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 Like many with an appetite for quirky, left-of-center pop songs, I've been following John Vanderslice for a while. The San Franciscan's name had been floating in and out of my frame of reference for y... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=5769180634a48a193cd49c Though a lot of the interest in this album will undoubtedly be centered on how it compares to work by Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot, the groups these two guys normally spend their time in, but you do... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=3528000184a43c5c7a5fa9 The death of Jay Bennett could not have come at a more pivotal moment in his former band's career. Which is not to say that the passing of a criminally cast-aside and sincerely-missed collaborator's... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:11:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=10414906874a42826c5ecf8 It's a truism that popular music reflects its times: we get the bands we need, deserve and desire. What to make, then, of the names these musicians adapt? Are they a mirror of a cultural trend, or jus... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=18072281174a42888fe4b34 Owen Ashworth has become one of the preeminent musical chroniclers of twenty-something turmoil. Over five albums he has consistently proven his gift for detailing the unique burdens and experiences c... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:17:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=7228952704a420c9a4bc66 As I walk down a Paris side-street, a couple glasses of wine circulating throughout my body and my headphones blaring Grizzly Bear's "While You Wait for the Others", I realize that life may not get mu... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:35:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=9261851564a3f34c6ed34b I first encountered Dirty Projectors as Grizzly Bear's opening act, here in Chicago, in early 2007 and everything about their performance struck me as exciting and new without straying too far from th... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=14622231094a3cc407d1eff Having spent over two decades as one of Detroit's holy techno trinity (Juan Atkins and Derrick May being the other two), Kevin Saunderson is justified in releasing History Elevate, an epic 2-disc set ... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=14917018254a113c13b8b16 Roni Size's Mercury Prize-winning classic New Forms is one of the few albums I love to pieces where the idea of going George Lucas on it doesn't entirely bug me. The thing was always too long, with re... Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=6090711044a0157a5d785b It's difficult for me to fathom Deerhunter coming out with new material, as their late 2008 twofer Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. still makes frequent spins in my player. Yet they keep going; currently i... Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/review.phtml?id=6097707864a1efb12446f1 Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost are testament to the fact that, for all of our world's shrinking and flattening in the digital age, place still matters. Originating in Jeremy Barnes' native Albuquerque, the group is the antithesis of today's shifting cultural and musical realities, having relocated to Budapest for the recording of their new album, <i>Délivrance</i>. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=15228372754a4b385e68880 In a time when more albums than ever are being made and fewer publications can afford to exist, more gatekeepers than ever are needed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's this month's batch of unreviewed but worth your time records that may have been overlooked. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=3668627664a448b008559e Having taken a month off for May, the regular LAS hip-hop roundup returns for June with the scoop on a host of new jams, from Georgia Anne Muldrow's post-Stones Throw forray to the hottest new MC out of London. Thrown in for fun are references to David Hasselhof, Hall and Oates, Billy Idol, and Shia LeBeouf. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=15311735914a2618fd542cf For a cozy and subdued five night run last week, Florence's Festival Dei Popoli brought a program of eighteen films, all positively teeming with emotional breadth and visual wonder, to the Second Annual New York Documentary Film Festival. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=16165909694a265d980f4de When it comes to same-sex marriage, Dick Cheney is for it and California is against it. Go figure. When push comes to shove at the ballot box, the blatant estrangement of both major political parties to the issue of gay rights, and specifically same-sex marriage, has been appalling. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=117807009749f9c257b3064 This week the Florentine institution of Festival dei Popoli will team up with the New York Documentary Film Festival for a five day event at Anthology Film Archives. Along with celebrating 50 years of Festival dei Popoli, the 2009 program also honors filmmaker Albert Maysles. Mon, 25 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=2948041764a265914227a8 As the sun was arcing toward the horizon, up to this "club" pulls Dan Deacon's touring bus, which is actually an old school bus running on bio-fuel. To this hardened ex-Haight Streeter, it was smack out of every Dead show I've witnessed, right down to the ratty drapes lining the windows. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=28054154149f9ad2694793 The skies are clearing, the temperature is warming, the birds are chirping, and the beats are flowing. This month we've got references to everyone from Neptunes and Timbaland to Unwritten Law and Sugar Ray. Yeah, really, Sugar Ray. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=73247498849dc780633330 To be sure, Drunken Barn Dance walks a fairly worn path through the forest of singer-songwriter fare. Thankfully, however, though there's no real wilderness encountered, there are enough day hikes into the trees on either side to keep Scott Sellwood's songs from being relegated to strictly coffee-shop fare. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=39521569349afb032b55ec Winter is pretty much over, so its time to run through some of the best, worst, and most Ninja Tune-y cuts of the pre-spring season. We've got checks on Raekwon, Lil' Wayne, Q-Tip, and the artist formerly known as MF Doom. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.bifirecords.com/feature.phtml?fid=199588228349b12ce92c1a1