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‘Eno is a conundrum: impish disruptor and happy polymath, he can also be a bit of a tech prig lecturing us from on high, dropping serene apothegms that turn out on closer inspection to be vanishingly banal.’

Ian Penman on Brian Eno: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ian Penman · Infinite Wibble: Brian v. Eno
At a time when most conversation about the arts remained stuck in an Oxbridge common room, Eno was a one-man laboratory...
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September 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Night of the Hunter was released 70 years ago today. Here’s my review from a few months ago: boxd.it/7MhKIv
A ★★★★★ review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Utterly chilling horror movie, a clear influence on everything from Psycho to The Exorcist to Halloween to There Will Be Blood. The Preacher (Robert Mitchum, brilliant), a scripture-quoting misogynist...
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July 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Hey, I wrote a lot of words about a band I love called Pavement — the tunes, the albums, the gold soundz, etc.

uproxx.com/indie/paveme...
The Best Pavement Songs, Ranked
Ahead of ’Pavements,’ Uproxx Culture Critic Steven Hyden looks back at the best songs from Pavement.
uproxx.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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did flavor flav write this
February 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Aaaaand we're back! The Burning Ambulance newsletter returns with a look at Miles Davis's Agharta & Pangaea, recorded 50 years ago this week.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/agharta-an...
Agharta & Pangaea @ 50
The thrilling end to Miles Davis' 70s psychedelic funk-metal era
burningambulance.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Best to ever do it.
January 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱
gogetfunding.com/wajima/
November 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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The Christmas Spirit's been evasive for me this year...But perhaps sharing some excerpts from my 2018 @aquariumdrunkard.com Q&A with A Charlie Brown Christmas drummer Jerry Granelli will help me lock "real in." Might even help you do the same.

Read: jasonpwoodbury.substack.com/p/its-about-...
December 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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The news in Sweden today.
December 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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Out Today. The new album from Saint Etienne
December 13, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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'The Night distils the themes that have defined their 25 year career into hallucinatory nuggets, as though contemplating them from low Earth orbit, making them lusher, deeper and woozier'

The Night by #SaintEtienne is tQ's Album of the Week

https://buff.ly/4fgOudk
December 12, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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"This is St Etienne at their most austere and elegant. Rain sounds run through the album and you can feel the neon glow reflected in the streets of these 14 tracks. The Night is classic St Etienne, just presented in ways we’ve never quite heard before." www.brooklynvegan.com/album-review...
Indie Basement (12/6): Saint Etienne, Fennesz, Seahawks, more
Plus: Celebrate Yourself! The Sonic Cathedral Story 2004 - 2024 box set, a look back at The Woodentops' 'Giant' and more
www.brooklynvegan.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
The incredibly beatiful Rafael Toral’s “Spectral Evolution” at #2!
The Wire 491/492 is out now. thewire.co.uk/issues/491/492

2024 Rewind: the Year in Underground Music, including Top 50 Releases of the Year; Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year; Critics’ Reflections: our writers discuss their memorable cultural experiences of the past 12 months...

Plus much more!
December 3, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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It doesn’t happen often, but when the NYT publishes something terrific you have to give them credit.

This is an elegant long-form narrative, full of complexity which is not reduced to moral opprobrium.

It is clear about US geopolitical failures.

It is beautifully written.

And it’s terrifying.
The Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times (Gift Article)
The devastating outcome of the 1983 game reveals that nuclear escalation inevitably spirals out of control.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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Elektroakustische Projekte & Makro (2025 remaster) - 5 CD

With joy we announce the release of 5-CD box set dedicated to Roland Kayn’s Cybernetic Music, which were sensibly remastered by Jim O’Rourke.

Pre-orders December 1,
Expected shipping date 2-25-25

Order & info: kayn.nl/shop/cds/ele...
November 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Gerhard Richter
Beerdigung (Funeral), 1988
December 2, 2024 at 3:38 PM