Telefon Tel Aviv Review At 24SevenCities

Maybe you've heard about the death of Charlie Cooper, half of Telefon Tel Aviv. It is a shame. The new album Immolate Yourself is great. I reviewed it here on 24SevenCities. A sample:

"Each of Telefon Tel Aviv’s albums has its own distinctiveness, building upon its predecessor. Map of What is Effortless explored the light, experimental ambience of 2001’s Farenheit Fair Enough, and extended those devices to new operatic emotion. The new album Immolate Yourself builds on the more immersive, transcendent moments of Map of What is Effortless, creating a layered, sublime and sad experience. It marries textured ambience with wrenching, resigned sentiment."


Here are some more links to things I've written for 24SevenCities:

Afro Samurai Resurrection soundtrack review
Loer Velocity Uninfatuated EP available for free download
Revisiting Paul's Boutique
Rilly long liveblog about television
Talkin' 'bout Auto-Tune
Thoughts about Being There
RIP Charlie Cooper of TTA

Just Because I Love Watching Kristen Schaal

Really, she's brilliant, a word I use to much but applies to her regardless.

Apparently there's some sort of web oriented video contest this is promoting. In more important news, this features Kristen Schaal talking to the camera for nearly a minute.



And "Flight of the Conchords" is coming back to HBO in January! Hooray! I wouldn't have blamed them if they never did another series due to being out of awesome songs. But then again, there is kind of an obligation to television if you can give it more Kristen Schaal. Would it be too indulgent to watch some more of her?



Yes, it would.