Articles by Kevin Hainey

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  Various

  Down in a Mirror: A Second Tribute to Jandek

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Since this year’s unlikeliest underground superstar — the reclusive and mysterious solo suicidal strummer Jandek — has taken on a whole new...

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  Akumu

  Magmas

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Akumu’s third full-length album, since beginning to record and self-release on his own Spider Records back in 2000, finds him making fog-la...

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  Felipe + Forte

  Shaggy Black

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  2002 marked the year psychedelic and electronic music melded into one blissfully serene and chaotically intense new form that has since bee...

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  Skullflower

  Orange Canyon Mind

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  The Crucial Blast label couldn’t be a better home for Skullflower’s latest release of skull-crushing minimal noise as Orange Canyon Mind re...

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  Various

  The Rough Guide to Dub

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  The increasingly prolific Rough Guide series of books and albums documenting the ever-growing history of modern music has compiled another...

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  Caribou

  Math, Psychedelia and an Ass Named Handsome Dick

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  No matter how kind or honest a musician may be, there are always going to be people trying their best to hold them back, knock them down or...

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  Facets of Thurston

  FESTIVAL/BOOK

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore certainly takes an active role in many realms of underground music culture. Two of his most recent proje...

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  Intercom / Minibloc

  Intercom / Minibloc

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Le Son 666 is a brand spanking new CD-R label from Montreal and, judging by the sounds of their first two releases — these self-titled debu...