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Iceberg Defect In Da House
We’re so pleased that Charles DJ Deppner has joined the Columns fold that we’re offering a sneak preview of his spanking new Iceberg Defect column. For your eyes only!
Twittering Machine
Live @ WREK 6/5/01 (self-released). Review by Roi J. Tamkin.
Love Seed Mama Jump
Love Seed Mama Jump (Artemis). Review by Jo Watson.
Roots Manuva
Run Come Save Me (Big Dada/Ninja Tune). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Do You Dare Enter• The Columns Graveyard?
It’s a spooky Halloween treat as the Columns-Keeper gives us a guided tour of the “last stop” for columnists, the Columns Graveyard! What the hell?
The Incredible Moses Leroy
Ron Fountenberry’s eclectic, hooky pop music more than lives up to his ostentatious-sounding alias. Julio Diaz talks stage names, fashion, and music biz politics with The Incredible Moses Leroy.
Greenfingers
It may seem implausible that a group of British convicts could become gardening champs, but Joel Hershman’s new film Greenfingers is actually loosely based on a true story! Carl F. Gauze lets you know whether this film deserves a (green) thumbs up.
Mixmaster Mike
Spin Psycle (Moonshine). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Off The Record
The ups, downs, ins, and outs of the music biz are only barely fictionalized in David Menconi’s new book, Off The Record. Ian Koss gives the book a spin.
The Rembrandts
Lost Together (J-Bird). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
The Gourds
Shinebox (Sugar Hill). Review by Terry Eagan.
Biohazard
Uncivilization (Sanctuary). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Winterbrief
Take The Town (Intellectos). Review by Kurt Channing.
2 Up 2 Down
As part of the spotlight on new writers at Columns, we’ve got a special preview of Marshall Presnell’s look at 21st Century design successes and failures. 2 Up 2 Down, give it a shot.
The Strokes
Is This It (RCA). Review by Terry Eagan.
Throneaeon / Rebaelliun
Neither Of Gods and Annihilation (Hammerheart). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Bubble
Bash Bish (Oomph!). Review by Anton Warner.
The Chemical Brothers
It Began in Afrika (Astralwerks). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Davy Jones
Just Me (Davy Jones Productions). Review by James Mann.
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