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Cobra and phases group play voltage in the milky night.
Stereolab’s performance Monday night proved that the legacy of dreamy, intelligent and political music dies with them. I can think of few other artists that combine lounge sensibilities with shoegaze noise in ways that so easily lend themselves as new soundtrack material for Bertolucci’s The Conformist. If this tour and compilation prove their swan song,…
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The word is panic.
Mass hysteria’s just the fashion. Let’s get together to celebrate soon. The New York Times reports today: Placards posted by soldiers at the detention area advised, “NO BLOOD, NO FOUL.” The slogan, as one Defense Department official explained, reflected an adage adopted by Task Force 6–26: “If you don’t make them bleed, they can’t prosecute…
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Shell-shocked with Jungle Rot
When Pavement broke up, it was immediately clear that lead singer and songwriter Stephen Malkmus was about to embark on a journey that was as much pedagogical as it was creative. Long viewed as something of a prophet to indie rock’s faithful, it came as no surprise that as he fell into the Anglo-American garage,…
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European Son
Serena-Maneesh got a foggy notion. As the late reviews begin to pour in, it’s fair to say that there’s more to this band than Norwegian charm and p.r. smoke and mirrors. Trying to ascertain their density is another matter entirely, but between the youthful bliss of the Fixxations E.P. and their new self-titled record, something…
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Rewind.
Last Thursday night was long and wavy. Neo-psych — call it freakfolk, call it noise, call it a shoegaze revival — is plentiful…and covalent. Now Espers is touring with Stereolab, Dungen remixes Mia Doi Todd and it’s clear that something’s happening. Whether or not this is just a passing trend in a subcultural ghetto remains…