LINKS: GETTING INTO IT

I found a small backlog of links I had yet to go through, so a few oldies-but-goodies today, including a few ILM threads, reviews of Jay-Z's anniversary show, and more TVOTR and BBML articles, as well as other shit worth checking out. Check it thusly:



» Pitchfork: Track Reviews: The Rapture

"Get Myself Into It" [single; from the forthcoming Pieces of the People We Love LP]

» For the Love of France

With France's surprise entry into the World Cup final, SOAP decided to honor the the often misunderstood capital of the stronghold of 'Old Europe' with a list of feats- music, art, and otherwise- that have commanded our attention of late.

» DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - BARAT DITCHED COCAINE FOR NEW ALBUM

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS frontman CARL BARAT is proud of his new band's debut album, because it's the first he has ever written music not under the influence of cocaine.

» Live: Phil Collins, A Great Man

For the longest time, I thought I hated Phil Collins.

» Top 100 Albums that Wrap-Around

I don't know if there even ARE 100 albums that wrap-around, but...

» Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Anniversary Show at Radio City: Really That Good

Jay-Z, Radio City Music Hall, June 25, 2006

» The Next Big Thing: Uber-Mellow Hippie Shoegazer Slowcore

Espers + Brightblack Morning Light, Mercury Lounge, June 23, 2006

» Music Review: Jay-Z Marks Anniversary of Debut Album at Radio City Music Hall

10 Years Wiser, Jay-Z Offers His Reflections of a Hustler

» TV on the Radio: The Cookie Monsters of 'Rock'

TV on the Radio turn their frustrations into defiantly fascinating art

» Daft Punk - samples

i heard that there is a tracklist of all the songs sampled by DP. does anyone have information about this?

» OPO: Indie rock album from the 2000s

What is the Let It Be, or Slanted and Enchanted of this decade?

» New Believer Music Issue July 2006

New Believer with articles by Douglas Wolk, Sarah Vowell, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Rich Cohen, Rick Moody and a Greil Marcus and Don Delillo conversation on (wait for it) Bob Dylan

» YOUR DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PAUL EPWORTH PRODUCED POST-PUNK (10 TIMES FAST!) ALBUMS

If you don't share my affinity for listening to way too much "post-punk" (quotations used to mock) then you may not know that super producer/remixer extraordinaire Paul Epworth (aka Phones) has produced some of the finest work of the "genre"? and...

» Interpol ready to record album three

Interpol have confirmed they are working on their third album, expected in 2007.

» Mixin' it up: Caps & Jones

This mix for us sounds like our January 2006. We made it in Brooklyn, at my apartment in Greenpoint. It was fun - the first real tape we'd done since the Lemon-Red mix. It kinda feels like Winter Break from school, listening to it now.

» Viceland - VICE RECOMMENDS

This is the second of our Vice Recommends columns.

» Viceland - GRIMEWATCH

Grime is officially dead (according to a thread on the Dissensus message board), so we've finally decided to take Matt Mason's advice and have spent the last few months undercover as a hairdresser called Paul in south London's funky house scene.