06/25/2008
Sweating Out Worldly Troubles On The Porch With New Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Why did I not get into Bonnie "Prince" Billy earlier? In the past, I was vaguely aware of a singer/songwriter by the name of Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy), who strummed some great gee-tar. Maybe I failed to delve into his music due to ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 06/25/2008 11:29 AM EST in Folk, Bluegrass | Permalink
06/06/2008
VISUAL NOTES: Art In The Age Music Round-Up
This week's VISUAL NOTES features a weekly round-up of musings on fine art, design, musicians/bands, and related news. Each week I really do delight in scouring the internet for cool marriages of art and music. This week, however, a whole slew o ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 06/06/2008 5:24 PM EST in Editorial, General, Visual Notes | Permalink
05/23/2008
VISUAL NOTES: An Elegy for The Paper Record
The paper Flexi-Record enjoyed a short, albeit popular life before I was even born. Oh Flexi-Record, how I would have loved to witness the advent of your existence! I would have marveled at your grooves, pressed into hot acetate film by origina ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/23/2008 11:17 AM EST in WTF?, Editorial, Visual Notes | Permalink
05/14/2008
New MAN MAN Video: "Mister Jung Stuffed"
Q: What do taxidermy, cheating lovers, Mr. T, and Day of The Dead animated sequences have in common? A: MAN MAN's new video for "Mister Jung Stuffed," of course! Please treat yourself to this utterly absurd visual... MAN MAN - “Mister Ju ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/14/2008 1:45 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Experimental, Video | Permalink
05/09/2008
Midnight Juggernauts Live @ Johnny Brenda's: Interview, Review + Photos
In the falltide, fellow Walruser Michael gave some love to three Aussie prog-rockers otherwise known as Midnight Juggernauts. Sweet find! Thanks to this hawt tip, I grabbed an opportunity to shoot the shit with the Juggernauts before a sweaty-as ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/09/2008 1:06 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, Interview | Permalink
05/02/2008
Visual Notes: Top 5 Typographic Album Covers
Hello, friends. I have just emerged from a week-long crisis along the lines of, "What is art and why do I make it?" Lucky for you, instead of a discourse on the contemporary art world this week, I have narrowed the field to typography, the d ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/02/2008 4:00 PM EST in Editorial, Visual Notes | Permalink
04/16/2008
VISUAL NOTES: Pump The Letterpress Jams
Letterpress prints and upbeat tunes, my two life passions, have just been joined! Film producer Jörg Petri, electronic musician Michael Fakesch, and helpers from the University of Arts in Braunschweig, Germany have teamed up to create the offic ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 04/16/2008 4:15 PM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Visual Notes | Permalink
04/07/2008
Come One! Come All! The Tallest Man on Earth Sings "Into The Stream"
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Walrus is pleased to present... Sweden's Kristian Matsson, The Tallest Man on Earth! With most startling candor and impeccable finger-picking, this Scandanavian sensation will perform for us "Into the Stream", a s ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 04/07/2008 1:43 PM EST in Folk, Country, New Music Spotlight | Permalink
EXTRA! EXTRA! An Interview with Honus Honus of MAN MAN
May it be stated right off the bat that I skipped a mandatory class to interview Honus Honus (aka Ryan Kattner), the lead singer of MAN MAN, a troupe of five Philly musicmakers under absurd monikers with even crazier live performances. Avoidi ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 04/07/2008 9:44 AM EST in Experimental, Interview, Indie-Rock | Permalink
03/26/2008
Psyched On The Psych Of West Philly's Soft People
As a former four-year West Philly resident, I am quite psyched to tell you about Soft People, a friendly and fabulous foursome of West Philly musicians. Psyched is definitely the correct word to describe their fluid psych-pop with a garage-tw ...
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