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Kraftwerk 3D Live
Soon after their very early Can-like Krautrock years, Kraftwerk began to develop and refine a hardcore man-machine aesthetic, imagining themselves as cyborg musicians, as much enslaved by technology...
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Numbers Stations / The Conet Project
“I listened to the Voice of America and Moscow Radio and eventually came across shipping and aircraft stations.” “I was able to find an explanation for those. Then I heard the strange voice — someone...
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Remove Duplicates, Fix Broken Album Art in iCloud Music Library
Apple Music + iCloud Music Library is a brilliant pairing, and finally lets us access our personal music collections from anywhere. But it’s not without its warts – duplicated tracks and bad/missing...
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Proto-Bowie – a very different “Space Oddity” from the version we’re used to hearing. Almost comical in its innocence, but what makes this track so iconic is the that it perfectly captured the fear...
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Seu Jorge Plays Bowie at Regency
Still reeling from last night’s Seu Jorge performance of David Bowie songs from original recording of Wes Anderson’s “Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.” Twelve years later, and almost a year after David...
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Jóhann Jóhannsson, Iceberg
Regency Ballroom SF, April 2017 An immaculate reel-to-reel tape deck with two large white reels stands alone on stage. A technician walks in and presses Play. A woman speaking the names of random...
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Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes
“I thought people would be up in arms about pretending to be a black person,” Lurie said in a 2008 interview, “but people were more upset that I pretended to be an insane person.” –2013 John Lurie...
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Finally got around to writing something I’ve wanted to write for years: Why I can’t move to Spotify. I was open to the experience, but the past two weeks experimenting with Spotify has been pretty...
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Sigur Rós – Route One
Sigur Rós, an Icelandic alt-rock/electronic band, ended 2017 with the release of their newest and possibly most ambient album, Route One. The record is named for Iceland’s actual Route One, also known...
View ArticleEvery Sample from Beastie Boys’“Paul’s Boutique”
Damn the Beasties knew how to dig crates! Bottomless and amazing.
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