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Black Dice | Repo

Paw Tracks (2009)
Spearheaded by Brooklyn trio Black Dice and their peers, American noise rock is less like the pure noise of Merzbow and more like a renewal of dark, grinding industrial rhythms.
By MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | April 06, 2009

Factory Records: Communications 1978-92

Rhino (2009)
The whole Factory Records stereotype of thin, earnest men in long raincoats complaining about the cold and the damp to absolutely no chicks whatsoever over frenetic machine-made beats is with us for a reason.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | January 06, 2009

Touch radio

Turning 25 all year long
Touch has released music by a stellar line-up of sound artists and musicians including Austrian guitarist Fennesz, British turntablist Philip Jeck, and New York composer Phill Niblock.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | October 22, 2007

Future heads

Digging for post-punk gold
Matador head and contrarian tastemaker Gerard Cosloy recently wrote: “No, post-punk does not actually exist.”
By FRANKLIN BRUNO | June 13, 2006

Bands on the run

Ariel Pink finds backing where he can
Keeping track of a band’s changing line-up can be hard enough, but Ariel Pink has made matters especially difficult, for fans and for himself.
By MATT ASHARE | February 14, 2006