who hasn't eagerly been awaiting this one? and if you had no idea it was coming, well here it is anyway!!

new Beirut! The Flying Club Cup is to be released October 9 2007. the string arrangements are composed by none other than Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett.
this album is French pop with a big sound, instead of the odd gypsy Balkan style, with inspiration coming from a photo Zach found from 1910 of hot air balloons flying close to the Eiffel Tower. it definitely is still very Beirut style, if you know what i mean. it's not a drastic change in the slightest, but so beautiful.

nantes - beirut
cliquot - beirut (Owen Pallett)
cherbourg - beirut
st. apollonia - beirut

he's going on a euro tour pretty soon, and i know i'm praying for a vancouver date on his north american tour.

where have i been? so long! oh, summer, how you distract me.
anyways, i'll keep this brief and get to the jams.

Russ Chimes - Mulsanne
College - Teenage Color
College - Teenage Color (Russ Chimes Remix)
Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy
Knightlife - All Systems
TEPR - En Direct De La Cote
Simian Mobile Disco - System
Digitalism - Idealistic (Who Made Who Remix)
Moving Units - Dark Walls
Dragonette - The Boys
Calvin Harris - Merrymaking at My Place (Mr. Oizo Remix)
Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT remix)
CFCF - The Explorers
CFCF - Sogni Rossi
Fields - If You Fail (SebastiAn Remix)
Codebreaker - Exiled (Miami Horror Remix)

hi all. i am here reporting from my constantly deflating air mattress, 15 minutes before i have to leave for work!

something lovely and new i found last night; Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes, a new album by Hrsta. who? yeah, that's what i said. but then i noticed they were signed to Constellation Records, so i knew it had to be a win. i looked into it, and this band is fronted by Mike Moya. now, he was one of the founders of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and that is a good explanation as to why Hrsta has a bit of of Godspeed sound with its string instruments. Moya has a really unique voice, and i think it's something you will either dislike/like right off the bat.
the music is eerie post rock, psychedelic in a way. for the most part, it's very guitar based. i think if you like Godspeed (or other Constellation artists) you'll like Hrsta.

here are three songs off the album, two of which are instrumentals:

entre la mer et l'eau douce - hrsta
haunted pluckley - hrsta
saturn of chagrin - hrsta



i think aaron has dropped off the face of the blogosphere.

i've been listening to The Go Find a lot lately. Dieter Sermeus has a lullaby voice, and while the album Stars On The Wall as a whole is kind of meh, there are at least two killer tracks that just sound so good! and it would be these two:

dictionary - the go find
new year - the go find



new Go! Team album, hurray!! they were actually signed to Sub Pop, who are going to release Proof of Youth. it's the same deal; wicked 70's super fun. that girl's voice! the sort of rap thing going on! the trumpets!!
it's good, but it's kind of all over the place, almost messy. it sounds really old, which is pretty rad. i don't find the songs as catchy as some of the stuff from Thunder Lightning Strike, but hey it's still fun.

grip like a vice - the go! team
universal speech - the go! team




and i'm sure aaron will be in soon to drop some hot Russ Chimes.