enjoy some old and new videos. over a year ago, while searching the tv for something worthwhile… the words *new york noise* appeared on my local ny cable station. every city should have one of these. ive been recording it ever since and while i dont like alot of tv, its very nice to occasionally have wonderful visual music pleasure that actually takes you away from yr everyday life.

some past newyorknoise favorites include cat power, laura veirs, doves, devendra banhart, regina spektor, the organ, pixies, postal service, cocorosie, múm, the national, telepopmusik.

good example: royksopp * remind me

without-a-doubt, one of the cure‘s best albums is the beautiful and disturbing pornography.

their complex and entrancing approach seems to sensually dominate, blindfold and torture you
inside dark red fire, calming floods of rain, warm windy seas comforting repeating silently screaming

it doesn’t matter
if we all die

songs: one hundred years, the hanging garden

www.thecure.com

AZURE RAY

full of angelic whispers over atmospheric shades of cellos, violins and tribal percussion, maria taylor and orenda fink create intense music.

the first time i heard their voices harmonize, everything stopped and i cried. through the music, azure ray projects a quiet uncensored sadness resonating pure bright white light. the emotions are so raw that they instantly touch and nurture you.

their november ep is a must for anyone who is painfully aware.

i told them all, the ones i loved
im leaving and may not return

songs: no signs of pain, sleep, sea of doubts
www.azureraymusic.com

josh homme and pj harvey

from pj’s desert sessions

LOVAGE is part of mike patton’s 20 projects [faith no more, mr. bungle, fantomas].

with a lil help from patton’s friends nathaniel merriweather [handsome boy modeling school], jennifer charles [elysian fields] & kid koala, the album music to make love to yr old lady by is everything that its title represents and more.

together they have collaborated on something special that must be taken in slowly with an open-mind. many of the songs are charming charicatures of 1950s black & white sultriness – and give clever commentaries on alfred hitchcock films. the resulting vocal/lounge laments may be too smooth for some, but those with a sense of humor and a love of well-produced downtempo sounds will understand.

all i can do is think about being around friends
and smiling to this ~*~