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Podcast Episodes 701 & 702 are now live!

Cow in Maui from Veronika in Vienna

Two new shows just for you.

We have squeezed out two extended release episodes for this weekend to get you through this week. They contain mostly new songs but there's also new issues from the vaults.

The first show features music from Rider/Horse, Mint Field, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Anastasia Coope, ISAN, Stone Music, La Securite, Bark Psychosis, Jon Rose, Master Wilburn Burchette, Umberto, Wand, Tim Koh, Sun An, and Memory Drawings.

The second episode has music by Laibach, Melt-Banana, Chuck Johnson, X, K. Yoshimatsu, Dorothy Carter, Pavel Milyakov, Violence Gratuite, Mark Templeton, Dummy, Endon, body / negative, Midwife, Alberto Boccardi, Divine.

Cow in Maui from Veronika in Vienna.

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45 SELF, "Aztec Gameshow Death Ritual"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Carsten S.

Music

I find it hard to choose the proper words to describe this album as themore I listen to it the more I like it. There is a wide variety ofsounds balanced by a strong conceptual theme. This provides an ongoingsteady flow which makes it easy to concentrate on nearly anythingbesides questioning the soundtrack-ish qualities of the album.

Secret Chiefs 3, "Book M"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

David Piniella

Music

Trey Spruance, probably best known for his work with Mr. Bungle, hasreleased another album under the name Secret Chiefs 3. Originally aside project of Mr. Bungle known as the Secret Chiefs Trio—theyreleased a b-side to a 7" included with Bungle's "Disco Volante"vinyl—they had to change their name when a surf guitar band from the1950's popped up with the same name and have since released four albumsas Secret Chiefs 3.

"Musique Concr√®te Soundtracks To Experimental Short Films 1956-1978"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Staff

Music

In the 21st century, audio preservation and restoration will become ahot topic. I believe it's going to be a struggle as copyright owners(both private and corporate) will be the main factors of lettingmusical works die. I fear history will only be recorded for the mostpopular icons of the most popular western music genres. Thankfully,there's a small number out there who aren't willing to accept that.These first three CDs in this series exemplify what I consider'guerilla preservation'. The music that appears on these compilationshas been mastered from both 16mm prints and first-generationvideotapes, illegally, with a host of mysterious credits.

Slicker, "Frustrache"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Staff

Music

Generally, most US released EPs make a reasonable amount of sensewhereas a number of UK-issued EPs (with two parts, each for $10 andrarely featuring more than one exclusive track) leave me feeling pissy.Thankfully this release follows that convention more closely. Thelatest from Slicker is a follow-up to last year's 'The Latest' with theoriginal LP version of the title cut plus five other tracks of remixesand other songs.

Stephin Merritt, "Eban & Charly"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Staff

Music

If you've always wondered what it would be like for the madman behindMagnetic Fields to score a dramatic gay independent feature film,here's your answer. However, if you're looking for the new MagneticFields album, this isn't it.

"In The Beginning, There Was Rhythm"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Nate Smith

Music

The first sentence of the 40-page booklet that accompanies this discreads "This record features the groups that grew out of punk in the UKand embraced Dance music." Yeah, right, that's exactly how I'd [not]describe Throbbing Gristle and This Heat. Souljazz Records,self-proclaimed re-releaser of hard-to-find dance music, has expandedtheir dub-and-reggae filled catalog by compiling 11 songs from 9 late70s UK bands, including the two bands mentioned above, Gang of Four,early Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, 23 Skidoo, A Certain Ratio, theSlits, and the Pop Group.

The Aesthetics, "Off"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Rob Devlin

Music

What are the Aesthetics? Tech rock? Noise punk? Overly distortedgarbage? I'd lean towards the latter, though there are some worthwhilemoments to speak of. First off, this is NOT the Aesthetics that youmight find by searching at Ubl.com or Allmusic.com. These are theAesthetics from New Zealand. These are the noisy Aesthetics.

Teenage Fanclub, "Howdy!"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Rob Devlin

Music

Few bands have faced as tumultuous a career as Scotland's TeenageFanclub. Roster changes, label changes and arguments (Gerard Cosloy isstill peeved about the band's submission of the fully instrumental "TheKing" as their final effort for Matador), and sound changes make for avery rough career. Now on their fourth label in the US, Thirsty Ear,Teenage Fanclub return with the Byrds/Beatles/Big Star influenced soundthat has remained their staple for close to a decade, two years afterSony UK released the album across the pond.

The Wake, "Harmony & Singles"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Administrator

Music

In an act of altruism, LTM Records has begun to remaster and reissueThe Wake's albums, starting with this early record, a smattering ofearly singles and a peel session.

Shalabi Effect, "The Trial Of St-Orange"

Sunday, 24 February 2002

Administrator

Music

Possibly one of the most anticipated follow-ups is finally available. If you thought the eponymous debut double CD was mindblowing, you ain't heard nothin' yet. 'The Trial' once again sees the four core members playing songs together with strong improvisational origins, but this time it seems the emphasis has gone from astral exploration to an almost surrealistic horrific earthly adventure.