YES GIANTESS

There's a kind of experience I think every music fan has had. I call it the "bad ears": It's a kind of one-on-one Wyatting, and it's what happens when the assumptions you make flip over and leave you the one vulnerable. It's when you're with a friend, and you play them some music you like and you want them to like too. They don't say anything. And suddenly you're hearing it with the bad ears: Every pretension, every flaw in the music becomes utterly obvious to you. The lines you thought were terrific are revealed as facile. The lines you thought were lovably dumb are chasms of embarrassment. The song ends. You want to vanish. And your friend smiles and says "Yeah, that was good," and then it's their turn.

July 03, 2010, 2:43am

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First of all - go download Little Dragon’s original “Twice” from their self-titled album. It has been one of my most played songs for about two months. 

Secondly, I sifted through a bunch of very bad remixes to find this pretty good one. It’s the Aaron Jerome Remix. I sort of feel like you need to listen to the original first before you can really sink into this remix, but I can’t force you to do anything. Do whatever you want, the song is yours now.

May 30, 2010, 7:15pm

lowindustrial:

How Explosions Became Commonplace in Kids’ Branding.

In April, Kraft launched their new Cheddar Explosion Macaroni & Cheese … and to promote the product, Kraft sponsored the demolition of Texas Stadium.… Blasts and shocks are especially common on products geared toward kids…. “We’re genetically programmed to be attracted to disturbances of the norm,” says Thomas Hine, a design historian and author of The Total Package. “Just look at movies and television—we love explosions.”

It’s true. The only thing kids love more than explosive diarrhea is a controlled demolition. [thanks, s]

May 29, 2010, 11:05am

"The Imperial Phase" Poptimist on Pitchfork

This article is really interesting. It’s essentially about that grace period when an artist reaches the “I can do whatever I want to do - and people want me to do it” apex of their career.

Also - wasn’t Queen fucking awesome? Freddy Mercury. I’ve just been going through all my old Queen records this weekend. Totally insane! Best of the best.

Have a great weekend!

Jan

May 29, 2010, 11:00am

Enjoy!

May 23, 2010, 9:46pm

Our album, “Siren” will be available on Amazon on Tues, May 18th, and on iTunes around the world in a few weeks!!! 

Link: Amazon

May 15, 2010, 11:18am

release date coming this week…

May 12, 2010, 10:09pm

song of the day/week/month/year/my life

how i love capsule so

-jan

April 28, 2010, 2:49pm

what

April 07, 2010, 9:45am

Song writing inspiration for the week.

April 06, 2010, 1:38pm

The random People, Places and Things you encounter in the Lone Star state.

March 30, 2010, 2:12pm

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New bassist: Neil Hamburger.  Enjoy!

March 29, 2010, 2:39pm

We have some time off

to work toward better music

and hang out with friends.

March 25, 2010, 7:30pm

JAPAN SUMMER 2010!

Sincerely a lifelong dream come true - and it looks like we’ll be hanging with our good friends in Passion Pit at both Sasquatch and Summer Sonic this year! Could it get any better?

Tokyo Chiba Marine Stadium, Mukuhari Messe & Osaka Maishima here we come.

March 15, 2010, 10:59am

Part One, Journey through America

Too bad our van broke. SUV is not as good.

NYC

MD (This guy was blasting R&B)

(Chase says that this officially makes scooter-ing Xtreme)

Much, much more to come. Onward to New Orleans!

March 14, 2010, 12:25pm