New from Weird Tapes.

I'm a big Weird Tapes/Memory Tapes/Memory Cassette fan, but I will say, of all three of Dayve Hawk's projects, this one is by far my favorite. Memory Tapes' Walk Me Home long mix was fantastic, but I'm very happy to hear some new(ish) Weird Tapes.

Weird Tapes // The Walking Day

"The Walking Day" is off the first ThisIsNotAnExit comp, Manifesto #1.

An apt summation of the past week in current events:

ASH + EURO(TRASH)

Felix Cartal // Volcano (Felix Cartal rmx)

Lush Cola.

"They are driving a Gun-Metal Black Lincoln Continental on the interstate at night
They are riding your bike in a rainstorm when the lightning comes out
They are trying to fall asleep early on a weeknight"

Yeah, that sounds about right.

This is a project of Tim Perry of Denver lo-fi rock outlet Weed Diamond. Free download from Patient Sounds available here.

Obligatory:

New LCD is "out".

Okay, can I just preface this post by asking: isn't it weird that record release dates no longer actually mean anything? I remember being in middle school and being THUPER excited to go to Strawberry's (remember Strawberry's?!) to get the latest ~KEWLest~ *NSYNC (yes *NSYNC) album on the day it came out and then I'd be THO EXCITED listen to it on my Discman on the way home...man. It's like I was raised in the Middle Ages.

So, yes, new LCD Soundsystem album took the interwebs by storm the other day, more than a month ahead of its release date. James Murphy reacted accordingly and immediately made the whole album available to stream on LCD's website. Smart dude, but judging from current Google auto-complete results, the interwebs aren't so down with the streaming:

Sorry James Murphy. People are impatient? No worries for LCD though -- they'll be playing sold out shows all summer all over the globe and selling disco-print t-shirts like candy/crack.

This Is Happening is classic LCD: catchy beats, catchier hooks, James Murphy sultry-sweet voice singing painfully poignant lyrics about love and youth and losing your youth. It's fresh material that stays true to project's disco-infused dance-punk that delves a little further into 80's punk rock/new wave sounds (listen: "One Touch"). Hell, he even gets a lil Bono on us there ("I Can Change"). The album is a cool and coherent follow up to the previous two, and if you like LCD Soundsystem, you'll like this album. And even if you don't like LCD Soundsystem... this is pretty much the guaranteed dance album of the summah. So yeah.

And I think we can all agree James Murphy looks boss on the album art.

LCD Soundsystem // One Touch
LCD Soundsystem // I Can Change

Links removed per request, 'cos duh my blog gets so much traffic I am singlehandedly undercutting LCD Soundsystem's album and ticket sales. I mean DUH.

Pretty pictures.

Photos by the incredibly talented 17-year-old Australian photographer, Nirrimi. According to her website, she "i started taking pictures of (her) sister at age thirteen and never stopped." She now has an agent and recently shot a "campaign for a big label" (not sure which one) in New York City. Her very whimsical blog has some great photographs as well. And did mention she's just 17??!

One day...

A girl can dream.