What an awesome way to start the day before my birthday. Two new remixes from two stellar artists end up in my inbox, remixed by two of my current favorite remixers/performers/disco savants — Fujiya & Miyagi and Friendly Fires, each of whom have recently released albums which shine rather brightly of their own accord. The [...]
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--- - |- (photo by VK Red Duvivier) On September 10, at NYC's avant garde leader John Zorn's space The Stone, Mercury Rev will perform two shows called "Trip Over the Light Fantastic", revolving around old material and new material from their upcoming... ~~- Mercury Rev
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I had two new experiences last night: having dinner at Yakitori Boy, and seeing Mercury Rev live.Well, at least one of those is transcendant.This is not to say that Mercury Rev doesn't give its audience a solid and empassioned performance, with lead singer David Baker appropriately swooping his arms in the general direction of other band members. There was the customary visual projects behind t...
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Mercury Rev's latest - dominated by synths and electronics - is guilty of the band's worst excesses, says James Dalrymple
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This is a good time to be a Mercury Rev fan. This week saw the release of their highly anticipated Snowlake Midnight, as well as a completely free download of a second “companion” album titled Strange Attractors.To get your own copy of the all-instrumental Strange Attractors, simply head over here and sign up for the [...]
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Mogstars: 6/10 It's hard to get through a Mercury Rev review without coming across certain words - dream-like, whimsical, fanciful… every word that can convey delicate beauty of the band's meandering psychedelica is almost destined to crop up. After18 years, you'd have thought the writers of the world could have come up with something different to say, but in reality Rev's sound is so indescrib.
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Mogstars: 6/10 It's hard to get through a Mercury Rev review without coming across certain words - dream-like, whimsical, fanciful… every word that can convey delicate beauty of the band's meandering psychedelica is almost destined to crop up. After18 years, you'd have thought the writers of the world could have come up with something different to say, but in reality Rev's sound is so indescrib.
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Mercury Rev's landmark 1991 album Yerself Is Steam is being re-issued as a three-disc 'Special Edition,' and you can listen to "Chasing Bee," a track off it, that demonstrates what all the raves back in the day were about.
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We're got to wait until Sept. 29 for the new Mercury Rev album, Snowflake Midnight, but in the meantime check out this track off it.
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I had two new experiences last night: having dinner at Yakitori Boy, and seeing Mercury Rev live.Well, at least one of those is transcendant.This is not to say that Mercury Rev doesn't give its audience a solid and empassioned performance, with lead singer David Baker appropriately swooping his arms in the general direction of other band members. There was the customary visual projects behind t...
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Took some finding but I found my favourite cover of this song... it's a bit crackled as the record was a tad scratched (I think I remember finding it alone under my bed once).. anyway... a pretty rare song.. and to me the scratches make it more intresting :)
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