Ambient electronic music that blows my dress up

Burial -“Shell of Light” – Album: Untrue Why: cuz it sounds like the beat from Orbital’s “Wish I Had Duck Feet” with Beth Gibbons melting like a birth candle over top fizzarum – “exivyd” – Album: monochrome plural Why: obviously made by a brain jettisoned into space after the biomech upgrades went wrong. But in a really […] […]

Upcoming major artist releases worth checking out – Spring 2008 Edition

Let’s leave the l33t indie world for a minute and see what’s going on with the Blue Plate releases out there: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! * Why it’s Noteworthy: Christ almighty, this guy just puts out one goodie after another. One of his finest yet. The Hold Steady – […] […]

Top Ten Spins for Week of March 31st, 2008

Editors – Every End Has A Start Editors – “The Racing Rats” – Album: Visiter Deathcab For Cutie – “Transatlanticism” Fleetwood Mac – “Never Going Back Again” – Album: Rumors Fourtet – “Smile Around the Face” The Fray – “Over My Head (Cable Car)” Girls Against Boys – “Kicking the Lights” – Album: You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See Hot […] […]

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 […] […]