Ladies In The Lake, or, Matmos @ The Stone

Music Review: Matmos @ The Stone
I remember the first time I watched electronic performance. It was at The Knitting Factory in 2000. A friend of mine had brought me. And I was amazed that a crowd of people had turned up to watch two guys…DJ. Well, they weren’t just playing one club song after the [...]

High Voltage

The Culture Czar turned us on to this hot-ass new video from Mrs. Matthew Barney. It’s by far the best video she’s turned out in a loooooooong-ass time. It’s directed by super genius Michel Gondry. “Declare Independence” is off Volta (which we reviewed here), and is actually the only “political” song she’s ever written. [...]

Review: Björk, Flirting with natural disaster

Review: Björk, Volta
It had to happen sooner or later. Mrs. Matthew Barney has produced an album I don’t entirely wish to lick to death. I guess maybe there are a couple of tracks on Selmasongs I skip through, but, for the most part, her non-film related albums have all been solid, complete, amazing [...]

Björk & Tori Run For President

It may be tempting–if obvious–to want to compare Tori and Björk’s new albums, even though the two artists have never had much to do with the other except for maybe sharing a magazine cover (at least once). But Sasha Frere-Jones goes for it anyway in her his article in this week’s New Yorker. Her His [...]