
Illustration by Mike Are you having fun yet? I know I am! nobleybones mixtape yesterday & an itty ari interwebs today, but whoa-ho-ho-ho, we ain't done yet! Not even remotely! We got more mixtapes coming at you. I sure hope you cleared off a little room on your iPod, iPhone, iTouch, or, to be more topical iPad! Speaking of the iPad. I saw a photo yesterday, a photo from Saturday's launch of the iPad that struck me as so powerful, so telling, [...]
In a world where any bozo with a laptop can loop together a few sounds and call it a day, it's refreshing to hear a band like Color Cassette keep their electronics sounding lo-fi and in masterful control. Equal parts Campfire Songs strumming, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot scratchy field recordings and Microphones harmonies, this concept album is perfect for a quiet winter evening. Two ambient-noise/folk musicians teamed up to form Color Cassette, and each of their strengths shine. Jason Corder (who also records as offthesky) adds a layer of serene vocals to the [...]
[ February 13, 2007 / bookmark ] SONGS ABOUT BUILDING MP3S: Based out of Columbus, Ohio, the Abandon Building label has posted over a dozen tracks from its half dozen albums thus far. Highlights include Back Ted N Ted 's "Opening Credits" ( MP3 ), in which a mix of acoustic and digital drums provide a rough blueprint for tentative melodic play, and Crillix 's "False Starts," which follows a similar blueprint but at a quarter the volume and half the speed ( MP3 ). Also recommended are Color Cassette [...]

. For all those parts of the bodily harmony, which are distributed through the whole body, within and without, and of which I have just been saying that they at present elude our observation, shall then be discerned; and, along with the other great and marvellous discoveries which shall then kindle rational minds in praise of the great Artificer, there shall be the enjoyment of a beauty which appeals to the reason. What power of movement such bodies shall possess, I have not the audacity rashly to define, as I have not the ability to conceive. Nevertheless [...]