The Breeders Live at the Paradise
June 11th, 2008
Full set from the current tour (6 days ago). Looks to be largely the same as the set they played last night here in New York.
Archive for the 'mp3' Category
Here No More
June 11th, 2008
"Not lost, but gone before."
Hurdy Hurry
May 31st, 2008
One of his better known recent works.
I am sitting in a room
May 27th, 2008
Original recording of Alvin Lucier's seminal sound art piece. I was on the phone for 45 minutes with the IRS this morning and sort of wish this had been the hold music. Would have set the mood a little better than the bit of Swan Lake or whatever.
Fanfares
May 9th, 2008
Philip Jeck chops and screws Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common man.
Poke
May 5th, 2008
"But there's one thing we've got going / and it's the only thing worth knowing. / It's got lots to do with magnets / and the pull of the moon."
The Modern Leper
May 5th, 2008
"Is that you in front of me / Coming back for even more of exactly the same? / You must be a masochist / To love a modern leper on his last leg"
Spaceweather audio
March 31st, 2008
Two directories with some space-related audio clips, the first from NASA's INSPIRE project (very low frequency radio waves) and the second a recording of a radio burst caused by a solar flare on 4/9/2001.
Transmitting live from the Ocean below the Antarctic Ice
March 31st, 2008
"Additionally, sounds may be very faint. The amplifier settings are a compromise between picking up distant animal voices and not overcharging the system by nearby calving icebergs. So please beware of sudden extreamely loud events."
Touch Radio
March 28th, 2008
Homepage for the Touch Radio blog and podcast. from Touch Music, the legendary English avant-garde, ambient and experimental label. A lot of the episodes are field recordings, some are interviews, and I think a lot of them are exclusive.
Jacob Kirkegaard’s Works
March 28th, 2008
A wide sample of the geological recording and installation work of Jacob Kirkegaard. Edfjall is a personal favorite.
Ice Record
March 28th, 2008
Related to the last post, and also via wfmu. The sound of a record made of ice being played on a turntable.
Vatnajokul
March 28th, 2008
Kio and I share an interest in field recordings, it seems. Very cool (pun!), very rhythmic recording of a glacier melting. via wfmu.
Love Love Love
March 20th, 2008
"and sonny liston rubbed some tiger balm into his glove. / some things you do for money and some you do for love love love."
I have more than one favorite Mt. Goats song, but right now, right now I think this is maybe the best one they've ever done.
Stained and Lit
March 17th, 2008
"she knows you'll wait in the bruise"
Under Pressure
March 6th, 2008
"It's so slashed and torn."
Singing Science
February 24th, 2008
Hilarious archive of science-based songs, including the original of TMBG's "Why does the sun shine?"
Cho Oyu Basecamp, Morning
February 18th, 2008
I am, obviously (?), a sucker for field recordings of any stripe. But this is fantastic.
Saro
February 10th, 2008
"Way down in some lonesome valley. Way down in some lonesome grove / Where the small birds does whistle, their notes to increase"
Catoptromancy
February 3rd, 2008
"Captromancy is a type of divination which is practiced by placing a poppy bud upon hot coals, and taking predictions from the subsequent movements of the bud itself."
Saw this guy with Chris Forsyth and Tetuzi Akiyama last night. Fantastic.