The Digital Outhouse

Ch!nch!lla “Top Hat”

I, like most of my kind (read: the human race), have an innate desire to understand things. While this sounds like an excellent excuse as to why I waste countless hours sifting through the virtual alleyways of wikipedia, it’s not (read: it is). It is why I own the entire set of Disney’s Wonderful World of Knowledge though.

One area of my life where this unending curiosity does extend however is when it comes to music. It isn’t because I’m not interested but rather, that I’ve simply realized I cannot hope to understand it. There are too many variables. Throw in the fact that many artists are also on some sort of mind-altering substance when they create their art, and you can understand why it’s easy to get lost in it all.

So yeah, I won’t sit here and wonder why Ch!nch!lla decided to use “!” over the more generally accepted “i”.

I’ll just enjoy it.

Air “Sonic Armada”

Despite efforts by both Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown to ban Air from the “airwaves” (yeah, I went there), the French duo has overcome all odds to release their latest LP, Le Voyage Dans La Lune (or Voyage to the Moon, for the French illiterate).

I’m glad they did.

Here’s my favorite track off the new album. It’s essentially a 5 minute long keyboard solo.

Which is totally rad.

LCD Soundsystem “Someone Great”

James Murphy always had a knack for weaving compelling narrative and infectious dance beats, but it wasn’t until 2007’s The Sound of Silver that we got to see a different side of Murphy and Co. 

And it was good.

“Someone Great” (depending on your interpretation) is a heartfelt song (seriously, you can almost feel the melancholy energy seeping through Murphy’s vocals) about loss, and the inevitable aftereffects of it.

Strangely, life somehow goes on. Sort of like how we all have to cope with life after LCD Soundsystem. 

I’m still waiting for the destined reunion show in 5 years.

The Golden Filter “Hide Me”

Give a listen to The Golden Filter’s groovy track, “Hide Me”. Also known as (in very specific social circles) the song that should be playing in every single homemade fort across the planet earth.

Only because it’s so fitting.

And because Wes Anderson endorsed this sort of activity in The Royal Tenenbaums.