Aural Fixation: On Björk: Biophilia Live And Metallica Bio Into The Black From Virus To Solstice I’ve always held Björk in high esteem as an artist. But after thrilling to her big-little-big voice for ages, I simply wasn’t all [...] Alibi \ Nov 06, 2014 Read More
Mariners, Monsters And The Iceage: Five Rocking Rave-Ups For Restless Nights Five Rocking Rave-Ups For Restless Nights “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, green valley/ Let’s go out, let’s go out, let’s go out, town of cement/ Darkness grows, shadow [...] August March \ Oct 30, 2014 Read More ( Brian Gatwicke )
Get Lit: On Young Neil And Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years Dear Neil Young fanboys and flannel-clad stalkers of all genders, have I got a book for you! If you’ve always been curious about [...] August March \ Oct 30, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of With A Little Help From My Fwends, Phantom Radio And Rose Ave. My Beatles fandom runs so deep that in eighth grade, I wrote a 20-page paper chronicling the band’s epic cultural impact. I recognize [...] M. Brianna Stallings \ Oct 30, 2014 Read More
The Doors Of Connection: Access Blues, Edm, Punk And Mathy Prog Rock Access Blues, Edm, Punk And Mathy Prog Rock “Gentle hearts are counted down/ The queue is out of sight and out of sounds/ Me, I’m out of breath but not quite [...] August March \ Oct 23, 2014 Read More
The Devil And David J. Haskins: Bauhaus Bassist On Crossroads Magic Bauhaus Bassist Takes On Crossroads Magic The annals of rocanrol music are filled up with references to the devil. The rebellious nature of the genre made for many opportunities [...] August March \ Oct 23, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Cry Is For The Flies, Hold It In And The Heart Of A Dark Star Le Butcherettes’ latest release Cry Is for the Flies is literally a far cry from bandleader Teri Gender Bender’s earlier work, especially 2011’s [...] August March \ Oct 23, 2014 Read More
Stargazing In Autumn: Transcend Space And Time At Four Cosmic Concerts Transcend Space And Time At Four Cosmic Concerts “Sitting in the stand of the sports arena/ Waiting for the show to begin/ Red lights, green lights, strawberry wine/ A good friend [...] August March \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More ( Kabsick Park )
We Like To Watch (Instantly): Stream Docs On Kathleen Hanna, La Música And A Grumpy Drummer Stream Docs On Kathleen Hanna, La Música And A Grumpy Drummer Many readers of this vaunted section could no doubt spend most of their waking hours playing or listening to music. But there has [...] August March \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More ( Matthew Rutledge )
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Our Love, You’re Dead! And Weatherhouse Caribou’s new album is titled Our Love, and its percussive flourishes remind me of something by Señor Coconut with electronics à la Daft [...] August March \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More