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Sunday, February 21, 2010What’s Spinning: MetricIn honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics the Canadian band Metric's 2009 release Fantasies has been on heavy rotation this weekend in the circle studio; I must have listened to it about a dozen times yesterday. If your a fan of indie new wave check them out, they are impossibly addictive. Share posted by: chris on 02/21 at 03:59 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, January 16, 2010what’s spinning: Vampire WeekendI'm a big fan of Vampire Weekend...their first album was on super heavy rotation in the circle studio and the newly-released second album is even better. Check out this little interview/concert vid from Pitchfork:TV's Juan's Basement series, it's pretty cool. Share posted by: chris on 01/16 at 05:42 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Friday, March 21, 2008SXSW National Public Radio's fantastic All Songs Considered website always has something interesting going on, but they've outdone themselves with a new collection of concerts from Austin, Texas' famously-cool South by Southwest festival. Check out circle studio faves R.E.M. (supporting their new album due out April 1st), Yo La Tengo, Vampire Weekend and My Morning Jacket...to name but a few. posted by: chris on 03/21 at 03:33 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Monday, February 04, 2008what’s spinning: Vampire Weekend It's been awhile since I've purchased any new tunes, but after hearing Vampire Weekend live on NPR's World Cafe I went ahead and made the plunge. What a fantastic debut...a little Talking Heads, a little Zumpano, maybe some Feelies and some choppy African Paul Simon Graceland-esque guitar and there you have it. It's been on heavy rotation in the circle studio ever since I received it on Saturday (I think I actually listened to it four times in a row yesterday...very infectious). posted by: chris on 02/04 at 04:25 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, December 01, 2007what’s spinning: Bob Mould Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas I am barely able to leave my workbench and that means I listen to a ton of music. It's a great time to pan the archives for a forgotten gem and today's shiny pick is Bob Mould's classic and one of my all-time favorites, Workbook. This album, his first after leaving the iconic Husker Du, is one of those rare albums that I remember exactly when and where I was when I gave it a first listen. Mr. Mould also has the has the distinction of playing the three loudest concerts that I've ever attended. If you're looking from a flawless jewel from the past, try Workbook. posted by: chris on 12/01 at 07:02 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Friday, November 09, 2007what’s spinning: All Songs Considered One of my favorite on/off line music venues, NPR's All Songs Considered, has recently undergone an extreme makeover significantly increasing their cool factor. Delve into hours and hours of live concerts (my favorite feature), in-studio sessions, news, interviews, video sessions, etc., etc., etc. Where else can you hear entire concerts from artists as diverse as Arcade Fire, Bjork, Lily Allen, Okkervil River, The Ponys, Spoon, and New Pornographers absolutely free?...you tell me...you tell me. posted by: chris on 11/09 at 02:43 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, October 27, 2007what’s spinning: KEXP 90.3 For the last week I've been updating our brand new Trunkt portfolio and listening to hours of Seattle's alternative public radio station, KEXP. Check out the KEXP website where you can listen to their live program stream, delve into their in-studio performance archives, or listen to a past favorite DJ's show (the DJ's actually pick their own playlists, believe it or not)...very cool. Email-in your request and give it a listen. posted by: chris on 10/27 at 04:33 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, October 06, 2007what’s spinning: Luna I'm just finishing up a few new pieces which are to be included to the upcoming winter collection, so I've been glued to the workbench for the last couple of weeks. It just occurred to me this morning that I've listened to Luna's debut album Lunapark in its entirety about 100 times in the last few days and I still can't bring myself to take it out of the current studio rotation. Luna is one of the bands that I loved from the beginning and have always gone back to over the years, but was never fortunate enough to see play live. If you're interested, you cannot go wrong with any of their albums, but I still love this debut and their masterpiece follow-up Bewitched the best. posted by: chris on 10/06 at 04:59 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, September 22, 2007what’s spinning: NPR Live I've been re-visiting one of my favorite online music venues after some time away and it seems I've missed much. NPR's Live Concert Series has an amazing collection of live concerts from artists as varied as Bjork, The Shins, The Black Angels, Apples in Stereo, Modest Mouse, Lily Allen, Arcade Fire, and many other circle studio faves...the list just goes on and on and on. Be sure to check out Spoon, New Pornographers and Okkervil River in the next few weeks. posted by: chris on 09/22 at 04:29 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Sunday, September 02, 2007what’s spinning: Interpol I am currently having a problem shaking Interpol's latest release, Our Love To Admire. It was one of those albums that, on first listen seemed just "not bad," but after repeated listenings has enveloped me. I'm a fan of this New York City foursome's other work, so I knew I'd eventually come around, but come on, give me a break... Of course, I also love the album art. Check out the very cool Interpol website to see more from the series of photos from New York's Natural History Museum. posted by: chris on 09/02 at 06:05 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Friday, August 17, 2007what’s spinning: Spoon The newest release from Spoon has been on super-heavy rotation in the circle studio for the last week. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is a perfect collection of poppy gems that you can't get out of your head. If you've heard about this Austin band in the last couple of months (this album has been highly rated by every publication that I can think of), but have yet to purchase any of their music try this album or their classic Gimme Fiction from 2005...you won't be disappointed. posted by: chris on 08/17 at 03:51 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, August 04, 2007whats spinning: New Order Ah yes, time to blow a little dust off the debut New Order album, "Movement." I'm actually old enough to have been a Joy Division fan who followed right along into their New Order morph...now that's truly old school. And what's worse, I had this album on vinyl. Even if your not a fan of the music, you may enjoy the cutting-edge album art of graphic artist Peter Saville, one of my favorites. Check out Mr. Saville's website here. posted by: chris on 08/04 at 04:28 PM permalink category: music/what's spinning Monday, July 16, 2007what’s spinning: Wilco I've always been a huge fan of Wilco from their first album to their brand-new Sky Blue Sky. If you're a fan as well, then check out this interview and in-studio performance on NPR's great World Cafe with host David Dye. Give it a listen here. posted by: chris on 07/16 at 04:12 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, June 16, 2007what’s spinning: BAD I'm feeling a bit nostalgic today so I'm revisiting some of my favorites from way, way back like this debut from Big Audio Dynamite. Mick Jones groovies-up his Clash sound and tosses in some inspired sampling. And don't let the 1985 release date deter you, this sonic gem sounds surprisingly fresh. posted by: chris on 06/16 at 07:04 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Sunday, June 03, 2007what’s spinning: The Apples In Stereo I think I've listened to New Magnetic Wonder, the highly-recommended latest by The Apples In Stereo, about ten times this weekend. Wonderful...I love albums where each song sounds like it's from a different band yet remains groovily coherent. posted by: chris on 06/03 at 06:49 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning |
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