Articles by Alex Molotkow

Thoughts on 2008: Exclaim! Assistant Editor Alex Molotkow

PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2009

To tide us over while we indulge in the holiday spirit gorging on stuffing and egg nog, we asked a bunch of our contributors to tell us the...

Jill Barber

Chances

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2008

The elegant Chances is a serious departure for Jill Barber, who’s so far made a name for herself as a guitar-strumming singer-songwriter. W...

Various

Sprechen Sie Pop

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2008

French ye-ye is an established genre among music nerds but it’s about time that German pop got a reviving push. Hamburg-based Bureau B Reco...

Xmas

Carpenter's Tool

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008

The singing saw has an illustrious history, from Marlene Dietrich’s front-line performances during World War II to a recent show at Carnegi...

Gang Gang Dance

Saint Dymphna

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2008

Somewhere between a drum circle and Joe DJ’s play list of the week lay Gang Gang Dance. Though the band’s artiste-ry seems a little obnoxio...

Julian Koster

The Singing Saw at Christmastime

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2008

No surprises here! This is Julian Koster’s singing saw, carolling Christmas tunes — and that’s it. The singing saw isn’t about to replace B...

Wovenhand

Ten Stones

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2008

Though there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with Wovenhand, they don’t do much more for me than your average alternative rock band. There ar...

Castanets

City of Refuge

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2008

Let’s get this out of the way: City of Refuge is a good record. It lives up to all the critics’ clichés I would otherwise use in this revie...