Mixtape 169 :: TV Dinner
For quite some time, the Mommyheads have delivered the sort of complex pop and lyrical insight that fills in the cracks and gaps in your musical thinking with new ideas and sounds.
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Mixtape 166 :: Alpine
There are several sounds that are most definitely British, and with their clear soaring female vocals and intimate indie pop sensibility, The Catenary Wires are a textbook example of one of them.
Kanaku y El Tigre
Quema Quema Quema (Tiger’s Milk). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Girl Talk
Pop-collagist/Party-Starter Girl Talk (a.k.a. Gregg Gillis ) talks to Omar de la Rosa about sampling, doing remixes versus Girl Talk originals, the like-minded performance stylings of tourmate Dan Deacon, and Gregg’s favorite mixed drink.
Squarepusher
Ultravisitor (Warp). Review by Stein Haukland.
Squarepusher
Ultravisitor (Warp). Review by Stein Haukland.
Director’s Series DVDs
This trilogy of music videos collections purports to gather together some of the more visually arresting work from music video directors Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham. Joe Clay asks, “But is it art?”
Lost in Translation
Soundtrack (Emperor Norton). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Squarepusher
Do You Know Squarepusher (Warp). Review by Matt Cibula.
Capitol K
Island Row (XL). Review by Carl Glaser.
TRS-80
Mr. Kickass (Invisible). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
Boards Of Canada
Geogaddi (Warp). Review by Matt Cibula.
Astralasia
Something Somewhere (Transient). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
The Top 19 Albums That Almost Made it Onto My Top 10 List
Ah, the pressures of being an in-demand writer. Matt Cibula had many Web sites beating down hs door for his year-end picks, but only Ink 19 was willing to go the extra mile to get the next 19 records on his list…
The Top 19 Singles of the Year
Christopher R. Weingarten has been going steady with these 19 singles all year, and now wants to bring them home to meet you. Prepare to be surprised at who’s coming to dinner.
Brothomstates
Claro (Warp). Review by Matt Cibula.
Plaid
Double Figure (Warp). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Squarepusher
Is that CD defective? Or are those the sounds of Squarepusher, slicing and dicing bits of jazz and dub into intriguing sound collage? Ian Koss discussed the man’s sanity and why Jaco Pastorius ruined bass for everyone.
Squarepusher
Go Plastic (Warp). Review by Nirav Soni.
Squarepusher
Selection Sixteen (Nothing/Warp). Review by Carl Glaser
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