Off the Record

Better to burn than fade away: a recap of Lollapalooza 2008

"...more buzz during Perry Farrell's set in the new electronica tent, which bears the Lollapalooza founder's name, but Austin's..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

What the Filk?

Sci-fi and folk combine for one weird subgenre

"...to find a decent dose of sci-fi musing in electronica, prog, and, odd as it may seem at first..."

July 25, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Radiohead

"...grandeur of predecessor The Bends while anticipating the fractured electronica of 2000's Kid A. A decade after the artificial..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered

"...While smartly remaining mostly outside the familiar oeuvre, Rapster's electronica-based David Bowie tribute adds nothing to the canon, while..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Rae Davis

"...tricked-out Fender Rhodes, the Austin-by-way-of-San-Antonio beatsmith cooks jazzy instrumental electronica with a helping of hip-hop. Davis layers glitchy beats..."

June 13, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

'Chronicle' Reviewer Wrong About Our Compilation

"...not a stranger to the review process, having written electronica reviews for URB Magazine in Los Angeles for 5..."

May 19, 2008 Postmarks

Thursday Sleepers

"...Brazilian samba and bossa nova, adding tasteful touches of electronica and hip-hop. Fans of Bebel Gilberto and Céu will..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Saturday Sleepers

"...10pm, Karma Lounge Lo-fi slacker electronica. Or could it be psychedelic futuro-soul? Probably easier for..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

South

Friday

"...interim. You Are Here finds them eschewing their early, post-electronica sound for a sparer, more organic, and ultimately melancholy..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Picks

"...hypnotic soundtrack for 1965's Oh Dem Watermelons to presaging electronica with works like 1987's Electric Counterpoint, Reich has consistently..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Off the Record

The countdown to South by Southwest continues, while the Black Angels turn on and Ghostland Observatory marches onward and upward

"...music with stadium-rock bombast. While the latter filtered French electronica through a literal wall of Marshall amps, Austin's GLO..."

March 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Ghostland Observatory

"..."Holy Ghost White Noise" and "Club Soda" balance French electronica with German Krautrock, and "HFM" checks for a pulse..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

All Directions Home

Scot's East-West vs. Celt's North-South

"...engaging Sundays-ish alt-pop. Runners-up are Oppenheimer, for their unabashed electronica, and Dublin punk-synthsters Fight Like Apes get points for..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ikiru

Japrocksampler

"...College of Music graduate, fuses modal jazz with Japanese electronica, resulting in a lucid form of improvised dance music...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Rockeras

Mexico and Spain 'hablan' behind your back

"...the exception of Monterrey's Album, which brings a welcome electronica flair to their alt-rock format featuring highly danceable tunes...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

U2

Gift guide

"...explain why the Irish quartet is dressed like an electronica version of the Village People – cowboy, prizefighter, death-squad..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

David Bowie

Hours of limited-release material offered for the first time stateside

"...blown away by Bowie's elastic sound and experiments in pre-electronica, found newer entertainments. Yet this 10-CD box of millennial-era..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Dan Oko

After a Fashion

Stephen muses on the 21st Most Intriguing Heiress ... and camel toe

"...Sarvers and Allison Scharf, among others. Bill is the electronica god, and Allison's haunting downtempo vocals conjure up sounds..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record

The renovated Austin Music Hall breaks new ground; Brown Whörnet goes digital; and Roky Erickson rocks Austin City Limits with a little help from his friends

"...or Fantômas, streaming seamlessly from 1970s soul and French electronica to automated infomercials and live extractions from the group's..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"...Snowhorse," which seamlessly fuses elements of Krautrock, psychedelia, and electronica...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Gibby Speaks!

Gibby Haynes talks about his problems.

"...Frusciante - I want to do some kind of electronica track with him. It will be a mixed bag..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Friday Picks

"...collaboration blends the seductive rhythms of tango with European electronica and heavy doses of dub and downtempo. Following 2001's..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Fest Sunday Interviews

"...rock tales, with brief tangents into burlesque pop and electronica. “I don’t value consistency,” Spektor explains. “I don’t value..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...Eighties, many simply used stale library tracks or cheap electronica. In Europe, on the other hand, where they are..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Rivercity Seven

Bonus Tracks

"...exhausted, glittery pseudo music. A mishmash of Latin beats, electronica, and Antone's weekday rock, Austin three- to fivepiece the..."

April 20, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Friday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Euro sensibility and sophisticated musicianship with a touch of electronica. – Margaret MoserPompeii..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...verbosity. A good trait, if it's focused like this hip-hop-electronica-jazz duo from Dublin. Supporting their sixth, Now This I..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

John Inman, 1935-2007

British actor, John Inman dies

"...the show's theme song that all but launched collage electronica … "Are You Being Served?" Ground floor: perfumery stationery..."

March 9, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Wednesday Sleepers

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards

"...a big dollop of Afro-Cuban rhythms they call "tribal electronica." SpiderMonkey is their remarkable first album, garnished with dense..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...Holy Fuck, Toronto: Electronica without hard drivesNorth Americana..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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