Sunday, January 27, 2013

This Mortal Coil - "Song to the Siren" (the song remains the same)

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I've already given a short summary of the history and focus of This Moral Coil in my review of their initial 1983 EP " Sixteen D...
Monday, January 14, 2013

School of Seven Bells - "Ghostory" (LP Review)

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David Byrne has a TED talk about music in context : how music is shaped by the environment in which it is intended to be experienced.  Mu...
Friday, January 4, 2013

DJ Shadow - "The Less You Know, The Better" (LP review)

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First, let's get this out of the way: at the risk of damning with faint praise, " The Less You Know, The Better " is much, m...
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Waxing Poetics - "Blue-Eyed Soul" (forgotten song)

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Danette and I went to the Waxing Poetics reunion show on December 30, 2012 @ The Norva.  They put on a really good show in front of a lar...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Zomes - "Earth Grid" (LP Review)

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About a year ago I covered the 2008 self-titled debut LP " Zomes ", the drone alias for Asa Osbourne .  His second LP as Zomes,...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Matt and Kim - "Daylight" (spotlight)

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I was recently telling a friend about Matt and Kim 's upcoming show at the Norva. She wasn't familiar with them, so we started tal...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Time Out" (LP Review)

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I've been meaning to include some jazz classics in the blog, but I've always been intimidated: 1) I'm a jazz dilettante, and 2...