May 2009
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Jessie Evans Let Me On
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LOUDCROWD PICK OF THE WEEK: Jessie Evans Let Me On
I think I’m a little obsessed. I found this gem in the top friends list on 99 Records’ Myspace profile, which would make perfect sense to any fan of Lizzy Mercier Descloux, ESG, Konk, etc.
I was shocked to see she was unsigned, so I decided to do a little research on her. It seems that she spent quite some time in San Francisco before...
April 2009
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Myths of the Near Future
J.G. Ballard (1930-2009)
One of my favorite writers ever passed away last week, the great British author J.G. Ballard. Once you read him he never leaves your brain — didn’t for me, anyway. I’ve basically thought of him daily for the last twenty-five years. Burroughs may have inhabited the information future in the ’60s, but JGB was kicking it eco-dystopian style 40+...
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LOUDCROWD PICK OF THE WEEK: Dum Dum Girls...
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Ratatat Breaking Away
Loudcrowd, Modular,...
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GEEK LOVE!
I’ve been in Seattle the past week for the EMP’s Pop Studies Conference, a yearly event that brings together music critics and academic types to geek out about music. It’s a lovely, amazing thing, far better than you might ever expect it could be. This year’s theme centered on sex, and the body, and music. There was naturally a lot of excellent discussion about...
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Brighter Days Found In A Dark Basement In Brooklyn
Dirty Jean’s take on NYC nightlife’s return!
Last night marked the first of what seems will be a long stay in Brooklyn: Test Patterns at Don Pedros in Bushwick. I was lucky enough to be included as one of the DJs in the maiden voyage line-up, along side Mr. Mike Servito (Ghostly International) and my old DJ partner and pal Kim Ann Foxman (of Hercules + Love Affair). Curator, DJ...
The Juan MacLean, “No Time”
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The Future Has Arrived
Interview with The Juan MacLean Former Six Finger Satellite guitarist John MacLean has a reputation for being a dedicated, opinionated, individualistic workhorse. When he started releasing electronic music under the nom de dance The Juan MacLean in the early 2000s, his work reflected that—intricate dance tracks with a a machinist feel. After a few years of DJing, remixing, and production...
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Lemonade Tour Journal
I caught up with song of the week superstars Lemonade for a run-down on their just-closing-up tour with Sebastien Tellier. Some highlights in their own words. —Fucci
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We began our brief stint supporting french superstar Sebastien Tellier in our recently settled home of New York last Wednesday. Our first impression of him after our first meeting was: Holy shit, this guy is...
Lemonade -Blissout
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Loudcrowd Pick of the Week
Lemonade Blissout
I’ve been told that psychedelia tends to flourish during economic downturn. Makes sense right? When the life you live feels suddenly (or worse- gradually, slowly, painfully) more limiting due to your daily constraints, its only natural to reach towards otherworldly purusits, where the options are limitless.
I’m not just talking about the 60s here. 90s music brought...
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‘THE FUTURE’ IS HERE; SOUNDS GOOD!
Starting next Wednesday, you can tune in to Loudcrowd for a host of awesome tracks and remixes from the new Juan MacLean album The Future Will Come. You can even win them as collectibles in the game!
Former Six Finger Satellite guitarist and band frontman John MacLean has described the album as “a disco inflected Human League sounding...
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It’s early on Monday morning right now, so early as to effectively still be Sunday night. Speaking of Sunday night, I missed three (count ‘em — three!) shows last night that I would like to have checked out, because of a flat tire (don’t have a spare anymore, not smart). The rim’s messed up because I think my pickup truck makes me (and it) indestructible; this means...
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Loudcrowd Pick of the Week
Audion - I Am The Car
This week’s Loudcrowd pick is brought to you by minimal house groover Matthew Dear in his Audion alias. Audion updates the “white dub” of the classic ’90s Basic Channel production team with more organic and krautrock-y sounds. There hasn’t been any new Audion music in one year, and that was just three songs on the “Billy Says Go” single....
