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Icelandic singer-songwriter Mugison strikes me as out of control. Still, the part-Tom Waits, part-banshee inspired recordings, captivating vitality and self-taught style, promote his electronic blues quite nicely. “Nicely” is the wrong word. Savagely is probably more accurate. Mugiboogie , his third official solo release, was recorded in his home studio. Amidst a nervous breakdown and various addictions,...
Cassettes Won't Listen, "Small Time Machine" (Dope Lotus). Haale, "No Ceiling" (Channel A). Haale will perform April 1 at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. Randy Jackson, "Randy Jackson's Music Club...
On some positions a coward has asked the question is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but he [...]
I’m high and I’m happy and I’m free I got my whole heart Laid out right in front of me - Devendra Banhart , Seahorse . “Almost Elegant No.4c - 2007” 01. Devendra Banhart - Seahorse Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007) 02. Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place In Rainbows (2007) 03. Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet remix) (Remix floating on the net, [...]
Mike Patton, Qui, Isis, Melvins, Dalek-- now tiny and adorable! Once a month next year, teeny boutique toymakers will issue a series of inspired by the roster. Yep, that Ipecac: The Mike Patton co-founded label with a bent for dumping disc after disc of weird-ass experimental punk/noize/sludge/rap on a gleefully suspecting public. And that UNKL, the people responsible for those . It is, to say the...
The seasons they are a changin'. Time to put that old summer fling on the shelf and find a new love for the fall. We’re not good at that sort of thing, so we thought we’d ask the rapping ladies of Northern State - Spero, Sprout and Hesta Prynn (pictured above with Murray Hill) [...]
“Can I Keep This Pen'” Out On Ipecac Recordings August 28th. Northern State celebrate the release of their third LP with a mini Northeast US tour. Their up and coming stunner “Can I Keep This Pen” out on Ipecac Recordings (Aug 28th), has already received new heights of critical acclaim. Recently, The ladies were asked, by the highly esteemed and widely read website Stereogum, to contribute to the 10-year...
In late 2006, Qui was joined by vocalist David Yow of The Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid fame. Shortly thereafter, the trio released the single, "Today, Gestation" b/w "Freeze" on the Los Angeles-based Infrasonic Sound Recordings label. After a brief spring tour...
Singer/songwriter Mike Patton's been on the music scene for awhile, and to say the man has made a name for himself is an understatement. Since first "breaking onto the scene" with Faith No More in the early 90s, Patton has consistently challenged and reinvented himself as a musician, with projects ranging from noise collaborations with avante-garde composer, John Zorn, to the "ghetto-tech" stylings...
