Disco Horror

I have a Whole Foods down the street from me and on Saturdays I like to go free-sampling in typical poorgeoisie fashion.  I can usually get a good fill by making my way around the store, but when you’re baked on a Saturday morning and you haven’t eaten anything, free samples can’t always satiate your hunger.  Plus I’m a compulsive shopper so I usually end up with a few items in hand and when I’m checking out, the cute hipster girl working the Express counter asks if I brought my bags.  A flicker of guilt sparks in the back of my mind and begins to creep over me.  I didn’t bring my bags because I was stoned and wasn’t going to buy anything, but I AM eco-conscious TRUST ME.  Not like in the I-crap-in-my-backyard-to-fertilize-my-organic-garden-Berkeley-eco-conscious, but I ride my bike places and I recycle.  But now it’s decision time and I just bought orange juice, eggs, chips, salsa and some weird marinated cheese item that was a free-sample.  Admirably I refuse the paper bag, hoping on some level she will acknowledge my sacrifice for the planet and go out on a date with me.  But instead I end up carrying all this heavy shit I bought up the hill back to my house.

I guess that was a bit of a Sedaris-esque post, but I couldn’t really think of a lead-in for this record.  Peep “Bagwan Boogie” from The Soft Rocks EP off of the impeccable Blackdisco.  This is the second most recent release from the label and has some real winners.  More recent is Abel’s EP, but I think the Soft Rocks release really kills it.  Definitely worth the buy so seek it out if you dig the track.

Soft Rocks – Bagwan Boogie

Then another track for you that has been on repeat for me recently.  A change of pace to Abe Vigoda‘s melancholy noise rock.  The album Reviver from earlier this year is pretty fantastic in my opinion and “Wild Heart” in particular is great.

Abe Vigoda – Wild Heart

So it’s been about a year since I moved out of LA and one of the things I miss most about living down there was the Blackdisco parties thrown by Nitedog and Lovefingers. Seriously well-orchestrated fun that lit up the Mountain Bar in Chinatown or random warehouses in downtown where DJs like Prins Thomas played deep into the night, not to mention having the raddest flyers west of anywhere. While Lovefingers has relocated to NY, Nitedog still holds down the scene in LA and you can follow Blackdisco at their site here.

Bionic Boogie – Chains (Nitedog Anonstop Edit)