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Thanksgiving gig has been postponed.

The Panics - Sleeps like a curse (littleBIGMAN)

Opening with the lullaby-esq One too many itches, The Panics guide us into the plain, yet magical world of Sleeps like a curse. You can hope that I might, But I never feel a thing..The following, likewise titled, Sleeps like a curse builds a subtle pathway to My best mistake, the song that would work wonders in an indie-club. I really like it when i can sing along to songs with lyrics that are moving enough as it is...And I'm not really that sentimental. I hope. Like in every good album, after a powerfull, energy draining song, follows a slight sentimental comedown, in this case, Like an unwelcome guest."I'll keep you in my mind, like an unwelcome guest, I'll take my time with us...I hear dogs bark like distant drums"...Just as you start to fear this might be one of those albums where all the good songs are piled up in the beginning, Someone Somewhere Somehow starts:I echo all the words you leave, I only dress them up in mystery...Did I write these lyrics? Why are they so compatible with my mindset? Who are these people who call themselves "The Panics"? They appear to be a prolific australian band, that look on a photograph as cool, laid back and sweet as they sound. Such are the soothing soft vocals by Jae Laffer, with an additional hint of an australian accent...Apparently he met guitarist Drew Wooton in highschool, a friendship based on a similar haircut as he claims in an interview..Oh well, didn't Albarn meet Coxon thanks to their identical trainers?...To get back to the music, yet again, as nice and unpretentious continues through Twin Sisters and Minor A...I really like Speak it, first and foremost, the melody, the backing vocals (Jules Douglas?), one of those songs that feel like summer and lyrically make you think of winter If holding on to me makes you sad, Loosen any ties you have, Ill be moving on as best as I can ...will I slit my wrists before I finish writing this review? Probably...It's not a thing has a brilliant sing along chorus, "I lose my mind seeking signs." Nevertheless, no matter how nice this song is, I always wait for it to finish fast so I can hear The General Calling which is my personal highlight on this album. Sounds different than the rest, the singing is quite sad, the ambient is really moving...it's...I quote: "stuck in motion"...well it's stuck in my winamp all day...all week...all year. And this song is not the last, being my favourite it has the best possible position a favourite song could have on an album, it's second last. The album ends with Keep an eye on me...well technically it ends with an instrumental 1 minute ending untitled piece, but I would rather consider that as an extended part of the last song. With lyrics that symptomatically correspond with the feeling you get when you have to leave a person you love...It starts off describing a room...I love this album to bits. The Panics, my new favourite band

23 October 2005

the devastations::you can't reach me now::coal::in fidelity
aidan smith::rooster::early as the trees::analogue catalogue
bellwether::lately::seven and six::rustbelt
neko case&her boyfriends::porchlight::the slaughter rule OST::bloodshot
magnolia electric co::hard to love a man::ep::secretly canadian
nada surf::comes a time::the weight is a gift::barsuk
the broken family band::a place you deserve::welcome home locer::track&field
smog::palimpsest::a river ain't too much to love::drag city
chad vangaalen::after the afterlife::infiniheart::sub pop
richmond fontaine::the janitor::the fitzgerald::union
album>>the panics::sleeps like a curse::littleBIGman

16 October 2005

broadcast::black cat::tender buttons::warp
broadcast::tender buttons::tender buttons::warp
broadcast::you and me in time::tender buttons::warp
cat power::the greatest::the greatest::matador
julie doiron::i broke his heart::heart&crime::jagjaguar
julie doiron::i love to dance::heart&crime::jagjaguar
shearwater::room for mistakes::everybody makes mistakes::misra
broken family band::yer little bedroom::welcome home loser::track&field
bellwether::miss you twice::seven nd six::rustbelt
bellwether::favourite worry::seven and six::rustbelt
my morning jacket::into the woods::z::ato
happy bullets::the vice and virtue ministry::the vice and virtue m inistry::undeniable
nada surf::comes a time::the weight is a gift::barsuk
nada surf::your legs grow::the weight is a gift::barsuk
olivia tremor control::frosted ambassador::dusk at cubist castle::elephant 6
thanksgiving::holy dawns of spring::cave days&moments::marriage
thanksgiving::the old graveyard::cave days&moments::marriage
album>>neutral milk hotel::in the airplane over the sea::domino

Dis Patch 2005, Belgrade

I spent this weekend in Belgrade at the annual Dis-Patch festival...Maybe it's me, but this year's festival was tad weak, and could not compare to what it had to offer in 2002, or 2003..
I saw My robot friend and Electronicat, and spent the rest of the Friday evening in the hallway drinking a beer and wondering how sounds resembling a small kid drinking a milkshake loudly can be considered as conceptual art.




Good news is that I met Anna B. there, who could possibly help me arrange a thanksgiving (Adrian Orange) gig in belgrade...oh yes! thanksgiving is willing to come to Macedonia on the 19th of November, hopefully should arrange the performance in a small intimate place called Saloon 19/19.

...While I was away, you were able to hear John Vanderslice-Pixel Revolt (Barsuk) in full length.

25 September 2005

john parish::boxers::once upon a little time::thrill jockey
john parish::even redder then that::once upon a little time::thrill jockey
aidan smith::alone askew::early as the trees::analogue catalogue
david pajo::let me bleed::pajo::drag city
patti smith::dancing barefoot::wave::arista
chad vangaalen::kill me in my sleep::infiniheart::sub pop
arizona amp and alternator::man on a string::arizona amp and alternator::thrill jockey
smog::the well::a river ain't too much to love::drag city
magnolia electric co::the dark don't hide it::trials&errors::secretly canadian
the ashtray hearts::exits::perfect halves::free election
and you will know us by the trail of dead::it was there that i saw you::source, tags&codes::interscope
trans am::sad and young::future world::thrill jockey
mercury rev::across yer ocean::the secret migration::v2
the shins::new slang::oh,inverted world::sub pop
the mountain goats::this year::the sunset tree::4ad
mobius band::city vs. country::city vs. country::ghostly international
i am kloot::strange without you::gods and monsters::echo
andrew bird::opposite day::the mysterious production of eggs::rightous babe
jonathan richman::not so much to be loved than to love::not so much to be loved than to love::sanctuary
lambchop::nothing but a blur from a bullet train::aw c'mon::drag city
vic chesnutt::to be with you::ghetto bells::new west
dandy warhols::love is the new feel awfull::oddity::capitol
the strokes::juice box::first impressions of earth::rough trade
beck::mtv makes me wanna smoke crack::beck/bean split 7"::gusto/flipside
spinto band::kind of a girl::good answer::bar/none
the panics::in your head::crack the wall::littleBIGMAN

Arizona Amp And Alternator-Arizona Amp And Alternator(Thrill Jockey)

Arizona Amp and Alternator, or 4 A’s is one of Howe Gelb’s (Giant Sand) side projects which this time feautres M Ward, Scoutt Niblett, Grandaddy, Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire), Marie Lorette Friis, Herniette Sennenvaldt...A sexy cowboy-esq “Hello darling” opens this record in accordance with the folky “I’ll keep you warm” feeling you get like a fuzzy bluegrass intro to the following surprise, an absolutely alluring jazzy, soothing bossanova tune, “Where the wind turns the skin to leather” in Howe Gelb’s manner and hushed-vocals. What follows is “AAAA”, a song you get in four different versions throughout the album, its lyrics alone could define Arizona Amp and Alternator’s sound much better than my review in fact “White man think you’re black, black one thinks you’re white, country man thinks you’re rock, and rockers say it just ain’t right, do you alternate their between, coming up with the best sound anyone has seen...and that’s my country.” Only well...it’s not really country...That’s the whole irony with AAAA appearing in completely different sound arrangements, and those exact lyrics. And that’s why I love Howe Gelb so much. Traffic’s cover Low spark of high heeled boys, is followed by “Man on a string”, a duet with Herniette Sennenvaldt, who’s worked with Gelb on his previous records (“The Listener”’s Torque(Tango de la Tongue)...Another quality duet is that of Matt Ward and Marie Lorette Friis on “Baby it’s cold outside”, additionally M Ward makes another appearance on one of the AAAA’s with Howe Gelb, where the music arrangement is the recognizable M Ward sound. The record finishes with a Recital (I think Scout Niblett’s) followed by intense drumming by Jeremy Gara on “The leaving you”, also somehow relating to Scoutt Niblett’s characteristic solo sound. All in all, AAAA offers a truly amazing, unique sublime of many talented artists, brimming with improvisation and charm. Fantastic for a band with “no members in it”(as stated in the sleeve).

Lofidelica Live

Played at Jukebox last night...Mostly New Pornographers, The Kills, The Shins, PJ Harvey, Fiery Furnaces, Belle&Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Clap your hands say yeah, Pavement, Beck....

And I lost my beautiful mobile phone there....oh fuck all y'all.

18 September 2005

cat power::sad sad song::speaking for trees::matador
cat power::evolution::speaking for trees::matador
cat power::knockin' on heaven's door::speaking for trees::matador
cat power::night time, back of your head::speaking for trees::matador
elliott brood::unknown::live in toronto
smog::i'm new here::a river ain't too much to love::drag city
amalgamated sons of rest::maa bonny lad::amalgamated sons of rest::galaxia
magnolia electric co::hard to love a man::hard to love a man ep::secretly canadian
magnolia electric co::bowery::hard to love a man ep::secretly canadian
scout niblett::kidnapped by neptune::kidnapped by neptune::secretly canadian
moldy peaches::anyone else but you::moldy peaches::rough trade
belle&sebastian::storytelling::storytelling::jeepster
jay farrar::vitamins::stone, steel and bright lights::transmit sound
hotel alexis::superman and vitamins::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
m ward::hi-fi::transistor radio::matador
pj harvey&howe gelb::plants and rags::live at tuscon, arizona 29 april 2001
album>>arizona amp and alternator::arizona amp and alternator::thrill jockey

11 September 2005

silver jews::sleeping is the only love::tanglewood numbers::drag city
chad vangaalen::after the afterlife::infiniheart::sub pop
lambchop::my blue wave::is a woman::drag city
nick drake::magic::made to love magic::island
bjork::gratitude(feat.will oldham)::drawing restraint 9::one little indian
howe gelb::torque(tango de la tongue)::the listener::thrill jockey
richmond fontain::disappeared::the fitzgerald::union
hotel alexis::the quiet life::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
bonnie "prince" billy::even if love::master and everyone::drag city
calexico::i send my love to you::i am a cold rock, i am dull grass::tract
sufjan stevens::come on feel the illinoise::illinois::asthmatic kitty
mountain men anonymous::finding your heart through pain::krkonose::my kung fu
hood::the lost you::outside closer::domino
david pajo::let me bleed::pajo::drag city
a silver mt zion::horses in the sky::horses in the sky::southern
mount eerie::waterfalls(by thanksgiving)::no flashlight bonus track::phil elverum&sun
album>>mount eerie::no flashlight::phil elverum&sun

04 September 2005

howe gelb::cowboy boots::the listener::thrill jockey
m ward, vic chestnutt, howe gelb::way it goes::por vida:a tribute to alejandro escovedo::matador
john fahey::poor boy::the transfigurations of blind joe death::takoma
karen dalton::katie cruel::in my own time::just sunshine/paramount
clap your hands say yeah::the skin of my yellow country teeth::clap your hands say yeah::self released
clap your hands say yeah::is this love?::clap your hands say yeah::self released
national::abel::alligator::beggars banquet
silver jews::punks in the beerlight::tanglewood numbers::drag city
silver jews::sleeping is the true love::tanglewood numbers::drag city
jacob smigel::body english::full grown and talking about fountains::not not fun
eddy blau::sunday::jetsam/wthfest sampler 2005::kelp
international falls::clear as a bell::jetsam/wthfest sampler 2005::kelp
weirdo/beweirdo::saint saint marks::so i'm dude in this equation::not not fun
weirdo/beweirdo::is that giovanni ribisi::so i'm dude in this equation::not not fun
weirdo/beweirdo::our west is one::so i'm dude in this equation::not not fun
weirdo/beweirdo::put a hat on your love(hate)::so i'm dude in this equation::not not fun
album>>chad vangaalen::infiniheart::sub pop

The Hotel Alexis::The shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow

This Sidney Lindner (Torrez, Golden Hotel, Northern) project could well be my number one for 2005. It was originally released in 2004 as a limited cd-r, but it's official date seems to be march, 2005...Anyway, not to be so pedantic, it is one of the most beautiful records I've been listening to, on repeat, since the beginning of the summer. It is the kind of an album which makes me cry and smile at the same time, creating mental images of an enormous, still, water surface...The slide guitars, combined with the utterly laid back vocals, and the powerfull lyrics will reveal this quiet undiscovered, or lost and forgotten part of you, which is perhaps why it seems all so magical...It is so brilliant that you can play it in the background and ignore it, and at the same time the lyrics are that captivating, that if you pay attention, you won't be able to do anything else really...'Something so permanent lately, has died in you...And I know you, weren't made for this, working the devil's work, for free'-The quiet life, or '..Buy a piano, if you get sad, play just the black keys, and die in your sleep, ain't this life sweet..'-Dapper dan.. Additionally all of the 11 songs seem to complete each other, subtly bridging gaps (exp. with Blue in the blackout), and creating this irresistable sweet shortlasting masterpiece.

14 August 2005

The Replacements::Sixteen Blue::Let It Be::Sire
Evan Dando::Stop My Head::Baby, I'm Bored::Setanta
Richmond Fontaine::Exit 194b::The Fitzgerald::Décor
The Ashtray Hearts::Rules::Perfect Halves::Free Election Records
M Ward::Sweethearts on Parade::Transistor Radio::Merge
Karl Broadie::Diamond In the Dark::Black Crow Callin'::Universal
Mendoza Line::A Damn Good Disguise::Lost In Revelry::Misra
Devendra Banhart::Long Haired Child::Cripple Crow::XL
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter::The Dreaming Dead::Oh, My Girl::Barsuk
Laura Veirs::Cannon Fodder::Troubled By Fire::Bella Union
Songdog::My Space-Rock Tape::The Time of Summer Lighting::One Little Indian
Smog::Say Valley Maker::A River Ain't Too Much To Love::Drag City
Wilco::Panthers::A Ghost Is Born Bonus EP::Nonesuch
The National::Fashion Coat::Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers::Brassland/Talitres
REM::All the Way To Reno::Reveal::Warner Bros.
Sufjan Stevens::Chicago::Illinoise::Asthmatic Kitty
Black Mountain::No Satisfaction::Black Mountain::Jagjaguwar
Jim O'Rourke::Therefore I Am::Insignificance::Drag City
Album>>Rock Plaza Central::The World Was Hell To Us::Self Released

Lofidelica August Promotion

All the promotional material that you have sent in August, will be promoted in September, when I get back in Macedonia. However, I am being regularly informed on what has arrived (Not Not Fun releases, What the Heck Fest compilation 2005\kelp..etc), so in any case, I will surely receive them. I appologize for not being able to promote it sooner.

Superwolf at Ypsigrock.it festival

7th of August, the evening, I had the chance to see Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney perform live in Castelbuono (Sicily) , a place with an architecture of a fairy tale...This concert opened the Ypsigrock festival, meant to last till the 9th of August featuring Ulan Bator and Patrick Wolf in the following nights. The venue was totally magical, a performance of Superwolf within remains of an ancient castle thoroughly captured the essence of the intimacy of this album...What I genuinely liked apart from everything, was above all, the warm welcome I got there, being the unique person from abroad, totally lost and confused.
First of all, I have to say I was also pleasently surprised by the powerfull sounding support band Poppy's Portrait, a band that sounded something like Shellac meets Sonic Youth...
Highlights of the Superwolf performance include: What are you, Rudy Foolish, Blood Embrace, Bed is for sleeping, My home is the sea, Beast for thee,and the wolf-esq howling which ended the performance...Some other things I found exciting were of course:the people asking me how is "Fuori" in English at the end of the concert, the camping located in a national park, me telling Will Oldham he made an amazing cover of Sweeter than anything by PJ Harvey, the beach in Cefalù...

A review I wrote was published today in Utrinski Vesnik http://www.utrinskivesnik.com.mk

Molto Grazie at Gianfranco Raimondo, Vincenzo Barreca, David...

07 August 2005

Cat Power::He War::You Are Free::Matador
Modest Mouse::The World At Large::Good News For People Who Love Bad News ::Epic
Wilco::Kicking Televison::A Ghost Is Born Bonus EP::Nonesuch
Sparklehorse::Someday I Will Treat You Good::Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot::Capitol
Sleater-Kinney::Wilderness::The Woods::Sub Pop
Beck::Girl::Guero::Interscope
Bright Eyes::From A Balance Beam::Lifted::Saddle Creek
My Morning Jacket::It Beats For You::Z::RCA
The Ashtray Hearts::New York::Perfect Halves::Free Election Records
OP8::If I Think of Love::Slush::Thirsty Ear
The Idaho Falls::California Day::Concrete Prairie::2 Tone
Norfolk & Western::The Tired Words::Dusk in Cold Parlours::Hush
Ray Lamontagne::Trouble::Trouble::RCA
Lambchop::Steve McQueen::Aw C'mon::City Slang
Ryan Adams::Somehow, Someday::Gold::Lost Highway
Micah P Hinson::The Last Charge of Lt. Paul::The Baby and The Satellite::Sketchbook
Papa M::Foreign Hotel Garden::Six EP::Drag City
Pushstart Wagon::Paul::L.A Was Our Alamo::Self Released
Jay Farrar::Vitamins::Stone, Steel and Bright Lights::Transmit Sound
Songs: Ohia::Just Be Simple::Magnolia Electric Co.::Secretly Canadian
Evan Dando::Hard Drive::Baby I'm Bored::Setanta
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends::Porchlight::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
Bonnie "Prince" Billy::Gulf Shores::Greatest Palace Music::Drag City
Vic Chestnutt::Rank Stranger::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
Pernice Brothers::Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown::Slaughter Rule OST::Bloodshot
The Jayhawks::The Eyes of Sarah Jane::Rainy Day Music::Lost Highway
You Am I::If We Can't Get It Together::The Cream & The Crock, The Best of You Am I::BMG
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3::Amphetamine::Static Transmission::Blue Rose
Smog::Held::Knock Knock::Drag City
The Playing Fields::Dark Elephant::Dark Elephant EP::Self Released

31 July 2005

Yo La Tengo::Damage::I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One::Matador
Giant Sand::(Well) Dusted (For The Millenium)::Chore of Enchantment::Thrill Jockey
Wilco::Misunderstood::Being There::Reprise
Tha Handsome Family::The Giant From Illinoise::Through The Trees::Carrot Top5
Calexico::Convict Pool::Convict Pool EP::Quarter Stick
Sleepy Jackson::Good Dancers::Lovers::Astralwerks
Josh Rouse::Middle School Frown::Nashville::Rykodisc
Magnetic Fields::All My Little Words::69 Love Songs::Merge
Herman Dune::Show Me The Roof::Mas Cambios::Track & Field
Grandaddy::El Caminos In the West::Sumday::V2
Drive-By Truckers::Carl Perkins' Cadillac::Dirty South::New West Records
Pushstart Wagon::Country Star::L.A Was Our Alamo::Self Released
Elbow::Station Approach::Leaders of the Free World::V2
Earlimart::Unintentional Tape Manipulations::Treble and Tremble::Palm
Low::Canada::Trust::Kranky
David Pajo::Baby Please Come Home::Pajo::Domino
The New Pornographers::Twin Cinema::Twin Cinema::Matador
Silver Jews::Animal Shapes::Tanglewood Numbers::Drag City
Okkervil River::Black::Black Sheep Boy::Jagjaguwar
Statistics::Final Broadcast::Often Lie::Jade Tree
The National::Abel::Alligator::Beggars Banquet
Teenage Fanclub::Only With You::Man-Made::Merge
Big Star::Thirteen::#1 Record::Ardent
Scud Mountain Boys::Freight of Fire::The Early Year::Sub Pop
The Czars::Paint The Moon::Goodbye::Bella Union
Pavement::Father To A Sister of Thought::Wowee Zowee::Matador
Rock Plaza Central::Gutterdance::The World Was Hell To Us::Self Released
Belle & Sebastian::Legal Man::Push Barman To Open Old Wounds::Matador
The Shins::Pink Bullets::Chutes Too Narrow::Sub Pop

24 July 2005

Smog::Held::Knock Knock::Drag City
Songdog::The Republic of Howlin Wolf::The Time of Summer Lightning::One Little Indian
Jason Molina::Division St. Girl::Pyramid Electric Co.::Secretly Canadian
Richmond Fontaine::The Janitor::The Fitzgerald::Décor
Sufjan Stevens::Casimir Pulaski Day::Illinoise::Asthmatic Kitty
Iron and Wine::Freedom Hangs Like Heaven::Woman King EP::Sub Pop
BRMC::Devil's Waitin'::Howl::ECHO
M Ward::Wild Minds::Scene from #12::Ow Om
The National::Daughters of the SoHo Riots::Alligator::Beggars Banquet
Lou Barlow::Holding Back The Year::Emoh::Merge
Jason Anderson::When Will You Say::The Wreath::K Records
Micah P Hinson::The Last Charge of Lt. Paul::The Baby and the Satellite::Sketchbook
Andrew Bird::Measuring Cups::The Mysterious Production of Eggs::Righteous Babe
The Skygreen Leopards::Egyptian Rosemarie::Life and Love in Sparrow's Meadow::Jagjaguar
Devendra Banhart::Now That I Know::Cripple Crow::XL
Akron Family::Shoes::Akron Family::Young God
Angels of Light::My Sister Said::Sing-Other People::Young God
Hayden::Home By Saturday::Elk Lake Serenade::Badman
Pavement::Greenlander::Slanted and Enchanted Redux::Domino
dEUS::7 Days, 7 Weeks::Pocket Revolution::V2
Eels::From Which I Came/Magic World::Blinking Lights and Other Revelations::Vagrant Records
Broken Family Band::John Belushi::Welcome Home, Loser::Track and Field
Sun Kil Moon::Glenn Tipton::Ghosts of the Great Highway::JetSet
The Castanets::Heaps of Wheat::What Kind of Cure::CD-R handouts
Damien Jurado::Simple Hello::On My Way To Absence::Secretly Canadian
Thanksgiving::The Night In Gales::The River::Hive-Fi
The Mountain Goats::Dinu Lipatti's Bones::The Sunset Tree::4AD
Mount Eerie::I Hold Nothing::No Flashlight::PW Elverum & Sun
Little Wings::Fall Sweep::Little Green Leaves::K Records
David Pajo::Oh No No::Pajo::Domino

Lofidelica Happy Month

Right. This Wednesday, the 20th July, I'll be playing music in the local club Jukebox again.
Thursday morning I set off to a mountainy place Krushevo for a week, then I am going to Italy, so I won't be back in Skopje untill September.

My radioshow-substitute for August will be M.Sh., possibly the best substitute you could hope for. He'll be mailing me the playlists and hopefully I would be able to post them on here.

16 July 2005

kendra smith::in your head::five ways of dissappearing::warner bros
blonde redhead::falling man::live
blonde redhead::misery is a butterfly::live
xiu xiu::muppet face::la foret::5rc
pelican::march to the sea::the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw::hydra head
low::monkey::the great destroyer::sub pop
ryan adams::cold roses::cold roses::lost highway
micah p hinson::the dream you left behind::the baby&the satellite::sketchbook
bonnie 'prince' billy::beast for thee::live with matt sweeney
phil elverum live@ the heck fest 2005
devendra banhart::dragonflys::cripple crow::xl
devendra banhard::i do dig a certain girl::cripple crow::xl
pj harvey::it's you::uh huh her::island
i am kloot::strange without you::gods and monsters::echo
hotel alexis::quiet life::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
hotel alexis::dapper dan::the shining example is lying on the floor::broken sparrow
album>>richmond fontaine::the fitzgerald::el cortez/decor