Went to see the surprisingly reunited Polvo play at Bimbo’s in the citay on Tuesday. Trans Am opened. When I arrived, the crowd was surprisingly thin at the front, so I got good viewing position. Trans Am played their crazy indie-synth-prog with a smile. The drummer played powerfully on those strange bodyless ’80s style [...]
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I was an avid shortwave radio listener when I was growing up. I’d strung up a wire encircling my room as an antenna, and for a while had a wire antenna set up outside, which I connected to my radio through a window when there was no threat of lightning. Most of the stations [...] Not being a teenage girl, I wasn’t expecting to get into Tegan & Sara, but after finding an in-store copy of their CD So Jealous for $1 at a CD store closing sale, I decided to give them a shot. Turns out I already had the album as a CD-R, which I’m sure I [...] While on summer vacation in 1995, I interviewed Kiwi (via NYC) space/noise/drone rock band Bailter Space before their show at a coffee house in Moorhead (across the river from Fargo). The text of the interview has had a lonely outpost on my website since that time, but I’m moving it here for greater exposure, [...] (photo by Lars Knudson) Like me, Jorge Boehringer moved from Texas to California late last century to pursue graduate studies in music at Mills College. He composes under his given name, but usually performs as Core of the Coalman, producing a potent sonic brew that is the result of the mangling and manipulation [...] In line with the eXtremely comprehensive coverage you’ve come to expect from the NonAlignment Pact, I present to you yet another view of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 in Chicago, ILL. Friday After meeting a friend for dinner, I walked for several minutes from “the crotch” to get to Ashland street, where I could [...] And now, the latest episode in the continuing ConorMix saga (Side B muxed here). 11.6. The Breeders “Safari” (Safari EP, 03) [tape version] On the mux, but not on the CD due to time restrictions. Could this be the quintessential Breeders track? Chugging guitars, parts that fall out to reveal chugging bass, willowy vowel [...] And here we go with another ConorMix ™! This time you can follow along at home, starting with side A, here. Unfortunately, the segues between tracks aren’t clean like they’d be on CD, so you’ll just have to imagine their perfection. 01. AmpLive “Video Tapez” (Rainydayz Remixes, 02) I don’t usually like to use [...] When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one person to assume the station of Monday writer for a nonalignment pact, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to such folly. In truth, I am somewhat/very reluctant to assume this [...] Hi there, my name is Conor, and I’ll be your guest NAPster for today while Doug is away, no doubt cavorting with an assortment of mermaids on some sort of enchanted isle somewhere, lured by their irresistible siren song. I’m extremely adept at the fine art of procrastination in all its various manifestations, and [...] |
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