NihIli$tic Pop Ain’t Go$$ip! (Music, Movies, Mixed Media Mishugas)
When I first listened to Melbourne, Australia’s Cut Copy, I was interested but not that impressed. I mean, I didn’t trash Bright Like Neon Love, but it didn’t exactly make me glow either, nor did I write a glowing review for XLR8S (click this for the whole article: xlr8r-electropop1.jpg). Part of a larger review of […]
One of the craziest sets I ever saw was Bjork at Coachella, 2002. Aside from some of her “hits” she got to venture into the more challenging, but also more astounding aspect of her sound. The computorized blips and ticks represented the threshold of modern music, but with an unbelievable cover of the Beatles,’ “Blue […]
(H)ELLBOY: Italo Megamix by DJ Hell International Dee Jay Gigolo Records Rating: 8/10
When I interviewed DJ Hell for XL8R back in 2005, I asked him about the “italo revival” that I saw going on in Europe (and was hoping would finally catch on here, not that some people weren’t trying) and he seemed […]