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A Postmodern Heart Attacknew
Senor Coconut was a German living in Chile in the late 70s -- his blend of electronic futurism, mindless pop, disco bump and lush exotica either sounded completely ridiculous or completely revolutionary.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-29-2006 |
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Tags: Senor Coconut, Yellow Fever!
Boys Keep Swingingnew
This is an album of overt mood swings, clutching its master's degree under its overcoat and looking for a person or a world to share its bed with.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-29-2006 |
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Concise and Mind-Blowingnew
What makes this compilation exceptional is a marvelously written and meticulously researched set of liner notes along with a realistic perspective on a somewhat deified music scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-22-2006 |
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Too Much Hype?new
While the Pets bash out furious musical architecture, the question is raised: How does a group so visceral and raw, so young and sonically violent, so goddamned aggressively fun garner the sickening level of hype bestowed upon BYOP?
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-22-2006 |
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Tags: Be Your Own Pet
Ease and Intensitynew
Having worked together for more than a decade, these two have established a formidable improvisational dialogue.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
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Prepare to Lose Your Mindnew
When an album simultaneously reminds you of the intro to Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera" and one of the sonic explosions that occur inside John Coltrane's "Jupiter," you're dealing with an album that's unique indeed.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
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Lazy Classificationnew
There's little about the sound of Gold & Wax to qualify it for the "world music" tag that it will inevitably be slapped with.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
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Tags: Gigi, Gold & Wax
iPod Overloadnew
Rather than getting attention with a single-track album, all Cardinale has done is ensure that their music never gets played on anyone's iPod.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2006 |
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A Myspace Influence of Techno Trashnew
Tigarah sounds exactly how M.I.A. would sound if she were a Japanese college student, rather than an expat South Asian with a radical-insurgent dad.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2006 |
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Tags: Tigarah
The Viking of Sixth Avenuenew
This new 36-track compilation highlights the artist's own cosmological reality.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
04-13-2006 |
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Limited Appealnew
Rephlex label's new release features the best of their Analord 1-11 series.
Orlando Weekly |
Ian Monroe |
04-13-2006 |
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Tags: AFX, Chosen Lords
Resists Categorizationnew
Raz Ohara mutters to himself in that put-on way that rappers and soul singers use to pretend they're being spontaneous.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
04-06-2006 |
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Tags: Raz Ohara, The Last Legend
Progressive and Traditionalnew
The oud is an instrument that's instantly evocative of the land from which it comes, and from the first note on Randana, the expansive, nomadic melancholy of the Middle East is brought to the fore.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
04-06-2006 |
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Tags: Le Trio Joubran, Randana
Ruthless Funnew
Edu K knows that the new international acceptance of baile funk means that if he ever wanted to sell any records outside of the favela, now would be a really good time.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-21-2006 |
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Sludgy Hard Rocknew
J Mascis returns to his first love -- the drums.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Witch
