I’ve only recently come across Luna by The Aliens but it’s quickly fighting it’s way towards the top of my “favorite albums released in 2008″ list (although it didn’t come out in the US until 2009, it was originally released on October 29, 2008.) In general I’ve come to prefer shorter albums and I’ve been [...]

Previous entry: 2000. This is my series on “three great albums” which I’m highlighting from each year. My intention is to draw attention to albums that I feel truly standout from the pack. Albums that have stood the test of time (this is, obviously, more and more true the farther back I get) and deserve [...]

On Saturday I wrote this article about the Susan Boyle phenomenon and how it shows how superficial the average CD buyer is. Now that the album sales numbers are in (and they’re even higher than people projected they’d be) I thought a good way to showcase the ridiculousness of it all would be to show [...]

One of my favorite bands of the past 20 years is The Olivia Tremor Control as they took a lot of elements from my favorite bands of the 1960s (most obviously The Beatles & The Beach Boys) and pushed them over the psychedelic edge with insane song arrangements and production tricks in their lo-fi four [...]

I just came across this story (almost a month after it was posted) and I’m very pleased to learn that not only does Circulatory System have a new album coming out (Signal Morning will be released September 8th) but that the Olivia Tremor Control has also been recording some new material that may end up [...]

The Olivia Tremor Control – Dusk At Cubist Castle Not only one of my favorite albums of 1996 (if not my very favorite) also one of my favorite albums of the decade. It’s a truly epic psychedelic masterpiece that is not known by nearly enough people. I feel like the pied piper for The Olivia [...]

Aphex Twin – “To Cure a Weakling Child” Richard D. James Album (fan made video) Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy (NEW CD) US $11.85 End Date: Thursday Feb-09-2012 1:13:28 PST Add to watch list Dr. Octagon – “halfsharkalligatorhalfman” Dr. Octagonecologyst (fan made video, clips from The Mighty Boosh) Dr Octagon Dr Octagonecologyst CD US [...]

Music from the Unrealized Film Scrip, Dusk at Cubist Castle was released in 1996 by The Olivia Tremor Control. It was their debut album and is quite probably my favorite album released in ’96 and possibly my favorite debut album ever. It’s an epic 27 track psychedelic rock masterpiece with tracks as short as 24 [...]