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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,...

There went the lists

We had a bit more year-end stuff planned for you, but our department was recently cut from seven to five,...

Just Like Riding A Bike

This post is a bit off the reservation but not completely. Danny MacAskill is a Scottish born stunt cyclist that recently...

Artist of the decade, 2000-2009

She doesn't remember it this way, but I do. This would have been late 2004 or early 2005. ...

The Flaming Liposuction goes Pink

Yeah, that's pretty horrifying post title. But every time I type "The Flaming Lips" it comes out "The Flaming...

Bombadil

Bombadil is a Durham North Carolina band that met while studying in Bolivia. The sound and recording style is retro...

The more things change,…

Someone teleported through time from the early 1950s to 2009 would find a music business curiously similar to the landscape...

Top Singles of 2009

One of the many things that I did poorly this year was keep track of my favorite tracks as the...

"A subject only a movie music reviewer can care about."

Great post, and great point about year-end "bottom ten" lists, from our favorite battery type (that's AA, you fiends; get...

Top Ten LPs of 2009

by Fred. Damn! what a year. We lost Michael Jackson and we gained Girls. The Decemberists put out an LP almost...

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