June 2011
6 posts
Three Reasons: Fish Tank →
Robag Wruhme →
When the Wighnomy Brothers announced that they were disbanding their oft-celebrated project in late 2009, the disappointment was palpable. Yet Robag Wruhme (a.k.a. Gabor Schablitzki) quickly…
Friday Repertory Roundup →
This week, BFI Southbank in London is spotlighting Spanish cinema of the past three and a half decades with its new series Good Morning Freedom! Spanish Cinema After Franco, highlighting…
Three Reasons: Seven Samurai →
[TDT009] Yateveo – “Horrible Feeling” →
Lots of activity in the upper and lower ends of the sonic spectrum, deeper and darker and brighter and bolder and additive and subtractive in the mental realms.Yateveo’s first release…
Press Notes: The Great Dictator →
“An unqualified triumph” is how DVD Movie Central’s Michael Jacobson describes The Great Dictator, out now on Criterion DVD and Blu-ray. He goes on to explain, “The Great Dictator is a landmark…
May 2011
1 post
Friday Repertory Roundup →
Lulu is infiltrating the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild, featuring Melanie Griffith as a funky free spirit and Jeff Daniels as her initially unwilling…
April 2010
8 posts
exposure USA →
My Cousin Roy →
New York’s reignited love affair with disco has been going strong for more than a decade now, and My Cousin Roy has been right in the thick of it. As head of the Wurst label, Roy has played a key…
theDEXorphan – Suicide →
A friend recently said, as we were listening to this album, “You have to be insane to make music like this… I feel like I’m crazy just listening to it!”. The line between genius and insanity is a…
DJ Delay – Brass, Wires & Bass →
Uber talented multu genre DJ, producer, instrumentalist and long time croakinglizard conspirator Brian May aka DJ Delay aka Beam Up has just dropped a new full length album of Balkan dubs. An…
Reel Roulette →
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Record Store Day 2010, live music at Orange... →
Record Store Day 2010 is just around the corner and Orange Records here in Fargo, ND is celebrating with some exclusive releases (hyped about the Pantera re-issues, myself), a sale, and live in…
Schlachthofbronx →
Anyone who follows the XLR8R website knows that we’ve been digging the sounds of Schlachthofbronx for awhile now, but after hearing our editor Ken Taylor blast their 13-minute Belly Full of…
March 2010
5 posts
Dubbel Dutch's Austin Mix →
As the mayhem that is SXSW prepares to consume Austin, we here at XLR8R figured that now would be the perfect time to unveil the Austin installment of our ongoing City Guide podcast series….
Flying Lotus & Kode9, Minneapolis, 04.03.10 →
Flying Lotus with Kode9 and The Moongoons
711 Hennepin Ave Floor 4 Minneapolis, MN.
$10 door, $5 advance, 18+
OMG.
RSVP here.
R.A.W. on →
R.A.W. tonight, March 10th, on WCP Radio on Drumandbasstv.com from 7Pm-9Pm CST!
Autechre Mix, 12 Hour Webcast, and New Album →
Autechre need no introduction. But, if for some god forsaken reason you’re unfamiliar, this entry should get you well up to speed.
The peculiar electronic noise making duo have a new album out,…
Ghetto Division's Chicago Mix →
When it came time to commission someone for the Chicago edition of our City Guide podcast series, we here at XLR8R spent weeks brainstorming and tossing around possible candidates, many of them…
February 2010
13 posts
Chrissy Murderbot – A Farewell To Dubstep →
Another stellar mix from Chrissy Murderbot’s My Year Of Mixtapes blog. If you have clocked it yet, go crrazy.
He says
“Ok, this one is gonna get me yelled at by some people, but let’s be real….
Martyn →
At this point, an artist like Martyn needs no introduction. Widely hailed as a leader when it comes to pushing sonic boundaries, particularly in the world of dubstep, we here at XLR8R are simply…
Good Music In Fargo, 02.27.10 →
Some good friends of mine who happen to be great musicians will be doing the damn thing on Saturday, February 27th here in Fargo. You should go.
Free
All ages
6PM – ???
The Red…
Filmakers - Home →
Jerome Foundation →
Electric Noise →
Martyn →
At this point, an artist like Martyn needs no introduction. Widely hailed as a leader when it comes to pushing sonic boundaries, particularly in the world of dubstep, we here at XLR8R are simply…
Mopa →
Mutamassik – That Which Death Cannot Destroy →
Mutamassik is one of those artists I learned of when first discovering people like Wayne & Wax, Kid Kameleon, DJ C, DJ Ripley, Geroyche, Filastine, and the like many years ago. I’ve always…
Tribeca Film Institute →
IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs →
Eskmo & Eprom Pictures/Videos, Fargo ND USA,... →
Sorry for the nearly month long delay on getting these posted, but here you go. The little bits of photography and video captured at the Eskmo & Eprom show in Fargo, ND USA on February 5th, 2010. I…
Bkey – Barcode Filthcast 021 →
Absolute sickness. Pure unadulterated jungle in it’s purest form. Dubplate frenzy.
ESSENTIAL.
Bkey – “Barcode Filthcast 021″
Bkey – 3rd Parallel (Scientific Wax) dub
Equinox – Hard Meditation…
September 2009
11 posts
Sir Arthur Breaks - Speaking In Drums →
It’s all about the drums.
Sir Arthur Breaks - “Speaking In Drums”
The Heatwave's Funky Bashment Mix →
Recent months have seen a whole lot of hullabaloo surrounding the burgeoning UK funky house scene (including our current issue’s cover story), but significantly less attention has been given to…
Droid Behavior 7 Year Anniversary - Interface 29 →
Here’s something going down in Minneapolis, MN in a couple of weeks that is well worth your time, effort, energy, and money. One of the best complete lineups I’ve seen come through the Twin Cities…
Move D Live in Portugal →
Veteran house DJ and producer David Moufang, better known as Move D, is a hard man to pin down, so when he offered up a portion of a recent live set for the XLR8R Podcast, we jumped at the…
Somatic Responses - US Liveset 2009 →
If you haven’t heard by now, there was some seriously ridiculous drama that went down at at this years Schizophrenia event (read more here, full update/documentation through The…
Curtis Chip - Live at Chip Off The Old Block,... →
Hey, yeah, so check this out. Over five years ago I spearheaded my first in a series of events in the Fargo, ND region. Curtis Chip was chosen by yours truly to break me in on doing…
Have A Few, Get Some - Live at Swank, October 25... →
Bohdi passed on, time to find a new Dirty Dancing instructor. Luckily Addict Records is classy enough to show the man some real honor, even in his death.
R.I.P. Patrick Swayze
Abelcain - Live at Schizophrenia 3, Madison WI,... →
Well, here it is, folks. After a year of waiting, the liveset from Abelcain at Schizophrenia 3 has finally made it online - and it was well worth the wait, guaranteed. For those…
Junglefever - GrindthievesDotCom Podcast006 →
Hey, look - we haven’t fallen off the wagon entirely. After some setbacks and temporary falling offline, we are back and coming full force with a new podcast for that ass! The homie in…
Untold →
XLR8R recently took a closer look at U.K. producer Untold (a.k.a. Jack Dunning), whose handful of releases on Hessle Audio, Hotflush, and his own Hemlock imprint have quickly established him…
Labels We Love: Wireblock Records →
For the final installment of our Labels We Love podcast series, we head to Glasgow, Scotland. The city has a reputation for gloomy weather, but you’d never know it from the crunked-up glitch rave…
August 2009
20 posts
Raxyor - Adamantite Harvest →
Raxyor rules. Just get over it, okay?
Raxyor - “Adamntite Harvest”
While I Wait I Sing This Song 5:38
Enough With All The Fucking Holiday Cheer (All You Really Need Is Some…
Kid Corrupt - Pragmatic Ideas →
This is some pretty good shit, eh. Tons of variety and diversity, but completely on point and interconnected throughout the entire release. Ambient, noise, black metal, hardcore,…
Labels We Love: Modern Love →
As part of our ongoing Labels We Love podcast series, we shift our focus to the gritty streets of Manchester, where the Modern Love crew has been turning heads since 2006 when Claro Intelecto…
Bludclot Recordings in Knowledge Mag →
As some of you might know, I spearhead the Bludclot Recordings record label. Up to this point we have very few releases and have been operating strictly as a netlabel. However, a double CD album…
Satan - Dead Future →
Well, hello everyone, meet Satan. He makes pretty music. If I had to attempt summoning names for comparison, I’d probably go with names like Fexomat, Dev/Null, Abelcain,
Labels We Love: Diynamic →
After kicking off our Labels We Love podcast series with a beautifully moody offering from Type Records, this week’s installment comes direct from the dancefloors of Hamburg, Germany.
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