I’ve been listening to new music lately even though I haven’t posted.  I’ve been busy with moving sale stuff and Netflix watching and omg new TV this fall.  I download the stuff overnight, load up my iPod and listen to it at work.  I want to keep my first impressions written down so the music doesn’t just wash over and through me and I forget about it.  So what I’ve been doing is scribbling little notes on post-its, not the regular square ones but the mini ones.  And I write tiny to get several albums’ worth of notes in.  Now comes an exercise in decoding what the heck i wrote down:

Digital Orgasm – Do It
Sounds sexy, right?  Sounds like someone kidnapped the singer from Lords of Acid and made her sing for their fan band.  Ok I guess…

Scientist – rids the world of the evil curse of the vampires
With a title like that, how can you go wrong?  Well, you could have an album full of reggae which seems totally incongruous with a band and album name like that.

Subtle – For Hero: For Fool
Recommendation from Matt.  A little too hip-hop for my tastes.  The music is good and the vocals are a bit more subdued than a full-fledged rap album, so not all bad.

The Dexorcist – Bad Robot
I admit, this album pulled me in only because of the title.  It’s not even an album, it’s like a three-track EP I think.  But it’s robot music for sure and I love it.

Stars – Heart
Light.  Airy.  ZZZzzz…

Villain Accelerate – Maid of Gold
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…

Asian Dub Foundation – Time Freeze
Hippity-hoppity.  Pass.

Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
HA.  This is a mash-up in every sense of the word.  There is actually a Wired article talking about all the samples that this guy crams into his album.  It’s fun because I actually can recognize some of the stuff, which is not typically used for sampling.  I’d like to share the article with you but apparently they took down the image.  Oh well.

Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
Sounds like an old record, which is why Pitchfork loved it.  I like it too, even though once again we’re airing on the side of hip-hop.

Unter Null – The Failure Epiphany
Face-crushing industrial bullshit.  Like Wumpscut Jr., complete with the distorted vocals and feedback drenched grinds.  I love it.

Times New Viking – Rip It Off
Clever name, sonic earfuck.  I didn’t make it very far.

Boris – Smile
Announced as one of the opening bands for Nine Inch Nails’ fall tour.  Pitchfork complimented Trent’s choice and Trent himself picked them out.  I however found this album to be a sonic deathwall that got blood stains on my nice white iPod earbuds.  However, their earlier album Pink has a little more melody and structure so I enjoyed it more.

Health – Disco
A remix album.  Health is another NIN opener.  These guys collaborated with Crystal Castles and I liked CC, so Health sort of got in on the ground floor.  Still good.

The Bug – London Zoo
The third NIN opener (keep in mind these are a single opening band for different shows, not 3 openers in a single night).  This is more reggae stuff on top of electronic beats.  Not bad but not really dance music either.

Justice – Planisphere
Omg omg omg I love these guys.  Pitchfork says it all.

In July of this year, French duo Justice presented a lengthy piece of music called “Planisphere” at the Dior Homme Summer 2009 Fashion Show. The piece, divided into four parts, with an addendum of some sort called “Planisphere Final”, is streaming now at their MySpace page. I hear some spacey, shredding guitar leads, spooky harpsichord, their distincitive churning beats, and a single riff that recurs and ties the whole thing together.

Go to their MySpace page and check it out.  Trust me, it’s worth braving the wastelands of MySpace for a listen.