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Alice Coltrane
Universal Consciousness
Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness (Impulse!, 1972) Wow—talk about an album that cracks open your subconscious and consumes you. No wonder why Flying Lotus has been obsessively compiling a documentary on his great aunt the last couple years–because records like this are the missing link between Lotus’ psychedelic beatscapes and a bloodline that’s on a different […]
NOW PLAYING: Woven Bones, ‘In and Out and Back Again’
The Details: Woven Bones, In and Out and Back Again (HoZac, 2010) A Short Review: Yep, it’s another great rock ‘n’ roll swindle–nine reverb-heavy roller skate jams that are over before you can call bullshit on the whole thing. Singer/guitarist Andrew Burr sure knows how to snarl and stretch out his syllables, though.
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 020: An Exclusive Mix By … Oneohtrix Point Never
[Photo by Nate Dorr] Daniel Lopatin is a bit of a sneaky bastard. At least he is on the new Oneohtrix Point Never album (Returnal, out 6/22 on Editions Mego), a mesmerizing set that’s sparked with sheets of noise and chased with cumulonimbus chords. In other words, it quickly shifts from a fatal speaker stabbing […]
I WAS THERE: PiL Put Sex Pistols Fans In Their Place With an Endless Set of Post-Punk Classics At Music Hall of Williamsburg
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks The Artist & Their Latest Release: Public Image Ltd., That What Is Not (Virgin, 1992) The Show: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 5.19.10 The Set In a Few Sentences:
VIDEO: PiL, “Death Disco (Live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg)
Photo by Andrew Parks “Some of these songs deeply hurt me because they’re so real,” said John Lydon after a savage rendition of “Death Disco,” the PiL song Lydon wrote as he watched his mother slip away in the late ’70s. “Thank you for your patience.” If eight minutes of caterwauling chords and pure anguish […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better Crams a Stack of Rare Records Into His Exclusive Dazed Digital Mix
Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better infamy dropped his first mix in forever on Dazed Digital yesterday, inviting listeners to try and name the tracks on his Twitter. We’re about halfway through and don’t recognize a damn thing yet, but hey, maybe you’re a bigger record nerd than we thought you were. Find out […]
Aphex Twin Renews Warp Contract, Unveils Some New ‘Selected Ambient’-ish Material At France’s Centre Pompidou
While on location for our next cover story (due out next month if you must know), a representative from Warp Records revealed something rather exciting: Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, had just signed a new contract with the label. And what do you know? Here he is, premiering new material during a DJ tour […]
PEEP SHOW: Toast the End of Isis With Some of Their Best Videos
Photo by Andrew Parks ISIS surprised their fans with a sudden press release last night, declaring next month’s Melvins tour their last. The statement is rather lengthy, so here’s the basic breakdown: In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the […]