Posts Tagged ‘Aphex Twin’

This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends

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…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

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…)

The Top 10 Cover Songs by The Bad Plus

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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