Playlist: Murder Camp Horror Weekend

Halloween is this weekend, so now is the perfect time to post my horror music play list. I got the idea to do this when Shangri-La by YACHT was released earlier this year. It struck me how much the music seemed like science fiction. Then I began to think about how genres in music relate to genres in film. Certainly a rock album is analogous to an action flick. You could perhaps liken a hip hop release to some kind of gangster type film. If Shangri-La is like a sci fi movie, where else can one take this idea? There isn't really any kind of neat and simple basis for comparing music to the horror movie genre- but hell, it's worth a shot. While doing this, I didn't want to take the obvious route and going with just loud, visceral, angry music- though there is some of that here. Instead regardless of volume and output, I wanted music that invoked senses of dread, anxiety, nervousness, and terror. Yes, I opened and closed with Crystal Castles- stuff creeps me out. play list is below with track listings underneath.

1. Crystal Castles- Fainting Spells
2. Radiohead- 2+2=5
3. Grizzly Bear- Dory
4. The Knife- The Captain
5. Bjork- Hunter
6. Justice- Stress
7. Boards of Canada- Music is Math
8. Emily Haines- Doctor Blind
9. The Rapture- Olio
10. The National- Afraid of Everyone
11. The Organ- Steven Smith
12. Arcade Fire- My Body is a Cage
13. The Mars Volta- Interstatic esp
14. Boards of Canada- The Beach at Redpoint
15. Crystal Castles- I am Made of Chalk

Playlist: Feel Good Hit Summer

Pay no attention to the currently abysmal May weather here in Vancouver. I assure you summer is coming. It just... it just has to. Any day now, right? In what is hopefully not too premature preparation for the coming sun, we're all gonna need some appropriate listening music. Of course, if you're at the beach, you're not likely to have a computer with you; so you won't be reading this, and this playlist will be of no good to you... I didn't really plan this out. I suppose you could always listen to it at home during these frustratingly common torrential down pours and pretend it's nice out. You're welcome?

Music below, with track listings underneath

1. Broken Social Scene- (7/4) Shoreline 

2. The Knife- Heart Beats

3. Vampire Weekend- White Sky

4. Kid Cudi, Best Coast, & Rostam- All Summer

5. Caribou- Sundialing

6. Delorean- Seasun

7. Modest Mouse- Gravity Rides Everything

8. Little Dragon- Runabout

9. Mark Mothersbaugh- Let Me Tell You About My Boat

10. Animal Collective- Summertime Clothes

11. Miike Snow- Cult Logic

12. Arcade Fire- Haiti

13. Ween- Ocean Man

14. M.I.A.- Amazon

15. The Russian Futurists- Paul Simon

16. Metric- Waves (B side)

17. Panda Bear- Alsatian Darn

18. Wavves- King of the Beach

19. Broken Social Scene- Pacific Theme

Playlist: Euro Trip

So I spent the last three weeks or so in Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, and Germany. After about three days I became extremely irritable. I realized it was because I hadn't listened to any music since I left. So I decided to patch together a play list of the songs I listened to the most while abroad. Hit up the media player to give it a listen, or find links below to most of them. I guess it was wishful thinking to find any Gang of Four on YouTube.

Camera Obscura- Let's Get Out of this Country

-Pretty obvious place to start off with.

LCD Soundsystem- North American Scum

-The majority of the people I was traveling with were Aussies or kiwis- and the loved ripping on myself and the American. Europe in general wasn't too hot on us surprisingly. This song seemed appropriate therefore. Don't blame the Canadians!

Juan Maclean- The Future Will Come

-Definitely a euro trash, “take me to dance central” in a thick german accent kind of song. Haven't listened to it in a while; had it on repeat for much of the trip.

Berlin- Riding on a Metro

-To be played only when on trains, subways, and the like; or the entire duration of my Berlin visit.

The Flaming Lips- Powerless

-Being lost in a foreign city by yourself creates an understandable level of anxiety. Listening to this makes things so much worse. Very creepy, lots of fun when you want to scare yourself a little.

Of Montreal- Coquet Coquette

-This song at the time seemed to encapsulated the difficulties of trying to flirt with the locals through a rather broad language barrier. I should have just played them this.

The New Pornographers- Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk

-Addressing some of the issues brought up by the previous song, this track seemed particularly fitting when in Kiev.

Gang of Four- Guns Before Butter

-“The Fatherland is no place to die for”. I was in Russia; obvious choice.

LCD Soundsystem- Give it up

-When you run out of money and start seriously considering hooking in Lviv, this song helps.

Best Coast- Boyfriend

-This song really has nothing to do with traveling in Eastern Europe, but its summer! How can you not listen to this song right now?

Eagles of Death Metal- Secret Plans

-When your on no sleep, and its time to go out again, this song pumps you right up.

Peaches- Kick it

-Pretty much just for the last line.

LCD Soundsystem- Home

-Return trip only. Also, still the best song I've heard this year so far.

Playlist: Bjork

In My continuing attempts to get people to listen to Bjork, I shall now attempt to get you to listen to Bjork. Put it on in the background while doing something else. You can thank me later. Track list is below

A quick note- divshare for some reason doesn't have a skip button. This is silly and dumb I realize. In the future I will endeavor to find a more suitable uploader. You could always put on shuffle I guess.



1.There's More to Life Than This
2.Cvalda
3.Mouth's Cradle
4.Isobel
5.Declare Independence
6.Hyper-ballad
7.Earth Intruders
8.It's Oh So Quite
9.I Miss You
10.Army of Me
11.Oceania
12.Dull Flame of Desire
13.All is Full of Love
14.Oveture