Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Smashing Pumpkins

  Monuments to an Elegy

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2014

  Over the past decade, it's been pretty easy to dislike Billy Corgan. After disbanding his group in 2000, Corgan has played the role of alt...

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  Rob Mazurek

  Alternate Moon Cycles

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2014

  When Rob Mazurek formed the Chicago Underground Collective in 1996, the cornetist helped inspire groups like Tortoise, Labradford and Isoto...

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  Sly & Robbie

  Dubrising

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2014

  Forty years into an illustrious career that has found the Jamaican duo playing on and producing some of the most important albums in reggae...

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  Faust

  j US t

  PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2014

  Billed as one of the pioneering groups in what would come to be known as Krautrock, Faust have long been celebrated for their undying innov...

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  Jon Hassell & Brian Eno

  Fourth World Music Vol. 1: Possible Musics

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2014

  Even the biggest Eno-heads aren't aware of the importance and legacy of Fourth World Music Vol. 1: Possible Musics. One of three collaborat...

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  Various

  Pop Ambient 2015

  PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014

  Created two years after the arrival of their popular, long-running series Total, the 14th edition of Kompakt's Pop Ambient series demonstra...

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  Bedhead

  Bedhead: 1992-1998

  PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014

  For all the glowing reviews Bedhead received in their heyday, the Dallas slowcore band are almost exclusively left out of the "great indie...

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  Mouse on Mars/Various

  21 Again

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2014

  When it comes to collaborations, Mouse on Mars have always been game. Over the past 20 years, the celebrated German duo have worked with in...