:: Track Reviews

  • Raekwon f/ Method Man & Ghostface :: "Wu Ooh"
  • Lil Wayne :: "Prom Queen" / "Amazing Love" / "Hot Revolver"
  • Benjy Ferree :: "Fear"
  • Q-Tip f/ Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, & Lil Wayne :: "Renaissance Rap (Remix)"
  • A R Rahman :: "Jai Ho"
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:: Features

Interview / Tim Hecker
David Abravanel

Hecker speaks about studio recording and live performance, works of art in the information age, and where those track titles come from.

Recent Features:

⊙ Interview /
Mercury Rev
⊙ List /
Top 50 Albums 2008
⊙ List /
Staff Lists 2008
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:: Podcasts

NBHcast / III
Scott Reid

Enjoy some Newfies on one of these damn things, finally, to the sounds of: Human Soundtrack, Marches, Ian M. Hale, Brent Randall, Fol Chen, Human Soundtrack, Nodzzz...

Recent Podcasts:

⊙ Podcast /
XLVIII
⊙ Podcast /
XLVII
⊙ Fantasy Podcast /
Fantasy Covers 2008
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:: Combined Ratings

A CR is the mean rating of at least two staff member's individual ratings. Here are some of the highest this year:

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Record Reviews

Saturday, 07 February 2009
review page link Southeast Engine :: From the Forest to the Sea
Eric Sams

:: Your Sunday School teacher was an idiot. review page link Lithops
Ye Viols!

:: "Like liquefied metal"? Someone's been watching T2 again. review page link Elegi
Varde

:: Herzoggin'. review page link Daniel Amos
Darn Floor – Big Bite Reissue

:: Jesus is still alright with Conrad.
/ :: Wednesday, 04 February 2009
review page link The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart :: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
David Greenwald

:: Like preschool kids running for recess, or Tiger Trap circa 1993. review page link Telefon Tel Aviv
Immolate Yourself

:: TTA's likely final release pushes the duo further away from digital micro-edits and toward dreamy ambient textures. review page link The Subs
Subculture

:: Look at us! We’re Belgian! review page link Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

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:: RIYL: Jens Lekman. And butter metaphors.
/ :: Saturday, 31 January 2009
review page link Rob Mazurek :: Abstractions on Robert D'Arbrissel
Joel Elliott

:: Sneaking up on monks in private, Jesus, and x-treme indiscretion: Joel on his love of the cornet. review page link Portugal. The Man
Censored Colors

:: Conclusions: simian space travel? review page link PPP
Abundance

:: Prime for the dance floor. Or Wii bowling and whiskey. review page link Helvetikone
Bubble Hum

:: Five years in the making, it’s the Berlin electronic scene’s answer to Chinese Democracy. Everyone gets a free Fanta.