Monthly Archives: June 2011

Blanck Mass ‘Blanck Mass’

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Benjamin John Power, one half of British experimental/noise duo Fuck Buttons, and the creative force behind Blanck Mass, describes himself as a “young musician in thrall to Carl Sagan, Ennio Morricone and the infinity of nature, both universal and personal.” His self-titled debut as Blanck … Read More

Mastodon. Deathbound.

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mastodon - photo by james minchin (2009)

In their new video for the song “Deathbound,” produced for the Adult Swim Singles Program, Mastodon bring together two of my favorite things–muppets and metal. The result is full-on furry mayhem complete with crumbling castle walls, alien attacks and, as with all furry mayhem worth … Read More

Solaris. Music Composed by Cliff Martinez.

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solaris - music composed by cliff martinez

Back in 1977 Star Wars burst onto the scene and into the pop-culture musical zeitgeist with its iconic John Williams music. The movies made a ridiculous amount of money, and all of a sudden movie producers wanted a big orchestral score with grand themes. Fast … Read More

Hear Here–Gillian Welch ‘The Harrow & The Harvest’

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gillian welch - the harrow & the harvest

Gillian Welch‘s playing has always been so skillfully precise and her storytelling so of another era that her music, heavily influenced by Appalachian folk, often comes off as more academic than emotional. So it’s nice to hear that on her latest, The Harrow & The … Read More

Paleo. Fruit of the Spirit.

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David Strackany, the creative force to be reckoned with that is Paleo, may have achieved national recognition for his Song Diary project–a project that involved writing and recording a song a day for a year–but with his latest album, Fruit of the Spirit, he seems … Read More