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1. Matrix Metals - Flamingo Breeze, Part 4
New music video for a track off of Flamingo Breeze by Matrix Metals, which I posted to the blog awhile ago. Olde English Spelling Bee remastered and reissued the release on vinyl, which you can pick up here.
- Posted Friday January 29, 2010
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2. Listen to Raw Thrills on Radio Heart

- Posted Wednesday January 27, 2010
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3. Vangelis & Neuronium (In London 1982)
- Posted Sunday January 17, 2010
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4. Rangers - Deerfield Village
RANGERS – “DEERFIELD VILLAGE” from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.
- Posted Monday October 26, 2009
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5. New Release - |||||

- Posted Thursday September 10, 2009
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6. Mi Or and the Pedestals at NY Eye and Ear II

Image above by Andrew Chee of RxRF on East Village Radio.
- Posted Wednesday September 9, 2009
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7. Ga'an Live at Silent Barn on Radio Heart

- Posted Sunday August 9, 2009
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8. Matrix Metals - Flamingo Breeze

I’ve been listening to this project by Sam M. over and over. Perfect summer jam.
Download Matrix Metals – Flamingo Breeze
- Posted Monday July 6, 2009
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9. Lubomyr Melnyk Live in Toronto 1985
In the early ’70s Melnyk developed a unique approach to the piano called Continuous Music, a physical and mental technique that allowed Melnyk to play an incredible amount of notes at an incredible speed. In fact he holds two world records, one as the fastest pianist in the world, sustaining speeds of over 19.5 notes per second in each hand, simultaneously! And two, for the most number of notes played in one hour! In 60 minutes, Melnyk sustained an average speed of over 13 notes per second in each hand, yielding a total of 93,650 INDIVIDUAL notes. Holy shit!! But don’t be mislead, this is not some Yngwie bullshit, where songs and composition are sacrificed for mere shredding. No, there is a method to Melnyk’s madness, and the result says all that needs to be said. Continuous Music as you might have surmised, involves generating an extremely rapid flow of notes, with the pedal sustained non stop, patterns, broken chords, the sound is dense and dizzying, like glimpsing the inner workings of some tiny lifeform and watching atoms and molecules spin and swirl. The result of so many notes, played so quickly and so close together, with the overtones drifting and bleeding into each other, is some of the most breathtaking music we’ve ever heard. It’s almost like a waterfall of piano notes, a frothy cascade of tinkling sparkling melody, or a laying beneath a perfectly black night sky, watching a million fireflies dance and flit, a sky full of tiny little streaks of light.
– From a review of the album “Wave Lox” by Aquarius Records
- Posted Tuesday June 30, 2009
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10. Ear to Ear Documentation
I contributed two mix CDs to the exhibition Ear to Ear organized by Jeff Khonsary last year. The first mix compiled all my favorite songs from 1996 (the height of my riot grrrl days) and the second was a selection of “ice music” – music that was either made with ice or sounds like music made with ice. My old fanzine from middle school/high school Suburbia was also on view. Here are some photos:
- Posted Thursday June 4, 2009
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11. Black Pus - Flower Devour
Black Pus were AMAZING last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. I didn’t take any photos, but here’s a music video by Dave Fischer below.
- Posted Monday May 18, 2009
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12. No Fun: Infinite Sound and Image at the New Museum May 16th at 3pm

- Posted Friday May 15, 2009
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13. Scores to Matsumoto Toshio's Films
I’ve been in Oberhausen all this week for the International Short Film Festival. This year the festival organized a series of screenings dedicated to Matsumoto Toshio’s work, which has been a real treat. I’ve only ever seen his work on Ubu, and I reposted some of those videos to A Million Keys a few months back. I love the scores used in his films. I was particularly struck by Yosuke Inagaki’s compositions for Connection and Shift, which were screened in the first program (posted below). I asked Matsumoto about Inagaki during the Q&A session, and he responded that he was a graduate student who studied with him. He mentioned that he was a video artist but did not go into much detail. I’d be interested in knowing more, if anyone reading this could provide some insight into Inagaki’s work.
- Posted Monday May 4, 2009
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14. Swine Flu
Now seems like an opportune time to post this up – “Swine Flu” from my old band (from high school!) Boxleitner.
- Posted Wednesday April 29, 2009
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15. ::: Good things from Pitchfork TV :::
Jacqueline from (Make the) Product sent me this video she made for Blank Dogs the other day. Her show, which airs Wednesdays 8-9pm on WNYU, is a new favorite of mine.
- Posted Monday April 27, 2009
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16. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
- Posted Friday April 24, 2009
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17. Matrix III (1972) - John Whitney
- Posted Monday April 13, 2009
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18. Music, Language, Thought April 4, 2009 at New York University
Second session of “Music, Language, Thought” takes place tomorrow. Details below.
- Posted Friday April 3, 2009
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19. Taj Mahal Travellers on Tour
I watched this film for this first time while I was sick and delirious last week. It endeared me even more to this band, especially the beach scene around 1:10.
TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS ON TOUR
Filmmaker: Matsuo Ohno
Running time: 102 minutes
Year: 1973
16mm.
- Posted Thursday March 26, 2009
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20. Naked on the Vague on EVR

Last night, Naked on the Vague guest DJed on Radio Heart. They played some of their own recordings (like an excerpt from their release on Near Tapes) as well as side projects Hochman & Hopkins and Knitted Abyss. They were super sweet and I learned some Australian lingo like bogan.
- Posted Wednesday March 11, 2009
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21. "Music, Language, Thought" at NYU Tomorrow
Music, Language, Thought is a new lectures series organized by graduate students in NYU’s Comparative Literature and Music Departments. I’ve been involved in the planning process for this alongside Michael Gallope, Amy Cimini, Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz, and Magali Armillas-Tiseyra. This is my first foray into the world of event planning as a graduate student, and I’m excited about it. Our premier session will be held tomorrow at NYU’s Silver Center from 10am-3:30pm, and there will be another session on April 4th. Here’s a short description:
- Posted Friday February 27, 2009
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22. New Mi Or & the Pedestals CDR + Show 2/21 at Eat Records

- Posted Monday February 16, 2009
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23. No Fun Tickets...
...are now on sale! I’m stoked on this year’s lineup, which includes Emeralds, Blank Dogs, Merzbow, Xeno and Oaklander, Axolotl, Carlos Giffoni and even Sonic Youth …

- Posted Monday February 16, 2009
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24. infinite body
I discovered this band today while catching up on Family’s blog.
infinite body – 07 from kyle parker on Vimeo.
- Posted Friday February 13, 2009
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25. Glenn Branca, Live in 1978
- Posted Wednesday February 11, 2009
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26. CJ- Single Minded CS

- Posted Monday January 26, 2009
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27. "Fur Felix" by Julia Holter (Video by Fenslerfilm)
I first heard Julia Holter on Brian Turner’s show a few weeks back. So good.
- Posted Tuesday December 23, 2008
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28. MLD- "Perpetual Motion"

- Posted Saturday December 6, 2008
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29. The Moving Line
Video from Mary Pearson of High Places. I came across this via the High Places blog this morning. Looks like footage from the California/Oregon border but I can’t be sure.
- Posted Monday November 3, 2008
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30. Electronics in the World of Tomorrow (1968) by Erkki Kurenniemi

I came across this video today via Ed Halter’s delicious feed. Until now, I hadn’t heard of Erkki Kurenniemi. Clearly, I have some catching up to do.
- Posted Thursday July 10, 2008
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31. MEDIEVAL WEAPONRY by Always
Always aka Alex Vivian posted a new music video. Alex is amazing! I think this is his first music video to date:
- Posted Tuesday May 27, 2008
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32. Interview with Tara Burke/Fursaxa

- Posted Tuesday April 29, 2008
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33. A Million Keys Muxtape

Now that Spring is here, I decided to make a muxtape documenting my favorite slow and sad songs from this past winter.
- Posted Friday April 18, 2008
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34. S-S-S-Spectres at SXSW

I’m going down to Austin tomorrow with S-S-S-Spectres, and hopefully I will have time to cover some of the events in the blog. We’ve been recording for the past few months, and will have a limited run CD-R available. Contact me for availability. We also put up a new song from our CD on the myspace page, “Black Malm.”
- Posted Tuesday March 11, 2008
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35. Fast Blue Air nr 1
I came across this video today via Loreto Martin’s blog.
- Posted Wednesday March 5, 2008
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36. Official Tourist
My friend Jon sent these videos over yesterday. Official Tourist is a side project of artist Kamau Amu Patton, whose work I’ve been hunting for online ever since I read about his show at Machine Project last year. (They’re actually still hosting one of his videos, which you can view here. ) Patton does the video work and designs the costumes for Official Tourist. I’m amped to see his creations, but I’m still waiting for the day when more of his cult-inspired low budget infomercials go online. Official Tourist also produce a line of hoodies.
Official Tourist with Shingo2
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- Posted Friday February 22, 2008
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37. OESB Special Recap

Leopards
- Posted Wednesday February 20, 2008
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38. Growing- Lateral

- Posted Tuesday January 22, 2008
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39. Deaf Deaf As A Post
Deaf Deaf, Teen Dream
- Posted Thursday December 20, 2007
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40. Michael Yonkers Band- Microminiature Love

- Posted Wednesday November 28, 2007
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41. Phillip Werren- Polish Wedding Music (1967)

- Posted Tuesday October 23, 2007
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42. Aluk Todolo

- Posted Thursday October 11, 2007
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43. Carolina Caycedo- Local Motion (2006)

- Posted Wednesday October 10, 2007
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44. Cyrnai

- Posted Thursday October 4, 2007
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45. ZNS Tapes Archive

- Posted Monday September 24, 2007
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46. Fabulous Diamonds

- Posted Thursday September 13, 2007
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47. Response to Sexual Onslaught /// Form Grows Rampant

- Posted Friday September 7, 2007
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48. n213 /// kunst fascion

- Posted Tuesday September 4, 2007
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49. T.I.T.S. Tour (pt. 2)
T.I.T.S drew unibrows for the Seattle show (evidence below). The vibe was pretty weird- there was a cheesy club next door and a fight broke outside. Ick.
- Posted Monday August 13, 2007
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50. T.I.T.S. Tour (pt. 1)
We just got to Seattle. Kind of tired, but we’re having so much fun. I stayed with Gabe Mindel (of Yellow Swans) last night and caught up. Went thrifting this afternoon with Mara. We listened to a lot of Black Sabbath and Welsh Rare Beat on the way up.
- Posted Thursday August 9, 2007
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51. T.I.T.S. OR BUST!!
This week I am going up to Portland, Seattle and Vancouver with T.I.T.S. . BFF Mara Scotia will be up with us too. I am going to document the tour for A Million Keys- be prepared!
- Posted Monday August 6, 2007
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52. My first 24 hrs in California
I am back in the Bay Area for the next week and a half. Expect reports of burritos, thrifting, and redwoods.
- Posted Monday July 30, 2007
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53. Dead Reptile Shrine- A Journey Through the Darkest of Forests/Isth Narai Ja

- Posted Friday July 27, 2007
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54. AAB (Ancient Art of Boar)- Bright Dole
I’ve been raving about this cassette for almost a decade now. It’s Andrew WK’s solo project from high school. To me it sounds like Prince on downers with a good dose of harsh noise. Pretty much incredible. I heard he released one or two other cassettes as AAB- and I haven’t heard them yet. I promise to bake a cake for anyone who shares them with me.
- Posted Monday July 16, 2007
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55. Early ‘80s Colin Potter

- Posted Thursday July 12, 2007
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56. Boredoms // 77 BOA DRUM
Whoa.
- Posted Thursday June 28, 2007
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57. Myspace Roundup

- Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007
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58. Group Doueh- Guitar Music from the Western Sahara LP

- Posted Tuesday June 26, 2007
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59. La Fondation/C.Naturel

- Posted Wednesday June 20, 2007
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60. TAPES 'N TAPES 'N TAPES

- Posted Saturday May 12, 2007
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61. Periodikmindtrouble
I am a bit surprised that I only recently discovered Thierry Muller from Ruth’s project Ilitch. Dan Selzer played it a few weeks ago at a French New Wave night we did at Monkeytown, and I immediately decided to hunt it down. I picked up the Ruth reissue Polaroid/Roman/Photo on Fractal a few years ago, its title track also appeared on the So Young So Cold compilation, which came out around the same time:
- Posted Thursday April 19, 2007
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62. Rub-A-Dub
With the overabundance of Wolf bands out there, few seem to lead the pack. San Francisco’s Fuckwolf are indeed an exception. Their gritty, spaced-out reverb-laden dub interprets King Tubby’s legacy with a healthy dose of dirge-deranged noise. Weasel Walter, of Flying Luttenbachers and Lake of Dracula, produced their new self titled album on Kimosciotic Records.
- Posted Thursday April 5, 2007
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