awesome avatar.

For someone who writes for a living, your reading comprehension skills are pretty poor.

Bump!

sticky this mofo

Why can't you guys argue about the cmj top 20 like this?

Arcade Fire #2!!!

Eyvind Kang! Wow!!!!

OMG!

ok. so i see you and tom have it listed in your individual shmoo poll lists. i amg'd it but it doesn't do it justice i don't think.

wanna tell me more? i really wanna hear it cuz I've read through a shit ton of year end lists the past day or so and CMJ is the only one I see it on. It may be an uphill battle though cuz avant garde violining aint usually my thing. Did you review it on the site??

sonic nurse is way better than interpol's antics.

why do we let pitchfork get us in such a tizzy? the average age of their writers is like 20. we complain about them all the time because they are so hit and miss. most of their writers are first time writers for christ's sake. the impact pitchfork has on indie music is enormous, which is unfortunate. but it doesn't always have to be that way... lets rebel!

figure this out and buy some stamps and you'll be a magazine writer again!

Here's my review from an issue of the monthly:

Sure it’s the most pillowy-soft thing ever released on Ipecac, sure it’s the most accessible record from a composer with folks like Bill Frisell, Sun City Girls and Laurie Anderson totally on his Tzadick —but Eyvind Kang’s highest-profile release to date has no shortage of fuckedupness in its unsettling beauty. Building on quasi-Indian scales and the lessons of the minimalist (wash, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat) composers, Kang and his 22-piece orchestra (which includes Europe’s Playground Ensemble, Kang’s otherworldly violin and Ipecackler Mike Patton) bring this post-millennial monsterwork to a silently transfixed Bologna audience. The 19-minute “Doorway To The Sun” fuses myriad influences into a hypnotic wash: minimalist shimmers of sexy atmosfuckery open the piece like Tony Conrad or La Monte Young putting microtones on tail; marimbas and strings putter in redundant chatter like the pulse-based work of Steve Reich or Terry Riley; finally Mike Patton’s baritone chanting flips it like a goth reading of “A Love Supreme.” The shorter pieces sound like Philip Glass for short attention spans: the three-minute “Harbour Of The NADE” uses only two alternating notes, the drama arising though addition of instruments and tension from the spacing and silence. While remaining gentle and peculiar throughout, Co Ordinates’ drones, pulses, ragas, microtones and modes are diverse and unpredictable, making a maximalist record with minimalist techniques.
- Christopher R. Weingarten

First intelligent post in this thread.

My post that said "the Streets suck" already has that distinction.

I get it. So it's this year's Kadaa.


The worst band I've ever seen live. Musically at least. I did enjoy watching him eat a banana on stage and drive whiffle golf balls into the crowd though.

But this...

this

and this

make it sound interesting enough to check out. Thanks Whiney. You're good at your job.

We love us some Ipecac.



aw, thx.

That's not arguing.