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flavorpill NYC | SF | LA | LONDON | CHI March 29 - April 4, 2005

 
 Akino Kondoh   
Cultural Stimuli in NYC
Issue 251: trickster flavor

Get ready for a ruckus, kids, because this week's lineup is loud and proud. (Not that there's anything wrong with that!) From art world heavy hitters like David LaChapelle and Damien Hirst to Elizabeth Taylor pitching a fit in the midst of a Mike Nichols retrospective to drum 'n bass assaults from the legendary Roni Size and the Direct Drive crew, you'd better prepare yourself to slip into something less comfortable. April Fool's presents you with a choice between noise-rockers Wolf Eyes and Lightning Bolt as well as a chance to take in the early slapstick of Sturges, while Wednesday sees boom box composer Phil Kline playing a hoax on audiences. Keep an eye out for tricks, and spread it...

 

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Table of Contents
tue lecture: Daniel Buren dj: John Tejada; Roni Size
wed music: Black Mountain performance: The Story of B discussion: Robert Christgau and Gary Giddins
thur dj: SS, Grooverider, and Shy FX; Ian Pooley film: Who's Afraid of Mike Nichols? music: Lyrics Born
fri music: Lightning Bolt w/ DMBQ, and the Panthers; Wolf Eyes; Otomo Yoshihide and Nobukazu Takemura film: The Early Sturges
sat art: Basquiat film: Before Sunrise and Before Sunset dj: DJ Harvey
sun discussion: South Asian Contemporary Art multimedia: Mixel Pixel, Soft Traps, and the Mitang Audio
mon dj: DJ Scribe and DJ Language
ong art: Damien Hirst photography: David LaChapelle: Artists & Prostitutes film: New Faces of Swedish Cinema
feat back in the saddle: Bike New York cd review: Out Hud, Let Us Never Speak of It Again downloads: Smart-Music
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Tuesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


LECTURE: Art
Daniel Buren: In Conversation

when: Tue 3.29 (6:30pm)
where: Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave, 212.423.3500) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Daniel Buren

Not widely known in the US, Daniel Buren has forged a career in Europe as a steadfast conceptualist who intelligently transforms space with simple stripes. Applied on canvas, as well as urban sites such as billboards, plazas, and trains, his bands of color redefine their surroundings in a measured fashion. At the Guggenheim, Buren constructs a massive mirrored sculpture through the atrium that reflects the spiraling ramp as broad bands of architectural form, thus making it his own. At each level, there are bits of his history to absorb, from installations to vintage paintings. Tonight, consider the significance of his work as Buren and conceptual art buff Alexander Alberro discuss it. (PL)

Note: The Eye of the Storm: Works in situ by Daniel Buren continues through Wed 6.8.

  Speaking of stripes, how many more stripes are on the American flag than the flag of Buren's birthplace? The first and third correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.



DJ
John Tejada

when: Tue 3.29 (9pm)
where: APT (419 W 13th St, 212.414.4245) map
price:
links: Event Info | John Tejada

John Tejada's brilliant Plug Research release of '04, Logic Memory Center, is arguably the greatest document of micro-house that's been heard yet. Infectiously snapping house rhythms underpin spare, shifting synth washes, ephemeral glitch fields, and the occasional deadpan vocal. But despite the sonic restraint and technophilia of these tracks, the sum is warmer and far more pop than its parts. His live sets similarly exemplify the laser precision of these recent productions, but encompass the breadth of a decade-long career that's seen him record and remix for countless labels in staggeringly diverse styles. (JL)

Note: Open vodka bar from 9-10pm.



DJ
Roni Size

when: Tue 3.29 (10pm-2am)
where: Cielo (18 Little W 12th St, 212.645.5700) map
price:
links: Event Info | Roni Size

Those who've experienced drum 'n bass on a proper sound system know that it adds a crucial third variable to the equation — maximum, chest-caving impact. Sadly, such sufficiently amped and EQed nights in NYC are few and far between. Exciting then, that a true pioneer of the genre ventures forth from the UK to play one of the city's best heavyweight systems. Though Roni Size's sound has certainly progressed from the vintage breaks of his Mercury Prize-winning New Forms, he has kept his finger on the various permutations of d 'n b. In his set, listen for the latest dubplates from the UK and burgeoning scenes worldwide, as well as tried and true selections. Plus, when do you ever get to yell "Rewind!" at Cielo? (CJN)

Note: Mathematics open the show.



Wednesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DISCUSSION
Writing about Music feat. Robert Christgau and Gary Giddins

when: Wed 3.30 (6:30pm)
where: New School (66 W 12th St, 212.229.5353) map
price: $5
links: Event Info | Robert Christgau

In the aftermath of the Blender-izing of music criticism into referential and nonsensical capsules, Robert Christgau's title as the Dean of American Rock Critics could hardly be more apt. In his long running "Consumer Guide" column in the Village Voice, Xgau simultaneously mocks and follows the glossy magazine's insanely stringent word counts, using densely packed language to further the format's demise while encouraging its use. No one does it better. Joining Xgau for this talk is Voice jazz columnist Gary Giddins, author of the excellent Visions of Jazz. Note: the first 35 aspiring writers who present the Dean with clips get the hairy eyeball. (YS)

  Who graces the cover of the April 2005 issue of Blender? The second and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.



PERFORMANCE
The Story of B feat. Eve Beglarian and Phil Kline

when: Wed 3.30 (7 & 9pm)
where: Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | Eve Beglarian | Phil Kline

Stepping away from the boom boxes for a moment, Phil Kline (brilliant composer of Unsilent Night, a holiday tradition of ambient music played on ghetto blasters) joins forces with fellow Bang on a Can composer Eve Beglarian to bring back an old hoax. In the late 19th century, poet Pierre Louÿs created the fictitious Bilitis — supposedly a lesbian poet and contemporary of Sappho. Retelling her story, Beglarian and Kline explore and blur the lines between gay and straight, male and female, and avant and pop, in ways that only experimental musicians can. That's right — with a flute and a sitar. (JAC)

  Which legendary Indian musician has a CD entitled Master of Sitar? The third and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.



MUSIC: Stoner Rock
Black Mountain w/ Crystal Skulls and the Big Sleep

when: Wed 3.30 (7:30pm)
where: Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St, 212.260.4700) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Black Mountain | Crystal Skulls | The Big Sleep

Since every indie band basically owes its existence to the Velvet Underground, citing the NYC legends as an influence is a given, but in Black Mountain's case it's particularly necessary. Stephen McBean, the group's architect, fuses VU's art rock to the psychedelic drone of heavier West Coast contemporaries like Comets on Fire, while smoothing out the rough edges of the occasionally abrasive genres. His final product is a scrumptious version of melodic, sexy '60s-era psych rock. Crystal Skulls hit you off with pleasant jangle pop, while Brooklyn's the Big Sleep make like it's '91 with their Loveless-inspired shoegaze. (JPC)

  What was the Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico's birth name? The second correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



Thursday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
Who's Afraid of Mike Nichols?

when: Thur 3.31 - Tue 4.19
where: BAM's Rose Cinema (30 Lafayette Ave, Bklyn, 718.636.4100) map
price: $10
links: Event Info

For those only familiar with Mike Nichols' more recent fare, the stark, talky acerbity of last year's Closer may have proved startling. But as this retrospective of some of his earlier films indicates, the director has made his name by pulling the rug on domestic tableaus with an un-Hollywood faith in dialogue that betrays his roots in theatre. Witness slatternly Elizabeth Taylor hectoring husband Richard Burton in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), blank-faced Dustin Hoffman wooing both his parents' best friend and her daughter in The Graduate (1967), and Jack Nicholson's toxic bachelor in Carnal Knowledge (1971). You'll forget the hamhanded, sitcom-like The Birdcage in the span of a commerical break. (LR)

  Which teen movie star played the Dustin Hoffman role in Broadway's The Graduate opposite Kathleen Turner? The second and third correct responses each win a pair of tickets to a Mike Nichols screening.



DJ
Direct Drive Presents: SS, Grooverider, and Shy FX

when: Thur 3.31 (9pm)
where: Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088) map
price: $30 / $25 before midnight
links: Event Info | Grooverider | Shy FX

The end of March brings international DJs to American cities like manna from heaven, with the entire universe of electronic music looking to maximize the trip over for Miami's Winter Music Conference. This year, Direct Drive took advantage by booking three titans for its World of Drum 'n Bass tour. Grooverider, SS, and Shy FX are the genre's elder statesmen, DJs with impeccable reputations in both the booth and the studio. Since Grooverider arguably invented this music in the early '90s, the trio has always been at the center of the genre's constant evolution. (BB)

Note: Downstairs features DJs Reid Speed & Sara Walker.



MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Lyrics Born

when: Thur 3.31 (10:30pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) map
price: $15 / $13 advance
links: Event Info | Lyrics Born

Part of the Bay Area's Quannum Projects hip-hop collective (of DJ Shadow and Blackalicious fame), the Tokyo-born and Berkeley-raised MC Lyrics Born first made his name as half of Latyrx, with partner Lateef the Truth Speaker. Now setting out solo, LB's deep, raspy voice drops freewheeling, singsong lines over soul-laden funk beats. With a mind for everyday joys and pains — as opposed to b*tches and bling — he hits the greater metropolitan area backed by a five-piece band to lay the funk on thick. (MS)

Note: Lyrics Born also plays Southpaw on Fri 4.1.



DJ
Ian Pooley

when: Thur 3.31 (11pm-4am)
where: Cielo (18 Little W 12th St, 212.645.5700) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | Ian Pooley

Germans are reputed to follow function over form, but Ian Pooley has turned the function of DJing into an art form. Without regard for BPM or rigid stylistic allegiance, he methodically mixes Detroit techno and discreet disco with breakbeat house and Afro-Cuban percussion to fill floors around the globe. Pooley's recently re-released Souvenirs flaunts his growing flair for deftly weaving Balearic beats and Brazilian rhythms into deep house. Tonight, his infectious, sensual beats bring tech-y tropics to revelers on Cielo's dance floor-cum-sonic sweet spot. (IB)

  Ian has worked with which group responsible for the 1990 hit "Groove is in the Heart"? The fifth correct response wins a pair of tickets to this event.



Friday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
The Early Sturges

when: Fri 4.1 - Wed 4.6
where: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, 212.727.8110) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Preston Sturges

Despite a hit-laden Broadway past, madcap comedy master Preston Sturges endured six years of dues-paying before Hollywood chiefs would let him sit in the director's chair. It was time well spent, judging from Film Forum's eight-film retrospective covering his career from 1930-1939. After a brief stint in the dungeon of studio-contract team-writing, Sturges took the unheard of step of going indie — writing and then sending finished products to studios and producers. While The Power and the Glory is the only completely solo work in the series, the near-crazy allure of the Jean Arthur gem Easy Living and Remember the Night (a yuletide charmer that staves off schmaltziness with Barbara Stanwyck's always reliable raciness) unmistakably belongs to Sturges. (LG)



MUSIC: Electronic Improv
Onkyo Marathon feat. Otomo Yoshihide and Nobukazu Takemura

when: Fri 4.1 & Sat 4.2 (7-11pm)
where: Japan Society (333 E 47th St, 212.832.1155) map
price: $25 / $40 for a two-day pass
links: Event Info | Otomo Yoshihide

Onkyo describes a Japanese-bred genre of improvised, computer-generated, aural digitalia, and this two-day series showcases the sublime and challenging work of some of its most talented purveyors. Nobukazu Takemura's recordings for Thrill Jockey have ranged from post-rock and techno-psych-pop to abstract sonic pointillism. Onkyo's conceptual and aesthetic doyen, Otomo Yoshihide, closes both nights and his micro-minimal, distinctly lowercase sound serves as the artistic baseline from which the marathon's other artists take their cues. Sampling trailblazer Carl Stone, who also performs, curated this total multimedia experience — designed as a relaxed, informal gathering to contrast with the rigorous avant-asceticism of these musical imports. (JL)

Note: Advance tickets for Friday night are sold out; however, some tickets will be available at the door, an hour before the show. Saturday also offers avant-guitar from Tonic regular Elliott Sharp.

  Popular in the spring in Japan, what is a hanami party? The fourth correct response wins a pair of tickets to this event.



MUSIC: Lysergicore
Lightning Bolt w/ DMBQ, the Panthers, and Titan

when: Fri 4.1 (8pm)
where: Club Exit (147 Greenpoint Ave, Greenpoint, 718.349.6969) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Lightning Bolt | DMBQ | The Panthers

Brooklyn's Panthers break out of the gates tonight with gleefully steroid-pumped garage rock. While their recent album toyed with sprawling psych, being onstage shifts their churning MC5 stomp into overdrive. Tokyo's DMBQ (that's Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet, natch) grace these shores for a rare display of diesel-fueled, proggy noise rock. The two Brians who comprise Lightning Bolt's brain-peeling live show simply make more awesome music than any duo has a right to. Chippendale's breakneck drumming is dizzyingly rife with ideas, and Gibson wields his bass/pedals arsenal with a technicolor virtuosity, by turns gracefully gorgeous and phantasmagorically fugly. (JL)

Note: Advance tickets are available at Eat Records (718.389.8083) and are recommended.



MUSIC: Noise
Wolf Eyes w/ Prurient

when: Fri 4.1 (11pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) map
price: $14 / $12 advance
links: Event Info | Wolf Eyes

Noise bands often carry the burden of unfortunate monikers and abrasive, audience-shrinking sounds. Toeng that line, Detroit's avant-noise trio Wolf Eyes generate ultra low-end bass and scaly feedback to compose surreal soundscapes that can be both oddly soothing and violently nightmarish. Combined with muted and muddied Skinny Puppy-esque vocals, these recent Sub Pop signees and No Fun Fest veterans use DIY-modified instruments and broken radios to create an all-encompassing, demonic clamor. Prurient mastermind and Hospital Productions honcho Dominick Fernow sets the stage for avalanching rhythms and seismic white noise using a tape deck, turntable and yes, two microphones. (IB)



Saturday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


ART
Target First Saturdays: Basquiat

when: Sat 4.2 (5-11pm)
where: Brooklyn Museum of Art (200 Eastern Pkwy, Bklyn, 718.638.5000) map
price:
links: Event Info | Basquiat

Buzzing at the Brooklyn Museum: Jean-Michel Basquiat, crowned prince of '80s art cool and paragon of mixed-media in a retrospective of more than 90 paintings and works on paper. Famous for his aggressive fusion of musical idioms with graffiti, painting, and collage, Basquiat's peripatetic draftsmanship and incisive urban voice marked him immediately as a spokesperson for a generation. Tonight, in celebration of the many cultural influences present in Basquiat's work, the museum also offers Haitian drumming by master drummer Bonga, who performs with the rhythmic Vodou Jazz Ensemble. Later, DJ Babaloo spins Latin dance and Basquiat co-curator Kellie Jones' hosts a scholarly discussion of the show. (NH)

Note: The Basquiat exhibit continues through Sun 6.5 (schedule).



FILM: Double Feature
Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004)

when: Sat 4.2 (7:30pm)
where: Makor (35 W 67th St, 212.601.1000) map
price: $15 for both / $9 single
links: Event Info

Richard Linklater has always been fond of peripatetic thinkers, and he struck gold with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise, the chatty 1995 romance about an American boy and a French girl who roam around Vienna for 24 hours after a chance meeting, debating life's big questions, falling in love, and then whimsically agreeing to meet again in six months (no digits are exchanged). Cut to Paris in 2004. Hollywood isn't kind to limbo, and the couple's plan failed all those years ago, but here comes a second chance. With youth now gone, the pair's philosophical debates are less frivolously ruminative and Delpy's sighs more pointed, but the sequel's slow stroll offers more wizened rewards for the viewer who's ready to climb onto the ferris wheel one more time. (JKG)

Note: Before Sunset begins at 9:30pm.



DJ
The Deep End feat. DJ Harvey

when: Sat 4.2 (10pm)
where: APT (419 W 13th St, 212.414.4245) map
price: $7
links: Event Info

DJ Harvey is a DJ's DJ. Some say he's the best in the world. Originally from the UK, Harvey washed up on these shores not only to surf, but to drop serious education. Down with the original Ibiza acid-house homies, Harvey's the ultimate selector, true to the Balearic tradition of funky eclecticism — which should keep him perfectly in tune with tonight's host (and regular Harvey cohort), Citizen Kane. Harvey's been known to drop old-school techno, Hendrix, Michael Jackson a cappella, his own re-edits of disco nuggets, and just about anything else in one of his eccentric marathon sets. (MD)



Sunday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DISCUSSION: Art
The New Scene: South Asian Contemporary Art

when: Sun 4.3 (2-5:30pm)
where: Asia Society (725 Park Ave, 212.288.6400) map
price: $5
links: Event Info

Coinciding with the exhibitions Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India (Asia Society and Queens Museum of Art) and Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now (Queens Museum), artists and scholars gather to examine how issues of identity, religion, history, and politics are influencing contemporary art in India and the US. Jaishri Abichandani and Prerana Reddy, curators of Fatal Love, moderate a roundtable focusing on art production and exhibition possibilities with local artists Rina Banerjee, Chitra Ganesh, Kanishka Raja, and others. Following that exchange, a learned panel, including Whitney Museum curator Shamim Momim and Cornell University's Arshiya Lokhandwala, explores the effects of theoretical thought on current art practices. (PL)

Note: The exhibits continue at Asia Society (schedule) and the Queens Museum of Art (schedule) through Sat 6.5.



MULTIMEDIA
Bang the FX feat. Mixel Pixel, Soft Traps, and the Mitang Audio

when: Sun 4.3 (7pm)
where: Ocularis at Galapagos Art Space (70 N 6th St, Wburg, 718.388.8713) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Mixel Pixel

Ever wonder what people did before VCRs? Soon enough, people will be asking a similar question about music: remember when we went to see bands without an A/V setup? Tonight dispenses with analog anachronisms and spins around a lazy Susan of multichannel stimuli to raise money for Ocularis. Always-A/V band Mixel Pixel blends lo-fi and psych-punk sounds with videos from Paper Rad and others, the Soft Traps drone on as Mighty Robot whips up a "Brakhage-cum-'60s-psychedelic-lightshow," the Mitgang Audio dust off their oscilloscope, and Mike Skinner (no, not that Mike Skinner) and Seth Kirby collaborate on a film/music production using Nam June Paik's "Wobulator." Plus, art darling Cory Arcangel contributes video-hacking visuals. (JKG)



Monday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DJ
TAG feat. DJ Scribe and DJ Language

when: Mon 4.4 (9pm-3am)
where: Table 50 (643 Broadway, 212.253.2560) map
price: $5 / Free before 10pm
links: Event Info | DJ Scribe | DJ Language

Formerly a favorite at Halcyon, DJ Scribe's monthly TAG party has recently re-installed itself at Table 50. While most DJ sets offer the man (or woman) at the helm the opportunity to become a bit bombastic if they so choose, TAG undermines such tendencies by using the buddy system — DJ Scribe and his guest, Negroclash's DJ Language, trade tracks one-for-one throughout the entire night. As the DJs skip between hip-hop, soul, Afrobeat, '80s, funk, disco, and any other challenge they feel like issuing, the evening evolves like a schoolyard dialogue characterized by ever-increasing attempts at one-upsmanship. The good news is, as the gauntlet gets thrown down again and again, all you have to do is shake your head in wonder and keep dancing. (JKG)



Ongoing / Upcoming TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


PHOTOGRAPHY
David LaChapelle: Artists & Prostitutes

when: Now through Sat 4.16 (Tue-Sat: 12-6pm)
where: Deitch Projects — Wooster (18 Wooster St, 212.343.7300) map
price:
links: Event Info | David LaChapelle

There's good reason why David LaChapelle is such a big name in the entertainment industry: his overly glossy, airbrushed photos (sometimes to the point of grotesquerie) capture their subjects' true essence, with a self-awareness that pop culture often lacks. Watch this brilliant presentation of a 20-year retrospective from bleachers, as three projectors screen enormous images of preeminent actors, musicians, and models — all competing for attention as they flash past your eyes. Climb the bleacher steps and discover an apartment stage set, complete with a commissioned Heatherette video of a manic Amanda Lepore, the photographer's longtime and truly unique muse. (DM)



ART
Damien Hirst: The Elusive Truth

when: Now through Sat 4.23 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm)
where: Gagosian Gallery (555 W 24th St, 212.741.1111) map
price:
links: Event Info | Damien Hirst

No one commands the art world's attention like Damien Hirst: his pickled shark, sliced-up farm animals, and maggot-infested cow's head are continually being celebrated and critiqued. Returning to Gagosian for his first NY solo show in four years, Hirst fills every gallery of the massive space with photo-realist paintings. Ranging from small to supersize, they portray a disturbing array of pharmaceuticals, suicide bombers, crack junkies, credit cards, and autopsies, while ironically commenting on mortality. Best is a series of hospital paintings with syringes, saws, and mortuary tables which includes a whitewashed canvas of a gloved figure injecting anesthesia into an intravenous drip — it sends the mind reeling. (PL)

Note: Catch Hirst's latest sculptural feat, The Virgin Mother, a 35-foot-high bronze anatomical figure of a pregnant woman, at Lever House (400 Park Ave).



FILM
New Faces of Swedish Cinema — Spotlight on Lukas Moodysson

when: Fri 4.1 - Thur 4.7
where: Walter Reade Theater (70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 212.496.3809) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Lukas Moodysson

Nordic light is a term in Swedish design used to describe the pale colors, simple shapes, and functional adaption of ordinary objects. Apparently that light shines on Lukas Moodysson, whose films depict with heartbreaking clarity the everyday realities of runaway prostitutes, globalization activists, teenage lesbians, and other seemingly anonymous people. New Faces of Swedish Cinema focuses on the outspoken auteur's work, showcasing motion pictures and short films by the director and his contemporaries. Following the premieres of their respective flicks, Moodysson and five of Sweden's new wave of innovative filmmakers take questions from the audience. (IB)

  What was the title of Moodysson's impressive 1998 debut film? The first five correct responses each win a pair of tickets to the show of their choice.



Features TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


  BACK IN THE SADDLE: Bike New York  

Originally a program of American Youth Hostels, Bike New York was reborn as an independent nonprofit organization in 2000, based on the success of its annual Five Boro Bike Tour. Boasting 42 miles, five bridges, and one ferry, a trip to grandma's house this ain't. Leading over 30,000 pedalers up, down, and around Gotham, the trek offers even the most jaded urbanites a unique view of the Big Apple. Artsy riders who capture their experience on film are even eligible to win a cash prize and publication in next year's program guide. You can register in person, online, or by mail, but don't drag your feet on this one. The price goes up after April 6th, and day-of registration is not guaranteed. (IB)



 


  CD REVIEW: Out Hud, Let Us Never Speak of It Again  

Kranky
Released March 2005
$14.99 (Insound)

Culling membership from disco-punks !!!, the Brooklyn-via-Sacramento collective Out Hud enter 2005 with a more refined game. Where the mechanized, funkified beauty of their prior full-length, S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D., was occasionally marred by gratuitous spasms of dissonance, Nic Offer and Co. find the hooks on Let Us Never Speak of It Again and ride 'em smoothly over beefy house rhythms, Moroder-esque synths, and vigorous bass slaps en route to the warehouse party that time — and the electroclash kids — left for dead in '03. On "Old Nude" and "The Stoked American" — mid-tempo tracks featuring Molly Schnick's and Phyllis Forbes' breathy, coquettish vocals — Out Hud echo their post-punk forbears ESG, which is no bad thing. Vaguely political song titles seem inconsequential; opus "Dear Mr. Bush..." augments 11 minutes of hi-hat riding disco fever with a mournful cello refrain and nary a word uttered. Now how punk is that? (JAS)


 


  DOWNLOADS: Smart-Music  

With the proliferation of mp3 blogs, savvy downloaders now have access to the thoughts (and music libraries) of various obsessives. For electronic sounds, Smart-Music stands with the best, as it offers up free, high-quality tracks from emerging and established artists alike. A lot of the footwork is done for you, so just come with an open mind and click to your heart's content. This week, check Telefon Tel Aviv's lush laptoppery and a lovely Boards of Canada reimagining of a Boom Bip production. The Panthers also bring raucous disco punk revelry, remixed by a member of the like-minded Death from Above 1979 (not to be confused with the DFA). (CJN)



Telefon Tel Aviv: My Week Beats, Your Year (Laptop soul)
Boom Bip: Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Leftfield electronic)
Panthers: Thank Me with Your Hands (Disco punk)


 


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Vampire fangsAkino Kondoh
 
Editors:
Ants in pantsJocelyn K. Glei
Inflatable alienJake Lancaster
Black gumPaul Laster
Groucho glassesDoug Levy
Pepper gumSascha Lewis
X-ray specsMark Mangan
Magic smokeGerry Mak
Snap gumColin J. Nagy
Foaming sugarKristin Savarese
Blacked-out toothJon A. Schultz
Exploding penPhilip H. Sherburne
Can of snakesPeter Stepek
Rubber chickenToby Warner
 
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Hand buzzersBrian Blessinger
Crank callsIrene Bradish
Googly eyesJustin A. Carter
Bug-in-iceJoe P. Colly
Fake vomitChris Lamb
Faux dog poopMatt Diehl
Prosthetic handLeigh Goldstein
Trick kneeNicholas Herman
Squirting flowerLisa Rosman
Whoopee cushionMatt Siegle
Two-headed quarterYancey Strickler
 
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Plastic cockroachAnjuli Ayer
Hidden cameraGrace Bello
Itching powderTodd Goldstein
Black-eye telescopeSander-Martijn Milks
WhippersnappersDavid Morrow
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Phony parking ticketJamend Riley
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