For her massive compilations BBC DJ Mary Anne Hobbs is certainly dabbling in much more than dubstep these days.Ben Frost's inclusion on the latest comp is a good example of the super-quality work one can find with an adventurous tuning away from a genre, but around its edges.Frost is more of a sound artist than a DJ, hanging out with the likes of Lawrence English and Machinefabriek rather than Skr
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Sightings guitarist, end of last song. Photo by m
The tinnitus I received was quite unique. Due to the high scree factor and layered electronic shrieking, the tinnitus seemed to oscillate. When the wind blew in my ears, instead of a " />
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What the hell, here's another, totally different track by the this awesome band. Who somehow manage to combine SHELLAC style low-slung bass n' drum attack with SYNTHPOP. Oh god. Too good.
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That's what I look for when I want sad music. I don't want any theatrical "this is me being saaaaaaaaad!!!" emo/glam bullshit. Something straight for the heart is all that's needed.So enter this mysterious band and their out of print album. I will say that it's amazing - all sorts of genres are pushed around here towards their dark art. Like Der Blutharsch there is some kind of combination of shoe
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WHY would they fade out this awesome song right when it gets smeared-out stoner rock awesome?! It seriously approaches Monster Magnet's "Black Mastermind" territory when it kicks into overdrive and things start getting messy.I LOVE THAT STUFF.But then they fade it out!This isn't the major labels boys, you can get away with a 10-minute AMT jam. You're on Important Records, for chrissakes!I could p
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shoegaze neo-folk stoner-rock goth whatthefuck!!Whatever it is, it's SO GOOD. This band has gotten so amazing since it came around many years ago. They're still pretty scary, conjuring up all sorts of nasty military imagery but it all seems to fit together without being too questionable. The fact that they have an entirely unique image is why I think they succeed - their pretensions are entirely
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Lovely cover of the Massive Attack song by Swedish singer/songwriter Jose Gonzalez, who can write pretty damn good songs himself.His high, almost frail voice reminds me a bit of Neil Young, though the timbre is much different.This song is available on Rhapsody but I will continue to upload mp3s independently of that, so users outside of the US can listen. After all the idea of a Swedish artist bei
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Last night I saw Einstürzende Neubauten play. I never thought I'd be able to see them live, but my stay in Europe has let me see so many good shows.They were excellent. I won't go into details but I will say that they are very tight musically. Despite the crudeness of the instrumentation, for example metal blocks falling from a loader, everything is precise and exact. There is not much room for i
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