Utility Fog

Well, well, well. I’ve spent all week putting the bloody best of 2008 post together, and it’s up now. Meanwhile how to do a show?
Well, starting with the amazing M. Gira is a good start. I ordered a bunch of stuff from Young God Recordings a week and a bit ago, including old Swans and some solo stuff of Gira’s (since we’ll be seeing him solo in January!!!!1!ONEONE) – and even more exclamation marks, I got the CD less than a week later, and every item was signed by Michael Gira :)
Following that, some amazing stuff from the amazing Machinefabriek, and continuing the theme with Lawrence English, Tom Hall and Christian Fennesz.
Mira Calix‘s new album is a beautiful mixture of classical composition, found sounds and electronica – really lovely!
And oh! I saw Final Fantasy live at the Vanguard on Friday night and my head exploded. I knew what to expect but it didn’t make a difference to the impact. OMG.
Not a lot else new on the show tonight, but lots of awesome. What did you expect, after all?

M. Gira – All Souls’ Rising [Young God Recordings]
Machinefabriek – Monster [Lampse]
Machinefabriek – Singel [Dekorder]
Lawrence English & Tom Hall – Fluttering Animations [Presto!?]
Lawrence English – Lullaby [Touch]
Fennesz – Saffron Revolution [Touch]
Mira Calix – the cord is cut (scene 6) [Warp Records]
Final Fantasy – Cockatrice [Blocks Recording Club]
Andrew Bird – Oh No [Fat Possum]
Canon Blue – Mother Tongue [Rumraket/Sensory Projects]
Patrick Watson – Daydreamer [Secret City Records]
My Brightest Diamond – To Pluto’s Moon [Asthmatic Kitty]
polyfox and the union of the most ghosts – take a deep breath, it’s a long swim [skyhut] {download the whole excellent album here!}
polyfox and the union of the most ghosts – hang by a thread [skyhut] {download the whole excellent album here!}
Underlapper – Renfield’s Dream (a Faux Pas remix of Renfield) [unreleased, but you can download this from Faux Pas’ website right now…]
School of Seven Bells – Sempiternal/Amaranth [Ghostly International/Speak N Spell]
Filastine – bitrate sneers [Soot/Über Lingua]
Starkey – Marsh [Planet µ]
Cardopusher – Homeless (Remix by DJ 100Mado) [Murder Channel]
Pacheko – Pasta de Coca [Mashit]
Cardopusher – Collapsible Shelter (Pacheko remix) [Spectraliquid]
Qua – Lapsang Souchong [Love & Mercy Records]
Spartak – The National Single [sound&fury]
Himuro Yoshiteru – Kitchen Drunker [tngrm]