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Resigned Illumination

Phosphorescent doesn’t like shedding much light on his songs in conversation. He’d rather they glow alone.

Austin’s Black Angels keeping a ghoul head

“It’s not what I do that scares me,” says The Black Angels’ lead singer, Alex Maas, “but the menacing sound of the band.

Minneapolis hip hop pair advance into a different Atmosphere

“Yo man, let’s take it back to that old skool story telling shit, get me!?” So bellowed Dizzee Rascal on ‘Sirens’ and one hip hop group, thousands of miles away, heard him.

New material from White Denim sounds so wrong it must be right

White Denim, a red-hot garage band from Austin, Texas are causing something of a minor kerfuffle.

Vienna’s Gustav doing good stuff

Gustav is the gender ambiguous moniker of Eva Jantschitsch, a Vienna-based, self-styled media artist and laptop songwriter.

Peaches-approved Kiwi pop machine Ladyhawke ripe to take flight

Ladyhawke is a one-woman, do-it-yourself, classic pop machine.

Cologne’s MIT starting out with a Coda

MIT are a band in transition.

Blood Brother fat cats back as Jaguar Love

As core members of The Blood Brothers, Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato are responsible for delivering two of the 21st Century’s best frenetic rock releases: Burn, Piano Island, Burn and Crimes.

Lawrence Arabia almost having dinner with a rabbit

One of the many, lovely consequences of the success of Flight of the Conchords was a flood of interest in the ostensibly innocuous New Zealand indie film Eagle vs Shark, starring Jemaine Clement.

Jay Reatard done in two minutes, if you had to watch him fuck

If you’ve heard any of Jay Reatard’s music, you can probably guess what the 28-year-old’s like in person.

Heloise and The Savoir Faire pulling all manner of disco magic out their hats

“I’d like to have a giant top hat on stage, surrounded by bunny dancers,” Heloise Williams says when asked what kind of stage show she’d have if success gave her an unlimited budget.

Seven the lucky number for Japanese techno artist Akiko Kiyama

Techno. TECH-NO. The word conjures up images of androgynous men rocking asymmetrical haircuts and/or ironic glasses, gaily dancing as they stroke their neatly trimmed beards.

Weirdo bands smoothed ride for natural Born Ruffians

Life, they say is all about moments.

The Minah Bird

Multi-tasker Mike Patton on creativity

Crown Jules

Introducing Miss Julietta, Berlin’s premier burlesque doll.

The Stool Pigeon issue 17, July 2008

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