Along with a select few other re-releases this year, Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat stands out as something ahead of its time and totally infectious. Originally released back in 1982 (almost 30 years ago!), this 10 track release may very well be the true birth of acid house music. Constructed by Singh on a [...]

A couple months ago, a friend of mine shared a music video with my by a band called Francis And The Lights. On first viewing, I thought that the video itself was fabulous, with a simple but sharp style that really focused things in on the music but was dramatic enough to leave an impression [...]

It’s been five years since Paul de Yong and Nick Zammuto have graced the world with their music. In that time, children have been born, properties have been moved into, websites have been launched, and the two are now finally back with The Way Out. Running a lengthy (for them, anyway) 14 songs and 50 [...]

Although they aren’t a band that I go to on a consistent basis, I have a couple CDs by the Swedish duo The Tough Alliance in my collection and inevitably find myself singing along to their sugary sweet electronic pop whenever they end up playing. Ceo is the Nom de Plume of Eric Berglund, one-half [...]

Let’s just set things straight right now; Rod Modell and Steve Hitchell are pretty much unstoppable right now. All the work that I’ve heard from the duo, whether it be working together, or on their own (see Hitchell’s The Seduction Of Silence as Intrusion for one example) is completely solid and often transcendent.
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If you were a person who loved You Lost Me At Hello, the previous album from Bushman’s Revenge, there is about a 95% chance or so that you will really enjoy their new album Jitterbug. If you only thought that previous album was good or even decent, but figured that it was a bit on [...]

It was almost 2 years ago exactly that Born Ruffians’ debut album Red Yellow & Blue came out. At the time, the trio drew a lot of different comparisons, but didn’t really line up with any of them, as they sort of flitted around to their own beat and sound, mixing up indie rock with [...]

Like several other albums that have crossed my path over the years, All Is Well by Sam Amidon is one of those releases that didn’t register with me on first, second, or even third listen. It wasn’t until a year or so after it came out that it really clicked into place with me, and [...]

When LCD Soundsystem’s debut, self-titled album arrived five years ago, I didn’t quite understand why it received all the praise that it did. I enjoyed some of the songs on it and especially adored the bonus disc of singles and remixes that preceded it. Over time, my appreciation for the album as a whole grew, [...]

It probably says that I’m not a very good fan when I didn’t realize that most of the members of one of my favorite groups (Can) went on to form another band directly afterwards, and I hadn’t been aware of it until recently. I knew that Holger Czukay had gone on to release some great [...]