke$has.

From dlisted

Lana sounded like a Japanese person trying to sing in English with a German accent. I’m sure that what came out of her mouth is not unlike the sounds that come out of a walrus’s mouth when it’s doing high school theater vocal exercises.

Lana is supposed to be some new kind of artist. Removed by the record labels from her typical young girl, pop sound, she has been reinvented as a “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” that sings about James Dean and Video Games. Yeah, that shit cray.

I’ll give her another chance but I think she should pay for my PTSD therapy and meds.

Radiohead – Staircase (Live)

roachface killah — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:08:43 +0000

Just like the Strokes there are rumors floating around the blogatwitsphere Radiohead are working on a followup to their quickly forgotten new album The King of Limbs.

The Naked and Famous – Young Blood

roachface killah — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:02:53 +0000

Arcade Fire Ready To Start

roachface killah — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:34:46 +0000

Arcade Fire + Spike Jonze = Movie

roachface killah — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:00:59 +0000

Via Stereogum

According to /Film, the director will be in Austin, TX to do a short film with the band based on the concept of “friends growing apart.” MTV also got a Jonze spokesperson to confirm the collaboration and location, but he wouldn’t name any other details. Jonze and Arcade Fire were bound to work together after Where The Wild Things Are (Jonze said the band were a huge inspiration). But it’s not clear if this will be a short film like Jonze’s work with Kanye West, an extended music video for their upcoming album, or something in-between.

In the meantime, watch Jonze’s awesome I’m Here robot short film, featuring Sleigh Bells’ “A/B Machines.” A robot has it playing in her car while she’s driving, naturally.

Pixies “Debaser” Fallon 11/24

roachface killah — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:31 +0000

Pitchfork’s 20 Best Albums of this Decade

roachface killah — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:57:42 +0000

20 Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights [Matador, 2002]
19 Spoon – Kill The Moonlight [Merge, 2002]
18 Kanye West – Late Registration [Roc-A-Fella, 2002]
17 LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver [EMI/DFA, 2007]
16 Sufjan Stevens – Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty, 2005]
15 The Knife – Silent Shout [Mute/Rabid, 2006]
14 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino, 2009]
13 OutKast – Stankonia [La Face, 2000]
12 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells [Sympathy For The Record Industry, 2001]
11 Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele [Sony, 2000]
10 The Avalanches – Since I Left You [Modular/Interscope, 2000]
09 Panda Bear – Person Pitch [Paw Tracks, 2007]
08 Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun [Smekkleysa; 2000]
07 The Strokes – Is This It [RCA, 2001]
06 Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica [Epic, 2000]
05 Jay-Z – The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella, 2001]
04 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch, 2002]
03 Daft Punk – Discovery [Virgin, 2001]
02 Arcade Fire – Funeral [Merge, 2004]
01 Radiohead – Kid A [Capitol, 2000]

It seems like they got the artist right, just not the album. Then again I find myself thinking about an album pre 2000. Outkast’s Speakkkerboxx may beat out Stankonia and Blueprint 2 (and possibly 3) are better than the first one. Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm (their only good album) is missing from the list. In Rainbows should be there as well. Where is Aha Shake Heartbreak? That’s Kings of Leon at their finest. Eminem’s Slim Shady LP is MIA.

They did get one thing correct….

Arcade Fire’s Funeral is for sure one of — if not — the best album of the decade!