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Crazy Clown Time by David Lynch

Play It Again Sam

0 Comments · Wednesday, November 30, 2011
In his films, paintings, photographs and drawings, David Lynch is an unrepentant surrealist, a fascinating and compelling storyteller who explores both the horrors and banalities that exist on the fringes of culture. As a result, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the self-taught “non-musician” brings a similar vision to his first album of music, Crazy Clown Time, a set of songs fashioned from jams into discernible structures which then suggested lyrics as only Lynch can imagine.   

Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica

Warner Bros.

0 Comments · Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Attempting to critique Lulu, the new Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration, is a little like taste testing a vodka-flavored breakfast cereal; comparing it to either vodka or breakfast cereal is unbalanced because the combination is so mismatched. Both artists come from extreme backgrounds — Reed as an avant-garde sonic artist, Metallica as Thrash Metal welders.  

Ceremonials by Florence and the Machine

Universal Republic

0 Comments · Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The success of Florence and the Machine’s debut, 2009’s Lungs, left Florence Welch with little free time to work on its sophomore album, which she planned on making darker, heavier and denser. Ceremonials is the divine result of that proposed blueprint.  

Last Summer by Eleanor Friedberger

Merge

0 Comments · Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Eleanor Friedberger has accomplished plenty with brother Matthew in their well-regarded Indie Pop collective, The Fiery Furnaces. With Matthew occupied with his series of solo releases, Eleanor decided to test the waters with her own contribution, the patently wonderful and gently quirky Last Summer.
  

Music: Tommy Stinson and Guns N' Roses

0 Comments · Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to 1983. We’re visiting Bogart’s in Cincinnati, Ohio, where young publicity manager Brian Baker is witnessing the second area appearance of R.E.M., which he�  

Music: Mr. Gnome

0 Comments · Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Mr. Gnome is the sound of the Cocteau Twins as guided by My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey’s pipes transplanted into Tony Iommi’s body, an Ambient Art Pop hush married to a hardass Shoegaze sq  

Music: Unknown Hinson

0 Comments · Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Nearly two decades ago, music teacher/studio musician Stuart Baker joined the cast of a Charlotte, N.C., public access sketch comedy program called The Wild Wild South, performing as a character  

Mr. Gnome

Dec. 1 • Southgate House

0 Comments · Monday, November 28, 2011
Mr. Gnome is the sound of the Cocteau Twins as guided by My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey’s pipes transplanted into Tony Iommi’s body, an Ambient Art Pop hush married to a hardass Shoegaze squall that is equally invested in achingly beautiful melodicism and psychedelically compelling noise.   

Unknown Hinson

Dec. 3 • Southgate House

0 Comments · Monday, November 28, 2011
Stuart Baker's performances as Unknown Hinson featured equally exaggerated Country songs detailing his stereotypically illegal and immoral lifestyle, which included baby-making, vampirism and murder.  

Papadosio

Nov. 26 • Madison Theater

0 Comments · Monday, November 21, 2011
Like the majority of their Jam peers, Papadosio endorses live taping for sharing and trading. At last check, the Internet Archive at  www.archive.org had 41 Papadosio gigs available for free download, and there are countless message boards to obtain even more.