Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #62 with R.E.M. on the cover was completed in San Francisco in April! It will begin shipping this week likely, so you should see it quite soon! Included in this blog is a quick description of its contents.
Last year, U.S. compact disc sales plunged by 19%. With the consumer today facing pressure from all sides, chances are that 2008 will be even worse.
Part of a trilogy, this is darkwave ambient music, quiet but with serrated edges on its drones. There’s nothing new agey about this ambient, which makes for uneasy listening with its buzzing and clanking amid the drones and a glacial pace of movement that oozes foreboding.
One of the best films of 2007 is an underrated gem called The Savages.
My neurotic downloading compulsion began with electronic music, so in the interests of linear chronology, it is only fitting that I begin with the artists that led me down this path of chronic gigabyte consumption.
Ultimately, this groundbreaking song (which is nonetheless deeply rooted in traditions) helps rewrite the mystery of love (and the more than love that is really part of love).
Nash and King, together again. Break out your martini glass and velour jacket, and join the fun.
Accompanied by musicians on bassoon, harp and clarinet, it felt more like a classical recital than a stereotypical rock concert.
If the industry reduces their failure down to pricing competition, then they will always lose to the lowest price.
Fern Knight is entrancing Renaissance fare with a psych-rock twist.
In a sense Lucky is an album of love songs. But refreshingly these are love songs that aren’t narrow in scope and don’t rely on clichés.
The Terrordactyls make the most dino-tastic music since T.Rex.
Week of May 4
For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)
Sloan – _Parallel Play _ (Yep Roc)
The Replacements – deluxe reissues of their first four LPs (Twin/Tone/Ryko/Rhino)
Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
Willie Nelson – One Hell of a Ride box set (Legacy/SonyBMG)
Black Watch – Icing the Snow Queen (Eskimo)
The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
The Libertines – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Libertines Music)
The Wedding Present – El Rey (Manifesto)
