Deerhunter’s Weird Pop Has Excellent Aim
Some very compelling music has come out so far in 2008, from all corners of the sonic universe. But few have sounded as strange yet accessible as Deerhunter’s Microcastle. I […]
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Post Up! The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Works Toward Personal Freakout
I spent the last couple of days swimming in The Flaming Lips, interviewing front man Wayne Coyne and checking out his deranged holiday events, Christmas on Mars and March of 1,000 Skeletons.
Gang Gang Dance’s Defiant Saint Dymphna
Gang Gang Dance is that rare collective that eschews formal structures for free-for-all experimentation and expression.
Interview: Adam Franklin’s Magnetic Morning
“It’s certainly been a busy old year musically,” explains Adam Franklin. No kidding. After releasing a solo disc with his band Bolts of Melody, he reunited with hallowed guitar avengers […]
Post Up! The Ghost of Joe McCarthy Returns
It’s been bonkers around these parts, but I did get a chance to post for Wired over the weekend. Funny story. This death-mask tool of a Republican named Michelle Bachmann […]
The Prisoner, Freed At Last
I am hiding from the world, using Patrick McGoohan as a human shield.
Post Up! Videos To Go, Featuring Weezer, The Sea and Cake and Loquat
Just in time for my daydream needs.
Who The Helloween Is Little Tibia And The Fibias?
The actual band that performed Little Tibia and the Fibias’ most excellent “The Mummy” has yet to be identified.
Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
“It was so incredibly untrue to life and yet so perfectly exposing at the same time.”
Post Up! The Return Of Led Zep
They may be the finest rock band of not just the ’70s, but of all time. And like another UK rock legend My Bloody Valentine, they have finally decided to […]
Metromixed! High Places, Kings of Leon
More music reviews from my Metromix pile went live this week. Kings of Leon is a Southern rock hybrid whose ambition might surpass its skills, but that is for you […]
Ask DJ Shadow Returns!
LONG BEFORE DJ Shadow became an electro-hop legend, he was answering questions online from scrubs like me. Where did you get the guitar riff for “High Noon?” Who the hell was Colonel Bagshot? Do you owe David Axelrod back pay? Then he got too busy to bother.
Autolux Gets Lost In Transit
I covered All Tomorrow’s Parties New York remotely from Los Angeles for Wired, because the My Bloody Valentine-powered package show was just that awesome. But for the last four years, […]
Mogwai Howls About Hawk, Bush
“I don’t know why CSI Miami likes us so much.”
Metromixed! Tindersticks, Amanda Palmer
I’ve decided to group my Metromix reviews together as they roll out, rather than one by one. Things are heating up here at Camp Morphizm and I am busier than […]
Post Up: Covering The Cure
It’s been a busy weekend working for Wired. But the piece that I was most interested in didn’t get much play, so I figured I’d pimp it here as well. […]
9/11’s Awkward Anniversaries: Ministry’s NWO
The video for “NWO” was equally incendiary, mashing Bush’s speech, the Rodney King riots, and probably a truckload of smoke machines into a reel that MTV would never play today.
9/11 Rewind: El-P’s Deep Space 9mm
El-P’s uncompromising poetry and stuttered beats are built only for those looking for the next level.
Post Up! Large Paranoia Collider!
Well, today is the day, my friends. The Large Hadron Collider goes online, and the greatest particle collisions on Earth will soon be studied by CERN scientists, or bring forth […]
Metromixed! New Year, Shaky Hands
The reviews keep rolling in. This time around, two bands with clever names make fractured pop that sounds like it rolled out of the garage dirty and beautiful. The New […]
The Beatles Say Goodbye To Television
Frost’s audience crowds the band at the ballad’s finale, as if they didn’t want to let The Beatles go.
Calexico’s Carried to Dust Takes Flight
This desert noir soundtracker stands out for a reason. Spinning sinister tales of border-blurring folk, rock and pop, Joey Burns and John Convertino’s brainchild has mastered the the sound America […]
Mogwai’s Ready For Its Hollywood Close-Up
“We would love to drop some jams for The Hobbit,” Braithwaite cracks. “In fact, I think that Barry should do the voice for Smaug.”
Apollo Sunshine Gets Noisy, Birdmonster Gets Too Comfortable
More from my Metromix stash, pals of Morphizm. This time around, I take a dive into 21st century pop music, in all its deviation, derivation and divination. That’s a mouthful, […]
Theresa Andersson, New Orleans’ Swedish Sonic Hummingbird
The Labor Day holiday was nice, but the post-holiday deluge is fearsome. And not just because a slew of my Metromix have rolled in, including this one from Swedish export […]