Daft Punk is playing at my house
Can you see the sunset from the Southside? Can you? I have had a number of people ask me what the name of this blog is all about. I have also had a bunch of people ask why its called “CYSTSFTS” and then tell me how dumb of a name it is. Do you want (Read more…)
From the back of the clearance bin
Have you ever bought a CD/record just because of the cover or packaging? I have and it seems like forever ago when I last had the courage or disposable income to do something like that. About the time my extra cash started being used to pay bills, I began taking less risks on new music (Read more…)
Earth and sky
Song one is from Battles. They feature former members of Helmet and Don Caballero as well as Tyondai Braxton. Pretty good stuff if you like the more experimental side of math-rock. Song two is from Greg Davis. He is an electro-acoustic artist who also does a lot of field recordings. More good stuff. MP3 | (Read more…)
All fired up about nothing at all
You may or may not know Jonah Matranga from his previous work. he fronted the amazing band Far who released their masterpiece Water & Solutions in 1998. You may also know him as Onelinedrawing or the frontman for the short-lived New End Original. His latest group, however, is called Gratitude. They recently released their self-titled (Read more…)
The shape of blogs to come
I go and stick up for the guy and what does he do for me? He gets himself busted for juicin’. C’mon Rafael! Why’d you have to go and do a thing like that? Next topic: Does anyone even listen to the music that I post? I sometimes get the feeling that all of y’all (Read more…)
