Monta At Odds
Argentum Dreams (8D Industries). Review by Steven Garnett.
Tag: Human League
Human League
Credo (Wall of Sound). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Hexes and Ohs
Bedroom Madness (Noise Pop). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Stars
The Five Ghosts (Vagrant). Review by Sean Slone.
Book of Love
Book of Love, Lullabye, Candy Carol, Lovebubble (Noble Rot). Review by Scott Adams.
Bright Orange
Killer Lake (Infintesmal). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Cold Cave
Love Comes Close (Matador). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Magic Wands
Magic Love and Dreams. Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Faint
Two similar and familiar bands collided as The Faint and Ladytron shared a co-headlining bill that included a pair of sold-out stops in New York City. With more black attire and keyboards than one could count, the two acts offered career-spanning setlists filled with their distinctive synth-pop, post-punk and new-wave sounds. Kiran Aditham witnessed night two of the dark, dancefloor delights for himself.
The Lovemakers
Frontman/shirtless sex symbol/small-town boy Scott Blonde discusses the Bay Area band’s scandalous past – and future – in a candid interview with Steve Stav.
Client
City (Mute Records ). Review by Matthew Moyer.
When Circuits Learned to Sing
Ever wonder where those electronic squiggles in old Science Fiction films came from? Ever wonder about the first bands to abandon guitars for electronic instruments? Two new films from Plexfilm show you how Robert Moog taught circuits to sing and how British pop bands put those sounds on the pop charts. Bob Pomeroy sings the body electric.
Jondi & Spesh, Pleasurecraft
The Answer, Lost Patterns (Spundae, Pleasurecraft). Review by Ben Varkentine.
I Am The World Trade Center
Dylan Garret chats with Dan Geller of I Am The World Trade Center about dance music, DJing, downloads, and how New York City needs to stop being so damned expensive already. All this and more, with less questions about the band’s name than you’ve come to expect. Well, okay, just one. But it’s a good one.
Seksu Roba
Pleasure Vibrations (eenie meenie). Review by Ben “We have Moog synthisizers. We could kill you from here.” Varkentine.
Cannonball Jane
Street Vernacular (555). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Cowboys International
Revisited (Pnuma). Review by Gail Worley.
The Rezillos
David Lee Beowulf finally meets up with Scotland’s finest, The Rezillos. His life is now complete.
Playgroup
DJ Kicks (!K7). Review by Christopher R. Weingarten.
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin
Or (Emperor Norton). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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