Music to drink tea by
RIP Cokemachineglow?
Ah Cokemachineglow. Always the first place I visit to find out about great new music. Well, right after Pitchfork. And Drowned in Sound. And PopMatters (and Another Form of Relief, of course). Well, I think its a cool site anyway. I was going to write an obituary for it today, after a (rather hilarious) goodbye note on the front page detailed its demise.. but upon revisiting, the site has returned – with new adverts and the pithy but relevant slogan “indestructable.” Which means I’m rather cunningly turning this into a celebration of the glorious return of Cokemachineglow. Well, ok, to be honest – I just can’t be bothered to start a new post. Especially after I had to ditch my nearly completed “congratulations on the new baby, Sufjan & Rosie” entry . (anyone who reads Pitchfork will know why) So here are some tracks that I might not have heard of if CMG didn’t exist.
MP3 Shugo Tokumaru – Lantern on the Water (expired)
A nice review and an amusing interview encouraged me to seek out (via Amazon Japan – which admittedley improved my language skills) the elusive Night Piece. And it was worth the effort. Probably my favourite album of 2004, despite only being about 30 minutes long.
MP3 Carpal Tullar – Velocity Beach (expired)
From the album “The Shimmering Masterpie” (on the Antidisestablishmentarianism label, in case you were interested) this is probably Carpal’s most accessible work to date. Ok, I’m bluffing; I’ve never heard anything by him before this. Plus his name is actually Chris Tullar. Anyway, its a nice album, and this is one of the best tracks.
Sure, every man and his dogs fleas have recommended Tapes n Tapes by now (and rightly so) but, well, I read the CMG review first, and that piqued my interest enough for me to download (and later purchase – see? – piracy works) The Loon. Which has some damn fine album art too, I might add. Omaha is my favourite track at the moment.
