Pages tagged “issue 54”

Unglued: Remembrances of Björk's Past

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“Because Iceland is really just one big family, it’s simply annoying to go around asking Icelanders if they’ve met Björk...  read more

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Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul

One of the best and most grandiose...  read more

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Radio Russia

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Since the emergence of radio in the 1910s, Russians haven’t just listened—they’ve listened passionately, forcefully, illegally. In the ’50s, they reassembled shortwave radios to tune into...  read more

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Scotland Bard: Stuart Murdoch Finds Inspiration in Glasgow, Girl Groups and God

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On the day before St. Patrick’s Day 2005, a young Irishwoman named Catherine Ireton auditioned for a singing role on the soundtrack to...  read more

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Surveillance

By the time Surveillance comes to its unhinged, ludicrous...  read more

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The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow’s jerky, zoomy, dusty new film features 10 nail-biting displays of limb-risking bravery...  read more

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God Help the Girl: God Help the Girl

While Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch seems a bit retiring for...  read more

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The Lemonheads: Varshons

The Lemonheads’ latest—produced by Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes—plays like...  read more

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Regina Spektor: Far

The turn of the 21st century wasn’t exactly the...  read more

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The Mars Volta: Octahedron

Listening to The Mars Volta is a bit like watching anything written by Alan Ball...  read more

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