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Wierd Compilation Volume II: Analogue Electronic Music (Wierd)
24 June 2008The set focuses on analogue electronic music with the requirement that it be synthetic yet organic and created through a symbiotic relationship between man and machine.
Hot Chip with Free Blood - Starlight Ballroom (Philadelphia, PA) - April 10, 2008
23 April 2008Simply put, everything about this show was perfect. HOT CHIP put on the best show I’ve seen all year.
M83 – Saturdays=Youth (Mute)
22 April 2008Yeah, the chiming guitars and chord progression of “Graveyard Girl” keep threatening to turn into “Money Changes Everything,” but that fits well with the ‘80s love on display throughout – usually much more synthpop, of course.
Genjo, Chromatron and Zero-Bass: Exploring Electronica on Newgrounds
17 April 2008My 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.
Caribou with Fuck Buttons - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA) - Saturday, March 29, 2008
31 March 2008The two-drummer setup reminded me of THE FALL circa 1982-1983 or BUTTHOLE SURFERS in their prime.
Martial Canterel - Refuge Underneath (Wierd)
7 February 2008With the staccato surge and somber vocalizing of DAF, the distorted synthetic soundscapes of Dirk Ivens’ eeriest work, and the industrial strength of The Young Gods, Martial Canterel’s Refuge Underneath is a bleak intellectual exercise in the dark and danceable.
Interview: Alison Goldfrapp
19 May 2006After attending GOLDFRAPP’s delicious live show twice in the past six months and falling in lust with their newest electro-glam masterpiece, Supernature, I was excited to speak with the platform-loving siren behind the songs, ALISON GOLDFRAPP.
SXSW 2006: Goldfrapp - Austin Music Hall (Austin, TX) - Thursday, March 16, 2006
27 March 2006I couldn’t have asked for a better first show at South-by-Southwest.
Goldfrapp - Nokia Theatre (New York) - Monday, December 5, 2005
7 December 2005Oh. My. God. I have seen the future of electro and it looks good.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of May 4
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For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)
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Sloan – _Parallel Play _ (Yep Roc)
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The Replacements – deluxe reissues of their first four LPs (Twin/Tone/Ryko/Rhino)
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Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
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Willie Nelson – One Hell of a Ride box set (Legacy/SonyBMG)
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Black Watch – Icing the Snow Queen (Eskimo)
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The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
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Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
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The Libertines – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Libertines Music)
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The Wedding Present – El Rey (Manifesto)