NOW PLAYING: Zelienople, ‘Give It Up’ (Type, 2009)
Posted on March 12, 2010
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MOVIES FOR THE BLIND: Cage Files His First Film Column From the Frontlines of the Oscars
Posted on March 8, 2010
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One of many fight scenes from 'Bronson'
By Chris Palko
Hello everyone. It gives me extreme pleasure to report back from the Oscars that aired last night. I was afraid I was going to miss it because of the whole Cablevision scandal with ABC. It’s a good thing I’m a slave to Time Warner Cable because what would I have done? Download it like all the Cablevision subscribers, that’s what. Which would have been a bad idea because then I would miss all the awesome commercials. Read more
LISTENING STATION: Oneohtrix Point Never On … Gary War’s ‘Horribles Parade’
Posted on March 7, 2010
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Listening Station asks a simple question every so often: What’s on your turntable?
Here’s what Oneohtrix Point Never obsessed over last year…when he wasn’t stringing together slabs of space age vinyl for his double-disc Rifts (No Fun, 2009) collection. New Yorkers, take note: dude’s opening for Small Black and Washed Out tonight at Mercury Lounge. He’s on at 7:30, though, so do not sleep if you’re even slightly into Kraut-y music that screams “We have liftoff”… Read more
S/T Survived … Two Hours of Watching Animal Collective Stand Still At Their Creepy Guggenheim Performance With Danny Perez
Posted on March 5, 2010
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[Photos by Jen Maler]
By Andrew Parks
“Who are these guys?”
“They’re called Animal Collective.”
“They a rock band or something?”
“Kinda.” Read more
THE STREETS IS WATCHING: A Quick Listen to Mike Skinner’s Freshly-Leaked ‘Computer and Blues’ LP
Posted on March 5, 2010
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By Arye Dworken
The backstory for Mike Skinner’s final album as the Streets is quite bizarre. Computer and Blues, the British rapper’s fifth record, was allegedly finished in 2009. This was around the same time Skinner ostensibly dropped off the planet—neither his Twitter account nor his his website has been updated since last October. It’s not typical for a media savvy celebrity to disappear for a half-year after communicating with his fans for months previous. Granted there’s a ghetto placeholder devoted to Computers‘ release, yet all it features is this random and unedited write-up: Read more
NOW PLAYING: Mountains, ‘Etching’ (Thrill Jockey, 2009)
Posted on March 1, 2010
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NOW PLAYING: Consequence, ‘Live For Never’ (Exit, 2009)
Posted on February 24, 2010
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LISTENING STATION: From Janet Jackson To That Crazy Dude From the KLF, Tanlines Give Us a Peak Into Their Pop-Laced Record Crate
Posted on February 20, 2010
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Here’s the deal for anyone heading to OSCILLATIONS tonight: Memory Tapes goes on at 11:30, but the party doesn’t stop when he steps off stage. Nope, we’ve got two DJs lined up for the rest of the night. First up: Tanlines, a duo with ties to Don Caballero, an s/t cover star, and Professor Murder, a band that absolutely destroyed one of our DIW parties back in the day.
Their new stuff (the Settings EP, out March 9 on True Panther/Matador) is a bit more sun-baked, though, with hollowed-out drum hits and synth lines that slither across your speakers like a thousand laser pens. Or at the very least, a logical extension of the five records below—certified jams (Janet Jackson included) that Tanlines just might drop later tonight…
LISTENING STATION: Seth Troxler Makes Us Believe In the Power of Psychedelic Dance Music and Pacha (No, Really)
Posted on February 12, 2010
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[Photo by Will Calcutt]
In case you can’t tell, we’ve never been into fist-pumping or pretending we’re on a B-roll episode of Jersey Shore. That said, the self-titled staff has frequented ’superclubs’ around New York City before, simply to see some of the world’s greatest DJs (Richie Hawtin, Matthew Dear, Michael Mayer, Carl Craig) spin on sound systems that are more expensive than our parents’ house. And you know what? We might do it again tonight, as Damian Lazarus‘ Rebel Rave Tour brings Seth Troxler to the egghead environs of Pacha.
Now, we know what you’re thinking. Helllll no. Hear us out though, in the words of Time Out NY’s longtime clubs editor, Bruce Tantum, “On the face of it, the Rebel Rave Tour’s party at Pacha has all the makings of a major-league culture clash. After all, Pacha is the city’s consummate center for what might be politely termed populist house…But we’re thinking that this odd pairing is so crazy, it just might work.”
One listen to Troxler’s Boogybytes Vol 5 mix (out March 2 on Bpitch Control) confirms this, as the Detroit native drops a seamless series of psychedelic singles, from his K hole-creating Fever Ray remix (”Seven”) to the gleaming Jabberjaw guise of Matthew Dear (”The Connie Shake”). And if that’s not enough for you, we’ve got two other things after the jump: (1) a peek into Troxler’s current record crate and (2) free downloads of Troxler’s downward spiral duet with Dear (”Hurt”) and a Resident Advisor Podcast that plops Cat Power in the same room as Omar-S, the Talking Heads, Animal Collective, Chromatics and David Bowie. Sounds like some juice heads will be scratching their gel tops tonight… Read more
NOW PLAYING: Monolake, Silence (Imbalance Computer Music, 2009)
Posted on February 10, 2010
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