06/11/2008
Contest: Enter to Win The Art in The Age, Ben Woodward Designed Walrus Tee!
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction likes us, they really really like us! Thanks to our good friend Ben Woodward, Creative Director at AITA, we now have our very own Walrus T-shirt! Ain't it purty? The limited edition shirt with re ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/11/2008 5:34 PM EST in Contest | Permalink
Fancy A Round Of Mahjongg?
Mahjongg were a bunch of dance-punk kids from Missouri with a fixation for polyrhythms and atonal vocals. In 2004 they released an EP on Chicago's Cold Crush label with the day-glo gem of a single called "Jamdek." This is a tune that every ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/11/2008 4:52 PM EST in Electronic | Permalink
I Love Livin' In The City
In 1978 the Los Angeles punk band Fear released their first 7 inch, "I Love Livin' In the City," on Criminal Records. An guttural ode to the squalor and filth of inner-city living, this beer bottle breaking anthem came to mind while walking to ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/11/2008 11:52 AM EST in 70's Punk | Permalink
06/10/2008
Bust a Nut Pumpkin
Joy Allan-Wilsher knows a thing or two about vegetables, legumes, and gender alienating social clubs. In her song "Nut Pumpkin," she pleads for her husband to hurry home from his men's club meeting because she has a nut pumpkin waiting for him ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/10/2008 4:11 PM EST in Folk | Permalink
The Undertones Predict The Impending Summer
Oh my God, it is so frigging hot in this city. The Undertones are right, "Here Comes the Summer." [yt]http://www.youtube.com/v/kUg7OO1gZk0[/yt] Kick out the summer jams with The Undertones 1979 self titled classic pop - punk album, The Unde ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/10/2008 11:43 AM EST in 70's Punk, YouTube | Permalink
06/09/2008
Lou Reed Takes the New "Moog Guitar" for a Test Drive
Robert Moog was a genius, plain and simple. In the 60's his revolutionary Moog synthesizer, the first widely used electronic instrument, introduced musicians to a brave new world of sound. From the Beatles to Yes to Stereolab, his creation trans ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/09/2008 11:49 AM EST in Electronic, YouTube | Permalink
On Repeat All Day: New Deerhunter Songs
I wasn't that impressed by the previous Deerhunter album, 2007's Cryptograms. There were one or two tracks from that record that I enjoyed, but overall I never understood why people went gaga over it. In general, I felt like it was a little over ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/09/2008 8:26 AM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/06/2008
VISUAL NOTES: Art In The Age Music Round-Up
This week's VISUAL NOTES features a weekly round-up of musings on fine art, design, musicians/bands, and related news. Each week I really do delight in scouring the internet for cool marriages of art and music. This week, however, a whole slew o ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 06/06/2008 5:24 PM EST in Editorial, General, Visual Notes | Permalink
Remix of the Week: Miami Horror Vs. Datarock
I DJ'ed for the first time this week at the Barbary in Philly and I made sure that this remix of Datarock's "FaFaFa" by Australian New-Wave Giorgio Moroder nerd Miami Horror made the cut. From the smile-inducing 80s synth melodies to the classic ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/06/2008 11:30 AM EST in Electronic, Remix, Disco, Highly Recommended | Permalink
Video: Jeremy Jay is Walkin' on Air
This morning I caught this on Buzzfeed and after just a few seconds I was nodding my head. Jeremy Jay's "Airwalker" is like a funkier version of a Galaxie 500 tune, or what Lou Reed would've sounded like in the late 70's had he traded in his whi ...
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