Well, not really. They’re actually pretty alive and well. Those high energy, cut-up, dirty, synth-heavy, 128 bpm, super-compressed explosions on the dance floor have been rocking parties until the early morning for some time now. I have to admit, they still can be pretty exhilarating. Every other track that Crookers drops makes me say “that’s [...]

reposted from Life After Records
In this episode, the Chicago humidity not only inspires but influences the signature Horton sardonic commentary on all the tracks he features and discusses. He cites Weezer’s Red Album B-Side, “Ms. Sweeney” as “the best Weezer song in over ten years.” However, after a brief pause he slyly admits that [...]

For a while now, DJ People’s Champion had been running the DC monthly, Transatlantic. The premise was to have one live act sandwiched in between DJs. The night has seen the likes of Lismore, Time Machine, and The Glass, just to name a few. Sadly, DJ People’s Champion has since moved [...]

“The Carter upgrade is something we’ve been talking about around here for a while now, along with our discussions of the rise of the cultural phenomenon, and self-proclaimed iconoclast, Lil’ Wheezy. Though some of us do remain unconvinced, he does serve us well as a polemic that we might use to question our here and [...]

Last Thursdays at Marquis gets to be a bit fun for me, Triobelisk, and Outputmessage. We get to try out some new tunes we’ve been working on for the dancefloor, and this past Thursday was no exception. Right before his set, much like a kid who couldn’t contain a secret that he had been holding [...]

HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY, “TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE SATELLITE HEART“!
It’s been well over two years since their last full-length album was released, but 2008 has still been a utopian year for Norman, Oklahoma’s own Flaming Lips. Their long-in-the-works movie “Christmas On Mars” finally debuted at the ’08 Sasquatch Fest, just one night before the band’s cataclysmic Led [...]