eMusic Archives: February 2009
Various Artists – Warp R…
"Seminal" is an overused word in music writing, but in the case… more »
Autechre, Amber
Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brown had forged a stunning debut in 19… more »
Sweet Exorcist, Clonk’s …
To those with a working knowledge of early house-music lingo, "Mad J… more »
Kenny Larkin, Azimuth
Detroit techno has a perverse way of sounding more futuristic the older i… more »
The Monks, Black Monk Time…
The Monks were a bunch of American G.I.s in Germany who picked up on the … more »
Who Is … Alela Diane
Though recently relocated to Portland, Oregon, Alela Diane Menig's mu… more »
…And You Will Know Us By…
Prog without the pomposity, emo without the pity pleas, the sixth album f… more »
Asobi Seksu, Hush
Shoegaze is a nice place to visit, but few bands have found the genre a s… more »
Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rise Up!…
The groove on Hammond B-3 jazz organist Lonnie Smith's latest is a la… more »
These Are Powers, All Aboard F…
Opening their third album with a riff that sounds like Marilyn Manson… more »
Odd Nosdam, T.I.M.E. Soundtrac…
Odd Nosdam is the nom-de-beat-collage-artist of David P. Madson, the co-f… more »
Robyn Hitchcock, Goodnight Osl…
Robyn Hitchcock has written love songs and drug songs, creepy songs and d… more »
Sholi, Sholi
With the gush of drums that slowly coheres into "All That We Can See… more »
Beirut, March of the Zapotec …
There are world-travelers, and then there are escapists — those dre… more »
Eleni Mandell, Artificial Fire…
Never mind the artifice, here's Eleni Mandell, with feeling. The cool… more »
Mi Ami, Watersports
Granted, the Internet compresses timeframes, but isn't it too soon to… more »
Black History Month
We all know why 2009's Black History Month is different. With the first A… more »
Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres…
Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Jane Smiley's A Thousand A… more »
Angels Flying From Heaven: Mee…
Rev. Utah Smith was one of the first sacred guitarists to play the electr… more »
Sarah Thompson, Three Cups of …
Building schools in a warzone Three Cups of Tea begins with an odd sort o… more »
Brainy Books
The many breeds of researchers focused on the human experience — ar… more »
Iran, Dissolver
Iran began in 2000 with a self-titled collection of song fragments and li… more »
zu, Carboniferous
Heshers have bickered forever about what constitutes "heavy metal,… more »