New Music – 1/2/2011
Finally found a bit of time to do some music hunting this break and came up with the following. No great reviews here, but some links and videos! 1. Cake - Showroom of Compassion : I’ve always liked Cake and Prolonging the Magic was pretty central to my time in Athens years ago. This new album is definitely their strongest effort in the last couple of releases (even if the political lyrics are a little heavy handed). They’ve... Read More
New Music 8/31/2010
Hello again. I thought I’d share with you some of the new stuff I’ve come across this week. . . 1. Stornoway - Beachcomber’s Windowsill : Sharing their band name with a small city in the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, this Oxford based folk / pop outfit create soft songs with sometimes gritty instrumentation. Think James Yorkston’s haunting melodies without a lot of the pretense (please don’t tell James Yorkston... Read More
CCR751 – Weheliye – Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity
Weheliye, Alexander G., Phonographies Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity. New York: Duke UP, 2005. Print. Intro: Wow, what a theory/lexically heavy piece! There’s a lot going on in the intro, so I’ll do my best to encapsulate what W. wants to do here. First, he discusses the “digital divide” that puts white’s engagement with technologies (information technologies) on a high pedestal, while the “sound technologies” of A.A. are not... Read More
