Unveiling Notes: The Oxford Collapse Interview

Oxford Collapse has little to be embarrassed about. Their 2006 Remember the Night Parties was hailed by press yet it eluded the public. Radically raucous in an adolescent way, the album dodged musical stereotypes. This month marks the release of their middle-aged response Bits; the result of a thirty song plethora of material condensed to thirteen unyielding anthems. The album dives more daringly into their brand of post-punk (if you can even all it that) by relying less on lyrical pop (if they even sing like that) and instead favors a wave or rocking guitar revelry (if they’d even admit to that). We take a look at a band that might be on the verge of subsiding simply because we never knew of them. ‹read more›

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

• Madlib Introduces WLIB AM “King of the Wigflip” This Fall
• Andrew Bird Flys Fall Tour
• The Spinto Band Unravel Across Europe, North America Tour
• video: Black Kids Wanna ‘Rock Whicoo’
• video: Ed Harcourt Gives ‘Tomorrow’; Scores Donnie Darko Sequel
• stream: The Little Ones Cuddle Up To ‘Morning Tide’; Tour
• The Drones release ‘The Minotaur + A Brief Retrospective’

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  • Take Me To The Sea
  • by Jaguar Love
  • label: Matador Records [2008]
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• Stereolab - Chemical Chords
• The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
• Alina Simone - Everyone Is Crying Out To Me Beware
• Sunfold - Tiny Tugboats
• Jaguar Love - EP
• MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
• Kristoffer Ragnstam - Wrong Side Of the Room