News

Alien8 Reissues Tim Hecker

Originally released in 2002 on Mille Plateaux, Tim Hecker's Radio Amor was recently plucked from the ashes by Montreal's Alien8 Recordings in a move aimed at ensuring the album's availability on the record store shelves.

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01/16/2007

Back 2 Kool by Christopher Glancy

Back to Kool, from Issue 80 (September 2004) of XLR8R, featured the photographs of Chris Glancy and a look at some of that year's hottest trends in fashion.

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01/16/2007

Christopher Willits Contest Winner Chosen

Good music comes from unexpected places, in this case from Boise, Idaho, courtesy of Electricwest. Known to his friends as Pat Benolkin, he won December's Christopher Willits/Colors Shifting Remix contest in which contestants were given Willits' track "Colors Shifting" (well duh) to remix under a Creative Commons license.

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01/16/2007

V2 Records Restructures Company

Starting last Friday, V2 Records, whose roster includes the Crystal Method, the Raconteurs, and the White Stripes, will no longer release new material from its artists, opting instead to focus on its back catalog.

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01/16/2007

The XLR8R Office Top Ten Album Picks, Jan 15

Electrelane No Shouts, No Calls Too Pure
We happen to know for a fact that No Shouts, No Calls is Electrelane’s best work to date. Behind the subtle female vocal melodies and clean, driving guitars lurks a sadness present only in weirdo-pop bands like Camera Obscura and Sonic Youth. These guys have got it right!

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01/15/2007

Waxploitation Launches 3rd Darfur Charity

More at the forefront of the population's thoughts now than perhaps three years ago, Darfur's conflict between armed forces and the government-backed militia (known as "Janjaweed") has already killed thousands and turned over 2 million civilians into refugees. And it often seems there's no end in sight to this slaughter and displacement.

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01/15/2007