England’s most prominent house duo Felix Burton and Simon Ratcliffe, better known as Basement Jaxx, have been putting out Prince-worshipping funky house since the early 90’s. Their diverse and eclectic style has evolved over the decade resulting in their 2003 album Kish Kash, a testament to the unbridled fervor of maximalist house. But they are […]

Brought to us by Black Heart Procession’s Paulo Zappoli, Mr. Tube & The Flying Objects is a saxophone infused, distorted, digital, rhythmic galactica. According to the band’s website, their forthcoming album Listen Up! is supposed to capture: “the sounds of horns that drift through the back alleys of our ghettos. Pulsing and pumping sounds from […]

To be released on September 12th on Sarathan Records, The Purrs newest album doesn’t actually contain any new material. The bulk of this 9 song album was previously released on 2005’s The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, with two songs coming from their self-released EP No Particular Bar, No Particular Town.
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So Blake asks me to listen to this album. He says he thinks it’s “my style.” I thought I was the hippy around here, but whatever. I put it on and start doing a little bit of research and I immediately lose interest. That is to say, it wasn’t love at first […]

The mere fact that Thom Yorke even recorded a solo album is enough to lead some Radiohead fans to scream, “Treason!” While many found themselves in total bewilderment. Others, myself included, were excited about the upcoming release from one of music’s most consistent entities.
One of the primary points of contention many […]

I was a huge jurassic 5 fan back in the day. When MTV’s $2 bill tour came through Baton Rouge, I was there. That’s actually a pretty funny story, they were the warm-up band for some R&B woman, but the entire audience left after j5 played and the mtv employees were stressing to us […]

I’ve always been hesitant to review live shows. Although I might thoroughly recommend a band based on one excellent performance, it’s entirely possible that someone heeding my advice and attending a show elsewhere might have an entirely different experience. Nevertheless, I had the opportunity last weekend to attend a performance by Man Man at The […]

Robbie Lee’s bio on I & Ear records begins with this proclamation, “I play everything on this record from the bells to the bass clarinet. The guitars are just the obvious part.” Though this crowing may come across as overly unabashed to many, Mr. Lee is not the first musician to “play everything” and […]

Danielson’s latest album, Ships, comes to us more than 10 years after Daniel Smith created the group as his senior thesis in art school. Since then his musical voyage has sailed through many monikers (Tri-Danielson, Br. Danielson, and Danielson Famile) and many albums, six to be exact. Over the years and at port […]

I have a problem with foreign language albums. For the most part I love listening to them, but I have trouble coming up with criticisms or praise for them. The problem, I believe, lies in the fact that I have no goddamn clue what the vocalist is saying. It usually boils down […]