August 2011
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WatchTahiti, anyone?
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Watchit’s either this or B. which do you think?
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Watchit’s either this or gaga. which do you think?
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WatchNew St Vincent.
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Jay Smooth's Ashford & Simpson 101 →
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Chris Dingman's Waking Dreams
Well-designed suites aren’t the common currency in jazz these days. In a market where there are more strong improvisers than there are gifted composers, we should be thankful to get a clutch of engaging tunes from up-and-coming artists, never mind a viable through-line that binds an extended sound narrative. This makes the inspired architecture of Chris Dingman’s Waking Dreams quite singular. The...
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Tommy Stinson Talks Mats
There was an element of playing the game that we never got involved with, and couldn’t really comprehend. And that worked to our disadvantage a lot. There was a lot of game playing that we knew other people were doing, like R.E.M. and all these guys. It just seemed phony. It was cool that those guys could “phony up” and do their thing, and put on airs, and hide the fact that they were doing drugs...
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Nas, Of Course
I’m over their heads/like a bulimic on a see-saw.”
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Practicing to be Whitehead…
Missing my oldest boy today. Please come back,...
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“Some people call it schmaltz…”
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Jay-Z Explains Watch The Throne Title
“It’s just protecting the music and the culture. It’s people that’s in the forefront of music, it’s like Watch the Throne, protect it. You just watch how popular music shifts and how hip-hop has basically replaced rock and roll as the youth music. The same thing could happen to hip-hop, it could be replaced by other forms of music. So it’s just making sure that...
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WatchRooftop Rockers: Peppers follow U2, and the Beatles
The Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the roof for their upcoming “Rain Dance Maggie” vid. They’re not the first to do so. These guys did it, and then these guys followed suit.
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“Do you have a regular process for writing lyrics?
No. I normally just fill in...”
– Steven Malkmus talks to Spin about new Jicks disc.
NPR lets you hear the disc.
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Andrew WK Loves Don Fleming's Voice (Who Doesn't?)
You’ve produced Scratch Perry and Don Fleming now. Any parallels?
They’re both masters.
Great to hear Don’s singing voice again.
Totally agree. “The time to be arrrrrounndd/going down, babbbby.” He’s got one of the great rock voices. Watching him is fun, too. Can’t believe the sound is coming out of his mouth. Anytime you have an unconventional voice, that’s great. So many people try to...
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WatchWatch The Otis
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Feeling Royal?
Listen to Watch the Throne
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Newport Jazz Festival 2011
FORT JAZZ - Saturday
Went to see Steve Coleman & the Five Elements a couple weeks ago, and as usual the revered alto saxophonist demonstrated just how far precision can take a jazz band, which is pretty damn far. There’s math in Coleman’s ever-evolving music; several tunes on the new The Mancy of Sound (Pi) have the kind of counterpoint action that makes you think a slide rule was involved...
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Craneology
Reed Wallsmith has shaped the Blue Cranes into a fascinating jazzstrumental band that uses a two-reed front line to essay all sorts of provocative tunes. On Observatories (Blue Cranes) the group balances gorgeous melodies with experimental extrapolations. Some pieces sound like a forlorn Ornette Coleman ballads; some sound like muscular Philip Glass explosions. Lots of their stuff is cinematic; I...
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WatchDonkey See, Donkey Doo
