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    Articles by Rod Smith
    Jelly Roll Morton
    Holy Soul Jelly Roll
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Now that the House of Representatives has excised Arctic drilling from the budget bill, we can stop worrying about polar…

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    M83 take a break from cloudgazing to stare at their shoes.
    My Buddy Valentine
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Mono take their laptops and guitars cloudgazing.

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    A gardener of lyrics.
    Gems From the North Country
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Destroyer’s Dan Bejar makes language bloom.

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    Greg Saunier, deep background; Satomi Matsuzaki, deep foreground.
    Kid Stuff
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    San Francisco’s Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

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    Rufus Wainwright and his amazing polka dots.
    Follow the Lieder
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    On his third album, Rufus Wainwright gets personal.

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    Beat This
    Beat This
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A brief history of odd percussion.

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    What Is the RIAA Thinking?
    What Is the RIAA Thinking?
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A fantasy: Cmdr. Bainwol snakes through the maze of agents poring over the shabby apartment that, until a few hours…

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    Neko Case
    Taking Tiger Mountain
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Neko Case roams the country.

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    The Fever, from left: Geremy Jasper, J, Pony, Sanchez Esquire, and Achilles.
    Building a Mystery
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The Fever: a detective story.

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    Himsa, from left: Derek Harn, Sammi Curr, Johnny Pettibone, Chad Davis, and Kirby Johnson.
    It’s Hailing Horror
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle metal mainstays Himsa take their hardcore-inflected roar to the masses.

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    The Party at Pou Corner
    The Party at Pou Corner
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    New York’s Animal Collective are judged by a group of their peers.

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    Omar Sosa
    The Ballad of Omar Sosa
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Omar Sosa is unmellowing with age, or so Ballads 1997–2000 (Ota) suggests. The newly released collection finds the Cuban-born pianist…

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    Made to Be Broken
    Made to Be Broken
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Westerberg replaces himself.

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    Black Dice
    Noodle Soup
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Black Dice and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

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    Weapons of Mass Distraction
    Weapons of Mass Distraction
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How the military uses music and sound.

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    Technicolor Jesus
    Technicolor Jesus
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Daniel Smith’s eccentric celebrations.

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    Four discrete aesthetic objects taking the place of a press photo because Lansing-Dreiden, who desighted them, are mysterious like that.
    Art for Art’s Sake
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    New Yorkers Lansing-Dreiden triangulate rock, visual art, and the fine art of anonymity.

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    Dont call him a jukebox: DJ /rupture.
    Transglobal Underground
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    DJ /rupture splices the world together on his turntables.

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    Cooper Temple Clause
    Fire Kickers
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Cooper Temple Clause and Muse put the ‘bomb’ in bombast.

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    Hella
    A Swarm of Drones
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seven new albums of varying frequencies— some ancient, some new and metallic.

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    The Pernice Brothers, from left: Peyton Pinkerton, Joe Pernice, Thom Monahan, and Patrick Berkery.
    The Discovery Channel
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A chat with Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers.

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    Howdy. Cmon in.
    Hey Dude, Nice Apps
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Jarboe dissects digitalia.

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    On the Air
    On the Air
    By Rod Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Surfing the sine waves with Haunted Weather author/compiler David Toop.

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