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Agaetis Byrjun Sigur Ros Reykjavík-based noise quartet Sigur Ros are the biggest band in their native Iceland, which should say much, much more about the collective insanity of that earthquake-ridden, blizzard-beaten crag of an island than anything to do with Sigur Ros' sound. But in their music, Sigur Ros reflect all the breathtaking glory of the Icelandic wastes--a fairy-tale explosion of unhinged elemental majesty that's...    Read More >>

() Sigur Ros Anyone expecting Sigur Ros to have abandoned their emotional and majestic approach will think again after hearing the opening bars of their new album, ( ). When Sigur Ros released their second long player Agaetis Byrjun back in 1999, they caught everyone on the hop. Though it was pretty much the first anyone outside of their native Iceland had heard of them, the quartet had been studiously...    Read More >>

F# A# Oo Godspeed You Black Emperor It's hard to imagine this disc coming out of Montreal or, really, any urban habitat. The post-rock instrumentals on f#a#(infinity symbol), distantly related to the sounds made by the Australian band Dirty Three, serve as walking music for a loner hoping to hitch a ride in the middle of the Arizona desert and dealing with the inevitability of another night in coyote territory. Godspeed's swelling...    Read More >>

Come on Die Young Mogwai Scottish noise terrorists Mogwai were weaned on a diet of intense, experimental American rock. Accordingly, Come On Die Young has the darkest heart; thankfully, though, it's by no means an unlistenable prospect. The opening track, "Punk Rock", samples a bootlegged interview with Iggy Pop, in which the man claims "I don't know Johnny Rotten. But I'm sure he puts as much blood, and sweat into...    Read More >>

The Noise Made By People Broadcast Back in 1997, Warp Records released a quirky mini-album of rare material from its newest signings, a little known experimental pop band from Birmingham called Broadcast. Eyebrows were raised. Why had Warp--a hard-edged techno label famed for its avant-garde output from electronic pioneers like Aphex Twin signed this quirky, retro- obsessed West-Midlands five-piece? The reason is simple: Broadcast are...    Read More >>

Pause Four Tet Kieran Hebden is, it has to be said, something of a genius. The groundwork for Pause was laid on Dialogue--his debut solo album under the guise of Four Tet--landed in 1999, and immediately went about redrawing the parameters of inventive dance music. A peculiar mix of live-sounding instrumental jazz and technologically super-precise laptop dance trickery, it sounded nothing like Hebden's...    Read More >>

Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003 Mogwai A collection of tracks culled from BBC radio sessions recorded throughout Mogwai's career, Government Commissions is as close as these foundation-shaking Scottish instrumental rockers have got so far to a Greatest Hits collection. Rather than running riot through their back catalogue, however, it's clear that this retrospective has been sequenced to write a specific history. Opening with the...    Read More >>

Whatever Mortal Papa M With Whatever, Mortal, Chicago avant-rocker David Pajo's career continues to take the most peculiar twists and turns. In the decade that separates the release of this, his third album as Papa M, and the epochal Spiderland, the undisputed masterwork of his influential Louisville band Slint, Pajo has embraced a whole spectrum of styles: incendiary math-rock, serene post-rock, haunting dub...    Read More >>

Papa M Sings Papa M Anyone who's heard their previous album "Live from a shark cage", will be surprised to learn that this is actually by the same group. The previous trance-like guitar ambient soundscapes have now been replaced by intimate, low-fi country twangs. With vocals even! Although this is only a short CD (20 mins), it feels like it was recorded live in a small club somewhere. Different from what I was expecting,...    Read More >>

Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai Scots avant-rockers Mogwai may never quite shake their reputation as determined sonic brutalists, but a spin of Happy Songs for Happy People demonstrates that they're no longer simply set on rendering the aural equivalent of being sucked out a spaceship airlock. Although always a democracy, previously, Stuart Braithwaite had taken on the role of Mogwai's bandleader-by-proxy, his tumultuous guitar...    Read More >>