Toys and Tiny Instruments, a shambling goodtime rock band from Brooklyn, NY, are exactly as they sound. They play their sets with toys and tiny instruments. There is a whole mess of them – like six or eight humans are onstage when the Toys play – but they pull it off since their instruments are […]
Toys & Tiny Instruments: what is going on?
Posted by Niina on January 3, 2011
http://www.girlpants.org/2011/01/toys-tiny-instruments-what-is-going-on/
pre-xmas cabaret: new bitter ruin song “clinging on”
Because you know I love drama, and YouTube clips — why else did I spend an unmentionable amount of minutes watching Coco T’s channel last night? But Coco doesn’t really make music that much, so let’s post something else — here’s this video from cute-as-buttons English cabaret duo Bitter Ruin. They’ve started posting some Christmas posts […]
Posted by Niina on December 22, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/12/pre-xmas-cabaret-new-bitter-ruin-song-clinging-on/
the psych-doom cometh: Sabbath Assembly
I’ve only been listening to straight-up doom sounds. But hear me out. There’s a lot of gorgeousness in doom. Why else would we love the silent napalm opening of Apocalypse Now? This album, Sabbath Assembly’s Restored To One (June 2010) is doom melody of the finest order. It’s gorgeous Age Of Aquarius-style choir psychedelia, controlled and […]
Posted by Niina on December 6, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/12/1234/
New Saul Williams song: “Explain My Heart”
Saul Williams posted a new song called “Explain My Heart” earlier today. The song is from his upcoming Volcanic Sunlight, and it’s tribal-beat driven, rocking, and punctuated by a few bit of spoken word (but not annoyingly like what people usually mean when they say “spoken word” — you know what I mean by this). You […]
Posted by Niina on October 13, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/10/new-saul-williams-song-explain-my-heart/
Die Antwoord, or, what my brains are like lately (?)
Hey guys. I’m really busy trying to write a book, but now and again I get the chance to read Twitter, and when I do it’s often 50 Cent’s hilarious updates (why is he dating Chelsea Handler?). But today South African hip hoppers Die Antwoord tweeted their new video, and I have to say “Evil […]
Posted by Niina on October 6, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/10/die-antwoord-or-what-my-brains-are-like-lately/
Amazing cover (mid-90s edition)
K so lately I’ve been loving the song “Your Woman” by White Town. The songwriter, Jyoti Mishra, said of the tune: “I was trying to write a pop song that had more than one perspective. Although it’s written in the first person the character behind that viewpoint isn’t necessarily what the casual listener would expect.” The gender […]
Posted by Niina on June 30, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/06/amazing-cover-mid-90s-edition/
Jeff Mangum, the Chris Knox Benefit
This is a shorty post, but I wanted to bring your attention to this video — last week, loads of brilliant musical acts got together for the purposes of fundraising for Chris Knox. Overall, it seemed that Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel was the draw of the evening, but the fundraiser itself was a huge […]
Posted by Niina on May 15, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/05/jeff-mangum-the-chris-knox-benefit/
iggy pop, janelle monae and more: girlpants gets opinionated
It is with interest that I’ve been following this weird week (month) of bizarre endorsements – does it not seem like everyone is shilling for someone these days? Some are artistic collaborations, some are out-of-genre forays, some are fundraisers, and some are straight-up curious wtf moments (like when Bob Dylan teamed up with Victoria’s Secret). […]
Posted by Niina on May 13, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/05/iggy-pop-janelle-monae-and-more-girlpants-gets-opinionated/
More Love, Less Paranoia—New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh
Well, it’s been several weeks since this album came out to mostly positive or even glowing reactions. So in the place of focusing on the already well-covered arc of New Amerykah Pt. II, I will don my Girlpants Track Glasses™ – recently recovered from Jason’s dangerous clutches (I had to crawl through a really long […]
Posted by Niina on April 20, 2010
http://www.girlpants.org/2010/04/more-love-less-paranoia-new-amerykah-part-2-return-of-the-ankh/
Bless This Morning Year
Helios
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Endless Falls
Loscil
3d,13h and 18m ago
Prelude For Time Feelers
Eluvium
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Suite For Violin And Piano: II.
Vivian Taylor
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Serenade To Music (original Version With 16 Soloists)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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