Articles by Alex Molotkow

Tropicália Thunder

Forty Years Ago in Brazil, A Cultural Upheaval Foreshadowed Modern Music

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2008

Drawing from stereotypes and oversimplifications, you might call Brazil’s Northeast region the nation’s id — the primitive unconscious unde...

You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story

Michael Wolk

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2008

The story of Gary Wilson’s You Think You Really Know Me has been well documented — in print, at least — since 2002, the date of the record’...

Stereolab

Chemical Chords

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2008

Seventeen years and 11 albums in, what’s left to say about Stereolab? Their signature sound is so distinctive that it’s hard to itemize the...

Clinic

Funf

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2008

A lot of people say that Clinic’s records sound too much alike but in my opinion, those people are wrong. Admittedly, the band have never s...

Rodriguez

Cold Fact

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

Judging by the cover (and the name), you'd think Rodriguez was a weird, sleazy, good-time guy. In fact, Rodriguez is much harder to classif...

Women’s Meticulous Sludge

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

Women are a fun interview. The words "semen” and "douchebag” have already worked their way into our conversation (in various contexts), alo...

Children of the Sixth Root Race

Songs from the Source

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2008

Led by the magnificently bearded Father Yod, the Source Family dressed in long robes, served raw vegetarian food at the celebrity-studded S...

Music Tapes

Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2008

Julian Koster of the Music Tapes doesn’t only live in his own head, he devotes himself to externalising his unique headspace, right down to...