http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com music, media, art, culture, life, everything en-us http://lostatsea.net/images/front_logo_letters.gif http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com 48 144 Best album of 2008... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:37:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=1178893067480eaf33cd211 I'm a young man. I missed the hey-day of early eighties hardcore, sneaking into shows at the Mabuhay Gardens and getting someone else's blood in my eyes. I've heard, via documentaries, of the rebellio... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=68690759479535e1194d2 By the time I set about reviewing Zookeeper's eponymous EP a few months back, I already knew I'd be snatching up their LP, Becoming All Things, upon its release. Despite a few misguided tracks that re... Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=184779582476793b0bcd20 After a well-received debut album (The Decline of British Sea Power) that was as 1990s-British-indie-rock as anything released by Manic Street Preachers and Suede, British Sea Power decided to curb th... Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=1869920467478f87bdec60d When Belgian techno outfit T99 tabled their 12-inch single of rave anthem "Anasthasia" in the early 1990s, the opening vocals pleading "Music maestro, please!" must've been directed at Dave Clarke, tr... Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=12547624314755ecca9610b Listening to the Neil Young of recent times, I've come to expect a few givens: aggressive electric rock, innocuous (with a few exceptions) acoustic tunes, and a tiresome work ethic, a combination whic... Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=470875304767933e42bef Those of us who prefer songs to textures might have our tastes in electronica scoffed at as ephemeral, to which I say, whatever, you liked "Rockefeller Skank" in '98, too. Song-based techno's on a boo... Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=79005362847a8ce0534439 I recently returned from a work trip to Paris, France, my first foray into the wider world outside of North America. One of the most important things I learned during my short time abroad is that craz... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=104499001647a7935f3f840 Ryuichi Sakamoto is a legend in the more ambient school of music, and amongst film makers as well; the founding member of the renowned Yellow Magic Orchestra has scored some two-dozen films, picking u... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=29225058047a78745a1ba4 Before you press play you need only to know the title of Rafter Robert's latest (and best) album, Sex Death Cassette. It would be impossible to anticipate the sonic diversity contained within it, and ... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=50929268147a109183cc49 FROM THE ARCHIVES: This frequent David Bazan collaborator hasn't been to Pocatello, Idaho. "But I've been to Boise," he says. "We played a show there, and then stayed at the promoter's house. There was a small office in the basement that had animal heads mounted on every square inch of every wall. It was fucking creepy." Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=18096812284784bb3e29605 Under the broad mission statement and motto of "exposing the diversity in electronically made music," record label co-founders Jakub Alexander and Adam Hunt have been dealing audio heat for the past three years with an impressive roster of developing artists. Josh Zanger recently cornered the two label visionaries for an interview. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=202852292647960e41d8ca4 Launching a tour in support of their latest album, <i>In the Future</i> - a work that revels in 1970s glory - the Vancouver quintet brought their live show to Tucson on Saturday night, flying the flag like a Led Dead Airplane. LAS staffer Ari Shapiro, with beer in hand (but sadly sans leisure suit), dropped in to check them out. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=146080143347b0f44d561d0 For anyone who has ever wished to have their lungs bruised (if not slightly crushed) by a set of drums, the Warsaw in Brooklyn was the place to be Saturday night as the transient avant-percussive trio, supported by art-punks No Age, delivered a real, honest-to-God rock show. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=201240886947b04f86544a0 Having wrapped December and January into one big two-year anniversary column, LAS resident hip-hop expert Jonah Flicker is back in the saddle with the highs and lows of beats and verse for February. This month Glaciers sounds off on Mike Ladd's move to Def Jux, the third <i>Hi-Teknology</i> collection, a handful of notable Joes, and more. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=87099719547ac27a6db057 With LAS possibly (not really) having launched his career in television art department illustration, Mike Shea does us a favor and returns with a new comic series, each page of which is based on a single (un)remarkable event from sequential years in the life of pre-teen rap careers. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=650374885470d08019000b LAS staff writer Zack Hall takes an in-depth look at the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of 1958 and two cinematic revisionist reincarnations of the event - Terrence Malick's <i>Badlands</i> (1973) and Oliver Stone's <i>Natural Born Killers</i> (1994). Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=16935440604767baf24f20d After a well-deserved hiatus felling log cabins and minting coins (or whatever it is people do in the deep woods of Wisconsin), senior LAS staff writer Peter Lindblad returns, an article on the <i>Lonesome</i> plight of four New York folksters in tow. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=1404669344479e7e2495f72 Having last passed through Memphis for a cold, rain-soaked Beale Street Music Festival in 2004, Dave Grohl and company returned to the River City at the end of January - with Jimmy Eat World and Against Me! in tow - and treated fans to a lengthy, rollicking, and thankfully dry performance. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:30:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=25201227347a7754290fd0 Vertigo. Stupid girls in high heels. Cookie-cutter monsters attacking the most obvious and over-used target. Yuppies. There are countless reasons to be extremely angry at the J. J. Abrams-produced film, which is flimsy at best, yet you'll still probably want to shell out the cash at the box office in order to to see it for yourself. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:00:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=34063268747a10fa831277