Song of the Month

Stars of the Lid – December Hunting For Vegetarian F*ckface

Ignore the title… I’m assuming it’s meant to be stupid and offensive to drive off pretentious people (which this music arguably is). Anyway, this is seriously beautiful, hypnotic, droning stuff… at high volumes, it seems it should almost be illegal. The whole album (The Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline) is basically just as great, too. Gives me goosebumps every time.

Song of the Day

Anders Ilar: Rare Islands

Gorgeous, slightly sinister ambience, reminds me of Walter/Wendy Carlos in some ways.

Song of the Day

The Free Design: “Bubbles”

The Free Design have been name-dropped by all kinds of hipsters over the last few years, including a few whose opinions I respect, so I finally got around to checking them out. It turns out a lot of their music is as addictive as crack, including this song, which is basically Brady Bunch funk brought to perfection.