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Coachella 2013 Dates Announced
With Coachella 2012 only a few weeks in our memories, the well-oiled machine behind the annual mega festival in Indio, CA have announced the dates for their 2013 event. Coachella 2012 will once again take place on back-to-back weekends — April 12-13, 2013 and April 19-21, 2013 — and advance tickets go on-sale on May 17 at 10 am PST. The fine print: "This advance sale will be the only opportunity to take advantage of the Coachella Purchase Plan. New for 2013, the price you see is what you pay — prices reflect all ...
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On The Cover of Issue 33: Kele
Since Bloc Party burst upon the U.K. scene in 2005 with Silent Alarm, singer/guitarist Kele Okereke’s lyrics have resonated with a generation of punters. Though his shy, introspective demeanor has purposefully put him in a protective cacoon, he’s one of the few writers to be able to meld elements of dance music into angst-ridden indie music. So far 2010 has been a momentaneous year for Okereke—he more or less came out, appeared on Tiësto’s Kaleidoscope, and after seven years with Bloc Party, embarked on his ambitious dance-focused solo debut, The Boxer, as the band went on hiatus. Is it going to be ...
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Music Reviews
Album Review: Ghosting Season / ‘The Very Last of the Saints’ (Last Night on Earth)
★★★★☆ The agenda of Gavin Miller and Thomas Ragsdale would appear clear from the get-go; judging by their moniker the Manchester UK duo treat the mixing desk like a Ouija board. ...
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Album Review: Slugabed / ‘Time Team’ (Ninja Tune)
★★★★☆ Greg Feldwick has cleaned his act up, kind of literally. Having started making dents in playlists and skulls with glitchy bass backfires and pixel-pocked electro, the Bath, England-based producer has ...
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Album Review: Cari Lekebusch / ‘You Are a Hybrid Too’ (H-Productions)
★★★★☆ It’s not customary to split hairs with someone like Cari Lekebusch, the inexhaustible techno tactician from Sweden. His latest is a double album of pure techno that won’t give you ...
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Album Review: Amirali / ‘In Time’ (Crosstown Rebels)
★★★★☆ In Time has its roots in '80s electro-pop and synth house, where Amirali Shahrestani credibly demonstrates cool for both genres, both past and present. Those styles are only the tip ...
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Album Review: Huoratron / ‘Cryptocracy’ (Last Gang Records)
★★★☆☆ Cardiac electro-techno plus neon-clawed dubstep equals jackhammer divided by piledriver. Finland’s Aku Raski appears to have done a Skrillex the other way round, now appealing to dance fans after serving ...
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Album Review: Bass Clef / ‘Reeling Skullways’ (Punch Drunk)
★★★☆☆ It’s always the way. You’re just getting comfortable with an artist’s individual side – in the case of Bass Clef’s Ralph Cumbers, a dubstep spectacle involving a trusty trombone – ...
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Disco Queen Donna Summer Dies
Donna Summer, the undisputed Queen of Disco, has died at the age of 63. A five-time Grammy winner who rocketed to superstardom in the '70s thanks to hits like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls," Summer's sound was the soundtrack of the era. Perhaps Summer's greatest contribution to disco was "I Feel Love" from her 1977 concept album I Remember ...
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D on Music, Politics and Inducting the Beastie Boys Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Public Enemy are celebrating their 25th anniversary and will be releasing two new studio albums later this year. The iconic hip-hop group have already embarked on an extensive world tour hitting Australia, the U.S. and Europe. The outfit's frontman Chuck D, who founded and runs publicenemy.com; a digital record label (slamjamz.com), a social website for classic rap and hip-hop (hiphopgods.com), ...
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Big Shot Guest Mix: Ghosting Season
There's something truly beautiful and majestic about Ghosting Season's debut album, Very Last Of The Saints, released on Sasha's Last Night On Earth label. The musical union of Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale (who are also known collectively as worriedaboutsatan), the pair adeptly blend elements of ambient, post-rock, techno and electronica into a quixotic signature while eschewing current musical fads ...
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Download: Cornershop / “Solid Gold” (Tal M. Klein Remix)
Legendary Brit band Cornershop have written some notable tunes in their day. What's more is that they also know a thing or two about remixes. Case in point is Fatboy Slim's classic remix of "Brimful of Asha" back in the day that blew up and helped elevate the tune to classic status. Today the band released their new album, Urban ...
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Gear Reviews
Gear Review: Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6
Even if you drop the coin for Apple’s top-dollar laptop or Alienware’s flagship computer, you are still stuck with crappy audio that is not worthy of play even on a Greyhound bus. At some point you are going to have to upgrade to some kind of recording interface, a soundcard that deliver quality audio both into and out of the ...
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