Records
Hawnay Troof: Islands of Ayle
Islands of Ayle, Hawnay Troof’s sophomore album, is like a group-hug between strangers in a sweltering show space—simultaneously implacable and...
Sep 10, 2008
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Rafter: Sweaty Magic EP
Birthed supposedly of the kind of song-a-day art project that usually yields musical abortions, Rafter’s Sweaty Magic EP ends up...
Sep 10, 2008
Records
Ryoji Ikeda: Test Pattern
The title Test Pattern refers to a program used by Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda that involves converting pictoral, textual,...
Sep 10, 2008
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Mulla Abdussaheb: "Ya Yumma Weya Baba"
The Muslim leader Abu Ja‘far Al-Mansur founded Baghdad in 762, and for hundreds of years the city served as the...
Sep 10, 2008
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Human Highway: "The Sound"
Nick Thorburn is like some kind of evil pop mastermind, always undercutting his sharp impulses in delightful ways—whether it be...
Sep 09, 2008
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Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: "Break On Through"
Cover songs are risky. They can be uninspired, irrelevant, excessively nostalgic, offensive to the original, or all of the above....
Sep 09, 2008
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Nisennenmondai: "Pop Group"
Lost in translation, this Japanese three-piece take their name from the plough that almost broke the digital plain, the Y2K...
Sep 08, 2008
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The Mae Shi: "See You Again"
A cautionary tale at 15, Miley Cyrus is one Mike’s Hard Lemonade away from “hot mess” status. Hate Selena...
Sep 08, 2008
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Death Becomes Even The Maiden: "The Only Thing I Feel For You Is The Recoil"
If true happiness is a gun warm to the touch, then unequivocal ecstasy—for this Capitol City triage at least—is in...
Sep 08, 2008