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CD Review: Every Move A Picture – Opposition Party EP
Every Move A Picture embraces dance rock like fellow Bay Area band, The Lovemakers.
Read More »Hawtin Provides “Evolving Soundscape” for Torino Olympics Opening Ceremony
I loved his spare, angular, kinetic techno workouts in the ’90s as Plastikman, which I slapped on many a perplexed club turntable at the time; but Canadian producer, DJ, remixer, electronic music innovator Richie Hawtin has come a long way since then, all the way to Torino, Italy, in fact, …
Read More »Interview with Magnatune Founder John Buckman
No one had ever offered to fill an iPod up with legal music, at a realistic price. Now someone has.
Read More »CD Review: Velocity Code
But there is a lot more going on beneath the surface that makes Velocity Code so refreshingly different.
Read More »Review: Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine Reissued
One of industrial music’s finest hours, Nine Inch Nails’ 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine is being reissued by Rykodisc on November 22 (not yet available in Amazon). Available only by import for several years, there will be rejoicing in the streets when Trent Reznor’s explosive, corrosive, but also touching …
Read More »UnSilent Film 5: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Every city should have something as cool as Cleveland’s UnSilent Film series – a multimedia juxtabulation of classic silent films and live electronic music performance. Just in time for Halloween, UnSilent Film celebrates its first anniversary proudly with its fifth presentation, the 1921 classic silent horror film The Cabinet of …
Read More »Review: Cluster & Eno
...this disc represents a unique opportunity to listen to the predecessors of so many of today's musical styles.
Read More »DVD Review : Orgy – Trans Global Spectacle
The band Orgy releases their first documentary of the band’s life on DVD. It includes many behind-the-scenes home video footage of their antics inter-cut with concert footage. There are shots of fan and crowd reactions to the band and the concerts. It’s fun to see how enthusiastic the band members …
Read More »Mercury Rev – The Secret Migration CD Review
Mercury Rev’s sixth album proves to be a march toward electronic sounds, which might be a blessing in disguise. The opening track “Secret For A Song” reflects the possible influence that The Postal Service might have on bands nowadays, although Mercury Rev has existed for a long time. Maybe MR …
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