Part twenty-three of an array of CD mixes I made for my wife over a long number of years! Read more about it here!
I feel like I rather phoned-in this cover. The photo is another pic I took of a textured porch or windowsill or… something. I have no arguments about the text. I’m just disappointed that it isn’t …striking. I don’t think it’s bad but …it’s kinda boring, but at least it’s readable.
Anyway! Highlights!
OF MONTREAL – Coquet Coquette [Yip Deceiver]! I’d been a fan of the band for a while, and this remix moves me in crazy ways. Fun fact? I designed and deployed the website for their print designer back in the day. That version of the site is no longer publicly available, but I am glad I was able to slightly contribute to their life and be tangentially involved with the band. Also, the designer gave me a shit ton of free merch, while also paying me! Freelancers treating freelancers well!
GOBBLE GOBBLE – Becoming Legion! I saw them at Chicago’s Schubas Tavern, which is an extremely narrow bar with a club space in the back and a sidecar diner.
The show was so fucking electric and queer and interactive and ended with everyone — including the band and myself — under unfurled nylon and it was the thick of Chicago summer and Schubas isn’t well-ventilated so everyone was so hot and sweaty and throwing arms in the air and moving with their amazing synths and samples and beats and it was all absolute exuberance and abandon.
I left Schubas feeling so elated and glowing with a natural high. It was one of the most incredible live shows I’ve ever been to in my life. Absolutely fucking amazing. My face lights up just thinking of it.
A friend castigated me about extolling it too much. That is how intensely I feel about it.
I’m not sure I’ll ever attend a show quite like that again. As I’ve harped on before? Fucking attend live events! Communal experiences like these are few and far between! Life is too short!
PEGGY SUE – Watchman! Also saw ’em at Schubas and there was so much vocal belting and hard drum hits and it was pure joy.