Sparks: No. 1 Songs In Heaven
Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.
Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.
Priceless Concrete Echoes (Citizen). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Bolshevik Disco (Manimal Vinyl). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Primary Colours (Beggars/XL Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Three-hour documentary on DVD about the German electronic music band, their influences, contemporaries, and followers. Sean Slone gets lost on the Trans-Europe Express.
DJ Kicks (!K7 Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
American Supreme (Mute Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Answer, Lost Patterns (Spundae, Pleasurecraft). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Pink Grease,This Is For Real,Mute,Danny Lewis
This Is For Real (Mute). Review by Danny Lewis.
808bit (Synthetic Symphony). Review by Ben “yamaha child” Varkentine.
808bit (Synthetic Symphony). Review by Ben “yamaha child” Varkentine.
The Quiet (Metropolis). Review by Stein Haukland.
Summerdays Attract the Pain (Hidden Agenda / Parasol). Review by Stein Haukland.
Libertine (Artist Direct / BMG). Review by Stein Haukland.
Bop Kabbalah+Voices: The Yiddish Song Cycle Live (Infrequent Seams). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Forgotten ’80s horror film Hell High returns on Blu-ray from Arrow. Phil Bailey reviews.
LA brothers Jonathan and Michael Rosen released Almanac, their second album as Cones last week. It’s a sweet one.
Girlie Action Media has announced Meditations on Crime, a collaborative new album and art book, due out September 23
Coastal Spain’s Floating In Space releases title track “Liftoff” from his upcoming album on Deep Elm Records. Hear it here.
Sometimes Y (Yelawolf and Shooter Jennings) will headline Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium this November.
Album Voids, out this November, features 12 impressively cohesive tracks spanning baroque dream-pop, filmic ambient, raga, avant-country, and even spiritual jazz genres.