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Friday, November 4 2011

Counterbalance No. 57: Beck’s ‘Odelay’

Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills, Beck holds down the Number 57 place on Acclaimed Music’s Great List. Let me hear you say “Ooh, la la, Sasson”.


Thursday, May 26 2011

Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts

Thurston sounds like Thurston, even when he's acoustic. He's just not nearly as interesting.


Tuesday, February 8 2011

“True Rock and Roll Is Something That’s Very Crazy”: A Chat with Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer talks about the reissues of the Blues Explosions' mid-1990s landmarks Orange, Orange Experimental Remixes and Acme and the hip-hop obsessions that shaped them.


Thursday, August 26 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

In the context of the movie almost all of these songs are great. But as a soundtrack album, Scott Pilgrim doesn't quite reach the same level of greatness.


Wednesday, July 14 2010

Full Loop: Jamie Lidell Becomes the Great Experimenter Once Again

In his interview with PopMatters, crooner and electronic producer Jamie Lidell talks about his upcoming tour, his new album, and starting to care about lyrics four LPs into his solo career.


Friday, December 19 2008

The Best Re-Issues of 2008


Beck (Reviews) [20.Oct.08]
Beck: Modern Guilt (Reviews) [7.Jul.08]
Marcia Ball, Beck, Luke Doucet… (Mixed Media) [23.May.08]
Beck: Odelay (Reviews) [8.Feb.08]
Mark Ronson: Version (Reviews) [25.Jun.07]
Beck (Reviews) [22.Nov.06]
Beck: The Information (Reviews) [4.Oct.06]
Beck: Guerolito (Reviews) [7.Dec.05]
Beck (Reviews) [9.Aug.05]
Beck: Guero (Reviews) [29.Mar.05]
Beck: Sea Change (Reviews) [25.Oct.02]
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  21. Counterbalance No. 67: John Coltrane’s 'A Love Supreme' (Sound Affects)
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  27. The Barbaric (and Poetic) Yawp of Shelby Lynne (Notes from the Road)
  28. Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral (Reviews)
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