Harmonia and Eno ’76
Tracks and Traces (Gronland/High Wire). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Tracks and Traces (Gronland/High Wire). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Kicking off Ink 19’s new series, Labels We Love, S D Green talks to ZE Records co-founder Michel Esteban about defining a sound and establishing a label during New York’s 1970s creative zeitgeist, and the resurrection of the label that was once home to Lydia Lunch, Suicide, and Kid Creole & the Coconuts.
Milky Ways. (!K7 Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bolshevik Disco (Manimal Vinyl). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Crazy (Nervous Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
That That! (Pressing Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Teufelswerk (International Deejay Gigolo). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Apocalyptic sci-fi, Busby Berkeley, and the proto-punk of the Screamers collide head-on in this reissue of Rene Daalder’s lo-fi, hilarious, and terribly sad musical. Is that a twelve-year old Beck making a cameo?
Serbian Film Noir gets a shot of hope in the form of a hot, red Renault 4.
Destination Space (Oglio). Review by Carl F Gauze.
We Started Nothing (Columbia Records). Review by Andrew Coulon.
Beyond Even (1992-2006) (Opal and DGM Live). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Stop Heartbeat (Common Wall Media). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Air Salesman (International Hits). Review by Jen Cray.
Blinded by science, indeed. Out of the blue, synth-pop pioneer Thomas Dolby is back – and sounding as if he never left. The cell phone technology mogul has taken a break from his day job, dazzling his long-lost fans with a brief spring tour. Steve Stav braved everything but inclement weather in order to file his report on Dolby’s one-man show, which proved to be one of the most unusual concert experiences of his life.
Satan’s Circus (Drone/Universal). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Second Nature (Ipecac Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
DJ Kicks (!K7 Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Mitch Easter, Let’s Active, the dBs, Rob Levy, interview
They don’t come more seminal than Mitch Easter, who has influenced music from both sides of the mixing board, with his band Let’s Active and as the producer for acts like REM, Pavement and Marshall Crenshaw. Rob Levy grabs a few moments with the busy man.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.