Once in a while you get one of those Barney Gumble moments, where you listen to a song and exhort: “Where have you been all my life?”. Last night, I’m catching up on all those Later…With Jools “Boogie Fucking Woogie” Holland1 I have recorded. There I am, thinking to myself “Ah, Ron Sexsmith, heard of [...]
All posts for the month August, 2011
Where Have You Been All My Life?
Posted by loftandlost on August 26, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/26/where-have-you-been-all-my-life/
Catchup Verify
After many months of being too busy, tired or otherwise unavailable to write my usual well-thought out, pertinent and damn witty posts, I have a huge backlog of albums, songs, and random oddities to pontificate about. I realised the other day that some of my favourite records of the year have been totally unposted about, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 24, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/24/catchup-verify/
Blg Pst
My word, is Torontonian Abel Tesfaye hawt right now. A day or so after posting his new mixtape (ha! tape!) as The Weeknd, entitled Thursday, the music blog world is all bejiggered with excitement. Just head over to Hype Machine and look at those hearts. Look at them! So who am I to say any [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 20, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/20/blg-pst/
Black, Black! (or WSTISNAITMB Part Two)
Readers of a more, shall we say, greater number of years on this sweet Earth may recall a dapper chap with the voice of a particularly morose angel named Black (or, to give him his proper name, Colin Verncombe), who released a pair of singles in the late ’80′s. The best known was “Wonderful Life” [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 17, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/17/black-black-or-wstisnaitmb-part-two/
Let’s Go There
Come the glorious revolution, not liking Feist would get you put up against the wall and shot quicker than you could say “But Sea-Lion Woman is incredibly annoying!”. How can you not love her wonderfully warm, smoky voice, her marvellous way with words, and her superb let’s-all-dance-right-here videos? What’s more, she’s a captivating live performer, [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 12, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/12/lets-go-there/
Do You Remember The Good Old Days?
Living in a city currently wracked by rioting driven more by wanting a nice new telly than any overriding political motive is something of an odd experience. The fires and looting haven’t touched my part of the city (yet), but the police sirens and helicopters were going well into the early hours. Stories coming out [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 9, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/09/do-you-remember-the-good-old-days/
Crazy! Horses!
Sweden’s I Break Horses tick lots of my boxes. Swedish. Named after a Smog song. Purveyors of dreamy psych-pop. Errr…..that’s about it. I’m easily pleased. Except I’m not that easily pleased, of course. It’s just that they are quite good1. Having heard some demos last year and liking them, I’m glad to hear they have [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 5, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/05/crazy-horses/
To Be
I’d love to have more time to spend on this blog. I’ve never been the kind of person who likes to just write something on the spur of the moment; rather, I like to ruminate, sometimes for weeks or even months (as long suffering readers of my Pitchfork posts will attest to). And when Real [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 4, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/08/04/to-be/
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