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Just Like a Dream
The experimental science of The Big Sleep.
by M.J. Fine
On record, Sonya Balchandani is a woman of few words; six of the 10 tracks on The Big Sleep's first full-length, Son of the Tiger, are instrumentals.

One Track Mind:
The Azusa Plane
"Lou, Nico, Sterling, John and Maureen"
by Brian Glaser
Last week, sadly, The Azusa Plane moved off of this earthly one.

Reconsider Me:
Tongue Twister
Sophie B. Hawkins
by M.J. Fine
Sophie B. Hawkins did time on the road with Bryan Ferry, so she didn't exactly come out of nowhere with 1992's Tongues and Tails.

Soundadvice
Get Out!
Scritti Politti; Brentano Quartet with Mitsuko Uchida; Celtic Frost; Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3; Brian Bromberg; Bitter, Bitter Weeks

Music Picks:
Crooked Still
Thu., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., $16-$19, World Café Live.
by Mary Armstrong
Don't look for that somewhat bashful band of highly polished musicians, barely out of college, you remember from when Crooked Still played their first shows.

Klezmer
Thu., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., free, Penn Hillel.
by Mary Armstrong
Graphic novels and klezmer music — how often do those topics meet up?

Now It's Overhead
Fri., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., $10, First Unitarian Church,
by M.J. Fine
It's hard to mine molestation and estrangement for laughs.

Relâche/Network for New Music
Relâche and Network for New Music
by Peter Burwasser
Relåche has been heralding a British invasion in new music for a number of years now.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
810 days ago
There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
VIDEO REVIEW: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
by Massimo Pulcini
811 days ago
Alien outer space births, DMT trip sequences, facial spikes, and unicorns — what will she (err…Capital S-H-E) think of next? When Lady Gaga released »»
10 Track Mind: Playfully subversive
by Eric Schuman
811 days ago
I set my iPod on shuffle. Here’s where it led me … 1. Alice Cooper - “Teenage Lament ‘74” From Muscle Of Love, the last album where “Alice Cooper” referred »»
The Roots Picnic 2011 Lineup!
by Eric Schuman
812 days ago
Behold, the lineup for this year's Roots Picnic! As usual, it's anything but your average day-festival lineup. As always, The Roots Crew themselves will »»
CONCERT REVIEW: The Low Anthem @ First Unitarian Church, 2/25
by Matt Cantor
812 days ago
The Low Anthem got their timing right. At a moment when woodsy, Americana-inspired lyrics are approaching the mainstream (think Fleet Foxes, »»

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MUSIC . Picks
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Thu., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., $16-$19, World Café Live.
by Mary Armstrong
Don't look for that somewhat bashful band of highly polished musicians, barely out of college, you remember from when Crooked Still played their first shows.
Thu., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., free, Penn Hillel.
by Mary Armstrong
Graphic novels and klezmer music — how often do those topics meet up?
Fri., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., $10, First Unitarian Church,
by M.J. Fine
It's hard to mine molestation and estrangement for laughs.
RelÃÉÆíÃÜâÄôÃÉâÄöÃǬ¢che and Network for New Music
by Peter Burwasser
Relåche has been heralding a British invasion in new music for a number of years now.
 
 
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