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Sinister Cyprus: Atrocious, Arkhon & Dictator
9 February 2010My series on Middle Eastern black metal continues with a look at Cyprus.
William Nowik: Pan Symphony in E Minor (Guerszen)
3 February 2010There’s a buzz about this 1974 album among collectors of vintage psychedelia and prog-rock; quite a rarity, the original LPs — only 200 pressed — were supposedly going for as much as $1000 in online auctions (the highest I saw was $800).
Happy New Year
30 January 2010The song begins, to clapped hands, “Happy new year / my dear / it is time to face our fear”. That’s the line I kept singing, like a mantra. It’s a good alternate New Year’s theme, I think – welcome to a new, fearless year.
Magnetic Fields - Realism (Nonesuch)
28 January 2010This album was inspired by Merritt’s image of ’60s folk music – big-production folk with dazzlingly complex arrangements.
Rank and File - Sundown (Slash)
23 January 2010“Lucky Day” belongs in the same canon as the very best of HANK WILLIAMS or MERLE HAGGARD.
Evil Egypt: Ammattammen Bas, Oziris and Ultramundane
21 December 2009My series on Middle Eastern black metal continues with a look at Egypt.
Tim Buckley - Live at the Folklore Center, NYC, March 6, 1967 (Tompkins Square)
3 December 2009A spectacularly intense yet intimate performance by a still-hungry young artist on the rise.
The Gerunds with Serpent Throne - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA) - November 8, 2009
18 November 2009We were also treated to a cover of “The Godfather”, a song by singer PETER CORTNER’s late ’80s band DAG NASTY.
Art Brut with The Spinto Band and Surfer Blood - North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA) - Thursday, November 12, 2009
14 November 2009SURFER BLOOD, on the other hand, were a complete revelation.
Learza and Mardus: The Brilliant Minds Behind Bahraini Black Metal
9 November 2009My series on Middle Eastern black metal continues with a look at Bahrain.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)