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Air - 10000 Hz Legend: Frustrating Brilliance

Released in 2001, 10,000 Hz Legend is Air's first proper follow up ... Read more

Air - Moon Safari: A lunar adventure

This post is part of the countdown to Air's fifth album, Pocket ... Read more

Air - Pocket Symphony: A Little Side Step

For these past couple weeks, tunequest has been counting down to Air's ... Read more

Air - Premiers Symptomes: Like in a lounge on the Moon

Air [french band]'s first album in three years, Pocket Symphony, will be ... Read more

Air - Talkie Walkie: Mellow Exuberance

After being somewhat let down by 10000 Hz Legend, I'd have thought ... Read more

Air - The Virgin Suicides: Downtempo tension

Several degrees of Air. Or, what's it take to get Air to ... Read more

Basement Jaxx - Rooty: Back in the basement

In a former life, I got paid to write ... Read more

Booka Shade - Movements: Decent Dark Ambient

I don't know much about Booka Shade, other than that the duo ... Read more

Cat Power - Jukebox

Jukebox is the second record in Cat Power's career that mostly ... Read more

Dennis McCarthy - Deep Space Nine: Emissary: An Unexpected Treat

In the pantheon of composers who have worked on Star Trek, none ... Read more

Francis Lai - Vivre Pour Vivre

French composer Francis Lai is perhaps best known for his breakthrough song ... Read more

Hum - Downward is Heavenward: gotta go down to get up

Hum's Downward is Heavenward is a lost gem among rock records in ... Read more

James Horner - Enemy at the Gates: Hacktackular

James Horner is a hack. That's my opinion. Some people think he's a ... Read more

Joel McNeely - Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

In 1996, LucasFilm embarked on a multi-channel marketing project in an ... Read more

John Powell - The Bourne Identity

Released in 2002, John Powell's music for The Bourne Identity is a ... Read more

John Williams - Jurassic Park: Hold on to your butts

Since the mid-1970s, John Williams has never been lacking in notoriety. Jaws, ... Read more

Johnny Greenwood - Bodysong: Accessible Abstracts

All the recent Radiohead hoopla reminded me about the band's other driving ... Read more

Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens: Disco auteurship

Is that not a magnificent album cover? It's almost ... Read more

Lalo Schifrin, Portishead and downtempo music

In retrospect, I probably should have saved Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Anthology for ... Read more

Leonard Nimoy - Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space

From the archives: I wrote the original version of this article for ... Read more

Louis and Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet: Retro Space Tripping

So I recently listened to Louis and Bebe Barron's avant garde and ... Read more

Martin Denny - Exotic Moog: Cold and Sexy

As promised, I dug up the column I once wrote about the ... Read more

Mudhoney - My Brother the Cow: mmm mmmm angst

Mudhoney's My Brother the Cow, I think, is a fitting bookend to ... Read more

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts: First Fruits of the Label-less Era

Jump to Review Halo 26, Ghosts I-IV has just been announced at the ... Read more

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip: Familiar Territory

I'm beginning to think that being stuck in a soul-crushing contract with ... Read more

No Alternative: A map of the universe

I came of musical age during the so-called alternative era, when "alternative" ... Read more

Nobukazu Takemura - For Tomorrow: Downtempo Premonition

Bouncing off my recent Mudhoney post, I'd like to bring up Nobukazu ... Read more

Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi no Koe: glitches

The note at the top of the page says that the site ... Read more

R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction

Back at the height of my R.E.M. days the mid-90s, Fables of ... Read more

Radiohead - In Raindows: Ethos and ambiance

Via this 9rules note: HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD: THE ALBUM WILL ... Read more

Ratatat - Loud Pipes single: Another smooth creation

I don't know how I missed it, but Ratatat quietly released Loud ... Read more

Ratatat - LP3: Expansive and diverse sounds

In the past, I've taken issue with the tendency in some circles ... Read more

Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight: It’s a Hit

The Moneymaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtyhWo8qngk Rilo Kiley is back, and in a big way. After a ... Read more

Shaken and Stirred: The James Bond Project

Webomatica posts about his best and worst James Bond songs. It's a ... Read more

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

I picked up the latest Sonic youth recently but hadn't gotten around ... Read more

Stereolab - Sound-dust under your skin

Sound-dust was Stereolab's first release since Cobra and Phases... the record that ... Read more

suburbia: shaken, not stirred

in 2001, suburban shakedown was a band of teenagers who had a ... Read more

Supreme Beings of Leisure: Overlords of Recreation

The Supreme Beings of Leisure debut has the distinction of being one ... Read more

Susumu Yokota - Grinning Cat: Simply Amazing

I came across Susumu Yokota's Grinning Cat (2001), amazingly enough via Amazon.com. ... Read more

Susumu Yokota - Symbol: Classical Mashups

Ah, it's been a while since we actually talked about music here ... Read more

The Breeders - Mountain Battles: Slow burn to perfection

Sorry for the relative quiet around here lately. I've been on a ... Read more

The Polish Ambassador - Diplomatic Immunity: Retro Electro Futurism

When I was in middle school, I became a big fan ... Read more

The Simpsons - Songs in the Key of Springfield

Released in the spring of 1997, Songs in the Key of Springfield ... Read more

The Simpsons Movie: Good Film, Good Music

This past weekend, I saw The Simpsons Movie and must declare that ... Read more

They went Chattaway! –> The Caretaker’s Hoedown

Well, for some reason, almost all of my Star Trek music got ... Read more

Tosca - J.A.C. (2005): Warmest of the cool

Richard Dorfmeister of iconic Austrian mix-up outfit Kruder and Dorfmeister, and his ... Read more

Trans Am - Red Line: Rock from the future

Trans Am's brand of future-rock has been of constant interest since ... Read more

Trotter Trio - Sketchin on Star Wars Jazz

Interpretations of John Williams' Star Wars music is a veritable cottage industry. ... Read more

Tunequest 2007 Albums of the Year

Another year come, another year gone. After spending 2006 evaluating the status ... Read more

Yoshinori Sunahara - Pan Am: The Sound of the 70s

I recently had the pleasure of reacquainting myself with ... Read more