Oscillations - Is Our Children Dancing?

i bought Curtis Mayfield's Curtis LP the other day and i thought i'd expand on Starlight's theme a bit with a classic tune from the Prince of Suave himself.



brilliant album cover but anyways: Move On Up!

and if you're planning on climbing a mountain, why not make it Mount Eerie? wooooooooooop woop woop-woop! Phil Elvrum (= Mount Eerie) played at our very first evening, which seems like a pretty long time ago already, but even longer ago he played under another moniker and my favourite song from Phil is back when he was The Microphones. it's from the The Glow, Pt. 2 album and bears the same name. the song reminds me of early to mid Modest Mouse, which i like mucho mucho, but in its own right the album is a wonderful trip that really sucks you in if you let it. Phil basically creates a universe for you to explore, lyrically it's a really metaphysical and existential record.



The Microphones - The Glow, Part 2

if you're not one for upward movement, you can still bomb the motherfucker (yay!) and build a tunnel, chip chip churrah! Here We Go Magic's been blogged about quite a bit early in january, but i thought it was a pity there wasn't much mention of Luke Temple. that would be the head honcho of Here We Go Magic who made (and makes) music under his own name before Here We Go Magic's inception, which was last year.

Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision

and i'll add the video for Luke Temple's More Than Muscle, simply because it is one of the better songs of 2008. when he delivers the chorus... there lies so much power in his restraint. i'm not convinced by the video yet, i'm just not quite sure whether it's really dull or just silly and funny. the music is powerful stuff though.