Tracks
Underworld: "Parc"
Don’t judge a book by its cover, and also don’t accidentally try and picture song names as palindromes, because in...
Jul 23, 2008
Tracks
The Seasons: "Rayon Vert"
City Centre Offices, that continental brook of modern electrics that babbles like the compere in Scarface (“Another great night here...
Jul 23, 2008
Festivals
Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2008
:: Photos by Cait Powers (for more Bluesfest photos, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitpowers)
In my coverage of last year’s Bluesfest I noted...
Jul 21, 2008
Records
Steinski: What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective Comp
Though at the time a less-than-proficient DJ whose résumé boasted TV advertising gigs rather than hip-hop records, Steve Stein, aka...
Jul 21, 2008
Records
The Hospitals: Hairdryer Peace
Hairdryer Peace is like that bit in “Gareth Brown Says” when Falco drops the c-bomb (just six words in!) and...
Jul 21, 2008
Records
Thank You: Terrible Two
If there’s an intersection between post-punk, prog, and art punk that doesn’t require the invention of musical cartography and a...
Jul 21, 2008
Records
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra: Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
I’d originally intended to structure this review around how stupid that spoken-word introduction to “Constellations for Innerlight Projections” is, despite...
Jul 21, 2008
Tracks
Annie: "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me"
So, Annie’s back. You remember Annie, right? She had that “Chewing Gum” song with Richard X? It was like the...
Jul 17, 2008
Records
Wire: Object 47
In the right hands, there’s nothing better for a guitar than the sound of a solid-state amplifier. The transistorized...
Jul 17, 2008