{"id":2672,"date":"2014-08-23T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2014-08-23T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T12:54:13","slug":"mixed-media-saturday-23-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2014\/08\/23\/mixed-media-saturday-23-august-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Media, Saturday 23 August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been actively hunting for new music in the last month. Mostly listening to stuff from my library, and also these three albums I acquired just after getting back from France in July:<\/p>\n

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La Roux – Trouble in Paradise<\/i><\/a>. I liked her first album, but didn’t love<\/em> it. The new one feels richer, denser, and has more of a bass-y heft to it. Favourite tracks: “Cruel Sexuality”, “Paradise is You”, and “The Feeling”.<\/p>\n

Curiously, my brain has shourt-circuited La Roux with Laurie Penny<\/a>. It’s something about the name (Laurie<\/i> – La Roux<\/i>) and the nickname (Penny Red<\/i> – The Red<\/i>). I had hoped to catch one of the panels that Laurie was on at Worldcon<\/a> just to convince myself that she wasn’t going to spontaneously burst into song, but the timing didn’t work out. I will forever wonder.<\/p>\n

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Anushka – Broken Circuit<\/i><\/a>. Varied electronica with lovely vocals, running from sweet and summery to deep and dub. Favourite tracks: “Never Can Decide”, “Atom Bombs”, “Broken Circuit”, “These Things”, “Mansions”.<\/p>\n

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R\u00f6yksopp and Robyn – Do It Again<\/i><\/a>. An intense five-track EP. The central track, “Do It Again” is unashamedly upbeat and poppy, but it is nested inside much darker and moodier pieces like a dark chocolate with a fruity centre. I’ve usually had this on later in the evening rather than during the day.<\/p>\n

In terms of reading matter, I signed up for the special Comic Con 99 cent trial of Marvel’s “Unlimited” app<\/a>, and I’ve been trying to find out just how much superhero action I can handle over the course of a single month. The answer: quite a lot<\/em>. Favourite discoveries: Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Captain Marvel<\/i> and the new Ultimate Spider-Man<\/i> with Miles Morales. I hadn’t read much Spider-Woman before, and I do enjoy Jessica Drew’s snarky attitude. Nova<\/i> and Guardians of the Galaxy<\/i> are also good, but the cosmic-ness gets a bit much after a while. Right now I’m trying to get through all of Civil War<\/i> (with its numerous tie-ins) before my special offer month runs out. Don’t think I’ll quite make it. But there’s so much value in the Marvel’s back catalogue that I might keep it on for a bit longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been actively hunting for new music in the last month. Mostly listening to stuff from my library, and also these three albums I acquired just after getting back from France in July: La Roux – Trouble in Paradise. I liked her first album, but didn’t love it. The new one feels richer, denser, … <\/p>\n

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