http://audictive.ofadam.com Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:55:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I felt like a kid at Christmas today when I learned that one of my favorite artists, Montreal DJ Michael Silver (aka CFCF), will be releasing his debut album ‘Continent’ through Paper Bag Records on Oct. 27. It ranges from mid-tempo nu-disco to balearic and house to ambient. Also look ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/a-big-bag-of-cfcf/ The City and Horses is the work of Brooklyn songwriter Marc Cantone.While firmly steeped in the indie tradition, the songs traverse many genres of pop: from twee to power to psychedelic to chamber to folk to lo-fi (and back again). The common threads are idiosyncratic vocals, often accompanied by surprising ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/the-city-and-horses/ Frankly, this is one of those posts I'm surprised I'm writing. However, when digging around through my unlistened music folder, I found a strange folder marked "Bondage Fairies." Struck with the name, I googled it to see what I had downloaded. Turns out Bondage Fairies is also the name of ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/bondage-fairies-is-not-bondage-fairies/ For his new project with what he's called his "favorite band," Wisconsite Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) teams up with Collections of Colonies of Bees to form the indie super-group Volcano Choir. With the occasional dip into auto-tune aside, Bon Iver does much to demystify and escape the loner-folkie backwoods ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/volcano-choir/ Tickle me pink. Or an off-shade of purple at least, because The Pains of Being Pure At Heart have released an EP full of new songs. In case you don't know them, the Brooklyn group put out a wonderful self-titled album earlier this year via Slumberland records, which includs the ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/higher-than-the-stars/ If you've been (un)fortunate enough to follow this site, you may have realized that I'm a fan of discoy-pop songs, especially from the New Jersey label Italians Do It Better. Normally I'd write a bit about history and my take on the group next, but Resident Advisor did such a ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/desire/ This little post originally started out as my mid-year's best list. That's pretty boring though, and the mid-year's over. So instead I chose to focus on some of the more ignored albums this year. It's not that these records haven't gotten glowing reviews, most have, but for some reason they've ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/ignored-but-not-forgotten-some-of-2009s-best/ Well if this just wasn't odd. I don't know how I feel about this, truthfully. A part of me really likes it because it makes me feel dirty, but then there's that part that of me going "wtf man!" "While You Wait For The Others" is hands-down my favorite song off of ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/09/michael-mcdonald/ I want to begin with some of my favorite albums, songs and videos from this year. Think a sort of "best of the best" before the final year end list, which will probably see many of these albums lost in material put forth latter this year. So, without further ado, ... http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/05/mid-year-the-video/ Good Lord! I can't believe it's been more than a year since I've last posted here. Life was tumultuous at best, and Audictive took a backseat to things. But the car ride is almost over, and I've got a hankering to write again. So let's get things rolling. http://audictive.ofadam.com/2009/05/brief-update/