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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,...

Sagittarius – The Truth Is Not Real (1968)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Sagittarius' "The Truth Is Not Real" from their 1968 release Present Tense. This series was inspired...

Modern Eon – Waiting for the Cavalry (1981)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Modern Eon's "Waiting for the Cavalry" from their 1981 release Fiction Tales. This series was inspired...

Gil Scott Heron – Lady Day & John Coltrane (1971)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Gil Scott Heron's "Lady Day & John Coltrane" from his 1971 release Pieces of a...

Caetano Veloso – A Little More Blue (1971)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Caetano Veloso's "London, London" from his 1971 release Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue). This series...

Pere Ubu – Non Alignment Pact (1978)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Pere Ubu's "Non-Alignment Pact" from their 1978 release The Modern Dance. This series was inspired by...

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Zig Zag Wanderer (1967)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band doing "Zig Zag Wanderer" from their 1967 release Safe...

Michael Nesmith – Joanne (1970)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Michael Nesmith's "Joanne" from his 1970 release Magnetic South. This series was inspired by this quatrain...

James Carr – Pouring Water On a Drowning Man (1967)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is James Carr's "Pouring Water On a Drowning Man" from his 1967 release You Got My...

Gal Costa – Cinema Olympia (1969)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is the title track from Gal Costa's 1969 release Cinema Olympia. This series was inspired by this...

Slint – Breadcrumb Trail (1991)

tMiM Presents: Today's lost classic is Slint's "Breadcrumb Trail" from their 1991 release Spiderland. This series was inspired by this quatrain from...