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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.
Ketchup Pt. 3
30 January 2010Here are some quick takes on albums worthy of being more than just units in a discard pile.
Mission of Burma with Bunnies - The Paradise, Boston - Saturday, January 16, 2009
24 January 2010Burma plays the second of two nights to the hometown fans, featuring newer and older songs. Ears are left hanging and bleeding.
Cruel Black Dove - The Myth and the Sum
11 January 2010The Myth and The Sum showcases a mature electronic slink compelled by moments of abyssal depth and seductive ethereality.
17 Bonus Reviews, Here Only; Don't Forget the New Issue 65; 2009 Wrapup show this Monday on Big Takeover on Breakthruradio.com
26 December 2009Now that the X-mas rush is over, I wanted to post 17 bonus reviews that I had intended to include in the current issue 65, but ran out of time running up against that issue’s deadline. / Make sure you tune in this coming Monday, the 28th to the weekly Big Takeover radio show at Breakthruradio.com, as I will be hosting a 2009 wrap-up, a countdown show of my 20 favorite albums of 2009 in reverse order, one song each. / Just a reminder to check out the new issue 65 of Big Takeover with the smokin’ live shot of Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the cover!
The Lucy Show – …undone (Words On Music)
19 December 2009This is the kind of music 80s college radio used to gobble up with a spoon, and well they should have.
Rykarda Parasol - For Blood and Wine
18 December 2009Rykarda Parasol’s dark, rich voice, weathered as if by tragedy and time, leaves you weeping and grinning til the end as she drags you through the dusty back alleys of Gothic Americana.
Jawbox – For Your Own Special Sweetheart (Dischord/DeSoto)
15 December 2009Jawbox’s distinctive combination of noisy, angular postpunk and tuneful, textured rock & roll reached a peak on this record.
For Against – Never Been (Words On Music)
15 November 2009With Never Been, Lincoln’s FOR AGAINST continues down its chosen path, eschewing commercial rewards for more consistent and fruitful artistic ones.
A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head (Mute)
7 November 2009The second album from New York’s A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS doesn’t much expand on the sound of the first.
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)