Yellow Sun

It’s likely in 50 years that the iPod will look as dated as the diner jukebox does today. It’s equally likely, however, that Jobs’ image will benefit from the process of history-making and go down not only as the guy who created the personal computer and who merged the realms of design and technology like no one before or since, but also as the man who dragged the music industries kicking and screaming into the 21st century by rushing to market a rectangular piece of plastic and metal that a decade later still seems futuristic.

pitchfork: “I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers — who I can’t even be bothered naming — have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It’s a million miles away from the ethos of it. It’s been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that’s not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I’m concerned.” Interview: James Blake’s dub soft-shoe | September 30th, 2011 | The Boston Phoenix. (via lizpelly)

pitchfork:

“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers — who I can’t even be bothered naming — have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It’s a million miles away from the ethos of it. It’s been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that’s not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I’m concerned.”

Interview: James Blake’s dub soft-shoe | September 30th, 2011 | The Boston Phoenix.

(via lizpelly)

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Real Estate

—Green Aisles

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“Green Aisles”, the newest laid-back song from Real Estate’s forthcoming album Days, is named Best New Track.

Don’t get in a relationship if you’re going to leave a man if he cheats on you. Because 99% of the time he’s going to cheat. If you’re going to be with a man for 50 years, what are you going to do, blindfold him? Plus, that’s what you liked about him when you met him anyway— he was exciting, spontaneous, having sex in the movie theater. Men don’t really change. That’s just how it is. For some people, that’s too real of a thing.

—The-Dream keeps it really real. (via pitchfork)

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Click to check out James Blake and Bon Iver’s collaborative track, “Fall Creek Boys Choir”.