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VideOverdose

Oh, man, with the green pollen tides of spring lapping against the bedroom doors of the world (and, no, I have no f-ing clue what that means), it would appear a pool of incessant distraction has overtaken Res. Hacks is somewhere in my ‘hood and I can’t find him, Trixie is doing…uh, things, probably (make your own joke *here*), and I am also doing things, but not the same things I’m normally doing, nor the same things Trixie’s doing. Truth be told, I’m not even trying that hard to find Hacks. He’s a big boy, he can take care of himself. Besides, if he gets too lost in his old stomping grounds, I’m sure the folks at Ed Banger pass out, like, Justice crucifi that can function akin to bat-symbols for deejays-in-distress.

Musically, there’s a lot to sort out around here, and to buy us some time, I thought I’d unload a few vid clips that are due by a minute, but not so overglazed as to be irrelevant, or even late.

The first two come courtesy of our Atlanta friends Criminal Records, from whence Record Store Day originated.

My new favorite band, Judi Chicago, performing “Chick Feeler” in the Crim parking lot on said Record Store Day:

My old favorite band, Hope For Agoldensummer, covering the Aaliyah jam “Are You That Somebody”, inside Criminal on Record Store Day:

And, finally, NOT at record store day (or at least not in America, but possibly in SweNordLand, the magical place of cupcakes, unicorns, rainbows and the best fucking pop music ever, where tap water tastes of raspberries), Lykke Li playing the most stripped version of “I’m Good I’ve Gone” you’ve yet heard, in the back of a cab

Resonator Mag: we’re not lazy, just busy and sober. More music coming soon.





tickle vultures

I’ve admitted very recently that the Resonator distaste for the freaky mask-clad hippie furry-fetishists Animal Collective is beginning to break, at least in terms of my personal listening.

First, there was the discovery that the Panda Bear record was stunning.

Then, there’s this new EP, Water Curses . It’s hallucinsane, especially on an iPod, and I can’t quit it. Wish I knew how to.

But now…my god, TICKLE VULTURES. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: TICKLE VULTURES.

What? You don’t know ’bout Tickle Vultures? Just watch

Yes, that video is one of the most meme-worthy things in recent memory, and it hits the current pulsevein of the blog-verse smack on the nose.

And, yes, Animal Collective’s stuff is growing on me. If Panda Bear were to make a song about petting his cat, I’d be all over it.





Lykke on the grind

Lykke Li, currently a fascination in the…

aw, screw the intro. You know Lykke by now. There’s a video for the studio version of “‘I’m good I’m gone”, which has it’s own, more multi-layered pleasures to discern (my new indie-rock trio record: Pleasures to Discern) than the hollerin’ hootenanny of the acoustic version (which shows Robyn who’s who). And it’s f-ing out there, in that Lykke way.

Stomp. Start. Shout. Scream. It’s all good. The entire album, that is.





Further Lykkeing

Lykke Li stands to be the bundle of whiskey & honey that once again manages to unite the forces here at Res. No sooner had I posted that last bit on her than both Trixie AND Hacks came slumming on AIM, all stammering and shuffling and “uh, yeah, dude, upload that whole album, if you would?”.

Made my freakin’ day, it did. I mean, because all they listen to is Justice. Not really, but in my head that’s what I like to think. Sometimes I imagine Hacks petting bunnies to D.A.N.C.E., and I chuckle and cry. Simultaneously.

Anyway, pretty much the only music bloggazine that I like more than this one, The Fader, posted a couple more infinitely-craveworthy, infinitely obsession-grade Lykke Li videos. Since apparently in Sweden you either wear masks and pretend to be monkeygoblins or you play your stuff in weird locations, Lykke’s two Takeaway Show-esque clips, one for “Little Bit” on a street corner and one for “I’m Good I’m Gone” (aka the single best song of 2008 thus far, hands down, unless that Erykah album I haven’t yet listened to has some jam-bangers, and sorry but I doubt it) in the bathroom, Lykke’s basically both keeping it real and being completely bonkers. Love her even more for it all.

“Little Bit”:

Soundvenue won’t allow embedding of the Lykke L Singin’-Your-Heart-Out-In-The-Potty Revue, but it’s so worth it. Granted, Bette Noire seems to think that the (spoiler!) “last second tap water” bit isn’t as effective as, say, Arcade Fire’s page-ripping from the aforementioned Takeaway Show, but Lykke’s way cuter than either of the Butler boys, so I’m gonna nix that one right now. You can click here to see the third best version of “I’m Good I’m Gone” out there. The second? Aw, it’s worth a reposting…

Lykke Li: I’m Good I’m Gone

And the first? Hell, you saw that repost coming, too, didn’t ya?

Like her? Hell no. Love her.





I can taste the blood

Ok, look, it’s been a couple days (ok like two weeks). We never claimed to have our act together

Anyway, this isn’t a full-fledged “hot new stuff” post, but rather a little somethin’ somethin’ from a duo I earmarked quietly to myself at the end of 2007 to watch. Free Blood, namely former !!!-er John Pugh and his fellow pughilist, fashion designer Madeline Davy, have taken that whole “hey, we’re two people that have some cash for gear, let’s make elecro-rock that goes puuuurrprprprprpuuuuurprprprprprurrrrrprprprrrruuurp” concept and, somehow, despite all the forces working against them (”uh, !!! may be awesome, but individually they’re, uh…hairy” “…and a fashion designer making dance rock? oh jeez, are we back in 05 again?” etc), made a handful of tunes that are dark, moody, infectious and pretty damn powerful

To wit: their first video, for “The Royal Family”

Some things to note:

–John Pugh is obviously possessed by the holy freakin’ spirit of Tiefschwarz circa the Goldfrapp remix, or something. He’s overtaken by a power much larger than himself, or his razorbass.

–Madeline Davy can’t dance for shit. Sorry, but that arm thing is how hipster girls cover up their inability to do anything short of standing still to any sort of propulsive beat.

–The song is fucking good.

–The breakdown’s better than the rest of the three minutes combined

I’m waiting to see how this whole Free Blood thing pans out before I make a judgment call.





Reformat the Planet– The Movie

So… It’s getting to be that time of year again, where the Res kids tell you about all the cool shit to check out at SxSW because, well, we’re not going.*** This year is a great year at the old Austin festival because it’s going to be chiptunes madness.

That’s right– not only are the lovely 8 Bit Peoples going to be hosting a showcase, but the movie (yes, MOVIE!) about the Blip Festival is going to be playing at the film festival. Featuring all of my favorite chiptunes artists, Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, glomag, Bubblyfish and loads of other musically brilliant nerds, it is going to be THE must-see movie of the festival… What I’m saying is take a break from dancing your ass off and GO SEE THE DAMNED MOVIE.

As if you needed more convincing, here is the trailer for Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet:


BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET trailer from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.

And in case you just need full length choons to carry ’round with you, here’s the namesake track of the movie by NYC-based Bit Shifter:

Reformat The Planet — Bit Shifter

Yes, that track’s great… But my favorite, and I think SORELY underappreciated of the Shifter’s tracks is the self-titled off of the “Information Chase” EP. The symphonic hold breakdown is enough to make college girls the world over have Garden State-like make-out moments… Well, provided that they’re cool enough to dig on Gameboy music.

The Information Chase — Bit Shifter

***Res doesn’t go to SxSW because we are too damned old to be drunk and sleepless for a week. Just ask Shaun about his old Winter Music Conference days. But while YOU are down there, make sure and get your chiptunes on AND check out our darling Loren Hynde’s party over at the Planetary Group bbq– we hear there is soy meat and hardcore (the guitar kind, not the electronic kind).





Babies…cry…because…a…hurricane?

Ok, look, I’m not one to beat a dead internet meme, especially when it’s now evolved into Diet Chocolate Cherry Dr Pepper, but apparently Tay Zonday has other songs?

Before you just totally write this off as “tlda” (too late dumb ass), listen to his medly of “Swing low, Sweet chariot” and “Amazing Grace”. Someone put this kid in “Showboat”. Listen to “Love” and think Kate Bush’s seminal “Running Up That Hill” (aka “the only time a human being has ever used a Fairlight”).

The rest of his other stuff? Call me crazy, but if this whole “8 Bit I’mma-make-a-song-and-not-try” thing is really going to catch on this year, and since snap, crunk and hyphy have all been kinda quiet on the new-production front, Tay needs to farm this stuff out to Chris Brown and the like. Maybe he could produce the great Usher comeback record.

Also, his official t-shirt is pretty fucking nifty:


It’s a shame that, were you to wear this shirt, you’d end up getting your ass kicked nigh-instantly.

In the event you’ve no freaking clue what started this, just peep a gander at the Youtube clip that wouldn’t stop in 07:

‘Nuff said. And remember: Chocolate Rain. The schoolbooks say it can’t be here again**.

**wtf?

Note from …trixie: Tay Zonday will be playing TONIGHT in Brooklyn at Club Europa. Details are here at Brooklyn Vegan.





Spice Up This Video, Please

For those who didn’t know, the Spice Cougars are back with a single that bookends their inexplicable career. When they burst on the scene with the boring “Wannabe” something like 25 years ago (ok, ok, it was 13 years ago, but it seems like ages) the power structure was QUITE different. Just watch the video:

As you can see, Vickie Beckham (then just “Posh Spice”) is barely in the video and they don’t even pretend to let her sing (she has a spoken line toward the end). It’s Scary and Ginger’s show, absolutely.

Of course, they booted Simon Cowell as their manager, kicked the second best vocalist out of the group (that would be Ginger) and then started sucking even more. The press had a field day with the tickets to their tour selling out in three seconds, but let me tell you, I’ve had run-ins with Ticketmaster where I tried to buy tickets that somehow had sold out BEFORE they even went on sale, so that didn’t surprise me.

No, what surprises me after watching the video for their new single, “Headlines (Friendship Never Ends),” is that someone actually had to come up with a treatment for this video. It must have been something like this:

Ok, so, it’s the five of them, right. And they’re in a room. And… uh… Ginger has great abs now… oh, man, and let’s put Posh in some Agent Provacateur underwear to show off those new boobs. And, yeah, no one has to dance or anything. Just wave their arms around.

At which point someone apparently signed some papers and this crap video was shot. I never thought it possible to feel nostalgic for the Spice Girls, but sometimes the new is so bad it makes the old look awesome.





Atlanta Laptop Battle Finals: Tonight!

Atlanta’s Laptop Battles presented by Nophi.net

Full info can be found on the nophi laptop battle blog including recorded mp3s from the first 2 battles.

Additionally, here’s all the videos from rounds I & II

Here’s me acting like an idiot up on stage:

And here’s be doing the 8-bit ho-down:

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Cut Off Your Hands Say Yeah!

Cut Off Your Hands



Bad pun withstanding, Cut Off Your Hands are pretty damned good. Hailing from New Zealand with A harder, garage rock, thrash around like idiots in front of the stage like sound, they’re good enough to keep even a mostly “I won’t listen unless they have at least 1 synth” guy like me happy.

They just dropped their first EP recently; entitled “Shaky Hands EP” -in reference to their original name, which happened to be close enough to another band’s name that they were forced to change it; that’s your history lesson for the day- its 6 tracks of pounding drums and guitar-fueled intensity mixed with some staccato melodies to hold your ear throughout the whole EP. That does it for me… plus I like their vocalist’s voice!


Cut Off Your Hands - “Expectations”


Cut Off Your Hands - “You And I”

Both of those are on their more rock side of things, but I’m a big fan of “Let Go” as well


You can pick up the EP directly from I Am Sound or via iTunes. Be sure to check out their MySpace to peep 2 more tracks not on the EP.

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