My pal Chris Piascik has been doing “Music Mondays” for a few months now wherein he posts his top five last.fm artists from the last week. I recently started using last.fm, so today I am copying him. Here’s my list:
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Music Monday
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New Collaborative Tumblr
I’m participating in a daily sketchbook/illustration project with my two buds, Ryan Lundy and Jacob Smeraglia. We pass around drawings and add to each other’s marks. It is called, sometimesitsfuntodothingswithfriends.biz. We’ve been pretty good about posting at least once a day, so check it out and subscribe for fun times!!!!1
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Mixtape
These Are Magnets was recently asked to make some music for the case studies featured on Red Square’s website. Head over to These Are Magnets’ bandcamp page to get the mixtape for free. And tell all your friends.
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Birmingham, There There
I was born at UAB hospital in downtown Birmingham, AL. My family left the ‘Ham when I was 10, but I returned literally every weekend from the time I was 16 until I finished college. I used to skate at Sloss, see bands at Sloss and I had friends that claimed they knew of underground [...]
Triple Spiral
I’ve really been digging the new Bright Eyes album. Also, I just watched two seasons of the Tudors. This is a type/distressing exercise based on those two facts.
Existential Hip Hop
I’ve recently gotten heavy into the geniuses that are Das Racist. When you choose to rhyme “Kierkegaard” with “hustle hard” you’re a total badass and you have my respect. Das Racist have killer beats and their lyrics are a mixture of absurdism and (what seems like) honest storytelling. They’re magnificent. The above drawing is the [...]
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A Famous Guy Holding My Art
There is a chef in Fairhope, AL called Panini Pete. After being featured on the food network a few times, he became close friends with Guy Fieri, a food network host. Now while not cooking up panini at his shop in Bama, he tours with Guy as his sou chef. Every year, Pete gets commissions [...]
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Vampire Weekend for the Hype Machine
Every year The Hype Machine highlights the top 50 artists as picked by music bloggers. That list is then expressed through illustration. This year I was lucky enough to be asked to complete an illustration. I was given Vampire Weekend which I was totally pumped about. If you’re a regular visitor, then you might remember [...]
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Top 10 Albums of 2010 — #1 Menomena
This album is overwhelmingly amazing. I can promise that I have listened to this album more than Menomena themselves. Menomena are seriously geniuses and they deserve major recognition. Here are some videos of them performing in the KEXP studio: Queen Black Acid: Taos: Five Little Rooms:
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Top 10 Albums of 2010 — #2 Lightspeed Champion
Lightspeed Champion is Devonté Hynes, better known as “Dev” and formerly of the band Test Icicles. This guy was a huge philosophical influence on me when I was forming These Are Magnets. The album Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. has a sound that is familiar and brand new at the same time. I [...]
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