Jun 272012
 
LCD Soundsystem

James Murphy (via last.fm)

Howdy ladies and gents,

Been away for a bit, between Berlin Buzzwords, a trip to Copenhagen, Venice, seeing Bruce Springsteen in Trieste, hiking Velika Planina in Slovenia, and camping in Baska on Krk island in Croatia, this guy’s been on the move. Fear not though, for I am back and full of summer energy.

Here’s the latest from the music blogosphere:

Until next time,

-Loisaida

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Mar 072012
 
Beach House performing at Coachella 2010

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Wow. We All Just Want Someone To Shout For said it proper – “2012 just got real.” Check out this new Beach House:

[new]: Beach House – Myth (via We All Want Someone To Shout For)

In other music news:

Also out this week:

Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea

Preview:

Krzysztof Penderecki And Jonny Greenwood (via NPR)

Bonus feature:

A buddy of mine named Zoran has been publishing an online zine called Addicted to Nothing, offering excellent new mixtapes every Sunday, which have been pretty popular in recent weeks in the Ljubljana blogger community. This week’s installment features a mixtape from another friend, Tadej Štrok, and comes highly recommended from this happy subscriber!

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Looking for something to do tomorrow night in Ljubljana?

Check out Tune-Yards at Menza pri Koritu (in Metelkova)

That’s all for now. Veseli sreda, y’all!

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Feb 132012
 

It’s a snowy wonderland outside my window in Ljubljana. It has been snowing basically pretty nonstop all weekend, and with all the things going on between work and shuffling around for this commitment  or that commitment, it was a real pleasure to spend most of this weekend in the house just relaxing in PJs. While I did get a bit of sleep Friday night and make it to the market on Saturday, I spent most of the weekend actually developing a prototype for a secret side project – more details later – which leads me to my next thought – it’s kind of depressing being a backend developer because you don’t get to see any of the fruits of your labor until you have a frontend guy swoop in and spend two seconds coding up some pretty design and HTML/CSS to go with it. In my case, after about 36 hours of straight coding on a Django API and a functional Android app that calls that API, I’m still waiting for that frontend guy to show up (looking at you @pronebird and @SlovenianSteve!) – G-d bless frontend guys everywhere and the magic you do!

The Shining (J Dilla album)

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Anyway, enough of my nonsense – onto the music news!

Whew, that was a lot!

Out tomorrow:

Punch Brothers – Who’s Feeling Young (Nonesuch) Tennis – Young and Old Shearwater – Animal Joy (Sup Pop)

See you next time…

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Jan 312012
 
Cover of "Old World Underground"

Cover of Old World Underground

Now Playing: Metric – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

Here I was complaining about there being no winter, and now it’s -11 degrees C outside and I don’t feel like braving the cold yet to go to work. I guess I’ll read some music blogs first… And now, onto the news!

New releases for today (31 Jan 2012): Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas Gotye – Making Mirrors

Happy Tuesday, you guys – and now, off to face the cold!

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Jan 202012
 
March of the Zapotec/Holland EP

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Now playing: Beirut – March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland

Here I am, sitting on my apartment couch on a gray and rainy Friday afternoon in Ljubljana, working from home today due to a cough that has lingered for almost two weeks now. Went to the medical center near my apartment this morning to try and see a doctor about it, and what a trip that was. It felt like there was no organization at all compared to what I’m used to. There’s one large waiting area with no reception desk or even a person organizing appointments or patients. Basically you need to know which door belongs to the doctor that you need to see, knock on that door (even if there is a patient in there already, which you may or may not know based on how long you’ve been sitting in the waiting area debating what to do), and then wait some more until they’re ready to see you. Luckily I got up the courage to ask a stranger for some help and she asked one of the nurses some things in Slovenian, which led to me finding the right door to wait in front of, and a few minutes later I was speaking with a doctor! He checked my breathing, my lungs, my heart, and my throat and said that I sound clear, and that a cough for 2-3 weeks is common after a cold. He told me to get some Prospan from the Lekarna and that if I don’t feel better in a week to see another doctor.

That about brings us up to date. I just ate lunch and figured I might as well do a bit of blogging before getting back to work, so onto the new music news since last time…

mp3: Julianna Barwick – “Never Change” (via gorillavsbear.net) mp3: new Lower Dens – “Brains” (via gorillavsbear.net) Album Stream: Laura Gibson – La Grande (via Paste Magazine) Watch St. Vincent’s Nod to Elvis Costello on Conan (via Paste Magazine) Sharon Van Etten (currently streaming live on WNYC) adds ANOTHER NYC show (via brooklynvegan) Shearwater – “You As You Were” (via Stereogum) listen: Daniel Rossen of Grizzy Bear – “Saint Nothing” (via gorillavsbear.net) Local Natives Working On New Album (via Paste Magazine) Listen: Ariel Pink and R. Stevie Moore: “SteviePink Javascript” (via Pitchfork: Latest News) Fleet Foxes Side-Project Poor Moon: Tour, Debut LP (via JamBase) Trust – “Sulk” (via Stereogum) [new]: Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care Of Our Own (via We All Want Someone To Shout For)

What to do Friday night in Ljubljana: Check out Oh! Pears at Menza pri Koritu, duh!

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