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I recently found myself in a position that allowed me to legitimately start buying 8 track tapes. Not out of nostalgia but because I finally addressed one of my many obsessions and acquired an early 1970’s sedan. ...

Aguirre, Wrath of God was first released in 1972. Written and directed by renowned German filmmaker, Werner Herzog, the film is a troubling tale of delusion and failure. It tells the story of Spanish conquistadors traveling down the Amazon River in search of riches and power. ...

Inventions for Electric Guitar is Ash Ra Tempel’s sixth album although it would probably be more accurate to describe the album as Manuel Göttsching’s first solo effort.

There is something particularly interesting about soundtracks that were pressed onto 7" vinyl ... and Cléo de 5 à 7 is no exception. The four songs that appear on this Philips release summarize in a concise and vivid way the essence of this 1961 film. ...

The Chilean-born director’s ability to perturb audiences was already apparent with the releases of La Cravate (1957), Fando Y Lis (1967) and El Topo (1970). Jodorowsky’s third feature film, The Holy Mountain, premiered at Cannes in 1973 and proved a serious contender to its predecessors. ...

With the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) and Halloween behind us, it seems but only appropriate to dedicate today's post to the music of Goblin and Claudio Simonetti.

On this day 19 years ago, the original Velvet Underground reunited for the very first time since John Cale’s departure from the band in 1968. It took more than two decades for Cale and Lou Reed to meet again on stage with Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker.

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It might seem absurd to dedicate another post to the topic of eight-track cartridges considering that we are now, more than ever, completely submerged in digital technology. Why bother wasting words on ...

Edgard Olivier Charles has a fascination for the ghosts which live within records, the organizers of this year’s suoni per il popolo tell us.

I am pressed with time at the moment so here is something about a band that does not need much of an introduction. The Stranglers rank high in my list of all-time favorite bands. By 1978, The Stranglers had released Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes , as well as Black and White. ...

Cette semaine, nous nous sommes prêtés à l'exercice suivant : choisir une bande sonore des années 70 et en capturer un morceau...

Julian Cope’s most recent book, Japrocksampler, is indicative of a growing interest for rock-infused music produced in post-war Japan. The book is a welcomed addition to the literature that deals ...

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For the greater part of the sixties, Phil Ochs found himself fighting numerous battles. He was a celebrated folksinger and political activist as well as a prominent figure of the counterculture and protest movement in the United States. ...

Works of art, unlike those of science, have no practical goals in any material sense. Art is a meta-language, with the help of which people try to communicate with one another; to impart information about themselves and assimilate the experience of others. ...

I attended a concert that took place in the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal’s main parish a month ago. The two men who led the performance, Raoûl Duguay and Walter Boudreau, are well-known figures in this province’s arts circles. ...

The dirt road that leads to Arcosanti was not as long as I expected it to be. Yet the experimental town is far enough from Phoenix and neighboring cities to allow visitors and residents to recognize that they are in a place like nowhere else.

It seems every time I hear or read about "krautrock", the same names pretty much get thrown around; bands like Neu!, Can, Faust, Cluster, Kraftwerk or Amon Düül I & II, and for ...

Tangerine Dream disciples insist that Cyclone is a bastardized album that sprung from a questionable marriage of influences and motives. Tangerine Dream’s sixth album with Virgin Records does sit uncomfortably among the band’s other pre-1980 releases. ...

Interlude 1 constitutes Pas Chic Chic’s first step towards writing new material. The song was first performed last year and we have since transformed it completely so that the version below is but a pale skeleton of the new, as yet unnamed, Pas Chic Chic piece.

There is not much information available about Pythagoron Inc. except for a long-expired P.O. Box address, which suggests that the music made available by the corporation originated from someplace in or ...

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