Category Archives: Arab On Radar

Chinese Stars – “Turbo Mattress” EP – Skin Graft Records [Album As Art #103]

The Chinese Stars – “Thanksgiving Day Massacre” MP3/download I can’t believe I’ve been running this crazy site’s “Album As Art” column without paying tribute to one of the first hella-artsy, expensive, downright-inprofitable pieces of music art I was exposed to … Continue reading

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Album of the Week #28 + new Top-10 List + Masta Killa’s “Brain” [Curiosities #100]

Masta Killah – “Brain” MP3/download Hey, I went and got my 27th Top-10-onnnnn, homey. I’ll admit that any night during which I listen to “Future World” I’m ‘fend to do something WRECKless, up to and including putting Trans Am at … Continue reading

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Filed under Arab On Radar, Birgisson Jon Thior, Birgisson Jon Thor, Buckley, Tim, Chinese Stars, Hazlewood Lee, Jonsi & Alex, Peasant Magik, Stevens, Sufjan, Trans Am

Total Slacker’s “Crystal Necklace,” Album of the Week #21, new Top-10 [Daily MP3 #88]

Total Slacker – “Crystal Necklace” MP3/download In the wake of Altered Zones do any non-Pitchfork blogs matter anymore? I hope so. Read me! Just compiled a new Top-10 — and yes, it had been awhile — and designated Mt. Eerie’s … Continue reading

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Filed under Animal Disguise, Arab On Radar, Dolphins Into The Future, Family Battle Snake, Force Field, Mt. Eerie, PW Elverum & Sons, Total Slacker, Wavves

Six Finger Satellite – The Pigeon is the Most Popular Bird – Sub Pop [Past Blast #6]

Was there any doubt what the sixth installment of my Past Blast series would be? Six Finger Satellite‘s legend has endured as a million other bumper-crop bands — Erase Eratta,  Six Finger Satellite via last.fm Numbers, Les Georges Leningrad (though … Continue reading

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