I'm trying something new. It's a podcast mix .. and it's a bit all over the place. Which is sort of the way I like it. The name just showed up one day (as names are wont to do around here ), and it wouldn't leave.

I didn't have time to post this before CMJ, but some of these bands played during the festival. (Some are just personal faves and/or fit inside this Brooklyn/NYC bubble I've been in lately.) In my hunt to find shows to hit up that I would later end up blowing off, I still discovered some cool stuff. My new favorite thing is Teengirl Fantasy , who I didn't get to see. They are not from Brooklyn nor did they go to RISD. But hopefully they'll be back.

Here's the tracklist:

° High Places - Golden (Brenmar Remix)
Brooklyn, NY: myspace.com/hellohighplaces

° Hercules and Love Affair - Classique #2
Brooklyn, NY: myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair

° Black Dice - Roll Up
New York, NY: myspace.com/blackdicemyspace

° ESG - My Love For You
Bronx, NY: myspace.com/esgband

° Lightning Bolt - Dracula Mountain
Providence, RI: myspace.com/laserbeast

° Lansing-Dreiden - Part of the Promise
New York, NY: myspace.com/lansingdreiden

° Lemonade - Blissout
from CA but just moved to Brooklyn, NY: myspace.com/bananasandecstasy

° (bootleg) - The Right Shorty
Brooklyn, NY

° Teengirl Fantasy - Portofino
Oberlin, OH: myspace.com/teengirlfantasy + teengirlfantasy.angelfire.com

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I did see Women and Ponytail (and I think Vivian Girls) during a Todd P show Friday at this big Bushwick warehouse called Danbro Studios. With not much to it but brick and rafters, this raw space made it sound kind of like hearing music in a castle and was therefore pretty awesome. As a friend pointed out, it was a lot like something out of Berlin. The view of Bushwick industrial graveyard magic out the back was nice, too. The Danbro flyer said something about 'restaurants' and 'photo' along with recording and rehearsal spaces, so rumors that they're turning this into a proper build-out may be true.

I popped by Spoonbill on Bedford Ave earlier this week and noticed that Peter Saville will be signing stuff there this Saturday 1p-3p.

° A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water mp3

° Brian Eno + David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit mp3

° Santogold - Starstruck mp3

Here's an interesting snip about the "undesigned" from an interview with Saville in Digital Arts Magazine:

Are there any trends in current design that you particularly appreciate or dislike?
There’s a trend at the moment towards the undesigned. There’s a lot in there that just gets directly to the point; it understands the truth in something. There are certain works at the moment that are just what they need to be – it’s like walking into Muji for the first time again. The worst thing, though, is ironic un-design that has then become a sort of design, and then become a mess. When it’s still radical – a spread or an ad in a magazine – it’s effective. Once 99 per cent of the publication has adopted a don’t-care poise, it’s a mess and has become that which it sets out to mock.

° Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me mp3

I saw these beautiful ads pasted up on—I think—West Broadway near Grand the other weekend. I stopped to snap them but didn't linger long enough to find out what they were actually for. I'm guessing tea... but whose tea? If you know, let me know.

° Rub-n-Tug (Better with a Spoonful of Leather aNYthing Mix) - Tea Please mp3

° Saint Germain - Dub Experience mp3

(Thanks, Ryan!)