"The Moon And The Stars" By Alphonse Mucha.

From Mike Ballard's Skatebook. Ballard is currently being sued by 20th Century Fox over intellectual property use. 

Junior Boys' "Dull to Pause" Hear the full track here.

a new season.

spring cleaning. a walk in my favorite shirt. brief glimpses of clarity in the light reflecting off passing cars in the crosswalk. a breeze like sweet relief from the warmth of the sun. until a memory wraps itself around like a blanket and I seek the shade of a building we’ve walked under a dozen times. and then it passes and it’s gone, yet never as quickly as it comes.

Gold Panda x Charli XCX. Match made in grimy dance-pop heaven? 

Zola Jesus opened for the xx nearly two years ago at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, easily becoming the most pleasant surprise of the night. That's saying something considering the show was stacked, with fellow openers Warpaint being as outrageously beautiful as they are, and headliners the xx beefing up their set and presence to suit their ever-growing success. 

Sometimes you remember exactly how you felt the first time you heard a song. A song you've heard 100 times. Beyond all the memories and feelings you've since attached to it. You remember the exact drink in your hand and the friends surrounding you that regrettably you forgot you had. 

I heard "I Can't Stand" and was instantly taken, especially by her voice, so hauntingly powerful it completely enveloped the 2,800-capacity room. I remember. I remember. I remember. Perfectly.

Don't play no game that I can't win...

Beastie Boys are back May 3rd with Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. This track featuring Santigold is what I wished Santi's new drop "Go" with Karen O was gonna be: SUPER DOPE. 'Dem analog infused horns do it every time. 

Brooklyn sends love to stereo-land with synth-pop duo Class Actress dropping the new track "Keep You," streaming above.

It's a heads-up for the full length Rapproacher, out October 18 on Carpark.

Elizabeth Harper and band mate Scott Rosenthal will join Washed Out next Saturday, July 9 at the Great American Music Hall in SF. 

Why I'm here.

Music. It follows me everywhere. It's sustenance. Synonymous with all that's true and great and beautiful. It's been with me in the dark and in the haze and under the covers. It makes my blood flow and the gears turn, reminding me of everything, and all that is. 

What does it do for you?

I was always thinking of games I was playing...

St. Etienne, the early 90s English indie-dance act that inexplicably covered a Neil Young classic and garnered their first and only US club hit. Here's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."

Buffy the Vampire Slayer || 1992