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Friday.1.January.2010
Another year over and done with. We have gathered together our thoughts on the year 2009 for your reading pleasure.
Best Of Lists: Brett Spaceman of [sic] magazine lists some records that he enjoyed.
Best Of Lists: Indoor Miner talks music.
Best Of Lists: Inspector
Jason tells us which songs, albums, films, and concerts he enjoyed.
Best
Of Lists: Malimus discusses some records he loved, yet somehow never got around
to reviewing for this site.
Best Of Lists: Mr. Pharmacist
discusses music for the middle aged.
Best Of Lists: PostLibyan
discusses the music in many formats, and movies.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
talks records.
This is the tenth year that we have done such lists. How time flies.
Sunday.20.December.2009
12": Moses by Elizabeth Fraser
7": Liquid Mercury by the Wild Swans
Album: Kram by Dieter Moebius
Album: Manafon by David Sylvian
EP: Murmur by The Sight Below
Sunday.8.November.2009
Album: Electronic Mischief by Asmodella
Album: Logos by Atlas Sound
Album: Beast by Beast
Album: You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil by Hatcham Social
Concert: HEADLIGHTS w/ Pomegranates on Tuesday.27.Oct.2009
EP: Opiate Sun by Jesu
Sunday.25.October.2009
Album: Carousel by Robin Guthrie
Album: Heaviness by Heaviness
Album: Amused, Confused & More Bad News by The Purrs
Compilation: The Sub Pop Years (1995 - 2002) by Damon and Naomi
Sunday.11.October.2009
Album: Saltykisses by Guitar
Album: The Hour Is Upon Us by Hour of the Shipwreck
Album: ...And The Horse You Rode In On by The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Concert: ASOBI SEKSU w/ Sealions on Thursday.24.Sep.2009
Concert: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART w/ The Depreciation Guild and
Cymbals Eat Guitars on Monday.28.Sep.2009
EP: In All the Empty Houses by Epic45
Sunday.27.September.2009
Album: Unconfirmed Reports by Akatombo
EP: Remix EP by Dark Captain Light Captain
Sunday.13.September.2009
Concert: THE ORPHINS w/ The Selmanaires and Club Awesome on Sat.15.Aug.2009
Download: Balding Generation (Losing Hair As We Lose Hope) by Port-Royal
Sunday.30.August.2009
Album: Drowned In a Sea Of Sound by The Daysleepers
Album: But Distractions Abound by Escapade
Album: Fever Ray by Fever Ray
Album: Has Been by Retconned
Album: Haunted House Vol. 1 by Strezo
Sunday.16.August.2009
Album: Acoustic at Olympic Studios by Asobi Seksu
Album: Amp on Fire by Do the Robot
Album: Immolate Yourself by Telefon Tel Aviv
Concert: OCTOPUS PROJECT w/ Tealights and Living Rooms on Thursday.6.Aug.2009
EP: Who Are Your Songs For? by Guernica
EP: Angel Falls by Robin Guthrie
Remix Album: Kora! Kora! Kora!, songs by the band Kora remixed by Cabaret Voltaire
Sunday.3.August.2009
Album: Mirrorball by John Foxx and Robin Guthrie
Album: The Eternal by Sonic Youth
Concert: ROYAL BANGS w/ What Happened To Your Fire, Tiger? on Saturday.18.July.2009
Concert: WILD SWANS w/ Rebecca Joy Sharp on Thursday.23.July.2009
Concert: WILD SWANS on Friday.24.July.2009
EP: A Flower White by Susumo Yokota
Single: Goodbye by Seeland
Sunday.19.July.2009
12": Moth b/w Wolf Cub by Burial and Four Tet
Album: Strike a Match by Autodrone
Album: Deaths and Entrances by My Latest Novel
Concert: VENICE IS SINKING w/ Siberia My Sweet on Friday.19.June.2009
Sunday.5.July.2009
Concert: THE DECEMBERISTS w/ Blind Pilot on Wednesday.03.June.2009
Sunday.21.June.2009
Album: Holofon by Dorena
Album: El Siete Es La Luz by French Teen Idol
Album: Azar by Venice Is Sinking
EP: The Natural Order of Things by Trespassers William
Sunday.31.May.2009
Album: 3 Rounds and a Sound by Blind Pilot
Album: Some of These Numbers Mean Something by Darkroom
Album: Dyrdin by Dyrdin
Album: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Concert: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART w/ Zaza and Sealions on
Sunday.03.May.2009
Concert: TODAY THE MOON, TOMMORROW THE SUN w/ Pistolero and Tendaberry on
Friday.08.May.2009
EP: Options by Portal
Sunday.17.May.2009
Album: Fits and Cycles by Cinemasophia
Album: O + S by O + S
Album: Tomorrow Today by Seeland
Album: Thy Mighty Contract by Thy Mighty Contract
Concert: WINDY & CARL w/ Benoît Pioulard, Lamb's Laughter, and Lyonnais on
Saturday.02.May.2009
EP: Kingdom by Naam
Sunday.26.April.2009
Album: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future by The Bird and the Bee
Album: Sunset Over Saxapahaw by The Good Graces
Album: The Mountain by Heartless Bastards
Album: Afterhours in the Afterlife by Voyager One
Album: Arrivals by Worriedaboutsatan
Concert: THE POGUES on Monday.09.March.2009
Concert: MY EDUCATION w/ Night Moves on Saturday.04.April.2009
Friday.11.April.2009
It's here! It's here! Our review of the four days
of mayhem in Texas known as South By SouthWest. This year we provide you with 17,040 words (that is about 20 pages, single-spaced, in MS Word) and 136 photos (edited down from 1200). This is a lot of content, so please be patient with the pages as they will take a while to load. Enjoy:
Day 1 featuring Dancer vs. Politician, Twin Tigers, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Vivian Girls, Harlem Shakes, Themselves, Fol Chen, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, A Armada, The Besties, Rotary Downs, Venice is Sinking, My Education, Maserati
Day 2 featuring O + S, The Carrots, Death is not a Joyride, Foot Patrol, Azeda Booth, Ohbijou, My Latest Novel, Tungsten Coil, That Petrol Emotion
Day 3 featuring Winter Sounds, Ulrich Schnauss, Longview, The Union Trade, Western Keys, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, School of 7 Bells, Ladyfinger, O + S, Lonely Deart, Headlights, Asobi Seksu
Day 4 featuring Natccu, Great Northern, Low Line Caller, Peel, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, The Love Me Nots, Efterklang, An Horse, Lou Barlow, Say Hi, The Rosebuds
Extra: Photo gallery.
I thank all of our loyal readers for their patience as we prepared this massive, in-depth, review of a long event. I have been working my pseudopods to their calcium cores over this for the past three weeks! I am glad that, finally, SxSW09 is complete.
Sunday.29.March.2009
Album: Somewhere in Blue by Deena
Album: Mother by Susumu Yokota
Compilation: A Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island
Foreshadowing: We are hard at work on the SxSW09 review, gentle readers, so be patient.
We saw 45 bands, taking 9 pages of notes and 1200 pictures! It's a lot
to sort through, but we expect to have our usual lengthy and photo-heavy
commentary ready by next weekend. We thank you for your patience.
Sunday.8.March.2009
7": Marble Gods b/w Big Waves by Sad Day For Puppets
Album: Hush by Asobi Seksu
Album: Home Free by The Besties
Album: Cranes by Cranes
Album: White Flag by Madeline
Album: Insult to Injury by The Nightingales
Album: Oohs and Aahs by Say Hi
Concert: MAGAZINE on Saturday.14.February.2009
Concert: JUPITER WATTS on Sunday.1.March.2009
Download EP: Without You I'm Napping my Japanese Gum
Sunday.15.February.2009
Album: Lower by Calder
Album: We Have Cause to be Uneasy by Wild Sweet Orange
Concert: IAN MCNABB w/ Black Swan Lane on Monday.01.December.2008
Cross-Posting: Back in the last posting of 2008, we noted that writer Brett Spaceman had
left us to found his own online webzine. We cross-posted a few of his reviews,
and to return the favor he posted our review of the 3:19 soundtrack. The
Spaceman's new gig is called [sic] Magazine, and is worth checking out.
Split Album: Magnitogorsk by Port-Royal and Absent Without Leave
Sunday.1.February.2009
12": Spiegel im Spiegel by My Education vs. Dälek
Album: A Long Way From Home by Black Swan Lane
Concert: THE ROSEBUDS w/ Love Language and The Preakness on Monday.01.December.2008
Concert: THE ONLY ONES on Saturday.24.January.2009
Sunday.18.January.2009
7": Me and Mary b/w Breathe Into Glass by Asobi Seksu
Album: Baby Teeth by Feeding Fingers
Monday.12.January.2009
7": Library b/w Call the Incredible by Seeland
Album: Miracle Kicker by Dark Captain Light Captain
Best Of Lists: Malimus lists some albums he enjoyed.
Concert: JULIAN COPE (busking tour) on Wednesday.29.October.2008
Concert: SNOWDEN w/ Abby GoGo and Carnivores on Saturday.29.November.2008
Concert: POLVO w/ Highland Space and The Liverhearts on Friday.5.December.2008
Thursday.1.January.2009
Another year over and done with. We have gathered together our thoughts on the year 2008 for your reading pleasure.
Best
Of Lists: Gumdrop discusses 10 songs that moved her.
Best Of Lists: Indoor
Miner raves about seeing his musical hero play on a street corner,
and also lists albums, singles, and concert..
Best Of Lists: Inspector
Jason goes over every concert he saw in 2008, and also ranks
movies and albums.
Best Of Lists: Mr. Pharmacist
discusses music old, new, and timeless.
Best Of Lists: PostLibyan
discusses the music, movies, and blogs.
Best Of Lists: Sunny discusses her favorite movies.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
waxes poetic on music live and recorded.
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