NEW YORK – May 6
Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #62 with R.E.M. on the cover was completed in San Francisco in April! It will begin shipping this week likely, so you should see it quite soon! Included in this blog is a quick description of its contents. If you are a subscriber and you need to update your address, please tell us right away, as we need to have the shipping order updated no later than Wednesday at 3 PM Eastern Time.
BROOKLYN – Jan 26
Last year, U.S. compact disc sales plunged by 19%. With the consumer today facing pressure from all sides, chances are that 2008 will be even worse.
BROOKLYN – May 3
Part of a trilogy, this is darkwave ambient music, quiet but with serrated edges on its drones. There’s nothing new agey about this ambient, which makes for uneasy listening with its buzzing and clanking amid the drones and a glacial pace of movement that oozes foreboding.
LOS ANGELES – Mar 26
One of the best films of 2007 is an underrated gem called The Savages.
NEW YORK – Apr 17
My neurotic downloading compulsion began with electronic music, so in the interests of linear chronology, it is only fitting that I begin with the artists that led me down this path of chronic gigabyte consumption.
OAKLAND – Mar 23
Ultimately, this groundbreaking song (which is nonetheless deeply rooted in traditions) helps rewrite the mystery of love (and the more than love that is really part of love).
BOSTON – May 4
Good bands can never die
