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Sunn 0)) – Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
10 June 2009While nobody’s going to mistake these sounds for Bach, I’d argue that they’re closer to classical music than to rock.
Nels Cline – Coward (Cryptogramophone)
31 May 2009NELS CLINE may be best known for his often spectacular lead guitar stylings in WILCO, but he’s been a leading figure in avant-garde jazz and rock for almost three decades.
Einstürzende Neubauten - The Jewels (Potomak)
14 October 2008Blixa Bargeld and the rest of Neubauten compile a large handful of previously web-only tracks into a electronic/percussive stew.
An Interview with Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) - Part Two
30 August 2008The conclusion to my interview with Steven Stapleton, the creative force behind Nurse With Wound.
An Interview with Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) - Part One
30 August 2008Steven Stapleton gives a rare glimpse into the mysterious realm of Nurse With Wound.
Nurse With Wound - Huffin' Rag Blues (United Dairies/Jnana)
3 August 2008Steven Stapleton will cure you, and the method involves mutated jazz beats and a petrol-sodden rag.
Losing My Mind With Francis E. Dec, Esq. and the Reverend Jim Jones
13 June 2008Doc on the Roq’s recordings of Francis E. Dec’s paranoid schizophrenic rantings prove to be fascinating listening, while the Jonestown Death Tape frightens me back into reality.
Ancestor – Phase I: Silence (The Seventh Media)
3 May 2008Part 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.
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (Domino)
5 January 2008There’s a wild streak within – clear-headed musicianship, but also many surprises, all coordinated gracefully by a maestro who into his sixties is making music that’s as visionary as ever.
INTERVIEW: Deerhoof (Part 2)
14 March 2007I think bands that get popular very quickly can combust very quickly, and that was never something that I wanted to emulate.
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)