It has been FAR too long since I've done a bloggings. Real life stuff has been happening that has distracting at best and difficult at worst. But I'm back now and have a bunch of new stuff to share with you. Like, months worth. The urge to start posting again reached a tipping point last night when I saw one of my absolute favorite artists of all time How to Dress Well and he dedicated the show to me and this blog! So amazingly rad. If giving me a connection and a forum to talk with my favorite artists about how much their music has meant to me is what comes of this blog then that is totally worth it. Anyhow, How to Dress Well's live set was exactly how one would hope: gorgeous, intimate, vulnerable, real and human. Personally, Tom Krell mirrored all those qualities and (in the words of Brian Wilson) "transmitted maximum love vibes" to the whole room. He did some great new songs and new versions of old ones. His production techniques and the clarity of his voice were great, which is a real triumph with this style of music. And when he dropped everything, the band (which included the great Babe Rainbow) and even the mike to perform an acapella version of "Decisions" it was stunning.
Check out a live video of a new version of "Ready for the World" (not from the show I was at, I recorded some songs but was right in front of the speaker and the sound is crazy distorted) where he drops in bits of "I Wish" by R. Kelly and "My Boo" by Ghost Town D.J.'s
And if you haven't already gotten the new single from Total Loss which drops in September than grab it below. It maintains the fragility and ambient nature of his previous work but steps up the production to new levels--epic, aquatic and sparkling. Really so good. Can't wait to hear more of this.
Finally, here's a mix he did for interview magazine. It's the third part of a trilogy of mixes HTDW has dropped over the past year. First there was Love Yourself, then Change Yourself, and now finally Live Yourself. The man has amazing taste. Just check out the tracklist after the jump:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttJWWUvXPw
2. cfcf- exercise #2
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HurjdE2ry0o
4. xiu xiu- i broke up (fag patrol acoustic version)
5. BELIEVE IN MY LOVE//LEAVE ME
6. melanie fiona - 4am (HTDW SPEED BREAKS REPETITION MIX)
7. asap rocky - leaf (HTDW SICK AND TIRED REPETITION MIX)
8. future - ain't no way around it (HTDW U CAN'T TELL THE HOMIE NOTHING HE DONE FELT TOO MUCH PAIN REPETITION MIX)
9. WHOEVER WANTS 2 LOVE US IS WELCOME WHOEVER IS AGAINST US GET OUT
10. janet jackson - special
11. the dream - shawty is da shit remix (feat. r. kelly) (HTDW REPETITION INTRO)
12. future - straight up
13. hype williams - jericho
14. dizzee rascal - imagine + xiu xiu - i broke up
15. HTDW - world i need you, won't be without you (proem)
16. coco rosie - beautiful boyz (feat. antony) (HTDW CHORUS EDIT)
17. akos rozmann - 12 stations
18. 빅뱅 - bad boy
19. janet jackson - someone to call my lover (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Edit)
20. physical therapy - call me maybe vs mad drumz
21. carly rae jepsen - call me maybe (HTDW LOL EMPHASIS MIX HAHAHA)
22. janet jackson - empty
23. TOTAL LOSS
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