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Conspiracy of Owls – Puzzle People

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

When I think of the Detroit music scene, I think of a huge amount of musical diversity: the soulful sounds of Motown, Mick Collins’ gritty garage rock with The Gories and The Dirtbombs , the brash hip hop of MCs like Eminem and Guilty Simpson, and the analog synths of the early Detroit Techno scene. [...]

Scissorkast 8: Split Personalities

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Spring has sprung and as usual there’s a handful of significant releases on the horizon. SK favorites like Broken Social Scene, The Album Leaf and Ratatat all have new ones either recently released or upcoming, but what’s more exciting are the smaller artists who have brand new or sophomore records coming out for summer soundtrack [...]

Tunng …And Then We Saw Land

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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It’s been over 2 years since I posted something about Tunng, increasingly becoming one of my favorite bands on the planet. The combination of earnest, speculative front-porch folk and organic, digestible electronics has unfortunately led to the “folktronica” tag, but really, looking past labels what you get on their newest record (stateside on Thrill Jockey/ [...]

ScissorKast 7: Snowy Road

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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This ScissorKast, while a bit scattered, is perhaps one of the strongest playlists I’ve put together in a while. A combination of my favorite tracks from 2009 and a taste of hotly anticipated music from 2010 it meanders down a number of musical avenues including electronic, instrumental rock, indie, folk, you name it. Hard to [...]

Polvo: Back with a Bowl

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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It’s not often that bands break up and reunite over a decade later without some kind of clear financial motivation. Sure Polvo have had their share of shows over the last year in some of the biggest festivals around (they killed it at ATP), but after listening to their newest track “Beggars Bowl” — which [...]

Scissorkast 5: Partly Sunny

Sunday, May 31, 2009

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Six months since the last scissorkast and it’s not due to a lack of good music. Just have my hands full. I promise to get more regular with these, especially since I’ve digitized about 1000 records since the last podcast. Since the start of the year, 2009 is turning out some epic records, and I’ve [...]

Scissorkick 2008 Picks

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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Before we start, I’d just like to quickly let you know that this is not a best-of list. The entire purpose of scissorkick from its inception was to avoid the kind of internal editing and trend spotting that happens all over the Internet. That’s why I personally check The Hype Machine before I post, so [...]

Statehood

Monday, November 5, 2007

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This is the first of two posts of bands with the word “State” in their names. Other than that, they have very little in common. First off, is Washington D.C’s Statehood, the newest project from former-Dismemberment Plan rhythm section Joe Easley and Eric Axelson, Vehicle Birth’s Leigh Thompson and vocalist Clark Sabine. I don’t want [...]

Maserati

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

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Been a while. I know. Work has been all-consuming for nearly a month but now, finally with a chance to exhale, I can turn to the accumulating stacks and chose from a number of new gems to post for you. So why not start the return to posting off on the right foot, with a [...]

SK Reports: Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Bash

Monday, September 11, 2006

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I am currently still in Chicago until Wednesday and am probably too giddy over what transpired over the last 3 days to objectively report on The Touch & Go Records 25th Anniversary Party that just went down. Saw about 18 of the 25 acts over 3 days at the Hideout on Wabansia. Will post plenty [...]