oskar and bert

just had to add this picture because i mentioned oskar maria graf in my last post. this is him with bert brecht and a mass of beer. i love this picture.

i will be dj'ing at the fluc on monday by the way. yhea, it'll be awesome. if you ever had the urge to listen to some ramones, fall of saigon, hot snakes, drop nineteens and come at the same party, well, here's your chance.
there's also gonna be a live band: the elusive PURRRSIAN CAT COMBAT. i know next to nothing about it but they told me it'll be lo-fi and noisy. i suggest you all go check it out.

also, because it's been piling up, here's what i think about some new music that's out there. and some that's already a few months or more old. yhea, who cares.

BEACH HOUSE
yhea, i know that this is actually older than dirt already but fuck you. "teen dream" rules, the a-side is just perfect, every song is a hit. both sides are blissy, dreamy goodness that sounds like a fuzzy polaroid or something. if you liked the WASHED OUT song i posted a few days ago, you'll love the shit out of this record. it doesn't sound similar, but it has a comparable feeling.
also, they have a new EP out there on itunes that feature some rerecordings of a couple of songs of theirs. and a new one. listen to that song on pitchfork.

TEENAGE PANZERKORPS
have a new single out on a label called no vacation records. i wish i could afford more records, cause this looks like a real treat.
for those who don't know, DER TPK is a u.s./german-based "artpunk" four-piece fusing 80's post-punk, goth, krautinfluences and an obsession with thomas mann into the most awesome lo-fi stuff this side of BLESSURE GRAVE.
so, yhea give those two tracks a listen and buy the 7".

END OF A YEAR
i haven't really made up my mind on the new record "you are beneath me" completely yet. to me it seems that they do their best on their 7"s, just like the last one on deathwish (yuck) but ove the course of an album fail to really pull themselves together. somehow the lp lacks the energy of the shorter releases and it seems a lot mellower, which in this case isn't neccessarily a good thing.
still, there's no other band doing quite a sound like this at the moment and even in their weaker moments they blow most bands away with ease. so, it's a good record but they could have done better. and i have no reason at all to doubt they will do better with the next release.
also, read this interview with patrick.

UNION TOWN
ehrm yhea, this new 7" by the best band in belgium might just be my favorite release this year. yes, that includes the new sun kil moon and the afformentioned beach house lp.
i mentioned union town in my year rundown of 2009 and for good reason at that. they plainly have this thing called post-punk down to the bone. the energy and urgency of punk rock but brought into another direction. union town's songs sound like a desperate person kicking and hitting around him-/herself for lack of any other way to react to a mad and unforgiving world.
get this 7" now. you will not regret it.

that's all for now, there's some other pretty rad records recently that i should tell you about but i'm too tired to write more now.