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From Telepathe to Timeblind, Matt Shadetek and DJ /rupture Take Us on a Tour of Their ‘Solar Life Raft’ Mix
In case you haven’t already heard, Solar Life Raft is one of the year’s most mesmerizing DJ mixes, a boundless, mashup-free blend of just about every genre known to man. (No country or metal, though.) Since DJ/ rupture and his Dutty Artz mate Matt Shadetek are responsible for making sense of it all–everything from the […]
A QUICK TALK WITH RAMONA FALLS ABOUT … Kanye West, Marty McFly, and the Uncertain Future of Menomena
By Arye Dworken As 2009 comes to a close and critics compile their year-end lists, one record seems destined for the sorely-overlooked pile: Ramona Falls‘ Intuit LP. The stellar solo debut of Menomena‘s Brent Knopf hit stores a few months back and hasn’t left our side since, proving that this particular side project is anything […]
From Joker to Corrupted, King Midas Sound Share Their Favorite Poets, Artists & Producers
Like his last public appearance as the Bug (2008’s speaker-pummeling London Zoo LP), Kevin Martin‘s King Midas Sound project is rooted in dub reggae and subterranean electronic music. There’s one key difference between the two, though: the Bug is dancehall gone heavy-metal and KMS is everything we wish Massive Attack were in 2009: sinister and […]
TEST PRESSING: Download New and Old DJ Mixes From The Time and Space Machine, Andrew Weatherall and Greg Wilson
If you’re like us and already back to work after an all-too-brief holiday weekend, then you probably don’t want to waste any time sifting through songs on iTunes. That’s why we rounded up a handful of genre-jumping DJ mixes: a 16-year-old (!) BBC Essential set from Andrew Weatherall, a black light-optional peek at the psych […]
1MM: Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. Battle for Indie-Rock Supremacy, While Cold Cave Thrills (Even If No One Really Cares at All)
Words and Photos by Aaron Richter If there ever were a totally bunk opening slot in indie-rock history, prepping a crowd for the guitar onslaught of Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth probably takes it. Even more so when your band performs New Ordery dance music behind three synthesizers–not a guitar in sight–as was the case […]
LISTENING STATION: Bok Bok Breaks Down London’s Bassline Movement, One Dubplate At a Time
As psyched as we are to finally see Joker paint the Big Apple purple, there’s two other reasons to roll up to Trouble & Bass early this weekend: Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990–resident DJs of London’s wildly popular Night Slugs party, and a favorite of labels like Mad Decent and Dirty Bird–are also spinning their […]
PRIMER: Cave In
Forget Master of Puppets and the ever-evolving D&D discs of Mastodon for a minute. If there’s one metal record we reach for on a regular basis, it’s Cave In‘s first proper full-length, the decade-old Until Your Heart Stops. A dizzying array of chord-climbing riffs, speaker-rattling vocals and traumatic time changes–not to mention the anvil-dropping rhythm section […]
RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: From the Field Paintings of Samuel Palmer to the Earth-Body Art of Ana Mendieta, The Clientele Breaks Down the ‘Blair Witch’ Bent of Bonfires on the Heath
[Photo by Andy Willsher] 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 this week’s installment, The Clientele‘s frontman, Alasdair MacLean, reveals the rather haunting roots of their fifth full-length […]