Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends
Diamond Watch Wrists headlines this week’s picks with an unconventional pop collaboration between Guillermo Scott Herren and Zach Hill.
The duo’s debut is followed closely by the hiatus-breaking mixtape from Themselves, the stunning debut of an Austrian singer/multi-instrumentalist as Soap&Skin, the interesting cover EP from heavy/ambient duo Nadja, and the multi-genre jazz of Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse. (more…)
Tags: A-Ha, Abstrakt Pulse, Aesop Rock, Anja Franziska Plaschg, Anticon, Aphex Twin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bjork, Busdriver, Bygones, Corey Wilkes, Delmark, Diamond Watch Wrists, Doseone, Elliot Smith, Guillermo Scott Herren, Hella, Jel, Kevin Nabors, Lester Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Nadja, Pi, PIAS, Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas, Scott Hesse, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Slayer, Slug, Soap&Skin, Subtle, Swans, The Cure, The End, Themselves, Warp, Yoni Wolf, Zach Hill
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles and Aphex Twin all have new albums on the way. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Aphex Twin, Busdriver, Chrome Hoof, Converge, Deathwish Inc., Drag City, Epitaph, Hella, Michael McCamish, Nils Frykdahl, Om, Rune Grammofon, Russian Circles, Shining, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Spencer Seim, Steve Albini, Suicide Squeeze, The Fear, Warp, Zach Hill
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Hard-hitting jazz trio The Bad Plus knows how to pen pieces of proprietary gold. But its three members are also known for their genre-leaping renditions of rock songs, propelled by the chops of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer David King. Here are the group’s ten best covers.
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Tags: Aphex Twin, Black Sabbath, Burt Bacharach, Heads Up, Neil Young, Nirvana, Ornette Coleman, Pixies, Radiohead, Rush, The Bad Plus
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