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The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

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video vault: “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

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profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

Truism of the Day: Guitarists Aren't Necessarily Singers

There are a good many reasons that guitarists release solo albums while they're in a band. The number one reason...

Review-Worthy Reviews: Merriweather Post Pavilion Edition

I love a good review almost as much as a good release. Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion has been causing...

Five LPs 2008 yadda yadda yadda

3. Strictly speaking, today's dispatch recommends two albums, a double release from Quinn Walker: Laughter's an Asshole/Lion Land. ...

The Decemberists

With each passing day The Decemberists become more and more popular. Go the the local movie theatre and you'll hear...

Five great LPs from 2008, continued

2. My stable mates will groan, but it has to be said: The Evening Descends, by Evangelicals, which delivers...

Ways to make it through the work day

You keep hearing of these Los Campesinos! upstarts. You're not really keen on any of it. There have...

Lent Must Be Around the Corner

Lent must be around the corner because people seem to be giving up a lot lately. Joaquin Phoenix is giving...

Five great LPs you may not have heard last year

In no particular order: 1. A Mad and Faithful Telling by DeVotchKa.  I much prefer their 2006 EP Curse Your...

The Transhumanist Age Is Indeed Waxing

We can probably blame Kraftwerk for this new reality.  There's now a band that gives new meaning to the term...

New Music Tuesdays, Vol. 1, No. 1

Yeah, I realize that it's Friday. We didn't have the idea for this blog before yesterday. But it's...

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