
Well, brothers and sisters, kids, dogs, cats, chinchillas... we won two of the State Senate recall elections here in the Badger State and unseated two very troubling Republicans who seemed to be willing to tow the Tea Party line anywhere they were asked to, and one of those races wasn't even close. On the downside we lost the other four, and while all were within reasonable range of being winnable, the real killer was the race between the Republican incumbent Senat...

An MP3 Mix by Jon DeRosa of Aarktica Half String - Hue.mp3 Alisons Halo - Chalkboard James.mp3 Secret Shine - Loveblind.mp3 Boyracer - Buffalo.mp3 Hood - Field Is Cut.mp3 Azusa Plane - Eric Gaffeny.mp3 Blueshift Signal - Halo.mp3 Idaho - Skyscrape.mp3 Remora - Rivin.mp3 Attrition - Into The Waves.mp3 Lycia - Nine Hours [...]

strange how random threads stretch out across time and continents. got an email from this rather fetching label (comics and epic noise you say? my kinda place) and during my columbo-esque investigation realised i already owned one of their records. the alan sparhawk album since you ask. which somehow made it's way to avalanche records, glasgow, scotland and eventually disappeared into the ungodly piles of stuff i hoard like some music compulsive shut-in. anyways they have a bunch of new stuff (and a tonne of old too) and i'm gonna do a quick pimp of some of the choicest cuts, [...]

Silber Records Genre: Indie / Experimental / Ambient From: Raleigh, NC United States You can tell it's Christmas when the nights start drawing in, the days get colder (ok maybe not if you're reading this in the southern hemisphere), the neighbours deck their abodes in enough lights to guide the Shuttle and Silber release their annual Christmas compilation. [...]

Remora - Ensoulment (ZIP) 1 track of 70 minute aggressive ambient guitar excursion!

Sometimes when you listen to an band, you get the feeling that whoever is behind the amp is an accomplished, skilful musician. The technical precision of every chord and beat is unquestionable, and it's clear they practiced for years to become so good. Remora's not that kind of band. Let's say music has among others 2 axes, skill and quality - not intimately connected, but not mutually exclusive. The M ars Volta, to take one example, is clearly high on skill and, in my opinion, medium on quality due to spotty, overindulgent songwriting. Kepler would [...]