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Revel Hotel - The Beating of the Wings
12 March 2010The Beating of the Wings is a rare breed of record, building a sonic bricolage from moody glam cabaret and early 80’s coldwave with an injection of Nine Inch Nails ire.
San Serac - Music Never Ends (Environ)
5 November 2009The idea of IDM is vague bordering on absurd, but when I first heard San Serac, somehow no label was more apt than Intelligent Dance Music.
XTC - Drums and Wires (Virgin/Geffen)
17 August 2009Drums and Wires, released 30 years ago (August 17, 1979), initiated XTC Mark II.
Automelodi
4 April 2009Montreal’s Xavier Paradis may have the French connection, but is actually a forerunner in the distinctly North American movement of minimal synth that has been seething below the surface since the 1990’s.
Squeeze - Keswick Theater (Glenside, PA) - Friday, August 22, 2008
30 August 2008They played virtually all of 45s Singles and Under, so any casual fan would’ve been satisfied with the show.
The Heaters - The Great Lost Heaters Album (Salter)
30 July 2008Using a combination of the original session tapes, demos, and newly recorded parts, near the end of last year the band put out a version conforming to their own sound rather than their producers’. Three decades on, the classic underneath the bad production has been revealed, proving that the excitement they generated in their home base of Los Angeles was not mere hype.
Devo with Tom Tom Club - Bank of America Pavilion (Boston, MA) - Friday, June 27, 2008
14 July 2008The day the nerds won.
Devo with The School of Rock All-Stars and The Hold Steady - Festival Pier (Philadelphia, PA) - Saturday, June 28, 2008
6 July 2008After DEVO got the ubiquitous “Whip It” out of the way early on, then we really got the good stuff.
Joe Jackson with Mutlu - Keswick Theatre (Glenside, PA) - April 4, 2008
17 April 2008In summary, this show pleased both the diehards and the casual fans alike.
The Opposite Sex - Violent Heartstrings (Self-Released)
21 June 2007Despite a focus on the weighty and the wistful, the Opposite Sex’s debut full-length still has a vibrant violence that makes the band’s post-punk stylings so intriguing.
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)