M.I.A & Fujiya & Miyagi

Hey all. Another delay, i know. At least now i can own up the fact that i can't seem to properly commit to this blog. I'll update every once in a while. On those days when i've found something so good that i can't seem to sleep without having first told the Internets about it. So please check back when you hear that blog-nag in the back of you head. It probably means i've added something awesome. Speaking of awesome! :

M.I.A - Kala
M.I.A's new record, "Kala", kills. It was to be expected though, since, so far, anything she's touched she's turned to Electro-Grime-HipPop gold. This MAY not be the final mix, as the entire record was posted on her Myspace with slight variations. But with a more hip-hop feel than Arular (her debut), an adaptation of a Pixies song, a super-disco cover of an old Bollywood hit, not to mention one of the best, most gangsta pop songs of the year ("Paper Planes"), this is a record not to pass off.

M.I.A - Piracy Funds Terrorism vol.1
You want more you say?? M.I.A's collaboration with Diplo called "Piracy Funds Terrorism vol.1", released even before Arular, is an incredible mixtape which includes early versions of many of the songs found on her first two records as well as tons of other fantastic unheards. Not convinced? Diplo produces an insane hip-hop track on this release, combining the beat from Snoop's "Drop it like it's hot" with a Boards of Canada song. Oh yes.

Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
Finally, i know i've missed last years hype, but i just heard Fujiya & Miyagi's "Transparent Things" for the first time, and i'm in Krautrock, Funk, Brit-pop bliss. Check this one out, if you haven't already.





OK, so: As always, click on the covers to download.
Also, i'll be getting everyone who cares up to date on the "Y: The Last Man" series of comics that i started posting earlier. There are only 4 more issue to wait for so start catching up. It's so fucking good!

UPDATE! :
Y: The Last Man - Issues 21 - 30
Y: The Last Man - Issues 31 - 39
Y: The Last Man - Issues 40 - 50
Y: The Last Man - Issues 51 - 56
Y: The Last Man - Issue 57

Thats's all of them!

Radicalfashion & Lucky Dragons & Y: The Last Man

Radicalfashion - Odori
Keeping on the experimental side for this post, the first artist is Radicalfashion: this is some wonderfully light, ambient cut-and-paste in the same vein as the already-posted Tape. Piano is the only unaltered, consistent instrument here and it forms the context for the seamlessly mixed samples and the subtlest of rhythms (which often sound like the disc itself is skipping). A record as enjoyable in your headphones as it is filling the room you're in.

Lucky Dragons - Hawks and Sparrows
Next is an experiment on the part of the Lucky Dragons (also featuring members of Aa). A highly-enjoyable series of sound-collages made from the field recordings of four anti-war protests. This was recorded with the intent (in their words) "to remove any rhetoric, any dogma, incantations, chants, or spoken language of any sort, and leave musical constructions culled from in-between pauses, whistles and yells, drums, sirens, helicopters, electric hums, boomboxes, etc...". The sound-editors/musicians (however you see it) behind this recording are highly-talented: each tracks is different: some turn these protests into ambiance, others into chaos. Either way, this short statement is consistently interesting. (NOTE: There ARE no track names to this record.)

Y: The Last Man (Issues 11-20)
A pretty good number of you downloaded the first batch of this brilliant comic. So here's the next 10 issues. Check out last weeks update for info and the first 10.

(As always, click on the images to download. Enjoy!)





OK! WEIRDNESS REPAIRED! GOING BACK TO RAPIDSHARE TO AVOID MORE PROBLEMS.

Justice & TTTTTTTTTT & Y: The Last Man

Justice - †
This here dance record is going to make some noise when it drops in a couple of days. French band Justice have made a dance album, yes -- and a great one, yes -- but would they play at the same house Daft Punk is playing at? Justice's party is the glitch-party inside us, where no one else is invited. It's darker, and can make us a little nervous, but in the end, who knows us better then we know ourselves?

TTTTTTTTTT - s/t
Next, Montreal No-Wave band TTTTTTTTTT create wonderful noise for us. With no electronics (as far as i know), limited effects, this is noise-rock at it most basic, and in turn most difficult to accomplish successfully. Without walls of electronics or guitars turned to 11, it takes sheer creativity to make cacophony bearable. This is a limited CD-R release that was sold at shows only. These guys are truly up-and-comers so if you like what you hear and have any opportunity to support them in your city, do so. You'll see they deserve it.

Y: The Last Man
Lastly, with an off-topic post, I'm putting up the first 10 issues of the absolutely brilliant, beautiful comic Y: The Last Man, about an unknown plague that wipes out every living being with a Y chromosome except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey. Dispelling all notions of "the world being more peaceful if it were run by women", this post-apocalyptic story is utterly original and the cinematic approach to the artwork is breathtaking. Give it a chance, and if you all are interested in reading the rest, I'll post 10 issues every update until I get to the latest 54th. Comment, let me know.


(Click on the images to download. Enjoy!)