Black Tie Elephant

Link Attack.

1) No more summer, now it's autumn. Here's yr soundtrack (thanks to Asif) for jogging in crisp air while leaves turn and fall: minusbaby. Reminds me of Aphex or Mu-Ziq, without the ornery noisiness. The synths squelch and gurgle below, chime and jangle above. Everything sounds extremely polished and clean. Digital not clinical.

2) I mentioned Chromat a few posts ago. Now Becca and Emily have put together a website for Chromat Garments. Fashions spiked with "acts of poetic vandalism and urban renewal".

3) Farsheed knows this cat named Mike Brosco. Brosco got Farsheed got me hip to Debile Menthol. Brosco does all kinds of soundscaping and music but he's also one of the minds behind Proof of Utah, an underrated band in the deeply skewed avant-pop tradition of Debile Menthol and the other RecRec bands. Click here to read more and download a rip of "Happy To Be Here".

4) Speaking of Farsheed, here are some dingy but otherwise excellent videos of Black Tie Elephant's last show. Farsheed also points out that BTE's got some rough demos up on Myspace.

Up For Air

In the midst of exam time, but quick post:

Check out this video of Black Tie Elephant, a band started in Illinois by my friend and musical co-conspirator Farsheed Hamidi-Toosi.  He's the drummer -- and yes he's playing a typewriter at the beginning and then switches to keys AND drums simultaneously.  You should also stop by his website, Midnight Parking.

Lately, I've been thoroughly enjoying the new Tortoise box set, A Lazarus Taxon.  The new Beck album is nice too.  And holy smokes guess what just shipped a day or two ago from Amazon.com?!?!?!?!  Props to Andy for being the one to tell me about it.

Ok, back to the grind.  Expect something, anything when I resurface in late October...

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