Tag: aphextwin
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Boyz II Men, Janet Jackson, and the Power of Nostalgia

JarFive Tasting Room – Christian Lee Hutson Music Nostalgia – How it benefits you! Here are some music choices from my HS youth, as discussed in the recent episode. Source links for the episode are below. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-of-choice/202402/the-psychological-benefits-of-nostalgic-music https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2024/05/08/a-psychologist-explains-3-mental-health-benefits-of-music-nostalgia/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2021/12/28/nostalgia-why-we-love-old-music/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019926/
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“Nepo Babies” and “Industry Plants”

Here’s the information for the recent episode of my podcast (6/20). JarFive Vintage Pour Aphex Twin is releasing an expanded version of his “Selected Ambient Works Volume 2,” on October 4. He released #19 on Tuesday this week. The original album was released in 1994. Nepo Babies and Industry Plants Here are some clips, and…
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Happy Spring!

JarFive This week, Coachella added a new stage, Quasar, which will be solely devoted to a handful of electronic acts. According to the Coachella Insta, “Quasar is not a tent and therefore not a desert.” Arguably the high point for Weekend 1 is Jamie xx – Floating Points – Daphni (the dj moniker for Caribou…
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Favorite albums, live sets. Also, Coachella 2020?

Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Most spun albums this year… (In no particular order)…. 1. Lana Del Rey – “Norman Fucking Rockwell” (2019) // I liked this album a lot more than I wanted to. The first cut…
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Happy Sundays LBC

Happy Sundays LBC For the second year, I ventured over to Anaheim St, in my own neck of the woods, to catch some of the Happy Sundays LBC festival. Started three years ago, the festival is a great opportunity to watch some up-and-coming smaller acts, especially a few I missed a couple weeks back. A…
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Finally Got Around To Coachella

Coachella Over three months later, I’ve finally gotten around to writing about my experience at Coachella, oddly enough my first. For years I avoided going, with reasons varying from not liking lineups, to not wanting to travel to the desert at a busy time in the semester. I finally realized that I needed to venture…
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Mikkel Cloud covers Radiohead!

Photo by Frank Varni Happy 5th of July! This pic was from the Bottlerock festival, this last May in Napa, CA. I’ll be doing a late review next week, complete with recommendations. This is a shorter entry today, because of the holiday weekend. But in the meantime…. Albums Currently Spinning Mikkel Cloud – Transistor_1…