Broken Spindles
Kiss/Kick (blank.wav). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Tag: The Faint
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.
Sump Pumps
Revenge of the… (8 Bit Records). Review by Jen Cray.
The Photo Atlas
No, Not Me, Never (Stolen Transmission). Review by Jen Cray.
Antennas
Sins (Novoton). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Remote
Too Low to Miss (Global Underground). Review by Kiran Aditham.
The Firebird Band
The City at Night (Bifocal Media/Lucid Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Assemblage 23
Storm (Metropolis Records). Review by Jorge C. Galban.
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.
Fizzle Like A Flood
Fizzle Like A Flood (Ernest Jenning). Review by Stein Haukland.
Saddle Creek 50
Saddle Creek Compilation (Saddle Creek). Review by Troy Jewell.
Enon
Enon took the stage at Revolver in Miami, FL for an outstanding, yet completely unappreciated show. Except for Dylan Garret. He gets it.
Hint Hint
Sex Is Everything (Cold Crush). Review by Stein Haukland.
Codec & Flexor
Tubed (Emperor Norton). Review by Stein Haukland.
Neva Dinova
Neva Dinova (Crank!). Review by Stein Haukland.
Fizzle Like a Flood
Doug Kabourek was once part of the band that eventually became The Faint, but with Golden Sand and the Grandstand, he’s moved on to his own lo-fi indie pop gems as Fizzle Like a Flood. Stein Haukland gets the scoop on Kabourek’s music and that unusual name.
Atom and His Package
Christopher R. Weingarten gets a few words with the punk rocker most hated by his own community, the “Atom” half of Atom and His Package, Adam Goren. The Package, alas, remains unavailable for comment.
The Faint
Blank-Wave Arcade (Saddle Creek). Review by Andrew Chadwick
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