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Friday, September 2 2011

Astrid Williamson: Pulse

The wispy-voiced Scottish singer-songwriter delivers her fifth solo album, an ambient slow burner with moments of brilliance.


Thursday, July 21 2011

Daft Punk Is Playing at Your House: 10 Essential Dance-Rock Albums

Today, the intersection of dance music and rock music seems only natural. However, the process has been in the making for decades, and this list provides an introduction to ten of the best albums this genre combination has to offer.


Thursday, July 7 2011

Spoken beat: Brian Eno puts talking to music on new album


Tuesday, July 5 2011

Brian Eno: Drums Between the Bells

This hybrid of music and poetry is frustratingly detached, adding color to absent ideas. It's safe to say that your spine will probably not shiver.


Friday, June 17 2011

Counterbalance No. 38: U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’

In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum. Counterbalance wrestled with the album and the album was overcome. U2's The Joshua Tree is next on the Great List—Klinger and Mendelsohn have a listen.


Friday, May 27 2011

Counterbalance No. 35: Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’

Facts all come with points of view, like the fact that Talking Heads’ 1980 Afro-funk opus is the 35th Greatest Album of All Time. Counterbalance gives Remain in Light a listen—don’t you miss it. (Some of you people just about missed it.)


Wednesday, February 9 2011

Anna Calvi: Anna Calvi

Don't bother reading this review. Just go out and buy the record. Y'all should probably put some clothes on first, though.


Monday, November 1 2010

Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea

The equally venerable Brian Eno and Warp Records come together for the first time, and the electronic music pioneer manages yet another astonishingly immersive creation.


Monday, March 1 2010

Verse-Chorus-Verse: The Mutant Blues of Devo and James Blood Ulmer

Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.


Wednesday, January 13 2010

Harmonia and Eno ‘76: Tracks and Traces

Not a whole lot of supergroups can boast this kind of willed civil synergy, but not a whole lot of supergroups called themselves Harmonia either.


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Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth (Reviews) [12.Aug.05]
Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land (Reviews) [10.Dec.04]
Brian Eno: Discreet Music (Reviews) [24.Nov.04]
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  23. A Look to the Past, An Insight Into the Present: The Use of Gender in 'Mad Men' (Features)
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