1978

Well, I was still reading at age 4 and skipped first grade, so I guess it wasn’t that big a deal.

Mew, Lindsey, Annuals

Read this feature on Mew over at Prefix.
“It was an intimate portrait of the band I was about to interview — a Mew without distortion, without Jørgensen’s resounding and powerful drums. It was a bare-bones arrangement of songs, simplified but not restricted or narrowed. The audience was dead silent, except for when the […]

13 Tzameti

Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor’s house, he overhears a conversation about an expected package which promises to make the household rich. Sensing the opportunity of a lifetime, Sebastien intercepts the package which contains a series of […]

Akron/Family “Miccheck”

I almost don’t even want to share this song. Hi.

Akron/Family: Miccheck

Microphone check,
I want to make sure you can hear me:
I nearly forget when I’m in your arms
That I’m not the one you dream of.
You’ve been dazzling me
With your ability to forget
That we loved once,
So deeply.
And freedom reigned in our bed,
We were drenched […]

Swoon

Until I finish the mix, you can check out some sweet tunes over at Swoon, you’ve got +/-, Cale Parks (Aloha) and the Kinsellas to choose from (among others) right here.