^{not sidelined:} Agent Fresco

From the band's Facebook: Important message for all of you, who are attending the AK Extreme festival next weekend. I am terribly sorry to announce, that I can not perform or attend the festival. I am at...

^live: Other Lives at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Mon. 3/5/12

Heading into the Radiohead concert last night, it wasn't certain which group of fans would leave more fulfilled. On one hand, the true believers, who are generally indifferent between King of Limbs, Hail to...

^{clear your schedule:} Music websites that aren’t this one

Electroacoustic übersite Fluid Radio has added a user forum to its webzine/record label/radio station/online retailer/photography/iPhone app format. Seriously, for the website you thought already had everything... In our first of two novelty sites, The Best...

Listen to Andrew Bird’s Film Score for “Norman”

I'll have to admit that I'm a little confused as to what exactly is going on here. Andrew Bird was drafted to compose the entire score for the 2010 film Norman but apparently that score...

Natacha Atlas responds to Wikipedia

(email|facebook|twitter) The user-driven internet has its issues, to be sure. Natacha Atlas addresses one of them here. It's engaging throughout, but this excerpt reads like an executive summary: --- Wikipedia may have been a good idea...

Archive for the ‘Tracks and Clips’ Category

Texans Love Canadian Music

January 19, 2009 | by J. Tobias Reuel

Well, at least this one does. The album that sealed the deal for me was Blue Rodeo's 1993 release Five...

Categories: Music News, Tracks and Clips

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I love this track, and you ought to love it, too

January 19, 2009 | by Fred

Vol. 1, No. 1: "One Day Like This," by Elbow, from their LP The Seldom Seen Kid. Simple. Quirky. ...

Tags: Fred's playlist

Categories: Tracks and Clips

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Truism of the Day: Guitarists Aren't Necessarily Singers

January 19, 2009 | by J. Tobias Reuel

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

Tags: guitarist, John Frusciante, red hot chili peppers, RHCP, solo album, the empyrean, unreachable

Categories: New Releases, Tracks and Clips

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Review-Worthy Reviews: Merriweather Post Pavilion Edition

January 18, 2009 | by J. Tobias Reuel

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

Tags: animal collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

Categories: New Releases, Tracks and Clips

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Five LPs 2008 yadda yadda yadda

January 18, 2009 | by Fred

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

Categories: Best of 2008, Tracks and Clips

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Ways to make it through the work day

January 17, 2009 | by Fred

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

Tags: Fred's playlist

Categories: Tracks and Clips

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Five great LPs you may not have heard last year

January 16, 2009 | by Fred

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

Tags: Fred's playlist

Categories: Best of 2008, Tracks and Clips

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The Transhumanist Age Is Indeed Waxing

January 16, 2009 | by J. Tobias Reuel

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

Tags: robot band, robots, the trons

Categories: Music Culture, Tracks and Clips

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