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VIDEO: John Peel’s BBC Documentary On Captain Beefheart
Several sources–including Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone–have confirmed the death of Captain Beefheart after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Since we can’t even begin to describe his influence on experimental music, we’re going to let the following videos do the talking…
Anika On… Her Favorite Portable Record Player, D.H. Lawrence Books, The Observer and More
Photo SHINYA KATO Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. In the spirit of our continuing year-end coverage, this week’s post is devoted to one of 2010’s finest left-field […]
FROM THE STACKS: Jatoma
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.
2010 IN REVIEW: Swans, ‘My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope To the Sky’
Photo by Shawn Brackbill Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
2010 IN REVIEW: These New Puritans, ‘Hidden’
[Photo by Harley Weir] Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
2010 IN REVIEW: Oneohtrix Point Never, ‘Returnal’
[Photo by Shawn Brackbill] Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: The A-Side of Banjo Or Freakout’s New 7”, a DFA Cover, and His Depressing Take On “Frosty the Snowman”
Here’s something we didn’t realize until tonight: Banjo or Freakout–the one man band who recently covered NDF’s stellar “Since We Last Met” single for DFA–is the other half of Walls, the Kompakt-endorsed duo who delivered one of 2010’s most satisfying astral plane albums. Got all that? Good. We’ve already talked about Sam Willis’ two side […]
2010 IN REVIEW: Dylan Ettinger, ‘New Age Outlaws’
Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them: