08/18 - There's Still A Coat And There's Still A Hat

Can a playlist be art? Because I'm definitely more pleased with my top 5 selections than with anything else I have produced lately. Take this genre-defining quintet of tracks: it's like a heaving wave, gradually building to break in a crescendo of foam, and then withdrawing gently, leaving ripples in the sand.
Yes, I can be pretentious about them too; just like art!

The Knife - Rock Classics

Tomorrow I'm seeing Karin! As Fever Ray! Today, I'll freak out and play the techno louder.

Four Tet - You Were There With Me

We are staying in. Beds and blankets caught us in serpentine embraces. Breath paints ephemeral clouds on the windows. The kitchen is full of bread. The potting season has begun.

Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Tapha Niang

Io, ioo! IO, IOO! Io, ioo. Io, ioooo, and then the beat quickens, brass blows the house down and everything is awesome.

Mastodon - Iron Tusk

Some days. Some days, I decline the homeward transport nap, and secretly listen to metal instead. I headbang with minuscule neck-movements. I scream with the tiniest, tiniest voice: "Engage monster!" Imaginary fists fly before me as I walk the last bit home from the station. Sail on!!!, the cats probably growl to me, from behind the garden walls.

Lambchop - There's Still Time

Hey, man. What's up with all the pressure, man. Let it slide, man. The ripples will precede and succeed you man. There's time, man. It is still.