February 2011
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Free MP3: Tim Hecker's "Hatred of Music I"
I wrote a few words on Tim Hecker’s “Hatred of Music I,” a standout on his latest fractured, drone-y masterpiece, Ravedeath 1972. The song is now available gratis courtesy of MAGNET.
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Take Cover: The Morning Benders vs. The Cardigans
Brooklyn-by-way-of-Berkeley revisionist pop quartet The Morning Benders take on The Cardigan’s 1996 classic, “Lovefool,” in this week’s MAGNET examination.
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Dustin O'Halloran's Lumiere Arrives Today
It’s no secret that I love Dustin O’Halloran’s work. Look no further for proof than the fact that my now-wife, Marta, walked down the aisle to his “Opus 23” in April of 2009.
Mr. O’Halloran’s latest, Lumiere, is out today in the US. And while I’d like to think that my recommendation alone would suffice as an influence on your spending behavior,...
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Take Cover: Oh Land vs. Fleet Foxes
This week’s competition is fierce.
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P4K on Polly Jean: Lessons on Post-War Art &...
Scott Plagenhoef’s review of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake spends almost as much time educating us on Europe after the Great War as it does her new record. Perhaps it’s only because I’m a former Political Science student, but I loved reading this.
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Less Than Jake: Southern Weather
I was reared on pop-punk on the beaches of Northwest Florida, just four or so hours from Gainesville, the birthplace of ska-punk legends Less Than Jake. And though my tastes have evolved since I left home in 2000, I continue to maintain a really healthy respect for that scene and its consistency. That’s the focus of a feature I wrote on the band for this week’s Scene.
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Gehry's 8 Spruce Street
I really enjoyed reading Nicolai Ouroussoff’s review of Frank Gehry’s recently completed Lower East Side skyscraper, 8 Spruce Street, in the Times this morning. The writer’s ability to seamlessly situate the building’s labored-over contours and relation to New York City’s skyline within a broader conversation post-9/11 about America is admirable:
“Mr. Gehry’s...
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Take Cover: The National vs. The Clash
I still write this column/blurb every week for MAGNET and, for some reason, never share it. Going to ameliorate that starting today.
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'Bad Writing' Gets Documentary Treatment
This looks like a humbling journey. And one that I’d like to see.
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WatchThanks to Pretty Much Amazing, I just came across this lovely Deerhunter-scored fashion short, The Curve of Forgotten Things, starring Somewhere’s Elle Fanning. Here’s more from NOWNESS, the site that had an exclusive on the film today:
“Hollywood’s latest darling, Elle Fanning, goes digging for buried treasure in Todd Cole’s new collaboration with Rodarte, The Curve of...
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Happy Birthday Sinclair Lewis
theatlantic:
“I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We’re tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We’re tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We’re tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. We’re tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers… coax us, ‘Be calm! Be patient! Wait! We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just...
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Paramore: The Honesty Imperative
Much has been made about the business aspects of Paramore’s recent fissure. This article was my attempt to explore its spiritual aspects and what it says about Nashville’s conflicted entertainment culture, generally.
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Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at... →
The Times on one of the world’s most obsessed collectors:
“The cause was complications of prostate cancer, said his son, Victor, who was named for the RCA Victor record label. (The elder Mr. Rust, according to family oral tradition, declined a friend’s suggestion that he name Victor’s twin sister Decca.)
Often described as the father of contemporary discography, Mr. Rust ...
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