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Music, Record Roundup Nov 16, 2016
Chicago’s grassroots rock bands brighten the corners they’re in

Reviews of new releases by Bleach Party, Coaster, Fake Limbs, Lala Lala, Strawberry Jacuzzi, and Swimsuit Addition
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Record Roundup, Bleach Party, Endless Bender, Coaster, Deuces, Fake Limbs, Matronly, Lala Lala, Sleepyhead, Strawberry Jacuzzi, Watch the Clock, Swimsuit Addition, Killin Time, Tall Pat Records, Cuddlestock, Patrick Sullivan, Dana Horst, Meghan MacDuff, Bart Pappas, Richard Giraldi, Loud Loop Press, Single Summer, Velocicopter, Montrose Man, Rodeo, Susan Volbrecht, Kaylee Preston, Rabble Rabble, Seth Engel, Matt Kissinger, Fetch, Options, Lifted Bells, Bathing Resorts, Dillon Kelley, Marcus Nuccio, Pet Symmetry, Mountains for Clouds, Michael Byrnes, Tom Graham, Community, Sooper, Don Giovanni, Stephen Sowley, Bryan Gleason, Mat Biscan, Nick Smalkowski, Man Feelings, The Power of Patrician Upbringing, Karla Bernasconi, Lillie West, Abby Black, Lyla Taube, Grabbing Clouds, Some Weird Sin, Nikita Word, Shannon Candy, Ross Tasch, Devon Press, Love Is for Suckers, Jen Dot, Dumb Dora, Brett Manning, Sam Westerling, Becca Nisbet, Mike Signal, Kittyhawk

Music, Record Roundup May 3, 2016
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Anohni’s heartfelt but clumsy Hopelessness and 13 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers tackle new releases from ambient wizard Brian Eno, self-proclaimed “Hood Pope” A$AP Ferg, and wintry folksinger Marissa Nadler, to name a few.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tiffany Walden, Annie Zaleski, and Meagan Fredette
- Tags: Record Roundup, Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Vol. 14, Susanna, Triangle, Robin Hayward, Stop Time, Fire! Orchestra, Ritual, Anohni, Hopelessness, Kaytranada, 99.9%, Modern Baseball, Holy Ghost, Repos, Poser, Debo Band, Ere Gobez, Brian Eno, The Ship, Marissa Nadler, Strangers, La Tene, Vouerca/Fahy, Little Scream, Cult Following, A$AP Ferg, Always Strive and Prosper, Video

Music, Record Roundup Oct 28, 2015
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Majical Cloudz' richly intimate Are You Alone? and 12 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers recommend Vhol's ambitious cosmic thrash, Boots's ominous but danceable pop, Michael Pisaro's thrillingly engrossing minimalism, and more.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Boots musician, Aquaria, Edge of Daybreak, Eyes of Love, Ellen Fullman, The Long String Instrument, Laurel Halo, In Situ, Hieroglyphic Being, J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl, We Are Not the First, Horrendous, Anareta, Renascence, Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?, My Disco, Michael Pisaro, A Mist Is a Collection of Points, The Kitchen Improvises: 1976-1983, Vhol, Deeper Than Sky, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Night of Your Ascension, Video

Music, Record Roundup Aug 11, 2015
Reviews of Mick Jenkins's surprisingly friendly Wave[s] and nine more new records

Five Reader writers take in a range of sounds that includes Ola Belle Reed's rural roots music, Ahab's "nautik funeral doom," and Beach House's newly modest dream pop.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Ahab band, The Boats of the Glen Carrig, Daniel Droste, Beach House, Depression Cherry, Victoria Legrand, Mario Diaz de Leon, The Soul Is the Arena, Golden Pelicans, Oldest Ride Longest Line, Rich Evans, Eric Grincewicz, Scott Barnes, Health band, Death Magic, Mick Jenkins, Wave[s], Jessy Lanza, You Never Show Your Love, The Last Hurrah!!, Mudflowers, HP Gundersen, DJ Spinn, Taso, Maesa Pullman, Tore Bereczky, Nordic Affect, Clockworking, Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir, Hildur Gudnadottir, Hafdis Bjarnadottir, Thuridur Jonsdottir, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line

Music, Record Roundup Jun 2, 2015
Six of the month's best Chicago releases in rock, rap, and dance

Reviews of new music by Flesh Panthers, J Fernandez, Lil Durk, the Singleman Affair, T.B. Arthur, and the Valenteens
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Record Roundup, Flesh Panthers, NGC 2632, Ryan Zombotron, J. Fernandez, Many Levels of Laughter, Justin Fernandez, Lil Durk, Remember My Name, The Singleman Affair, End of the Affair, Dan Schneider, Adam Vida, Sam Wagster, Jacob Smith, Gary Pyskacek, T.B. Arthur, Dubs From the DAT, Steve Mizek, The Valenteens, Fuzzed Out Tone for the Painfully Alone, Kris Di Benedetto, Vince Aguilar

Music, Record Roundup Mar 10, 2015
Swervedriver's watered-down I Wasn't Born to Lose You and 11 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including Cannibal Ox's long-awaited comeback album, Jack DeJohnette's love letter to Chicago-born jazz, and Ata Kak's oddball Ghanaian electro-rap.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Ata Kak, Oba Sima, Cannibal Ox, Blade of the Ronin, DJ Clent, Last Bus to Lake Park, Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago, Ghost Bath, Moonlover, Harm's Way, Rust, Jarboe & Helen Money, José Prates and Mieco Askanasy, Tam . . . Tam . . . Tam . . . !, Martin Sky, Everywhere but Here, Swervedriver, I Wasn't Born to Lose You, Dread Prophecy: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Yabby You, Yabby You, Ingar Zach & Miguel Angel Tolosa, Loner

Music, Record Roundup Jan 12, 2015
Sleater-Kinney's clear-eyed, open-hearted No Cities to Love and 11 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers tackle a dozen new releases, including John Carpenter's first music not for film, Aine O'Dwyer's improvisations on pipe organ, and a reissue of Del Shannon's 1968 psych-pop masterpiece.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, John Luther Adams, The Wind in High Places, Setter of Unseen Snares, John Carpenter, Sidsel Endresen, Stian Westerhus, Bonita Rune Grammofon, Leather Corduroys, Aine O'Dwyer, Music for Church Cleaners Vol. I and II, Natalie Prass, Alasdair Roberts, Del Shannon, The Further Adventures of Charles Westover, Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to Love, Sumac, Universal Togetherness Band, Numero Group

Music, Record Roundup Nov 4, 2014
Neil Young's gaudy, reactionary Storytone and 15 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including Arca's uncanny electronic mutations, Dawnbringer's murderously hooky classic metal, and T.I.'s unshakable street rap.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Anaal Nathrakh, Desideratum, Irrumator, Mick Kenney, V.I.T.R.I.O.L., Dave Hunt, Arca, Xen, Dawnbringer, Night of the Hammer, Chris Black, Fugazi, First Demo, Guy Picciotto, Ian MacKaye, Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time, Mono, The Last Dawn, Rays of Darkness, Tetsuya Fukagawa, Obliterations, Poison Everything, Stephen McBean, Sam James Velde, Radian, Howe Gelb, Radian Verses Howe Gelb, Martin Brandlmayr, Martin Siewert, Tyshawn Sorey, Alloy, Cory Smythe, Andy Stott, Faith in Strangers, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Aerial, T.I., Paperwork, TV on the Radio, A Distant Invitation, Jesse Paul Miller, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Mariam Wallentin, Andreas Werliin, Neil Young, Storytone

Music, Record Roundup Oct 8, 2014
Aphex Twin's moments of bliss on Syro and 15 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers take on 16 albums—including commercial alt-rock cheese from Johnny Marr, charged UK punk from Vaselines, and a terrifyingly gorgeous classic from Godflesh.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, record review roundup, Aphex Twin, Richard D. James, Syro, David Ashley, Perfect Dark, Vashti Bunyan, Heartleap, Grady Champion, Bootleg Whiskey album, MF Doom, Bishop Nehru, NehruvianDoom, Electric Wizard, Time to Die, Mark Greening, Jus Osborn, Liz Buckingham, Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean album, Be Good Tanyas, Godflesh, A World Lit Only by Fire, Justin Broadrick, G.C. Green, Frode Haltli, Vagabonde Blu, Hightide Hotel, Omar Khorshid, Live in Australia 1981, Johnny Marr, The Smiths, Bernard Sumner, Menace Ruine, Venus Armata, Sylvain Rifflet, Jon Irabagon, Perpetual Memory: A Celebration of Moondog, Moondog, Louis Hardin, Shakey Graves, And Then the War Came, Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Vaselines, V for Vaselines

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2014
DJ Mustard's lean, mean ratchet party 10 Summers and 14 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers dig into a cornucopia of new music, including Pallbearer's stately, mournful doom, Willis Earl Beal's raw, mystical antipop, and Jack Ruby's staggeringly savage no wave.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Record Roundup, Murder CIty Devils, The Group, Pallbearer, Cold Specks, Daniel Bachman, Willis Earl Beal, The Rentals, Susanna Wallumrød, Susanna, Jenny Hval, DJ Mustard, Agata Zubel, Susanna Wallumrød, Jack Ruby, Tarbaby, Anna Webber, Bölzer, MCD, records, Schema/RCA, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Ennio Morricone, Walter Branchi, Renzo Restuccia, John Heineman, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Mario Bertoncini, Profound Lore, Billy Anderson, Brett Campbell, Mute, Bathetic, CIMMfest, Hot Charity, XL, Polyvinyl, Weezer, Matt Sharp, Patrick Carney, SusannaSonata, Roc Nation/Republic, beat makers, beats, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Lil Wayne, YG, Boosie Bad Azz, Kairos, composers, vocalists, new music, Wislawa Szymborska, Klangforum Wien, Czeslaw Milosz, Samuel Beckett, Interscope, Feeding Tube, Chris Gray, Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits, Marc Ducret, Oliver Lake, Frantz Fanon, Rogue Art, Skirl, John Hollenbeck, Matt Mitchell, Invictus

Music, Record Roundup Jul 1, 2014
Robin Thicke's morbidly fascinating Paula and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including White Lung's witchy two-minute mantras, Monarch's crawling tectonic doom, and Sir Michael Rocks's bleakly sunny party rap.
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Kim Kelly, and Erin Osmon
- Tags: Record Roundup, Ab-Soul, Top Dawg Entertainment, Herbert Anthony Stevens, Black Hippy crew, MCs, hip-hop, Mike Cooper, Paradise of Bachelors, folk revival, blues, Peter Brötzmann, Grayson Currin, Indy Week, free jazz, improvisers, reissues, records, Flesh Eaters, Superior Viaduct, Slash Records, punk, Chris D., Chris Desjardins, X, John Doe, DJ Bonebrake, The Blasters, Dave Alvin, Bill Bateman, Los Lobos, Steve Berlin, Bryan Jacobs, Carrier, new music, electronics, Ensemble Pamplemousse, piano, flute, Ekmeles, Luluc, Sub Pop, Zoe Randell, Steve Hassett, Aaron Dessner, Monarch, Profound Lore, Emilie Bresson, Morrissey, Harvest records, November's Doom, metal, Paul Kuhr, guitar, People, Telegraph Harp, Mary Halvorson, Kevin Shea, Kyle Forester, Rise Against, Tim McIlrath, Interscope, Vanessa Rossetto, Kye, Pierre Schaeffer, Sir Michael Rocks, Blended Babies Music Group, Cool Kids, Antoine Reed, DJ Mustard, Robin Thicke, Star Trak, Paula Patton, Total Control, Iron Lung, Michael David Young, Dan Stewart, Trap Them, Prosthetic, Ryan McKenney, Brian Izzi, Kurt Ballou, Brad Fickeisen, White Lung, Domino, Mish Way, Kenneth William, Anne-Marie Vassiliou

Music, Record Roundup May 19, 2014
Lily Allen's almost annoyingly catchy Sheezus and 15 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers sift through a musical farrago that includes Ben Frost's defibrillating body music, Dawn Golden's alchemical electro-pop, and Sleaford Mods' grimly minimalist postpunk.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Kim Kelly, Tal Rosenberg, and David Whiteis
- Tags: Record Roundup, Lilly Allen, Auto-Tune, records, Ambarchi, Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi, Randall Dunn, Dunn O))), guitar, Drag City, Black Anvil, Relapse, black metal, Bok Bok, Night Slugs, producers, Kelela, Alex Sushon, Dawn Golden, Downtown records, Mad Decent, Bandcamp, Dexter Tortoriello, Houses, Rosy Cross, covers, Arne Deforce, Mika Vainio, Editions MEgo, sound qua sound, electronic music, Pan Sonic, duets, John Escreet, Sunnyside, John Hébert, Tyshawn Sorey, Evan Parker, Fennesz, Christian Fennesz, Pita, Jim O'Rourke, Empty Bottle, laptops, Ben Frost, Mute, Probcause, Bonafyde Media, rappers, EPs, instrumentals, Twista, Jarekus Singleton, Alligator Records, blues, Sleaford Mods, Harbinger Sound, Andrew Fearn, Jason Williamson, Weatherbox, Triple Crown, Favorite Gentlemen, punk, emo, Lee Weisert, New Focus, composers, Clara Yang, piano, Leslie Winer, Alexis Zoumbas, Angry Mom Archives, violin

Music, Record Roundup Apr 21, 2014
The Pixies' deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews

A dozen far-flung Reader writers cover Future's conscience-stricken coke rap, Todd Terje's playfully colorful nu-disco, Triptykon's lightless armor-plated epics, and points further afield.
- By Luca Cimarusti, Leor Galil, Kim Kelly, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Philip Montoro, Erin Osmon, Miles Raymer, Tal Rosenberg, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Record Roundup, Kent Burnside, Crime & the City Solution, My World Is So Cold, Lucky 13, R.L. Burnside, Cuddle Magic, Phyllis Chen, FYO, Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Someday World, Warp, Underworld, Fushitsusha, Peter Brotzmann, Nothing Changes No One Can Change Anything I Am Ever-Changing Only You Can Change Yourself, Keiji Haino, Utech, Future, Honest, Epic, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, Step Wide Step Deep, Dylan Bates, Otto Fischer, Shabaka Hutchings, Neil Charles, Tom Skinner, Ibn Inglor, New Wave 2, JACK Quartet, Helmut Lachenmann: Complete String Quartets, Mode, Kelis, Ninja Tune, Dave Sitek, TV on the Radio, Lord Mantis, Death Mask, Profound Lore, Charlie Fell, Pixies, Indie Cindy, Black Francis, Screaming Females, Live at the Hideout, Don Giovanni, The Hideout, Steve Albini, Marissa Paternoster, Todd Terje, It's Album Time, Olsen, Bryan Ferry, Triptykon, Melana Chasmata, Prowling Death, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, V. Santur, Simone Vollenweider, The Space Project, Lefse, Antlers, Blues Control, Beach House, Jesu, Zomes, Spiritualized, Jason Pierce, Wovenhand, Refractory Obdurate, Deathwish Inc., David Eugene Edwards

Music, Record Roundup Mar 10, 2014
Kylie Minogue's cheerfully lascivious Kiss Me Once and 15 more record reviews

Eleven Reader writers tackle a dizzying variety of new music, including Pharrell's expertly vacuous Ikea pop, Morbus Chron's feral-to-cerebral death prog, and Issue's blissed-out, goofy hip-hop about tea.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Luca Cimarusti, Kim Kelly, Tal Rosenberg, Erin Osmon, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Carla Bozulich, Boy, Constellation, Andrea Belfi, John Eichenseer, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Bobby Charles, Light in the Attic, records, albums, compilations, Coffinworm, IV.I.VIII, Eternal Summers, The Drop Beneath, Issue, Liquid Wisdom, Vijay Iyer, Mutations, Kuolemanlaakso, Tulijoutsen, Kylie Minogue, Kiss Me Once, Morbus Chron, Sweven, Owls, Two, Partial, LL, Bo Anders Persson, Love is Here to Stay, Pharrell, Girl, Rudy Royston, 303, Sisyphus, Wild Beasts, Present Tense

Music, Record Roundup Feb 18, 2014
Beck's half-awake Morning Phase and 15 more record reviews

Ten Reader writers can cover a lot of territory: Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, Conan's "caveman battle doom," and David First's in-your-face analog synths, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tal Rosenberg, Kim Kelly, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, albums, compilations, Actress, Werkdiscs, Ninja Tune, post-IDM, grimestep, Timbaland, Beck, Capitol Records, record reviews, Black Mare, Human Jigsaw, Sera Timms, Conan, Napalm, David Frist, Dais, Buchla 100, Guardian Alien, Thrill Jockey, Anne Guthrie, Students of Decay, James Brandon Lewis, OKeh, Arto Lindsay, Paal Nilssen-Love, PNL, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Captcha, Lorena Quintanilla, Alberto Gonzales, Angel Olsen, Jagjaguwar, Rafi El, Dutty Artz, Slothrust, Ba Da ing!, Leah Wellbaum, Metal Blade, Slough Feg, Numero Group, The Weaks, Lame-O, Chris Baglivo, Evan Bernard

Music, Record Roundup Jan 13, 2014
Lil B's 101-track mixtape 05 Fuck Em and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers recommend Don Cherry's joyful collectivist jazz, Against Me!'s transformative arena punk, and Murmur's inscrutable blackened prog, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, David Whiteis, Kim Kelly, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Abyssal, Iron Bonehead, CDs, records, albums, Against Me!, Total Treble, Tom Gabel, Laura Jane Grace, gender, Don Cherry, Caprice, Peter Gutteridge, The Clean, The Chills, Snapper, The Great Unwashed, Haptic, Entr'acte, 540, Lil B, mixtapes, Mariam the Believer, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Andreas Werliin, Mochi Mochi, Mogwai, Sub Pop, Murmur, Season of Mist, black metal, Matthias Vogels, Alex Perkolup, Charlie Werber, Shane Prendiville, Hatology, Polwechsel, Michael Moser, Werner Dafeldecker, Tempel, Prosthetic, Twista, GMG Entertainment, compilations, UDAD, Coral Records Internazionale, Papadon Washington, UDAD, Leo Welch, Big Legal Mess, You Blew It!, Topshelf, Miles Raymer, seapunk, Evan Thomas Weiss

Music, Record Roundup Dec 16, 2013
Black Flag's not totally terrible What The . . . and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer, David Whiteis, Monica Kendrick, Kim Kelly, and Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, albums, compilations, Argentinum Astrum, Anti-Corp, Forcefield, Inherent, Black Flag, SST, Dam-Funk, Snoopzilla, Stones Throw, Tim Kinsella, Joan of Arc, Joyful Noise, Marvin Tate, Angel Olsen, poetry, Kirk Knuffke, Steeplechase, poets, Last False Hope, Black Country Rock, Solitary, Magik Markers, Drag City, Milosh, eOne, Deadly, Mivos Quartet, Carrier, Ms. Jody, Ecko, Mutoid Man, Magic Bullet, MIE, Pelt Part Wild Gate, Robin Robertson, Alasdair Roberts, Stone Tape, S.S., Spray Paint, Burkhard Stangl, Touch, Angola, Analog Africa

Music, Record Roundup Oct 21, 2013
Ryan Hemsworth's cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including Omar Souleyman’s proper studio debut and the Dismemberment Plan's unembarrassing reunion record.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Luca Cimarusti, Tosten Burks, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Daniel Bachman, Tompkins Square, acoustic guitar, Bardo Pond, CCR Headcleaner, Pizza Burglar, Circle, Mamiffer, Faith Coloccia, Aaron Turner, Isis, Diplo, twerking, rap, EDM, pop music, Dismemberment Plan, J. Robbins, Tim Hecker, sound artists, Ryan Hemsworth, tenor saxophone, Gilbert Holmström, jazz, Swedish jazz, Kranky, Last Gang, Moserobie, Jumalhamara, black metal, Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions, Ryan Muncy, Ensemble dal Niente, Anubis Quartet, saxophone, Oranssi Pazuzu, Pusha T, Svart, 20 Buck Spin, GOOD Music, Def Jam, Omar Souleyman, dabke singers, mejwiz, Rizan Sa'id, Linda Thompson, folk music, Anna McGarrigle, Will Yip, b-sides

Music, Record Roundup Sep 20, 2013
Danny Brown's thoughtfully raunchy Old and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers take on 16 albums—including the Dirtbombs' bubblegum garage, Glasser's peculiar electro-pop, and Traxman's user-friendly footwork.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick, Tal Rosenberg, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Daníel Bjarnason, composers, pianists, Reykjavik Sinfonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Danny Brown, Fool's Gold, Bedroom Community, rappers, rap, Connections, Anyway, Adam Elliott, Times New Viking, Kevin Elliott, The Dirtbombs, In the Red, Mick Collins, Glasser, True Panther Sounds, Cameron Mesirow, Arve Henriksen, Rune Grammofon, trumpeters, oboists, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Ingar Zach, Lars Danielsson, The Internet, Odd Future, Syd the Kyd, beat makers, Matt Martians, Pi, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith, Nohome, Trost, F.M Einheit, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller, Caspar Brötzmann, Warp, Oneohtrix Point Never, Daniel Lopatin, synthesizers, samples, library science, Parquet Courts, What's Your Rupture?, Iannis Xenakis, Decca, Universal Music, 20th-century classical music, tape delay, Touche Amore, Deathwish Inc., emo, screamo, Traxman, Lit City Trax, footwork, TV Ghost, Tim Gick, Charles Waters Quartet, Amish, jazz, Chris McIntyre, Andrew Barker, George Rush, mixtapes

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2013
Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Dewey Balfa, The Bug, Ace, Ninja Tune, Kevin Martin, EDM, EPs, anthologies, Danny Brown, dubstep, dancehall, Flowdan, The Dead C, Ba Da Bing!, Destruction Unit, Sacred Bones, R. Rousseau, Earl Sweatshirt, Columbia, Tan Cressida, Nathan Abshire, Odd Future, rap, mixtapes, Complex, The New Yorker, RZA, Frank Ocean, The Neptunes, M. Geddes Gengras, Thrill Jockey, experimental music, Moog, improvisations, Albert Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Sunnyside, Bad Plus, Smalls, accordian, swing, free jazz, jazz, bossa nova, Kandodo, Simon Price, The Heads, The Mallard, Castle Face, No Age, Sub Pop, noise punk, garage rock, postpunk, Sich Mang, Rainbow Body, Eric Lee Gale, Rand Sevilla, wurkstep, Dobrinka Tabakova, ECM, Cajun music, cello, strings, concertos, Vattnet Viskar, black metal, Venom P. Stinger, Drag City, Century Media, Mick Turner, Jim White, Alan Secher-Jensen, Dugald MacKenzie, Chelsea Wolfe, Sargent House, folk music, Pine Grove Boys, Balfa Brothers, BLuebird Records, Rayne-Bo Ramblers, Will Balfa

Music, Record Roundup Jul 23, 2013
Robert Pollard's not-at-all-haphazard Honey Locust Honky Tonk and 14 more record reviews

Six Reader writers fan out to consider Author & Punisher's dystopian robot doom, Cüneyt Sepetçi's high-octane Turkish clarinet, and lots of music even more difficult to summarize.
- By Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Record Roundup, Zorch, Christopher Weingarten, Ryan Dombal, Tristan Shone, music critics, Tee Flii, DJ Mustard, R&B, improvised music, records, albums, mixtapes, Christian Jones, Cüneyt Sepetçi & Orchestra Dolapdere, Cüneyt Sepetçi, Jeremy Barnes, Heather Trost, Mike Will Made It, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Running, noise punk, Michael Reudenbach, Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices, Jacob Kirkegaard, Else Marie Pade, Ovlov, Okkyung Lee, cellists, sound art, Lasse Marhaug, Fuck Buttons, Danny Boyle, Andrew Hung, Benjamin John Power, The Convergence Quartet, Taylor Ho Bynum, drummers, pianists, cornetists, keyboardists, Harris Eisenstadt, Dominic Lash, Alexander Hawkins, No Business, ATP Recordings, Ideologic Organ, Exploding in Sound, Important Records, GBV Inc., Edition RZ, Castle Face, LM Dupli-Cation, Sargent House

Music, Record Roundup May 14, 2013
Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Philip Montoro, Tal Rosenberg, Luca Cimarusti, Monica Kendrick, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Record Roundup, Mad Meg, JohnMcNeil, Equal Vision, Pretty & Nice, Giovanni Verrando, Glassnote, Phoenix, Dulle Griet, Neon Neon, Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals, Boom Bip, Lex, Merzbow, Jenny Hval, Rune Grammofon, Hush Point, Bill McHenry, Aryeh Kobrinksy, Vinnie Sperrazza, Jeremy Udden, Jimmy Giuffre, jazz, composers, Freeband Gang, mixtapes, Freebandz, rap, Future, Deerhunter, Pitchfork, Kranky, Lockett Pundt, noise, Black Bug, HoZac, 4AD, Todd Novak, Blackout Festival, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Iva Bittová, ECM, Soundway, Aeon, Altar of Plagues, Profound Lore, James Kelly, Adult., Ghostly International, The Rift Brothers, Miles Claret, Kenyan music, Kenyan pop, compilations, U.S. Maple, resissues, Al Johnson, Mark Shippy, Todd Rittmann, Pat Samson, Adam Vida, Jim O'Rourke, Skin Graft, record pressing, RP Boo, Planet Mu, electronic music, Kavain Space, DJ Slugo

Music, Record Roundup Apr 1, 2013
Wire's gooey-sweet Change Becomes Us and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers range all over the musical map, from Milk Music's revivalist take on early-90s "alternative" to Jace Clayton's irreverent tribute to minimalist composer Julius Eastman.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Leor Galil, Monica Kendrick, Tal Rosenberg, Philip Montoro, and Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Record Roundup, Wire, Pink Flag, Sheriffs of Nothingness, Sofa, Kari Ronnekleiv, Ole-Henrik Moe, viola, Sax G, Cloud Nice, Seattle rap, Seattle hip-hop, Planningtorock, Human Level, Janine Rostrom, Pink & Brown, Castle Face, noise punk, John Dwyer, Thee Oh Sees, Mudhoney, Sub Pop, Milk Music, Aosoth, Agonia, black metal, Fat Possum, Ora Cogan, Hairy Spider Legs, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, drone, alt-folk, Maddy Prior, Steeleye Span, Jace Clayton, New Amsterdam, DJ/Rupture, Julius Eastman, SUNY Buffalo, David Friend, Emily Manzo, Dinosaur Jr., Ensemble Pearl, Drag City, Sunn O))), Stephen O'Malley, Michio Kurihara, Ghost, Boris, Atsuo, William Herzog, guitar, drums, bass, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Pedrito Martinez, Calle 54, Sony Masterworks, conguero, Camaron de la Isla, flamenco, rumba, Niño Josele, jazz piano, Bill Evans, Latin jazz, salsa, son, Lapalux, Brainfeeder, Stuart Howard, post-hip-hop, Flying Lotus, beat, G-funk, Roger Troutman, Pharcyde, Arabian Prince, DJ Koze, Pampa, Stefan Kozalla, microhouse, Kompakt, Battles, Hildegard Knef, Caribou, Julia Kent, Leaf Label, Rasputina, cello, Anthony & the Johnsons, Boris Hegenbart, Boris Hegenbart and 19 Artists, Monotype, sound art, Jan Thoben, Stephan Mathieu, Lee "Scratch" Perry, David Grubbs, banjo, Fred Frith, Martin Brandlmayer, Radian, Michael Vorfeld, Oren Ambarchi, Felix Kubin, Bernhard Günther, Boris Hauf, Ulrich Krieger

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