March 2011
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WatchtUnE-yArDs, “Bizness”
Alternating caps is still emasculating, but I figured I should let you know about this anyway, because Garbus does good work. I’m even more amazed at her ability to loop so many complicated things on the fly. If you still haven’t checked out her first record, you need to do that. I’ve told you enough already.
By the way, this video looks like...
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New Fucked Up Song! →
Yeah! The new record (David Comes to Life, which I think is about me) comes out June 7 on Matador (more info at the Matablog).
The new song is pop music (I mean that in a good way). But I’m willing to bet they’re going to suffer from the same issue Deerhoof does, in that, they’ll make totally great, accessible songs, but because the singer doesn’t sing exactly like...
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Quick Hit: String Theories @ St. Ann's and the...
Last Saturday I got to check out four new commissions for String Orchestra by composers Duane Pitre, Tony Conrad, Katherine Young, and Alex Mincek at St. Ann’s and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn. Of the four compositions, my favorites were Mincek’s, entitled “Ebb and Flow,” and Conrad’s, called “Eleven Across.”
“Ebb and Flow” had a dark,...
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Sarah Lipstate + Lee Ranaldo, Kyle Bobby Dunn,...
Last Friday, Roulette (moving to Brooklyn in the Spring, by the way) hosted a performance by Sarah Lipstate and Lee Ranaldo, as well as Kyle Bobby Dunn and Seaven Teares. I was familiar only with Lipstate, from her solo work Noveller, and her time spent with Parts and Labor and Cold Cave, and of course Ranaldo’s work with Sonic Youth. So, my impressions on the rest of these performers are...
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Parts & Labor, Pterodactyl, Fiasco, Fuck Ton @...
Hey, remember when this blog used to have things on it? Well, that time has returned. It’s good to be back.
Parts & Labor (left to right: BJ Warshaw, Joe Wong, Dan Friel)
Last Tuesday (that’s March 8th, for those of you keeping track), Parts and Labor played a record release show for their new album Constant Future, which plopped on that same day and is incredible. If...