August 6, 2002
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Alex Amoon
12inch / I'm The Virus! / Bpitch Control
While a couple of the tracks do seem like filler, the cream of the crop make this single well worth your while.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
Lee Anderson
12inch / Rumpsteak EP / Shitkatapult
This here is some funky tech-house - each track seems to stem from a piece of actual funk music, put on repeat and pushed to the limit.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
Nora Below
12inch / Crystallize & These Days b-w Trace & Thursday / Bpitch Control
When you listen to other Bpitch Control releases, it is the cool sounds in the tracks that hit you and draw you back again. This EP is not like that - the voice is presented front row center
[read more] ---Carl -
Brigitte Fontaine
CD5 / Y'a des Zazous / Virgin France
Brigitte Fontaine again shakes up the music world - this time out she is still working with Areski Belkacem but also collaborating with many others too.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
Hot Snakes
CD / Suicide Invoice / Swami
If this record does not receive massive airplay on our favorite college radio station here in Boston (that's WZBC for those of you without a clue) I swear I am giving up on you people.
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur -
Barbara Morgenstern
10inch / Eine Verabredung / Monika Enterprise
Barbara Morgenstern continues to grow on me with each an every listen - and my interest has risen triple-fold with the Eine Verabredung 10inch record which contains 5 instrumental tracks and new mixes.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
Registrators
CD / Rare Tracks / Rip Off Records
Here are sixteen smokin' tracks from one of Japan's best '77-style punk bands since the demise of Teengenerate.
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur -
Ten Benson
CD5 / Black Snow / Cottage Records
Benny, Paul, Jonny, and Chris are jokesters who have a wit that comes through clear. All three songs on this EP (including a Yoko Ono cover) have a Christmas theme to them.
[read more] ---Carl -
Welcome To My World
CD / various / Irritiant
I can safely recommend 'Welcome to my World' as well as 'Irritant Number Nine,' and I really hope the label continues with releases of such high quality.
[read more] ---Andrew Culler