There's a certain amount of charm, I'd like to believe, in telling
someone, “No, I haven't heard that yet.” - or - “I haven't had
a chance to listen to that yet.” - or - “I don't really care
about the new Kanye record.” - or - “Daft Punk was really never
my thing.” But the more probable impression of those responses, in
2103, is that I just don't care about anything anymore, or that I'm
out of touch with everything, or that I'm just a negative, snobby,
pretentious dude. I haven't quite decided what you all must think of
me this year... So, this is me bros, I'm putting myself out there.
I'm telling you how I feel. 2013. Yep. We're here, I'm back,
and I'm still doing this roundup thing that so many places feel
inclined to continue, as an Internet tradition. For me, this is purely rooted in my need, as a
consumer, to organize what I've heard and try and make a certain
amount of sense out of it up until now. I used to use this platform,
if I may call it that, as a certain means of yelling about my own
tastes, but at this point, I can't say my platform is exalted in the least, so if you're still reading this, we as a proper Imprint love you and consider you one of our dearest friends : )
2013, in a huge ever-growing nutshell, has been the year of, (even
more so than most of these kinds of years) like, all those people who
are big and important and whatnot releasing stuff that is more or
less the exact same as what we'd expect because these are bands that
carved a certain sound for themselves within that, umm well, sound.
You know what I mean? Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine, Justin
Timberlake, The Knife, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, like,
I don't know, Jay-Z?? I mean all these people putting out records are
HUGE. BOC? MBV? DP? JT? TK? K-DUBS?
A few of these bands were vital in my growing up days, are still
relevant in my life, still influence my being. And a
few, well... I just never really grabbed on to 'em when I most likely
should have. And so world, heap on that feeling of pressure, that
undefined guilt, the you-know-you-should-be
able-to-at-least-talk-about-a-band/film/thing-because-it's-like-really-important
sunken heart kind of feeling. I can't really say I know Daft Punk all
that well. I don't know if I could even describe the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
to you. Teagan and Sarah are twins? Maybe. Yeah, I really like the
new JT record (aka Suit & Tie). That's been this year. I'm sorry
I don't know what I think of all these resurgent records. I don't
have anything to say about them because you all know way more about
them and their respective catalogs and their persona's and their
lives and what they mean to you than I do. I love that, I think it's
fantastic. It's the way I feel about a select few other bands (this
year) too. I'm sorry I react poorly to your Daft Punk inquiries.
They're just not my thing, it's not that they're bad, it's just that
I don't really like Daft Punk.
Now, fuck. BOC? MBV? Yeah, let's go all day. That's my lifeblood
right there, my breadandbutter soul, all the polluted American (???) air
I could breathe for the last 5 years. It's the same way you guys feel
about Discovery. That's great!
Oh yeah, and Kanye. Fuck off. Seriously. I'm sure your record is
good, and that you're doing stuff that's “original” and “new”
and “different” but it will never be as good as, say, stuff like
Kendrick or Main Attrakionz or even Danny Brown for that matter
because you're a douche and we all know it. And you being genuine is
nothing that I care to hear ever again because it's just you, a
genuine DoucheBag. Now, go produce another Common record and we'll
see what's going on. Dilla did it better anyway.
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Seriously: this whole no-illegal-downloading thing, as my good friend
Cody D. so astutely pointed out, has painted me a proper Morlock.
It's hard to get big-name records (well, 2013 style big name
records) from online shops. And I've been bad about visiting Cheapo :
(
That's it. Happy 2013. We're almost to Christmas, when I'll be back
again, as this blog has shown that we're devoted to the Constant. I
love all of you and wish you the best. Kisses and smiles and rainbows
forever.
Oh yeah, Deathbot. We have an EP in the works, should be out in a
month or so.
THE LIST
- Boards of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest
- My Bloody Valentine - MBV
- Dean Blunt – The Redeemer
- Deafheaven – Sunbather
- Dirty Beaches – Drifters / Love is the Devil
- 1991 – High Tech / High Life
- Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
- Henry Flynt – Graduation
- Mark Ernestus / Jeri-Jeri - 800% Ndagga
- Jenny Hval – Innocence is Kinky
- Akron/Family – Sub Verses
- The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
- Powell – Untitled
- RP Boo – Legacy
- George Fitzgerald – Needs You / Thinking of You
