January 2011
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WatchOne of my favorite young composers, Dustin O’Halloran, whose work I first heard in Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation of Marie Antoinette, is set to release his third studio LP on February 28 through the acclaimed FatCat label. Lumeire is its name and it is, like his solo piano work, remarkable in so many ways. I’ve written a few words on the album for MAGNET that will run in a few...
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Morning Listening: Objekt
Boomkat has an exclusive on this ridiculously good, cryptic dubstep release from the Objekt label, EP1. It’s tough to find much of anything on the Berlin-based producer (or producers?) from the web, but something tells me that will change very soon.
OBJEKT001B :: Tinderbox by Objekt
OBJEKT001A :: The Goose That Got Away by Objekt
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Album Review: Mark McGuire's "Living With...
Here’s a few thoughts on Mark McGuire’s lovely, new-ish album, Living With Yourself, for Consequence of Sound.
(Photo Credit: Georgia Kral)
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Jon Caramanica Goes Macro on the Kanye Phenomenon
It’s true that the world of music criticism can be a clubby place, not simply as a means of social exclusivity but also as a measure of what’s considered good. This isn’t a new revelation in any sense; people have complained about Pitchfork for this very reason almost since its inception.
In a compelling piece for the Times, however, Jon Caramanica finally builds on this idea,...
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New Hammock Vid + Matthew Ryan Collaboration
The ambient band Hammock had somewhat of a tumultuous 2010, which I covered here and here, but that didn’t stop them from releasing two of my favorite records of the year, Chasing After Shadows… Living With the Ghosts and The Longest Year EP. The video for “Dark Beyond the Blue,” one of Longest Year’s best tracks, is streaming above. It was directed by...