The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 abruptly offered sizable options for euphoric electronic music fans. Formerly grayed-out factories-turned-clubs played host to a flush of activity. Warehouse spaces †cheap, plentiful, and relatively unpoliced †bulged with the exaggerated frequencies
Cut Copy are one of many bands today trying to keep the full album experience alive. If all those single-song-buying-buffoons got to hear In Ghost Colours, they would most definitely come back from the dark side.
Pictures of Marcus Miller often show him wearing what is almost a trademark porkpie hat. Truth is, the extraordinary musician wears many hats, some of them simultaneously.
BEACH HOUSE: DEVOTION (CARPARK) *** The aptly named Beach House captures the feeling of the sun penetrating the skin to warm the soul. "Devotion" is a lazy afternoon set to music. Don't play this while you're driving.
It's only in performance, that Paal “Strangefruit” Nyhus's true value can truly be appreciated. Yes, he's a turntablist (purists can prefix that with “dreaded,” though they'd be grossly mistaken), but he's also much more.
The Kaimin asked ASUM Senate candidates what they, if elected, would do for ASUM. Here are the questions, and what they had to say: Q1. What specifically would you like to accomplish as an ASUM senator? Q2. What sets you apart from the other candidates?
MARIAH CAREY "E=MC2" (Island Def Jam) With her new album, "E=MC2," Mariah Carey has assembled a collection of perfect little pop pleasures that will charm even the staunchest naysayer. There were songs on "Mimi" that felt a little forced, a little too desperate to be liked, but there's none of that on "E=MC2." In fact, the first notes of the album come from one of her patented
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. -- H. L. Mencken