
07 Nov
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- Tags: collagist, Ducktails, edgar froese, hampshire college, liberal arts, live performances, Matt Mondanile, Matthew Mondanile, New Jersey, Northern Jersey, outer space, pop sensibility, psychedelic music, ridgewood new jersey, shimmers, solo artist, solo work, song craft, synthesizer, tangerine dream, touchstone, touchstones, western massachusetts
Ducktails is the musical project of Matthew Mondanile originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey.
“On the other side of the globe, solo artist Ducktails approaches psychedelic music from a pop perspective. Born in Northern Jersey and a graduate of Western Massachusetts liberal arts magnet Hampshire College, Matt Mondanile constructs tropical mixed tapes from outer space.
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23 Oct
Animal Collective:
They’re rad. Did I ever mention that is my most favorite live video of any one band, ever?
Merriweather Post Pavilion out in January!
(album cover art)

22 Oct
- By SDK
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- Tags: black dice, black humor, corn on the cob, earthling, eric copeland, experimental music, forthcoming album, frontiersman, garbage dump, giant leap, hermaphrodite, mail, musical creation, osni, pitchforkmedia, prime time television, prolific member, scones, space beings, stimuli
New vinyl only release from the master of cut up, destroy and experimental madness (also the creator of the most awesome Hermaphrodite), Eric Copeland.
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Eric Copeland’s Alien In A Garbage Dump represents part one of the forthcoming album from the increasingly prolific member of Black Dice. These seven jams are steeped [...]

29 Sep
I saw High Places on the 27th at Rhinoceropolis in Denver. They came with Ponytail and played with Pictureplane, MMCII and BDRMPPL. It was a pretty dope show. I had never been to Rhino before. The space is about as big as a couple large living rooms. So the crowd gets all packed in tight [...]

22 Sep
Unbelievable montage of moving images for the song Kokomo from the masters of noise and drone pop, Black Dice. Check out their 2007 LP Load Blown while you’re at it.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

19 Sep
I recently had a chance to sneak preview the new Gang Gang Dance. I must say that I’m heavily impressed. As a follow up to last years Retina Riddim DVD and that little RAWWAR EP, Saint Dymphna keeps that awesome GGD vibe as well as expands their quest for experimentation and raw, musical power.
I can’t [...]
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