Music

by publius I suppose it's funny if they're doing it ironically.  If not, then not so much.  Here's the review of Air's new one, if you can bear it: A half-decade of Balearic/glo-fi/'lude-house has since refined that mellow aesthetic to the point where taste-conscious end-runs around potential irony have become increasingly unnecessary. But while that … Read more

by publius The schedule for Austin City Limits (a ginormous music festival in early October) is out.  You can see the schedule here. So here's my bleg — I need help plotting my listening strategy (which takes months of intense preparation).  There are always several bands playing at once — and I've never heard of … Read more

by hilzoy Koko Taylor has died. She was eighty years old, and was an astonishing blues singer. Here she is at nearly eighty. May she rest in peace.  

by hilzoy Somehow, this YouTube just seemed appropriate today: (via Calculated Risk, who also notes Dr. Krugman's answer to a similar question.)  Open thread. *** Update: I don't have any idea whether any of you share my interest in utterly weird music — music that makes you think: someone actually went to some trouble to … Read more