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[CD Review] Bodies of Water, 'A Certain Feeling' (Secretly Canadian) [CD Review] Bodies of Water, 'A Certain Feeling' (Secretly Canadian)
What to make of Bodies of Water? The LA band's second album is at once huge and intricate, ambitious and organic, ageless and fresh. It's also... More>>
By Doug Wallen
Published: August 14, 2008
[CD Review] Syclops, 'I've Got My Eye on You' (DFA) [CD Review] Syclops, 'I've Got My Eye on You' (DFA)
Whether you believe (or care) that Maurice Fulton, a house producer known more for his techno-tinged outré-disco than the whoop-whoop of... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: August 14, 2008
[CD Review] Paramount Styles, 'Failure American Style' (Konkurrent) [CD Review] Paramount Styles, 'Failure American Style' (Konkurrent)
Back in the '90s, Girls Against Boys were one of those bands that had a perfect career arc of sorts—indie cred galore, a string of... More>>
By NED RAGGETT
Published: August 07, 2008
[CD Review] PAS/CAL, 'I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura' (Le Grand Magistery) [CD Review] PAS/CAL, 'I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura' (Le Grand Magistery)
Detroit's Casimer Pascal is a fop-pop genius, a case made over three leave-'em-wanting-more EPs and now indisputable with this debut full-length.... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: August 07, 2008
[CD Review] Abe Vigoda, 'Skeleton' (Post Present Medium) [CD Review] Abe Vigoda, 'Skeleton' (Post Present Medium)
Abe Vigoda want to be Animal Collective, and Skeleton makes this plainly obvious. "Lantern Lights" and "Animal Ghosts," in particular, could be... More>>
By JUSTIN F. FARRAR
Published: July 31, 2008
[CD Review] Daedelus, 'Love to Make Music To' (Ninja Tune) [CD Review] Daedelus, 'Love to Make Music To' (Ninja Tune)
LA beat troubadour Daedelus (Alfred Darlington) is God's gift to hotel-lobby DJs. ( I should know: I'm one of 'em.) Having shown his taste for... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: July 31, 2008
[CD Review] Various Artists, 'Life Beyond Mars—Bowie Covered' (Rapster/!K7) [CD Review] Various Artists, 'Life Beyond Mars—Bowie Covered' (Rapster/!K7)
David Bowie undoubtedly has been through some ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. From Ziggy Stardust to Aladdin Sane, from the Thin White Duke to an oddly... More>>
By TONY WARE
Published: July 24, 2008
[CD Review] One Day As a Lion, 'One Day As a Lion' (Anti) [CD Review] One Day As a Lion, 'One Day As a Lion' (Anti)
The specter of Rage Against the Machine front man Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, collectively known as One Day As a... More>>
By GABRIEL SAN ROMAN
Published: July 24, 2008
[CD Review] Patti Smith/Kevin Shields, 'The Coral Sea' (PASK) [CD Review] Patti Smith/Kevin Shields, 'The Coral Sea' (PASK)
Friendships, especially those rare, romantic friendships that have a distinctively magical character, are almost never discussed or celebrated in... More>>
By KATE CARRAWAY
Published: July 17, 2008
[CD Review] Sebadoh, 'Bubble & Scrape' (Domino/Sub Pop) [CD Review] Sebadoh, 'Bubble & Scrape' (Domino/Sub Pop)
In many ways, early-'90s alt-rock resembled '80s hair metal. Guns N' Roses dubiously paved the way for such also-rans as Pretty Boy Floyd, and... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: July 17, 2008
[CD Review] Beck, 'Modern Guilt' (DGC) [CD Review] Beck, 'Modern Guilt' (DGC)
Beck has made a much-lauded career by camouflaging his ramshackle ways in the scenery of his producers. Still, even more so than you might... More>>
By MICHAEL COYLE
Published: July 10, 2008
[CD Review] Melvins, 'Nude With Boots' (Ipecac) [CD Review] Melvins, 'Nude With Boots' (Ipecac)
Melvins are done screwing around with electronic music and are officially back to casting the darkest shadow in the world of heavy music. Well,... More>>
By MICHAEL COYLE
Published: July 10, 2008
[CD Review] Hercules and Love Affair, 'Hercules and Love Affair' (DFA) [CD Review] Hercules and Love Affair, 'Hercules and Love Affair' (DFA)
Producers who mine the depths of underground dance music too often follow the letter, but not the spirit, of the genre. They might borrow the... More>>
By MATTHEW CORWINE
Published: July 03, 2008
[CD Review] The Notwist, 'The Devil, You + Me' (Domino) [CD Review] The Notwist, 'The Devil, You + Me' (Domino)
The Notwist are hard to pin down. Starting in the early '90s as a metal outfit, the German group have somehow quite naturally drifted onward and... More>>
By MICHAEL COYLE
Published: July 03, 2008
[CD Review] The Lines, 'Memory Span' (Acute) [CD Review] The Lines, 'Memory Span' (Acute)
Rico Conning may never be a household name, but his production and engineering touches behind-the-scenes have helped to shape popular music. He's... More>>
By NED RAGGETT
Published: June 26, 2008
[CD Review] The Offspring, 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace' (Columbia) [CD Review] The Offspring, 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace' (Columbia)
The Sound of One Band Drifting. Or just not trying very hard, which, in 1994, was actually a pretty great thing—16 million copies of Smash... More>>
By RICH KANE
Published: June 26, 2008
[CD Review] Flying Lotus, 'Los Angeles' (Warp) [CD Review] Flying Lotus, 'Los Angeles' (Warp)
Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is something of a Coltrane: His great-aunt was Alice, which means he has a taste for the outré and,... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: June 19, 2008
[CD Review] Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter III' (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal) [CD Review] Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter III' (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)
Destined to be a stoner classic, Tha Carter III should silence critics who think Lil Wayne can't make a cohesive album. His vision and... More>>
By BEN WESTHOFF
Published: June 19, 2008
[CD Review] Radiohead, 'The Best Of' CD/DVD (Capitol) [CD Review] Radiohead, 'The Best Of' CD/DVD (Capitol)
There's a drop-everything reverence and mystique about Radiohead that can make them seem more important than they are good. Like God, if... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: June 12, 2008
[CD Review] Steinski, 'What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective' (Illegal Art) [CD Review] Steinski, 'What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective' (Illegal Art)
Two things stopped '80s mix-master wunderkind Steinski from achieving an enduring fame. The first was the group's name, which sounded more like... More>>
By JEFF WEISS
Published: June 12, 2008
[CD Review] Experimental Dental School, 'Jane Doe Loves Me' (Cochon)
If Experimental Dental School (XDS) immediately face an uphill fight with Deerhoof comparisons, they've at least been around a while. This is the... More>>
By DOUG WALLEN
Published: June 05, 2008
[CD Review] Spiritualized, 'Songs in A&E' (Universal/Spaceman/Fontana)
While Jason Pierce's past few efforts helming Spiritualized have been topsy-turvy (the hyperbolic Let It Come Down, which was, well, sort of a... More>>
By HOBEY ECHLIN
Published: June 05, 2008
[CD Review] Dizzee Rascal, 'Maths + English' (Definitive Jux) [CD Review] Dizzee Rascal, 'Maths + English' (Definitive Jux)
The stateside release of Dizzee Rascal's 2003 album, Boy in Da Corner, found the grimy, reggae-influenced London rapper in a precarious spot:... More>>
By PETE FREEDMAN
Published: May 29, 2008
[CD Review] Mudhoney, 'Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe Edition' (Sub Pop) [CD Review] Mudhoney, 'Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe Edition' (Sub Pop)
Sub Pop founders Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman each told me that Mudhoney were so good in 1988 they felt like they were seeing the Rolling... More>>
By BRIAN BARR
Published: May 29, 2008
[CD Review] Monotonix, 'Body Language' (Drag City) [CD Review] Monotonix, 'Body Language' (Drag City)
It used to be that a band's records enticed you to the live show. Monotonix's Drag City debut EP Body Language, on the other hand, is best... More>>
By JOHN NOVA LOMAX
Published: May 22, 2008
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