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The Evpatoria Report - Maar [2008] 2008-10-29 19:54:00 Armed with only two guitars, some drums, bass, a violin, and a keyboard, The Evpatoria Report accomplish quite a lot on their latest effort Maar, released courtesy of Get a Life! Records. According to Wikipedia, the band’s moniker references the Croatian city of Evpatoria, which broadcasts an “Evpatoria message” directly into space for any roaming aliens that might be bored enough to tune in
Sleepingdog - Polar Life [2008] 2008-10-23 16:51:00 There’s not a wealth of information circulating about Hoegaarden, Belgium’s Sleepingdog, which is one of the reasons we’re inclined to review Chantal Acda’s latest effort, Polar
Life, released courtesy of Gizeh—home to other great Euro acts such as Glissando. Defining Sleepingdog is a bit like trying play catch with a jellyfish—it’s not as easy as it seems. And Sleepingdog, despite h
Mooncake-Lagrange Points [2008] 2008-10-19 16:35:00 Since we can’t just review bands from Austin, TX, our latest pick lifts us all the way to the Russian Federation’s Moscow for Mooncake and their latest instrumental release, Lagrange Points
. It’s almost too obvious a choice for a place called The Astronaut Farm, but get over it. Since I am an astronaut, I already knew the album's title references Italian-French math wiz Josef Lagrange's “L
Balmorhea - Rivers Arms [2008] 2008-10-14 19:47:00 For their second LP release, Austin, Texas virtuosos Balmorhea have released Rivers
Arms, a new collection of fourteen instrumental tracks with a smattering of vocal overlays. I must admit that at first I was puzzled by the band’s name. No matter how I tried to pronounce it, I ended up with connotations of some extremely painful intestinal disorder. According to their website, the band’s name
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [1971] 2008-10-11 11:58:00 Let this reviewer admit right off the bat that he saw Terry Gilliam’s wonderful film before reading Hunter
S. Thompson
’s hysterical roman á clef, which follows Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo as they fill their heads with acid and burn across the desert in search of the American Dream and the Mint 400—an absurd yet widely-acclaimed motorbike race. The bad news: because Gilliam’s ada Read more:Las Vegas
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God is an Astronaut - God is an Astronaut [2008] 2008-11-08 05:30:00 Wicklow, Ireland’s God is an Astronaut
are stocking up on guitar picks for what will in all likelihood become their most successful album release and tour schedule to date. The pride of Wicklow’s newest self-titled LP, God is an Astronaut, promises to follow up 2007’s Far from Refuge with more of the band’s trademark spacey guitar wails, seamless instrumentation, and even brief doses of el
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