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Review: Puscifer – <i>Conditions of My Parole</i>

Review: Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole

Jordy Kasko October 18, 2011 1

Conditions of My Parole resembles a haunted disco where Maynard’s id and ego hang out and get drunk. It may not have the raw hitting power of V Is For Vagina, but it more

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Review: Björk – <i>Biophilia</i>

Review: Björk – Biophilia

Alex Hall October 13, 2011 0

This is the unusual album that yields nothing upon a half-listen but everything upon a full one. It’s like a solar eclipse in that regard: it’s easily missed, but if you happen to catch

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Review: Andrew Bird – <i>Norman</i> Soundtrack

Review: Andrew Bird – Norman Soundtrack

Jordy Kasko October 11, 2011 1

Norman is an album that does what few others can: it functions as a running commentary for a movie and it can stand alone on a music shelf. Where Norman stands apart from Bird’s

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Stream new albums from Björk, Future Islands, Crooked Fingers, Still Corners

Stream new albums from Björk, Future Islands, Crooked Fingers, Still Corners

Jordy Kasko October 5, 2011 0

Today we’ve got four great new albums for you to stream, all of which will be released next Tuesday, October 11.  Experimental Icelandic artist Björk is dropping her huge multimedia/apps/music project Biophilia; North Carolina synthpop

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Fresh Tune: David Lynch – “Crazy Clown Time” <small>[MP3]</small>

Fresh Tune: David Lynch – “Crazy Clown Time” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 4, 2011 0

Somewhere between Radiohead and It, the title track from filmmaker/artist/actor/musician David Lynch‘s upcoming debut solo album, November 8′s Crazy Clown Time, is an extremely odd, somewhat experimental, completely off-the-wall piece that disintegrates into industrial synths

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ClassicalCrumb: Ligeti’s <i>Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes</i>

ClassicalCrumb: Ligeti’s Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2011 0

I present to you the Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes by György Ligeti. A mastermind and conceptualist, Ligeti was fascinated with mechanisms ever since childhood. He created several compositions based around the idea of Pattern-Meccanico,

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QuickTune: Youth Lagoon – <i>The Year of Hibernation</i>

QuickTune: Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation

Jordy Kasko October 1, 2011 0

Lo-fi aesthetics, drowsy melodies, electronically warped ambiance -- if you're thinking "bedroom pop" yet, you're spot on. Congrats to Mr. Powers on an album that certainly has copious amounts of beauty and tenderness, but

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QuickTune: Twin Sister – <i>In Heaven</i>

QuickTune: Twin Sister – In Heaven

Jordy Kasko October 1, 2011 0

Twin Sister, an indie dream-pop outfit from Long Island, NY, have been making experimental music for a few years now. However, this experimentation has begun to sound cohesive -- every track on In Heaven

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Video Playlist: Radiohead on <i>The Colbert Report</i>

Video Playlist: Radiohead on The Colbert Report

Jordy Kasko September 27, 2011 0

Last night Radiohead appeared on the second-best show on TV (I’m still sticking with The Daily Show as the best) to make it even better by giving two interviews and performing six songs – one of

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Review: CANT – <i>Dreams Come True</i>

Review: CANT – Dreams Come True

Jordy Kasko September 13, 2011 0

This isn’t the type of record you’d make in a church: everything is so exceedingly dark and puissant that it would shatter the glass. It makes even the catchy tracks a little unsettling

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Review: Hella – <i>Tripper</i>

Review: Hella – Tripper

Jordy Kasko August 31, 2011 0

It is entirely possible that Hella are aliens. I would not make any such claim lightly, but the evidence for it is starting to pile up. They are frequently seen colluding with well known

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Review: Active Child – <i>You Are All I See</i>

Review: Active Child – You Are All I See

Jordy Kasko August 29, 2011 0

How much can you do using just samples, a harp, and your voice? Quite a lot, actually. Pat Grossi, like many musicians, started his musical career as a choir boy, later foraying into the

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