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Chris Dahlen

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    Music, Reviewed Mclusky

    Mclusky

    With a singer who yelped like a crazy shithouse rat and riffs that bounced like a skateboard on a trampoline, Mclusky spent nine years as an underheralded punk fixture in Britain (and a semicult favorite in the U.S.) before finally…
    by Chris Dahlen March 1, 2006 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Various Artists

    Various Artists

    Traditionalist, experimentalist, American primitivist, and overall legend John Fahey influenced a wide swath of musicians, and not just acoustic guitarists. But here he's remembered by a rabble of Americana all-stars, and their contributions follow the usual disjointed pattern of a…
    by Chris Dahlen March 1, 2006 Tags: , , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Liars

    Liars

    Drum's Not Dead tells a story about the two poles of creativity: Drum (the confidence to create) and Mt. Heart Attack (the self-doubt that plagues our work). The album pits muddy synths and Angus Andrews' vocals -- sometimes gruntlike and…
    by Chris Dahlen February 22, 2006 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Jel

    Jel

    The smoggy synths and heavy beats that permeate the music of Anticon acts Subtle and Themselves can be traced to Jel, the DJ and sampler artist who has just released his second long-player. Soft Money boasts contributions from his labelmates…
    by Chris Dahlen February 1, 2006 Tags: , ,
    Music, Reviewed The Drones

    The Drones

    This starts as a drawling blues-rock album, with "Shark Fin Blues" sounding like the rock revival that you wish those early-'05 rawk hopefuls Black Mountain had pulled off -- but then it slowly drags you through a long night of…
    by Chris Dahlen January 11, 2006 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed 31Knots

    31Knots

    Like truants and delinquents at military school, the men of 31Knots roar with frustration, but they never lose their discipline. The wiry trio strikes a good balance between emo and math rock, with riffs that forgive lines like "Hell hath…
    by Chris Dahlen December 28, 2005 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Cassetteboy

    Cassetteboy

    The virtuoso sample artists with the wit of juvenile schoolboys of Cassetteboy are back -- and they're coming for our president. The English duo's debut, The Parker Tapes, turned seven years' labor splicing tapes and sampling TV into a masterpiece…
    by Chris Dahlen December 7, 2005 Tags: , , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Kate Bush

    Kate Bush

    Aerial is the reason Kate Bush's fans have clung to her through a 12-year recording break -- not because it's the best disc in her catalog, but because only Bush could have made an album as serene yet strange as…
    by Chris Dahlen November 30, 2005 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Deerhoof

    Deerhoof

    This isn't the first time Deerhoof has mashed together lysergic Byrds guitars, space rock, free noise, and twee asides -- but on The Runners Four, this Bay Area mainstay has ditched the erratic, "blank stare" edge of its previous albums…
    by Chris Dahlen October 12, 2005 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Various Artists

    Various Artists

    Here's what I felt listening to the radio hits of the '90s (and my 20s) for over eight hours: despair (jeez, were the "eclectic '90s" really this bland and frictionless?); horror (were the top hip hop and dance songs really…
    by Chris Dahlen July 27, 2005 Tags: , , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Laura Cantrell

    Laura Cantrell

    As the proprietress of Radio Thrift Shop on WFMU on the East Coast and an accomplished singer in her own right, Laura Cantrell is a champion of old-time country music -- and she makes it sound lovelier than ever on…
    by Chris Dahlen June 29, 2005 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Hella

    Hella

    This Sacramento duo has cut so many albums of tireless, all-rubbin'-no-climax noise-rock that it doesn't take a big leap to make it sound epic in the '70s sense: In this case, a few overdubs and a double-album span make this…
    by Chris Dahlen April 27, 2005 Tags: , , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed The Shining

    The Shining

    There's nothing surprising anymore about the cross-pollination of jazzbos gigging with rockers and laptoppers, especially in the mutation-friendly music scene of Oslo, Norway (see: Jaga Jazzist, Supersilent). But it's rare to hear a band that exposes the fissures. While this…
    by Chris Dahlen April 6, 2005 Tags: , , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Boom Bip

    Boom Bip

    Boom Bip should hire more singers. That's not a knock against his vibrant downtempo instrumentals: Like an interior decorator, he takes disparate sources -- rock guitars and Eastern-flavored synths, laptop beats and a basement drum kit -- and combines them…
    by Chris Dahlen March 9, 2005 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney

    Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney

    On this superb collaboration, Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham play ballads with the intimacy of bunkmates, conjuring a parched farm where panther-girls and man-donkeys toil, love, and spank one another. The sweet, absurd imagery would sound cloying in most hands,…
    by Chris Dahlen January 26, 2005 Tags: , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Fiery Furnaces

    Fiery Furnaces

    Every time the Fiery Furnaces need to release a single, none of their album cuts seems to work, so instead they record a new song, and almost all of them are finally collected on this budget-priced 10-track release. EP assembles…
    by Chris Dahlen January 12, 2005 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Wolf Eyes

    Wolf Eyes

    In Japan, the march of industry has created the "dark factory," which is staffed entirely by robots and so never needs to turn on the lights; likewise, noise/dub/industrial trio Wolf Eyes remembers humanity only by its absence. The voice on…
    by Chris Dahlen November 10, 2004 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed The Arcade Fire

    The Arcade Fire

    Whether it inspires you or just leaves you pummeled, Funeral is a staggering debut. Over the course of just one album, the Arcade Fire bursts out of the rigid beats and chopping chords of its post-punk influences and straight into…
    by Chris Dahlen October 13, 2004 Tags: , , , ,
    Music, Reviewed Bark Psychosis

    Bark Psychosis

    After five years spent agonizing over each moment of every texture, London's Graham Sutton has finished the Bark Psychosis comeback album -- a startlingly gripping production that's both claustrophobic and expansive. Matching the extended song forms of post-rock with the…
    by Chris Dahlen September 22, 2004 Tags: , , , , ,
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  • Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'. Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
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    Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'. Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
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