tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56346002012-02-11T01:22:09.286-05:00"Big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers."Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-41015105898312106412009-12-03T12:15:00.004-05:002009-12-03T12:28:18.636-05:00

05. Brian Wilson, SMiLEIn 2004, the would-be Beach Boys masterpiece SMiLE easily became a modern marvel released solely by the bat-shit insane and driving creative force of said group, Brian Wilson. Despite its well documented and storied history, its 1966 origins, and it's somewhat controversial existence, the LP shines in a remarkably prevalent manner, showcasing transcendent heart, focus and

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10. Dirty on Purpose, Hallelujah Sirens (2006)09. French Kicks, Swimming (2008)08. Beanie Sigel, The B. Coming (2005)07. Blonde Redhead, 23 (2007)06. Pretty Girls Make Graves, The New Romance (2003)05. The Blood Brothers, Burn, Piano Island, Burn (2003)04. Sway, This Is My Demo (2005)03. The Distillers, Coral Fang (2003)02. Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice (2002)01. Bloc Party, A Weekend In The City (

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06. M.I.A., Arular (2005)I guess this could count as one of the first times the blogosphere proved its worth. Pretty much coming out of nowhere, Arular was genuinely exciting with all of its hybrid sampling of Baile funk and Sri Lankan dubstep. Mia's sharp political wit and sexual energy (both intimidating and inviting) gave the album a unique identity that made it not only original but

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07. Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)Back when it was just a "Benz and a backpack," and that was actually ironic and somewhat interesting. Clever without being snarky; charming without alienating. Plus, sometimes it seemed like he actually had something to say. Sure, the skills of his respective "flow" could easily be called into question, but there was such a brilliant aesthetic created by

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08. Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)It's still so damned hypnotic. But really that's just a laundry list of words you're supposed to use to describe Interpol's beguiling debut. Truth is, they have no subtlety. All that atmosphere was really part of the big, lavish show the band was putting on for us. Which is fine. With Turn On The Bright Lights, though, when we first met them, all that

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09. Nellie McKay, Pretty Little Head (2006)Like a Tour De Force of vulnerability, frankness, sarcasm and massive ego, Nellie McKay's controversial Pretty Little Head never really lived up to the dropped-from-the-label hype that it garnered at first, but that's probably for the best. It has such a labored vision, it only seems right that it goes under-appreciated. A double album, full of more

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10. Outkast, Stankonia (2000)It seems like such a distant memory when Outkast were not only on the precipice of what music was about to become, but what it was. I guess, in a way, both were true--and false. None the less, Stankonia remains the obvious watershed moment for a duo that could not have been more ambitious, and should have probably been less gigantic. Perfect dashes of what became

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Rating: 8I suppose "Horchata" and its beach-like, breezy atmosphere could use a schizo counterpart; and here it is. Easily serving as a scuzzed up "A-Punk," this is maybe the most easily accessible rock single of the year. Utterly simple in its tunefulness, yet expertly layered and executed. I mean, this is the polish that Vampire Weekend has perfected. It still makes them look "preppy," I guess,

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White Rabbits - It's Frightening Driven by backbeats and floor tom pounding, It’s Frightening finds White Rabbits with a pummeling sonic onslaught of percussion behind a heap of fractured indie rock and gloomily stilted vocals. This doesn’t always work as well as White Rabbits would like, though. The offshoot of this formula that they found for themselves, is that things can become too… formulaic

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We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls Power-pop from Edinburgh that aims high in emotive regards, but brings significant force when it comes to rock resonance. Loudness and brashness don't always go hand in hand. There's an elegance on display here behind all of the theatrics, and it's powerful and snappy and damned satisfying. A-Grizzly Bear -Veckatimest Definitely a quiet beauty.

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Jemina Pearl - Break It UpProbably some of the best and purest pop-punk you can find. Though, as a former front woman (Be Your Own Pet) at such a young age, that adolescent stench that coats her output works both for and against her. A spunky little nothing that oddly winds up full of some sort of forced existential substance. Beware, however, the law of diminished returns. BGirls -

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Unless you live in Canada and have had the pleasure of attending some of their frequent live shows, chances are, it has been a while since you’ve heard from Metric. Their last album, 2005’s Live It Out (assuming you don‘t count the 2007 long-delayed release of their previously unreleased/scrapped debut Grow up and Blow Away—which I do not), was a dense, moody exercise in post-rock subtleties

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(Note: This is a heavily edited version of a review that I wrote that is now up at Prefix Magazine. Apparently, I talk way too much about The Steady once I get going, as it was cut from about a thousand words to just over four hundred. And SO IT GOES.)Some bands cannot be fully appreciated unless you see them live. The Hold Steady are not one of those bands. No, the odd thing about The Hold

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In 2004, Beep Beep’s Saddle Creek debut was a post-punk, good ol’ fashion Omaha stab at Gang of Four updates and electronic melodies dressed up as XTC nods. However, hitting just as much as it missed, Business Casual found Beep Beep unfortunately spending most of their potentially valuable time defining their identity in regards to their influences, hoping to justify their means. The result was

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12. Mysterious Skin (2005)In 2005, Greg Araki’s Mysterious Skin became something of a milestone for the filmmaker, in that it was his first film that was a good one. But, more than that, it was also kind of brilliant. Thrusting Joseph Gordon-Levitt into the serious-actor-with-serious-talent-to-back-it-up world, Mysterious Skin is a terrifyingly personal, and utterly damaged examination of

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It HAS BEGUN.I have started keeping track of the 2009 releases, and will begin putting them into some sort of ORDER very soon. Because OCD geeks have nothing better to do. You must understand this by now. You can keep track here. Right now, there's no order to them--just alphabetic. Cheers!

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13. Royal Tenenbaums (2001)/ Down With Love (2003)So, I have arrived at my first and only tie on the list...and it's pretty random. Now, these two films have nothing in common (except for maybe the varying degrees to which they are perceived) but I kind of like their pairing here, nonetheless. On one hand, you have probably one of the most increasingly popular "indie" sacred cows right now in

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"It's been a long time. We shouldn't have left you...After the touring for OLTA came to an end, we all dispersed to tend to our individual personal lives....And to get our ducks in a row.Now the band has reconvened, and we are rehearsing new songs.We find ourselves marveling at the tremendous focusthat has defined our early rehearsals for this, our 4th effort.All kidding aside, we feel like a new

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Misson of Burma, those Post-Punk gods, are readying their third release post-reunion, and I could not be happier. Well...I probably could be, but that would involve so many unspeakable elements, and I really don't want to get off track here. Anyway, if the band's previous output in the aughts (ONoffON and The Obliterati) are any indication, all signs point some seriously bold, loud, bigness and

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14. Adaptation (2002)There’s something perfectly heartbreaking about a film that is as self-indulgent as Adaptation being made that much more brilliant by result of said indulgences. Adaptation is just as much of a bat-shit insane, half-assed adaptation of The Orchid Thief as it is a neurotic, self-deprecating journey through the very process of artistic creation; but because there is such an

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Maybe I'm a wee bit early here. But, hey, when have I ever talked about film on this blog? I thought it could be a nice chance to work out the kinks I have while talking about film. Plus, what geek doesn't love making lists? I'm gonna do this slow-like, one film at a time. However, my rudimentary GRAPHICS should keep you enthralled in the absence of actual content, I am sure.I absolutely cannot

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So the cover of Green Day's new LP entitled 21st Century Breakdown is a little lame, and a little Think Tank. But that doesn't really mean anything. I always found the American Idiot cover kind of ridiculous, and I mostly loved that album. So, go figure. Anyway, now we have our first actual taste of just what these former Bay Area punks have got to say in their new era of aging activist posturing

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have the kind of band name that breeds skepticism. It’s long-winded and melodramatic, augmented, possibly, by the fact that the members are totally adorable. But the fact that they are well aware of these proposed adversities and still don’t particularly care goes a long way in making them endearing. It’s as if their name is a faint and literal cry for help,

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*Duo N.A.S.A. are pretty much the equivalent of star-fuckers in DJ form. The completely outrageous guest list on their debut clusterfuck The Spirit of Apollo works more like a boastful Blackberry contact list than an LP. That actually wouldn’t be such a big deal, but it’s only amplified when you realize that the music isn’t all that great in the first place. Certainly an eclectic blend of genre

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Just got started writing over at Prefix Magazine. I'll be doing news postings and some reviews, of course. So keep your eyes peeled!

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*Beirut's return with a double EP is capable and does what it needs to do: remind people that Zach Condon decided not to hang it up after all. The first EP as Beirut (March of the Zapotec) is distinct in its Latin influences and has some of the expected moments of lyrical beauty paired with sonic depth. The Realpeople tail-end(Holland) is less impressive, but remains an interesting exercise. The

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Grand is Matt & Kim’s loudest album. This acknowledgement, made knowing full well it happens to be only the band’s second proper LP, also comes knowing a louder album could not be made by this twosome. Call it the band’s lackadaisical stab at lingering brightness. At any rate, it works, perhaps, even better than the band had hoped, as its punked-up pop variations get married to sonic assaults on

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Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future, the latest album from L.A. duo the Bird and the Bee, is a continuation of the methods that the band has perfected over the last several years. Inara George's milky-smooth, Feist-like vocals are set to Greg Kurstin's cloudy dream-pop and jazzy time signatures, which sounds just as good on record as it does on paper. George uses her uncommonly strong presence to

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*So, the new Springsteen is completely excellent. I must admit, his output in the aughts has been, more or less, unheard by me. I thought Magic was a little tired, but had some significant bright spots, but, other than that, I never bothered with the others. So, it is safe to say that...I don't REALLY know what I am talking about. However, I like to think that I know a good piece of music that

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Antony & The Johnsons released my very favorite album of 2005. In a rather strong year for recorded music, it's hard to pinpoint exactly why that particular album spoke to me so wonderfully. Perhaps it had something to do with Hegarty's utterly damaged vibrato relaying those conceptual nightmares of heartbreak and stinging redemption. Or perhaps it was the accompanying sonic subtleties, more

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A well-crafted, Southern-tinged stab at folk-pop, Ben Nichols's The Last Pale Light In the West is a brief, melancholic concept album inspired by Cormac McCarthy's famed novel Blood Meridian. Without fully committing to the constraints of an actual linear narrative, Nichols's album takes a deeply desolate aesthetic and stretches it to the point of contextual relevance with little to no emotive

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There’s a paradoxical element found within all of Animal Collective’s works that breeds small and equal amounts of frustration and intrigue. It’s not enough that they attack your senses with nonsensical dabbles of fantastical imagery, and flourishes of witty eccentricities; what Animal Collective does is try to find a way to elicit unflinching wonder out of genuine befuddlement. It’s not easy,

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As usual, there were plenty of albums of note released in the calendar year. This was a particularly hard list to narrow down, and I am exhausted, so let's get right to it! At the end, you can find my full list of the Top 25 Albums of 2008.For now, however, here is the cream of the crop, in my humble, humble opinion.The Top Ten Albums of 2008:Life and love and loss for college-aged hipsters is

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Eh, what the hell?Marnie Stern's This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That (holy fuck) is one of the boldest, most fleshed out, utterly exhausting albums of the decade. I'm still trying to figure out whether or not any of this is a positive. It's not that the album itself is a departure for Stern; but the chopped up, spliced

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Some short thoughts on what I've been spinning lately...Britney Spears is just as much a product of American celebrity culture as she is a symptom. With 2007's Blackout she came back with that sharply pointed, tongue-in-cheek delivery that worked as well as self-referential theatre can--which was quite well. Circus looks to revert back to a more superficially attractive naivety while still

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You can call this self-indulgent and overly ambitious all you want, but I would have to ask: Who have you been listening to for the past three albums? The Kanye I know has had this up his sleeve from the start; he's just never had a valiant enough excuse to use it.The thing about 808s & Heartbreak is that it's bleak, it's morose, it's emotionally stunted and a little sappy. Hey...it's a break-up

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Fucked Up plays hardcore punk as if they have no clue what decade it is. On the Canadian band's second LP, The Chemistry of Common Life, they successfully blend all of their visceral, hard-nosed elements with a more formless, shoegaze aesthetic.Lead vocalist Pink Eyes plays no small part in perpetuating the analogous relationship between Fucked Up's name and their increasingly infamous reputation

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"I'm scared to death that I'm livin' a life not worth dying for," worries singer/guitarist Kyp Malone on "Red Dress" from TV on the Radio's stellar third LP Dear Science. And Kyp is not alone. Once again, Dear Science finds lead singer/song writer Tunde Adebimpe at the crossroads of lamentation, frustration and acceptance, but never has it felt so crisp, earnest, or urgent as this.With Dear

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It is quite evident that Bloc Party enjoy playing with people's expectations. Right from the release of their first LP proper Silent Alarm, we all figured that we had this precocious bunch of Brits pegged. Gang of Four timing signatures with a far more pop-punk oriented delivery, mixed with a slightly inflated sense of political awareness. It was simple, but damn effective.A Weekend in the City,

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Back from an extended break.Hi!As you can see, I changed things up just a wee bit around here. Not much to it, which I like. I have a seperate page now to keep tabs on my best albums of the year. You can find it here (and also listed over there in my links). I totally stole the method from JLT and Cult Iconic. BUT, I'm pretty sure they stole it from SFJ, so what can ya do?End of the year is

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Go to TV on the Radio's official website and you can hear the first single(?) from the forthcoming Dear Science due out September 23rd.Also, here is the cover:

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So...Bloc Party digitally released their third album Intimacy today.Okay.If you preorder the physical CD (Due out in October) you get a digital release right away. ...Thoughts to follow.MyspaceBloc Party Official Website

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"Mercury" is the first single to be released from the as yet untitled third LP from Bloc Party. A dated, flaccid, experimentation in Grime, "Mercury" is uninspired, unimaginative and painfully boring. A plodding Urban opus with a driving bass line, static drum patterns, and completely useless horn loops, "Mercury" makes "Flux" sound like lightning trapped in an aerodynamic bottle. Just a wet fart

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With 2004's Wet from Birth, Omaha quintet the Faint took a nasty little step away from the world of retro dance and into the land of Goth-kid apathy. The results were admittedly bold but, unfortunately, spotty. While Danse Macabre (that album's lauded predecessor) took the band's proposed new wave reboot to soaring heights of bastardized dance-pop hybrids with razor-sharp synth melodies, the

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Of Montreal's new album entitled Skeletal Lamping is due out October 7th on Polyvinyl.Here is the cover:Here is the track list:Skeletal Lamping:01 Nonpareil of Favor02 Wicked Wisdom03 For Our Elegant Caste04 Touched Something's Hollow05 An Eluardian Instance06 Gallery Piece07 Women's Studies Victims08 St.Exquisite's Confessions09 Triphallus, to Punctuate!10 And I've Seen a Bloody Shadow11 Plastis

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TV on the Radio's Dear Science, due out September 23rd on Interscope Records (via Pitchfork Media):01 Halfway Home02 Crying03 Dancing Choose04 Stork & Owl05 Golden Age06 Family Tree07 Red Dress08 Love Dog09 Shout Me Out10 DLZ11 Lover's DayAnd here are some tour dates:TV on the Radio:09-05 Portland, OR - Roseland09-06 Seattle, WA - Showbox09-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom09-09

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CSS and the impressive reputation that they’ve garnered over the past couple of years can easily be attributed to their brash predilection towards genre-fusing dance numbers, cleverly ridiculous lyrical choices, a personality that is as genuine as it is juvenile, and an honest-to-goodness, balls-to-the-wall live show. It is a deceptively simple dynamic that is incredibly precious to the group’s

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Hello, SCIENCE.TV on the Radio are going to write you a LETTER. Yes, as it was recently announced, TV on the Radio's much anticipated third LP entitled Dear Science, is coming right up on ya, and is due out September 23rd!

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Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets is the brainchild of Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O. With an equally dark sexuality and damaged psyche, Karen floats through the five tracks posted on the band's Myspace with ease and sinister beauty. Perhaps a variation of "FREAK FOLK," this seems like the natural progression from her work on Yeah Yeah Yeahs second LP Show Your Bones. Though her work here

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The Thermals are teasing us with a couple of demos off of their upcoming LP Now We Can See. It's just Hutch and Kathy (OLD SCHOOL STYLE) tearing it up in a basement. Both tracks ("You Dissolve" and "I Let It Go") are promising and quite raw, but "You Dissolve" is particularly satisfying. The simplistic sonic equation still reigns supreme here for them, and I am getting quite excited for what is

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The inevitable leak of The Hold Steady's fourth LP Stay Positive seemed to really get to them. However, instead of getting mad, it's almost like they've decided to reward everyone. First, there was the decision to move the iTunes release of Stay Positive up an entire month. Now, with the wait over, and the actual physical release of the CD here, the group (along with the folks at Vagrant) have

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Not without its bloated moments of dissonance and white noise, Feral Children's Second to the Last Frontier—an eclectic blend of noise rock, Animal Collective-style psych-folk, Northwest indie rock and New York No Wave—is grounded by an abundance of organic elements such as acoustic instrumentation and tribal percussion. Daydream Nation this is not, but it doesn't need to be. The album never

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Greg Gillis has risen so far above mash-up geek status that I'm not even sure I know how to accurately describe him. On his latest LP, Feed the Animals, the dude samples Temple of the Dog, for god's sake. And that's not even the most bizarre reference on the album. But really, it's not those odd choices that make Gillis's sample-crazy, laptop-aided, booty-shake tracks so striking. With this

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With the M’s, there’s never any mystery. After three albums now under their respective belt, with each LP you can pretty much take comfort in the fact that you’ll be getting what’s expected. And there is comfort in that. The M’s brand of neo-soul/Britpop is as authentic and simultaneously derivative as anything riding the indie circuit right now, and that makes them incredibly safe. Not safe

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-54781383683633841692008-06-22T15:43:00.004-04:002008-06-22T15:46:43.062-04:00

The baroque pop of Earlimart has been a staple of the West Coast independent scene for almost a decade now. Despite having only occasionally rubbed elbows with mass success, they continue to sincerely crank out that dreary, downbeat, sometimes lo-fi, sometimes overly large Pixies sound that has made them such worthy underdogs. The emotive and elegant ruminations of both Aaron Espinoza and Ariana

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-12646564144705752582008-06-18T18:42:00.007-04:002008-07-14T17:49:15.598-04:00

In Opening Night, Gena Rowlands plays a Broadway actress who witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan as she tries to snag an autograph from the star. This experience both traumatizes and enlightens Rowlands's character to the point where she questions the very nature of what she does for a living. Her lack of actual responsibility for the death is slightly outweighed by her guilt

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At Mount Zoomer takes its name from the studio in which Wolf Parade conceived their long-awaited second LP. While the initially proposed title, Kissing the Beehive, went along a bit better with the gloriously over-the-top album art, the final title speaks to the intimate and simple nature of the finished work. While the band's debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary, was bold and quirky, At Mount

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I'm not sure exactly when Rivers Cuomo decided to test just how far good will can take you in the music business, but it's a question that he's been asking for a while now—at least since The Green Album. It's as if Weezer has become some sort of social experiment, feeling out how closely they can coax their legion of apologists and hangers-on to follow them into the very heart of irrelevance. I

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So, listen: I really am not ALL ABOUT Myspace. I notice that every post has a link to Myspace. But, really, it's just an easy way to link to tracks. NOTHING MORE. Okay? OkaySO...I'm gonna do it again.But it's SUPER IMPORTANT.The Hold Steady--perhaps prompted by the inevitable and actual leak of their forthcoming fourth LP Stay Positive--have went ahead and ok'd an "exclusive" album preview on

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It's deconstructionist rock. And it didn't used to be. French Kicks spent the better part of their early career chasing that garage rock aesthetic that seemed to work so well for everyone else. Ironically, it seems to have worked out better for them that they never really caught on in the mainstream. Their latest album entitled Swimming is their most ponderous, beautiful, and subtle yet. Rock

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Everybody is getting so NOISY. I LOVE IT. Let me highlight for you, dear readers, three groups that seem to be at the forefront of a most exciting and deliberately UNoriginal movement in independent punk rock. These three groups are No Age, Mika Miko, and the distinguished gentleman from Memphis, Mr. Jay Reatard (there are many more like them on the rise, but I am focusing on them for now).Loud

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The Walkmen have decided to go ahead and prep a new album just like everybody else! Stereogum has the details in the provided link. I like the promises of different directions and such. I mean, that's kind of what you are supposed to say, but The Walkmen have never really made two albums that were necessarily alike. So I have high hopes here. Elvis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Randy Newman, the

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Franz Ferdinand. Remember them?! They made that one really good album and followed it with a really mediocre one. Anyway, after 3 years, it looks like they are finally putting the finishing touches on their third LP. No title as of yet. They are apparently working with Brian Higgins on this one. Dude's kind of responsible for Girls Aloud and Sugababes. Should be interesting.

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Becoming hired guns for myriad remixes as well as being at the center of several controversial plagiarism disputes can get you plenty of buzz. None of it means anything, though, if you don't have some sort of winking proposition to get the people to stay after you wow them with the Colecovision sound signatures. Crystal Castles pull this off--if just barely. I mean, their name even comes from an

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-34708934953713586782008-05-31T16:26:00.002-04:002008-05-31T16:35:23.411-04:00

It is highly doubtful that anyone reading this who happens to be a fan of The Hold Steady hasn't seen this yet--but I am CATCHING UP with all the blogging. So here is the cover of the new album from The Hold Steady entitled Stay Positive due out July 15th on Vagrant Records:You can hear their first official single from the album "Sequestered in Memphis" on the band's Myspace. It is filled with

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Some reviews:Islands - Arm's WayJoy Division - The Best of Joy DivisionRobyn - RobynThe Plastic Constellations - We Appreciate YouFoxy Shazam - Foxy ShazamHercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair

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So, yeah. I'm back...for now. Almost two years to the date!Thought I'd try it on my own again. Let's see if I could keep it up this time around. I'm writing for PopMatters now, so expect links to them every now and again. It has been a pretty solid year for music so far, as per usual. Not many let downs as of yet. To your right you will see a nifty lil' list depicting my favorite 2008 music so

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My reviews of Artschool Confidential and Cars are up at Stylus.

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Listen to Dizzee's new track here.Eh.

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Though (like many) I've had the unmastered version for months, July 6th (or sometime in August, depending on who you talk to) can NOT come fast enough. I give you the COVER to the album of the year! I'm so lame. Seriously, though. Great stuff.

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Are YOU Ready?So The Rapture have a new one in the works. They've been foolin' around with Danger Mouse and the results are fairly entertaining. Everyone says it sounds like the Heads. I can see that. I don't really care though. Listen for yourself (courtesy of the hype machine.) Progress on the album is slow moving, but we could expect something concrete by the fall. I think it'll be worth it.

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Um??? + Say whaaaaaa??

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Todd over at South Dakota Dark, sweetheart that he is, has decided to add me on to his blog to talk to the pplz a lil' about MUSIC. So, I will be THERE a lot from now on. http://southdakotadark.blogspot.com.

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My review of The Sentinel is up at Stylus. Read at your own peril.

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Hey, look! It's a Best of TV Survey!My good friend at South Dakota Dark would greatly appreciate if you took a couple of minutes to help him out with that. So would I!

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Nail/Coffin Spotlight: Take 1 TV SHOWS Part 302. Veronica MarsHi. I'm adorable. However, stay on my good side or I will FUCKING end you.Perhaps one of the most successful shows (in delivery, anyway) to embrace the Buffy the Vampire Slayer model of story arc positioning, Veronica Mars is all at once a Nancy Drew hybrid, a highschool drama satire, and a honest-to-goodness feminist tour de force.

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-1146235700969709462006-04-28T10:47:00.000-04:002006-04-28T10:49:31.956-04:00

My silly little piece on creepy Depeche Mode songs is up at Stylus.

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Nail/Coffin Spotlight: Take 1 TV SHOWSPart 205. Big LoveI've never really found polygamy particularly interesting. However, you start a show with a uniformly superb cast, crisp writing that questions the moral, societal and religious implications of its subject matter--and one that is not at all sparing with the metaphorical spirituality, and you've pretty much got me hooked. Who knew? Big Love

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Gone, daddy, gone...While I found myself beguiled by the controversial, built-in masterpiece of The Grey Album, mostly I find myself annoyed by Danger Mouse's latest dubious celebrity. Not because he's not talented, but because his Hot Topic/Adult Swim clamorings would have him reach geekified demigod status when, in fact, there are much better men behind the board than himself. So, I was quite

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Nail/Coffin Spotlight: Take 1TV SHOWSPart 1:Ever since moving from true blue Cali to dead red Florida I have a lot more free time on my hands. In turn, my insomnia has gotten much worse. Add to this the shiny DVR sitting atop my parents big screen TV in the living room, and one can conclude that I watch a lot more TV than I used to. So, I'd like to provide a bit of glimpse at what TV shows I

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Big Mouth Strikes Again...Some of the best tracks '06 has to offer. Get to downloading!The Otherside, Bubba SparxxxWay Out, Yeah Yeah YeahsLived in Bars, Cat PowerRubies, DestroyerBe Easy, Ghostface KillahDomino, Pretty Girls Make GravesAs the Rim Spins, Bubba SparxxxProvince, TV on the RadioAnd Then You Kissed Me II, The CardigansLooter's Follies, DestroyerDanca da Ventuinha, Bonde Do RoleSwans

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My review of The Notorious Bettie Page is up at Stylus.

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Punk is Dead Vol. 2Ugh, what a week. Florida officially drives niggahs crazy. Vacation IS coming soon, so at least I have something to look forward to. Californ-I-A is looking better by the day. I'm strictly on a new track wagon this week. It will actually probably remain that way from now on. I mean, who cares what I think about some ten year old track? On the other hand, I try not to think that

Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16067126838880191449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634600.post-1144687432673740452006-04-10T12:37:00.000-04:002006-04-10T12:49:29.543-04:00

Enter the Diplodocus...Speaking of Mad Decent, their latest podcast is fucking amazing. From A to B just an opus of creativity and schizophrenic indulgance of the best kind. It's both a stellar set and a remarkable collection of sheer skill and energy. Or, ya know, this cat's got mad instinct, yo.

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You do it to yourself...So Diplo happens to be my hetero-crush. SO WHAT? That's not the ISSUE. What IS the issue is that his new label has had its first official release. Brazilian Baile Funk trio, Bonde Do Role (Rollercoaster Band) seperate the melismatic from the monotonous in a swirling sembalnce of tripped out sampling and disparate mingling that marches two steps ahead and behind all at once

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I Care 4 U...The slight problem I have with films like Brokeback Mountain and Good Night, and Good Luck (both Oscar nominated films I've recently seen for the first time) is that, despite their honorable intentions and decidedly apolitical positioning, the very nature of their subjects nullifies their attempt at simplicity. What you are left with are films that are far too simple minded, if not

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Punk is Dead Vol. 1I am, more or less, ripping this off from the love of my life. But, she IS a genius and I'm sure she won't mind.I'll do this weekly. The top three tracks that seem to be dominating my iTunes playlist. And you will CARE, damn it.Short & Sweet let's do dis...Week 1 (04/05/06)03. Ms. New Booty, Bubba SparxxxI first heard this by seeing the video, which is so very, very silly in a

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Return To Cookie MountainThough, I guess it hasn't been offically confirmed, if you check out the website, Return To Cookie Mountain (as has been largely rumored AS confirmed around the web for some time) is most assuredly the chosen title for TV On the Radio's latest almost masterpiece. There is also a rumored release date of 4/21/06. I think I have given this album something like 20 spins at

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Everyone seems to hate the new Flaming Lips album. I don't know. I'm not really an expert on their discography. Basically, I own and love The Soft Bulletin...but that's all. At face value At War with The Mystics does seem a bit spotty, but I find it to be a remarkable grower. It's sort of a trojan horse of versatitlity. Its oddities are nuanced to perfection, and I find the questionable pacing of

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New gurl on da block...The future Mrs. Rivera has got herself a BLOG. Cult Icon is already famous, sure, but now she will go BIG TIME. She is ten times purdier than me...well, five times. AND, she is smart as a whip!...What does that mean, exactly?Anyway, READ it and COMMENT.123!!

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That Simpsons teaser trailer that everyone is talking about can be found here. I got my hand right on the PULSE of the internets, no?? It's pretty friggin' great, as everyone seems to think. Plus the fact that FOX actually kept it under wraps is just awesome, and oddly makes me optimistic as to its quality. Not sure of the logic there, but there ya go. Sure, like most, I haven't really found the

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How gross IS it?!Yay! I loved this so much. I think I enjoyed it a bit more than Shaun of the Dead even...though, that comparison isn't all THAT apt. SotD was, first and foremost, a comedy. It just had a very fleshed out understanding of the Zombie genre and used it to deliver the laughs as well great moments of scare/gore. Here, Slither is delightfully disgusting, unrelenting and pretty fucking

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My review for Dave Chappelle's Block Party is up at Stylus.

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I'm kinda saving myself for the scene...Top 2006 Singles: 01. Gone, Kanye West02. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me, The Pipettes03. Be Easy, Ghostface Killah 04. Gold Lion(Diplo’s Optimo Remix), Yeah Yeah Yeahs05. I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, Sugababes06. Black Sweat, Prince 07. Crash and Burn Girl, Robyn08. 4Ever, The Veronicas09. Red Dress, Sugababes10. Oh Sweet Woods, The Fiery

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I'm breaking the news...Decided to update my albums list so far. Again, this is a great year already.Listen or die:01. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Show Your Bones02. Cat Power, The Greatest03. Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies04. Ghostface Killah, Fishscale05. Flaming Lips, At War With the Mystics06. Nellie McKay, Pretty Little Head07. The Fiery Furnaces, Bitter Tea 08. TV on the Radio, UntitledHIGHLY

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Back in the mud again...So, 2006 is off to a hell of a start with some fanastic albums already on the board. Got some thoughts here on my most recent listens:Liars, Drum's Not DeadA dark, unpredictable excersise in the bare-bones effectiveness of music at its most simplistic and primal core. The album is almost as tribal as it is methodical, but it is also remarkably cold. I found nothing

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Koma When it comes right down to it, the most compelling thing about Koma is its own unfortunate constraints of plot. This is a film, so ridiculous by its own nature, that it has no business being as taut and engaging as it actually is. Overt and unabashed in the sheer melodrama and overbearing mechanics of the story, Koma attempts to blend a number of genres in a number of ways, none more

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Holy Tom Waits!The motherfucking circus has come to town and they brought everything from the absynthe to the midgets riding around on tricycles. Man Man's sophomore effort, Six Demon Bag is maybe the silliest piece of music that I have ever loved. Sure, it mostly plays out like one of Tom Waits' more timid nightmares, but the backseat elements, such as its oddly spotty use of classic R&B and

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The Holy GirlI didn't expect to enjoy this quite as much as I did. Lucrecia Martel's murky take on the romanticization of sexuality in relation to spirituality/religion wasn't really blowing my skirt up. But what surprised me is how wonderful an examination of youth, in general, there seems to be here. And not even just youth, really. The film keeps its adults and children at a decidely even

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