NPR Probably Won't Be Streaming This Album For Much Longer Since It Came Out This Week. Highly Recommended
NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.
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“Songs for Swinging Larvae” (1981) by Renaldo and the Loaf (1975-1988; 2006-present)
Pretty uncategorizable and weird….this is a short film compromised of bits and pieces from the album of the same name.
Further Reading:
Renaldo and the Loaf Official Site
Article on The Weirdest Band in the World
“Der Adler” (1991) by Udo Kier from My Own Private Idaho
Udo Kier is a German actor with a prolific number of films under his belt, particularly those dealing with vampires. Although he gravitates towards horror films, he also appears in other genres.
My Own Private Idaho is a film by Gus Van Sant. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare, it stars River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves.
“Wildflower” (2012) by Roman Ruins (2007-present)
This track comes off the album Homebuilding. The brains behind this act is Graham Hill, who also drums for Beach House.
“Map Ref 43 Degrees North 110 Degrees W” (1979) by Wire (1976-1980; 1985-1992; 1999-present)
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What a beautiful concept.
‘The grave of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke in Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow is surmounted by a stone on which is engraved a rest beneath a fermata with a triple forte noted at the bottom: A very, very loud extended silence.’
- John Biguenet, Silence (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), p.49.
I just discovered an interview series called Making Music. They have a set of videos with Alan Sparhawk from the band Low. The few interviews I've seen so far are very different than most. They get into the gritty details of the songwriters methods of creating songs, gear used, and much more.
Wendy Carlos
