Faber Author Blogs
Posted on January 10, 2010 at 9:16 PM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog 
"Horchata" sensational"White Sky" very very good"Holiday" very good"California English" sensational"Taxi Cab" good"Run" very good"Cousins" very very good"Giving Up the Gun" sensational"Diplomat’s Son" supersensational"I Think Ur A Contra" sensational
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 11:43 AM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog
by freaky coincidence, substantiating my indie-not-indie argument, here's Vampire Weekend's track-by-track breakdown of what went into their new album Contra. only had the one listen as yet but my initial impression is that Koenig/Batmanglij/Tomson/Baio have managed to make such riskily diverse inputs cohere remarkably well within a singular and distinctive band-voice
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 11:32 AM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog
Stylus magazine reactivates to survey the past decade
Posted on January 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog
Notes on the Noughties #6 @ Guardian looks at indie's unexpected regeneration over the course of the decade, from post-Britplop afterbirth to something that can no longer be reflexively dismissed
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 9:38 AM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog
Rankin Bass ProductionsIt sounds like a sound system.Or a German dub-techno alias.But it's the people behind Christmas kiddy classics like this Arthur Rankin Jnr and Jules Bass
Posted on December 22, 2009 at 12:32 AM
on Simon Reynolds' Blissblog blog
9 from 09Micachu and the Shapes, Jewellery Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca Moon Wiring Club, Striped Paint for the Last Post Dolphins Into The Future, …On Sea Faring IsolationOneohtrix Point Never, Russian Mind Belbury Poly, From An Ancient StarMordant Music, SyMptoMsBroadcast & The Focus Group, Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio AgeWoebot, East One Central EP the next 9Ducktails, Backyard Roj,