As he frequently reminds us, Girl Talk mastermind Gregg Gillis is not a DJ. For him, it's all about the sly, relentless juxtaposition-- rather than the full-on manipulation-- of his source material.Alexander "Sasha" Coe, on the other hand? Very much a DJ, and a veteran one at that. So when Sasha's long-awaited follow-up to acclaimed 2004 mix Involver lands this September, you know you're in for...
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Ludacris' newest mixtape made political headlines for its ostensibly pro-Barack Obama content, but is it actually any good?read more~~
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Like their Northwestern brethren in Blitzen Trapper and Fleet Foxes, the Moondoggies their cues from Laurel Canyon circa 1970, with lots of harmonies, bits of psychedelic organ, a few country-rock touches, and a gritty Americana backbone.~~
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Alt-rock vets Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate), and Scott McCaughey (the Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5), along with Linda Pitmon, created this wonderfully lively and humane endeavor, repeatedly managing to draw effortless metaphorical lines between baseball and life.~~
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A live 2005 collaboration between Sonic Youth (in its quintet formation with the redoubtable Jim O'Rourke) and special guests Merzbow and Mats Gustafsson, Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth is the eighth album in Sonic Youth's self-released, experimental series known as Sonic Youth Recordings, or SYR.~~
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--- - |- Chino, Calif.'s Abe Vigoda, whose Skeleton has been one of 2008's welcome surprises, brought their brand of clanging, spidery guitar pop to the rooftop of the Queens, N.Y., venue Silent Barn. Their distincitive guitars are turned way up, the vocals are pretty far down, and their deceptively catchy tunes pretty much worm their way into your brain. The title track from the latest is fir...
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--- - |- Photos by Sung Kim; Above: BoredomsWith 176 drummers spread across two coastal hotspots, Boredoms' 88BoaDrum bonanza succeeded in one-upping last year's 77BoaDrum spectacle in pretty much every way. The Los Angeles edition kicked off at precisely 8:08 p.m. local time on August 8 (08/08/08!), with 88 drummers in all doing their drummy thing. At the eye of the storm, naturally: Eye hims...
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--- - |- Photo by Kathryn Yu Considering Secret Machines' big personnel change and label switch-up since the release of 2006's Ten Silver Drops, the revelation that their forthcoming third album will be self-titled makes the record seem like a re-introduction of sorts. Whatever the LP's purpose, Secret Machines will come out October 14 via the band's newly minted TSM Recordings (in partnershi...
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--- - |- Don't necessarily look for Grizzly Bear to showcase this knotty, five-minute new song on national TV, but it sounds like another promising sign for their next album either way. Reversing the usual scenario, fans of the Brooklyn-based group have had a veritable pick-a-nic basket of unreleased Grizzly Bear to salivate over recently-- "While You Wait for the Others" on "Morning Becomes E...
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--- - |- It's been nine years since Neutral Milk Hotel singing-saw-wielder Julian Koster released 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad, his debut as the Music Tapes. While his work since then has included writing a story album called 2nd Imaginary Symphony for Cloudmaking, that is not the release he has chosen for his Nomad follow-up. That would be Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes, which is du...
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--- - |- Photo by Jon Behm Given the amazing year they've had since the release of their breakthrough LP All Hour Cymbals, it's hard to believe that Yeasayer have not yet had the pleasure of headlining their very own tour. That'll change this fall, when the band embarks on a North American jaunt that will, in some ways, see them bidding a fond farewell to the album that helped secure them a ...
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--- - |- Photos by Drew KatchenWith 176 drummers spread across two coastal hotspots, Boredoms' 88BoaDrum bonanza succeeded in one-upping last year's 77BoaDrum spectacle in pretty much every way. The New York City edition kicked off at precisely 8:08 p.m. local time on August 8 (08/08/08!), with Gang Gang Dance at the helm and 88 drummers in all doing their drummy thing. Check back soon for sho...
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Blake Sennett's got his Elected, and Jenny Lewis has, well, Jenny Lewis. Point being, if you're a member of Rilo Kiley and you haven't lifted the veil on a side project just yet, trust that it will happen soon. Looks like bassist Pierre de Reeder's number was up this time out, as he's crafted his solo debut for official release tomorrow (August 12) on Little Record Company. Entitled The Way Tha...
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--- - |- You can't go back to Constantinople, but Franz Ferdinand kindly request that you meet them in Istanbul on "Lucid Dreams", the new Mediterranean-geography-obsessed song currently streaming on the Scottish group's website for the price of an e-mail address. "Why don't you come along?" Alex Kapranos croons, surely terrifying our John Birch Society readers with the message that there aren...
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--- - |- While the rest of the world is still queuing up to help the latest Batman movie make a jillion bazillion dollars, which is something like 50 euros, those demographically desirable early adopters now have "Batcat" to check out, from Glasgow post-rockers Mogwai's new one The Hawk Is Howling. Oh, it might not star Heath Ledger, but, um, it'll be a lot harder for all those right-wing thin...
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--- - |- A studio band second-to-none, a superlative live act, and a bunch of nice guys-- what can't this Radiohead do? You may recall the aniBoom-sponsored Radiohead animated video contest, announced back in March and narrowed to a field of 10 finalists as of mid-spring. In accordance with the contest rules, Radiohead were meant to pick one grand prize winner out of the ten finalists, which a...
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--- - |- Isaac Hayes, who passed away this weekend, may be best known to some for playing Chef and scoring Shaft, and no disrespect whatsoever to South Park and wakka-chikka guitars, but his legacy extends much deeper than that. Shortly after graduating from high school, he started working at Stax Records in Memphis, where, as a member of the Mar-Keys, he played sax and keys on many of the la...
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--- - |- Photo by David HorvitzJust in case the haiku offerings, the sing-over-our-song thing, the multiple photo projects, and the plea for Pandapples didn't clue you in, Xiu Xiu are all about obliterating that line that divides fan and band. Now they'll take on both that line and the one between performer and actual person with a new interactive undertaking they're calling "Question of the T...
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--- - |- Photo by Don Felix CervantesIn October, the numinous voice of Antony Hegarty (and the ever-skyward-looking accompaniment of his Johnsons) will grace Another World, a new EP due from Secretly Canadian. The previously mentioned nugget is in advance of new LP The Crying Light, which is due in January of 2009. It will be Antony's first long-player since 2005's Mercury Prize-winning I Am a...
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