Top Ten Spins for week of March 24th, 2008

Dodos – Visiter Dodos – “The Season” – Album: Visiter Dead Can Dance – “How Unfortunate the Man With None” Jose Gonzales – “Down the Line” Bloc Party – “Flux” Magnetic Fields – “The Nun’s Litany” – Album: Distortion Fuck Buttons – “Race You To My Bedroom/Spirit Rise” – Album: Street Horrrsing The Birthday Party – “Mutiny in Heaven” – Album: […] […]

March 30th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Playlists | Leave a comment

Top Ten Spins for Week of March 17th, 2008

Mark Hollis – Mark Hollis Mark Hollis – “Inside Looking Out” – Album: Mark Hollis After a decade and a half with Talk Talk, frontman Mark Hollis comes out with a hyper-minimalist effort that explores even further the silence that “Laughing Stock” was approaching. Piano, clarinets, upright, acoustic guitar, strings all convene in as gentle a […] […]

March 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Playlists | Leave a comment

U2: Rattle and Hum HD-DVD

I was too young to recognize when I saw U2’s Rattle and Hum in theaters back in the early 90’s that it is shot by Jordan Cronenweth (the DP of Blade Runner fame), but revisiting it on HD-DVD – it is an amazing thing to behold. I consider this to be U2’s golden period […] […]

March 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Commentary, Music Multimedia, New Releases, Performance, Reviews | One comment

Eskimo Hunter plays last LA show before returning to the studio

A note from one of the band members: “This Thursday will see the return of Eskimohunter to the stage for the first time in several months. We’re…debuting material from our upcoming long-player. In all liklihood, we will go “dark” again after this show until the record is done… ” The Official Line: Thursday, March 20th ESKIMOHUNTER at THE […] […]

March 19th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Concert Listings | Leave a comment