flavorpill NYC | SF | LA | LONDON | CHI July 12 - 18, 2005

 
 Baptiste Ibar   
Cultural Stimuli in NYC
Issue 266: brotherly flavor

While the G8 Summit got off to a chilling start last week with the terrorist attacks in our sister Flavorpill city, once the meeting was under way, there was an encouraging rapprochement between the US and France on the matter of global warming. A little red, white, and blue solidarity goes a long way as we celebrate Bastille Day with some unlikely candidates: a menacing folk rocker, an art star, and a free concert in a castle. So let's take a cue from those revolutionary French, and refuse to let our freedom be frozen — remember, you can always find a happy ending in the siren call of culture. Bust out a baguette, enter our Flavorpack Contest, and spread it...

 

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 Table of Contents TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
art Sol LeWitt: New Wall Drawings; Sticks & Stones: A Group Show of Works on Paper
comedy The Hollow Men
dance Pilobolus; Tere O'Connor: Frozen Mommy
dj Joe Davis; Lee Burridge; Warm Up feat. Juan Atkins
film On the Outs; Happy Endings; Police Beat and Rubber Johnny
multimedia Set and Drift: Art Lands on Governor's Island
music Celebrate New Orleans; Femi Kuti w/ Brazilian Girls; Hidden Cameras w/ Dressy Bessy; Lady Sovereign; Stolen Transmission Showcase; Woven Hand w/ Br. Danielson; Siren Music Festival; Calexico; Stew; The Ponys
photography Artbook at Visionaire
theatre The Real Inspector Hound; Basil Twist presents La bella dormente nel bosco
FEAT fresh air with fresh eyes Art Getaways; cd review Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll; downloads Mastermix


Spotlight







Tuesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


THEATRE
Basil Twist presents La bella dormente nel bosco

when: Tue 7.12 - Sat 7.16 (8pm)
where: Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (10th Ave between 58th & 59th Sts, 212.721.6500) map
price: $60
links: Event Info

Puppet maestro Basil Twist, best known for his Symphonie Fantastique, which reimagined the Berlioz classic as a free-form spectacle in a water tank, gets to fill a much larger stage as the Lincoln Center Festival kicks off with La bella dormente nel bosco (Sleeping Beauty in the Woods). Expect the enchanted forest to come alive with a "string" symphony of singing frogs, pouncing spiders, and an array of fairies attending the sleeping princess and her would-be rescuers. Creating the magic are a dozen puppeteers, the Westminster Festival Choir, seven opera soloists, and the Gotham Chamber Opera. Conceived as a puppet opera by composer Ottorino Respighi in 1922, Twist's interpretation will undoubtedly propel his star into the stratosphere where Julie Taymor shines. (CM)

Note: There is also a matinee performance on Sat 7.16 (2pm).



DJ
Rude Movements w/ Joe Davis

when: Tue 7.12 (10pm-4am)
where: APT (419 W 13th St, 212.414.4245) map
price: $7
links: Event Info | Venue Info

How did an Indo-Englishman with an all-American name become synonymous with Brazilian music? Joe Davis (real name: Joti Jopal) has been on vinyl shopping sprees in Rio and São Paulo since '86, selling his finds to the likes of Gilles Peterson; he eventually started up Far Out Recordings, which celebrated its tenth year in 2004. The label's compilations honor Brazil's rich history with bossa bigwigs such as Marcos Valle and samba songstress Joyce, while allowing enthusiasts such as Kyoto Jazz Massive and 4hero to rework the rhythms. As a DJ, Davis taps into the nation's fertile culture to produce a juicy mix of bossa nova, samba, and jazz, as well as broken beat and house. (CN)

Note: Open vodka bar from 9-10pm.

  At which British pub did Gilles Peterson first DJ? The second correct response wins a pair of tickets to this event.



ALSO ON TUE

FILM
Police Beat and Rubber Johnny
Tue 7.12 (9:45pm) Walter Reade Theater (70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 212.496.3809) map $10

Event Info
 
A DJ set from Warp Records' SMC launches the bill, and freaky viddy kingpin Chris Cunningham's new short, Rubber Johnny, closes it out — with Sundance-darling Robinson Devor's introspective, feature-length, Northwest-set crime flick Police Beat holding down the middle. (JKG)

Note: Check the Flavorwire Tue 7.12 for a special ticket giveaway for this screening.



Wednesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
On the Outs

when: Wed 7.13 - Tue 7.26
where: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, 212.727.8110) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | On the Outs

On the Outs is one of those rare films that looks and feels like a documentary — a true testament to the filmmakers' skill and courage in presenting an unflinchingly honest look at inner-city life. Directors Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik based their story on first-hand accounts from teenage girls they met while facilitating a program at a juvenile detention center. In the film, three girls' lives intersect in a Jersey City barrio: Marisol is a crack addict with a baby girl, Suzette gets pregnant by the wrong guy, and Oz is a tough dealer with a drug addict mother. The inspiring acting and the filmmakers' cinema vérité approach makes it hard not to become emotionally entangled in the girls' worlds and root for their survival. (SP)

  What was star Judy Marte's breakout role? The sixth correct response wins a pair of tickets to a screening of On the Outs.



THEATRE
The Real Inspector Hound

when: Wed 7.13 - Sun 7.24 (Wed-Fri: 8pm / Sat: 2 & 8pm / Sun: 3pm)
where: Theater for the New City (155 1st Ave, 212.254.1109) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | Venue Info

Tom Stoppard kills two birds with one stone by sending up conventional theatre genres and poking fun at critics in his uproariously bizarre farce The Real Inspector Hound. Two men sit in the audience supposedly reviewing a murder mystery, but instead they're carping about the cookie-cutter play and discussing their own dull lives. Soon enough, the two cranky critics are drawn onstage and become involved in the murder whodunit. Performers Access Studio adds another component to Stoppard's multifaceted satire by casting disabled professional actors, who seamlessly incorporate their disabilities, in every role. (SP)



MUSIC: Indie Rock
Stolen Transmission Showcase feat. the Five O'Clock Heroes

when: Wed 7.13 (8:30pm)
where: Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088) map
price: $10
links: Event Info

Single-handedly minding the New York to London gap with a half-Brit, half-Stateside sound and lineup, the Five O'Clock Heroes have bloggers frenziedly Strokes-ing them lately. As showcase headliners for Ultragrrrl Sarah Lewitinn's Stolen Transmission label, they've got a lot of hype to live up to, lest they go the way of touringmates the Bravery. But love her or hate her, the grrrl's been right before; for proof that she's a tastemaking force to be reckoned with, look no further than the Killers, one of her pet projects from last year. Downtown darlings Nightmare of You channel the Smiths to open the show, followed by the precocious Spinto Band. (LT)

  Who is your rock 'n roll hero and why? The two most inspired responses in under 50 words each win a pair of tickets to tonight's show.



MUSIC: Grime
Lady Sovereign w/ Nick Catchdubs and DJ A-Trak

when: Wed 7.13 (10pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) map
price: $12
links: Event Info | Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign is a dead ringer for Spice Girl Mel C., but a pop tart she's not. The lone white girl in a class of emerging female British MCs, Sov answers her naysayers with the cheeky non sequiturs of a ragga Missy Elliott, armed with pithy rhymes and bombastic fractal backchat. Haters be damned, the pop-grime sensation's gritty jibes and fierce, glottal antics already have fans storming P2Ps for tracks from her forthcoming Straight Up Cheeky. Kanye West's prodigious scratchmaster DJ A-Trak and mixtape marvel Nick Catchdubs join the Lady for her NYC debut. (IB)

  What is the real name of Lady Sov's (consistently cited) biggest influence? The first correct response wins a pair of tickets to tonight's show; the sixth through eighth correct answers each win a copy of the Run the Road grime compilation.



ALSO ON WED

DANCE
Tere O'Connor: Frozen Mommy
Wed 7.13 & Thur 7.14 (7:30pm) / Fri 7.15 & Sat 7.16 (7:30 & 9:30pm) Dance Theater Workshop (219 W 19th St, 212.691.6500) map $25

Event Info
 
Tere O'Connor manipulates disparate elements of movement to mimic the workings of the human mind. Stark choral soundscapes and idiosyncratic facial expressions transport the audience into his terrifying, humorous, and above all, poetic world. (SP)



Thursday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


ART
Sol LeWitt: New Wall Drawings

when: Thur 7.14 - Thur 8.25 (Mon-Thur: 10am-6pm / Fri: 10am-4pm)
where: Pace Wildenstein (534 W 25th St, 212.929.7000) map
price:
links: Event Info | Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawings — with over a thousand pieces completed since 1968 — express the core of his well-quoted notion of the Idea as the machine that makes art. After outlining his concept, LeWitt has a team of assistants execute his instructions; the result is a vision of almost religious profundity, as characteristically bright, geometric patterns of color or abstracted, linear arabesques rise from floor to ceiling with living, organic energy, only to be destroyed after the exhibition. They suggest Lamaist mandalas and the great European cathedrals, while still reflecting the industrial sensibilities of contemporary society. Two new drawings provide another chance to connect with one of the great evolving oeuvres of the 20th century. (AM)

Note: For more LeWitt, head to the Met's rooftop, where five sculptures and an additional wall drawing are on display in Splotches, Whirls and Twirls.



MUSIC: American Gothic
Woven Hand w/ Br. Danielson

when: Thur 7.14 (8pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) map
price: $12 / $10 advance
links: Event Info | Woven Hand | Br. Danielson

As Woven Hand, stringy-haired David Eugene Edwards invokes evangelical Christianity, menacing folk rock, and a car crash — it's a harrowing, relentlessly dour spectacle, and you won't be able to tear your eyes away. Edwards plays nearly all the instruments on his latest album, Consider the Birds, though his touring ensemble still howls the murkiest gothic Americana this side of I See a Darkness-era Bonnie "Prince" Billy — albeit with the psychological demons supplanted by old-fashioned God-fearing dread. Opening the evening on a similarly devout, though no less strange note, Daniel Smith (aka Br. Danielson, paterfamilias of his Famile) pounds his acoustic guitar like it's his own chest, wailing abstract tales of faith, devotion, and other modern oddities. (TG)

  If you could forge an 11th commandment, what would it be? Our two favorite responses in 50 words or less each win a pair of tickets to this show.



ALSO ON THUR

MUSIC: Mariachi Indie
Calexico
Thur 7.14 (7pm) Castle Clinton (Battery Park, 212.835.2789) map FREE

Event Info
 
Calexico storms this former fort with their alternately meditative and thundering mariachi-infused, tumbleweed-betwanged indie rock. You won't find better ambassadors of the Southwestern sound. (JKG)

Note: Beginning at 5pm on the day of the show, tickets can be picked up at Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis.



Friday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
Happy Endings

when: Opens Fri 7.15
where: Landmark Sunshine (143 E Houston St, 212.330.8182) map
price: $10.75
links: Event Info | Happy Endings

For an ensemble film to succeed, its characters must be not only well-drawn, but also well-executed. The brilliance of Happy Endings, then, is in its casting. This jumble of sad-eyed Los Angelenos connected by a loose set of coincidences (the ultimate ensemble film cliché) is elevated by actors who, though cast against type in many cases, seem born for their roles. As a lonely single dad, Tom Arnold's usual waggery is tamed into surprisingly affecting puppy-dog tail-wagging; Lisa Kudrow's screwed-up mouth proves ideal for delivering an abortion counselor's sardonic one-liners; and Maggie Gyllenhaal stops time whenever her torch-singing street urchin claws her way across the screen. (LR)



MUSIC: Chamber/Garage Pop
Hidden Cameras w/ Dressy Bessy, Pony Da Look, and Say Hi to Your Mom

when: Fri 7.15 (8:30pm)
where: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St, 212.533.2111) map
price: $17 / $15 advance
links: Event Info | Hidden Cameras

Denver garage rock trio Dressy Bessy don't seem wow-worthy when held under a cold, analytical microscope: Tammy Ealom's vocals are limited, Georgie Blue's guitar work is simplistic, and the trap-work isn't exactly Monsters of Rock material. But the sum — exemplified by the absurdly catchy riffs that get stuck in your head for a week — is more than its parts. The new Electrified is their most mature work yet — all lean, sharp pop punk with debilitatingly hooky licks. Headliners the Hidden Cameras project coitus-concerned, anally aware, queer ballads through the stained glass of church hymns. Acoustic guitar, harp, and glockenspiel contribute to highly unconventional tunes that are as frankly spiritual as they are visceral. Oddball theatrics add to the joyously deviant communal celebration. (JL)

Note: Brooklyn's own Say Hi to Your Mom open with ambitious lo-fi pop, and Toronto's Pony Da Look follow with synthy indie-punk.

  Where would you most like to set up a hidden camera, and why? Keeping responses reasonably clean, our favorite answer under 50 words wins a pair of tickets to tonight's show.



ALSO ON FRI

MUSIC: Arty Garage Rock
Insound's 2nd Annual Pre-Siren Fest Party feat. the Ponys
Fri 7.15 (8pm) Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088) map $5

Event Info
 
Insound, your trusted source for purchasing music in old-fangled formats like CD, holds its annual indie fest headed up by post-punk Chicago bluesologists the Ponys, joined by Chin Up Chin Up, Be Your Own PET, and Rahim. (JKG)



DJ
Lee Burridge
Fri 7.15 (11pm) Spirit (530 W 27th St, 212.268.9477) map $30

Event Info
 
Once known as a progressive house maestro, Fabric resident Lee Burridge now incorporates big, bouncy breaks into his sets to make the dance floor a sonic playground. (CN)



Saturday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Indie Rock
Village Voice Siren Music Festival

when: Sat 7.16 (12-9pm)
where: Surf Ave between W 10th St & Stillwell Ave, Coney Island map
price:
links: Event Info

Each year, the Siren Fest beckons with a two-stage lineup stellar enough to forget that last year's carnival of sardine-packed Coney Island freaks and indie-rock geeks nearly gave you heatstroke. This, the Voice's fifth annual sweatfest, offers Spoon's spare piano rock perfection, Mates of State's hyper-catchy pop harmonies, singer/songwriter Brendan Benson, Dungen's amazing Swedish throwback psych, dance-rock both disco glammy (VHS or Beta) and post-punk crunchy (Q and Not U), and drama pop from the Dears — not to mention eight other scrappy next-sh*t acts. Bring plenty of water, ear protection, and love of your fellow smelly man. (JL)



MULTIMEDIA: Opening
Set and Drift: Art Lands on Governor's Island

when: Sat 7.16 (2pm, check ferry schedule for times)
where: Governor's Island map
price: $6
links: Event Info

Despite a long and well-preserved history, Governor's Island is often overlooked as a no-man's land off the southern tip of Manhattan. LMCC's Set and Drift picks up where history left off, revitalizing the potential cultural playground with art installations and an all-day party featuring live bands and screenings by Rooftop Films. Media artist of the moment Leo Villareal makes the island shine from afar with his eye-catching light display Beckon; Serge Spitzer's two-channel video installation Thousand Islands holds the artillery magazine at Fort Jay in a visual crossfire; and Jennifer Zackin recalls the island's former life as a military base by creating a color-coded Taps to serenade visitors as they stroll from site to site. (AM)

Note: Lost at Sea, a collection of short films and animations, begins screening at 8:30pm. The exhibition remains on view through Sat 8.13. Ferries for Governor's Island depart from the Battery Maritime Building, 10 South St, Slip 7.



MUSIC: Jazz
Celebrate New Orleans

when: Sat 7.16 (3pm)
where: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Field at 72nd St, 212.360.2777) map
price: FREE
links: Event Info

The glory of New Orleans' music is on display today, beginning with a brass band that cranks to 11 — tubist Phil Frazier and headliner Kermit Ruffins co-founded the wily and playful ReBirth Brass Band, so when ReBirth turn the party out with their contemporary sousa-funk, don't be surprised if Ruffins joins in. A favorite son of the Crescent City, he's a trumpet-playing superman, a professional barbeque entertainer whose group swings like there's no tomorrow. The underappreciated Donald Harrison is also on hand — as comfortable in the fantastical garb of a Mardi Gras Indian as he is playing alto with Art Blakey — as are the crowd-riling, high-stepping Lady Buckjumpers. Perfect for everyone who isn't hearing the Siren song. (PS)

  In what year did New Orleans hold its first "modern" Mardi Gras, sponsored by a Krew? The sixth and seventh correct responses each win a pair of VIP tickets to this show.



ALSO ON SAT

DJ
Warm Up feat. Juan Atkins w/ Alex from Tokyo and Kimyon
Sat 7.16 (3-9pm) P.S.1 (22-25 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.784.2084) map $8

Event Info
 
Techno godfather Juan Atkins headlines this week's installment of NYC's ultra-sophisticated outdoor event, with eclectic decknician Alex from Tokyo and local DJ Kimyon prepping the crowd with beat theory. (BB)



MUSIC: Indie Cabaret
Stew
Sat 7.16 (9:30pm) Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778) map $20 / $15 advance

Event Info
 
Blurring the lines between cabaret, theatre, and solid songwriting, local favorite Stew returns alongside Heidi Rodewald for a jazzalicious aural sample of their latest Public Theater idea, Passing Strange. (DB)



Sunday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Afrobeat
Giant Step 15th Anniversary feat. Femi Kuti w/ Brazilian Girls and DJ Nickodemus

when: Sun 7.17 (3pm)
where: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Field at 72nd St, 212.360.2777) map
price:
links: Event Info | Venue Info | Giant Step

On record, Femi Kuti assimilates an even broader range of influences into his Afrobeat than his legendary father did. Live though, he summons Fela's passionate presence — his dancers, big-band roil of bombastic horns, percussive polyrhythms, deep bass, and call-and-response chants come together for epic journeys that are the finest the genre has to offer. Giant Step outdoes itself here by pairing Femi with one of the city's most consistently brilliant quartets — Brazilian Girls' fusion of dubby steppers, Euro-slick electro, jazzy pop, and performance spectacle is preceded by DJ Nickodemus' rootsy house and tribal disco. (JD)



Monday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DANCE
Pilobolus

when: Now through Sat 8.6 (Mon-Fri: 8pm / Sat: 2 & 8pm)
where: The Joyce Theater (175 8th Ave, 212.242.0800) map
price: $42
links: Event Info | Pilobolus

Frank Zappa really dug the young Pilobolus when they opened for his Dartmouth show — so much so that he asked them to join his tour. Somewhat shockingly, they turned down the offer in favor of midterms and continued studies, but the decision hasn't affected their success. Still going strong 34 years later, the group returns for an extended run of three distinct programs. The pieces in Aquatic feature the company's signature style of moving, interconnected contortions that create otherworldly forms; Suspended showcases the best of Pilobolus' exhilarating aerial works; and Megawatt > Full Strength is a complete evening-length show, a first for the company. (CEH)



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


COMEDY
The Hollow Men

when: Now through Sat 7.16 (Wed-Fri: 8pm / Sat: 8 & 10:30pm)
where: Village Theatre (158 Bleecker St, 212.253.0623) map
price: $27.50
links: Event Info | The Hollow Men

A British Kids in the Hall, the Hollow Men are on a meteoric rise. Just yesterday they were walking the halls of Cambridge together, and today they have their own show on Comedy Central and are mentioned in the same breath as legendary comedy troupe Monty Python. Still in the adolescence of its career, this quartet's 90-minute act consists of a rapid succession of witty and satiric sketches and characterizations. Masquerading as everything from gangsters to monks, they tackle such topics as sex, class reunions, and Natalie Imbruglia's pop hit "Torn." Named one of Variety's ten comics to watch, this cheeky bunch can only be seen live this week. (MB)

  Who is the "Old Guy" in the epigraph of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men," after which the troupe is named? The first three correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.



ART
Sticks & Stones: A Group Show of Works on Paper

when: Now through Fri 8.12 (Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm)
where: Perry Rubenstein Gallery (527 W 23rd St, 212.627.8000) map
price:
links: Event Info

This group show presents 20 works on paper from eight recent art school grads who, while demonstrating proficiency in present trends, have returned to the basic materials of mark-making: graphite, watercolor, and ink. Deviating from his trademark contact paper, Santiago Cucullu concocts washy, fragmented hallucinations. Andrew Guenther paradoxically fuses the impressionist colors of Bonnard with Goya-like horror scenes. Carter is a doodle-dandy who collages portraits with his own marbleized paper, and John Cerasulo's vulnerable figures seem bullied by their own medium. Other artists, meanwhile, take on political and pop culture motifs, adding touches of new-fangled photography and video. (JK)



PHOTOGRAPHY
Artbook at Visionaire

when: Now through Thur 9.8 (Mon-Sat: 1-6pm)
where: Visionaire Gallery (11 Mercer St, 212.274.8959) map
price:
links: Event Info | Venue Info

Advancing of the union between two culture-publishing powerhouses, Distributed Art Publishers takes up summer residence at Visionaire's Soho gallery. Together, they present over 400 titles, including limited edition collaborations edited by fashion gurus Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford, as well as a racy photographic Bible featuring Nan Goldin's Mary Magdalene and Wolfgang Tillmans' Crucifixion. The budget-friendly North Drive Press No. 2 is editor Matt Keegan's awesome box of multiples and interviews, while a set of prints by blue-chip artist Thomas Schütte caters to deeper pockets. As part of the superstar lineup, nude-model maven Vanessa Beecroft drops by the gallery to sign books on Thur 7.14. (CEK)

Note: The Artbook at Visionaire book-signing series continues with Richard Prince (TBA) and Alex Katz (Tue 8.9).



Features TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


  FRESH AIR WITH FRESH EYES: Art Getaways  

As Manhattan's museums melt behind tourist-mobbed lines and soaring admission prices, chill out with a different type of art fix. Queens was once home to Isamu Noguchi's studio, and now a museum in Long Island City displays his shapely stone sculptures within a Japanese-style garden. Elsewhere, in northern Manhattan, the Cloisters' serene monastic setting houses treasured medieval artwork, and farther along the Hudson, huge estates at Dia:Beacon and Storm King Art Center offer urban art connoisseurs the chance to see massive-scale works against bucolic backdrops. For the fashionable vacation set in Southampton, meanwhile, art is served on a platter at the -scopeHamptons art fair (Fri 7.15 - Sun 7.17), with works from 40 hot galleries. And if you're willing to go the extra mile, check out MASS MoCA near the Vermont/New York border, where Cai Guo-Qiang's new commission fires up this factory-turned-museum. (JK)

What's your favorite way to get a low-budget art fix? The two thriftiest and most creative responses each win a pair of tickets to the -scopeHamptons art fair.


 


  CD REVIEW: Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll  

Fierce Panda
Released May 2005
$17.99 (Insound)

When Art Brut's Eddie Argos drawls, "No more songs about sex and drugs and rock and roll / It's boring," the singer resurrects an ancient punk-rock dilemma: when rock music is its own critic, what's left to enjoy? The answer: one engrossing identity crisis. On one hand, Art Brut's debut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, bristles with balls-to-the-speaker-cone punk, invoking all three of those sacred taboos; on the other hand, the perpetually conflicted Argos blurts like Mark E. Smith with better interpersonal skills, tempering bitterness ("I can't stand the sound of the Velvet Underground") with a reluctant closeness to his material; when he sings about his high school flame, "I want children on buses singing your name / I'm still in love with Emily Kane," it may rock like the Pistols, but it's as sweet and funny as a folk song. (TG)


 


  DOWNLOADS: Mastermix  

The objective of Mastermix is quite simple — to encode an extensive collection of mixtapes from their original cassette format into MP3. While there are many different styles and genres in play, particular emphasis is placed on recordings from mid-'80s London pirate radio. This week, Alan Coulthard brings forth a ten-minute, 31-track megamix of electro and hip-hop, and Cut Chemist's Lesson 4 showcases the breaks, samples, and on-point turntablism he's famous for. Finally, we have the first mix ever recorded by the site's proprietor, an early electro set from Tim Westwood's LWR pirate radio show. (CJN)



Alan Coulthard: Hop It (Hip-hop/electro)
Cut Chemist: Lesson 4 (Turntablism)
Tim Westwood: Early LWR mix (Electro)


 


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