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Ikea pack furniture in it. Gehry has made furniture from it. Now architects are shaping spaces with it. Is there any limit to the creative re-use of corrugated cardboard? With its unique physical consistency, its decidedly axial strength, and its deadening acoustic absorption, corrugated cardboard has many inherent qualities. As such it was the perfect material for this particular sound installation.
Made from 720 half square sheets of 7mm thick corrugated cardboard, stacked in 360 layers, this cavernous sound space is set within a 2.5m cube. As a space for listening to and experiencing music, the initial concept for the design developed from the architect's ambition to create a strong spatial intensity and a distinct internal atmosphere. With an irregular free-form interior set within a regular cubic volume, the object has a profound duality. Made from one material it also has an implied solidity that strengthens the architect's distinction between inside and out - a distinction that is heightened when the full acoustic ambience is experienced from within.
Cutting the cardboard took three working days, and assembly just one. The structure sits under its own dead weight, without any fixings or glue. And, for those of a technical persuasion, a simple calculation reveals that the combined compression of the 360 layers of cardboard is 20mm over the 2.5m height, or an average of 500ths of a millimetre per sheet. All services are integrated within the stack, including cable runs and apertures for the six-speaker surround sound system. R. G.
Produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk and released by Air's label Record Makers, Sebastien Tellier's new album 'Sexuality' is a rhythmic ode to - you guessed it - the art of love making.
'Sexuality' explores the common ground between Daft Punk's 'Make Love' and Air's 'Sexy Boy'.
Tellier's songs traverse voluptuous synths and sweeping strings. The drums throb and whir soothingly at the edges of the sound. Tellier sings in a convincing coo and whisper as if he is updating Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's ascendant 'Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus'.
Where Tellier's French contemporaries like Justice head for the euphoric, chanting hooks, Tellier goes mellow, radiating warmth and revealing subtle analogue textures.
On the film clip for the instrumental track 'Sexual Sportswear', Tellier loops his keyboards like a double helix as a female body, lit up to resemble the iconic cover art for A Tribe Called Quest's 'The Low End Theory', writhes and moves to the music. By Nick Christie
Most definitely one for the lovers.
Hot Chip's new album 'Made In The Dark', is a wild ride. From thepopping, stomping squelches and whistles of 'Out At The Pictures', tothe LCD Soundsystem-esque groove of 'Ready For The Floor', the albumjumps frenetically between styles and influences.
With moments of delicate intimacy, soulful croons and straightforwarddance-pop, Hot Chip truly are the kings of hipster electro-pop.
Full of infectious, imaginative hooks and schizophrenic mood and tempochanges, you can lose yourself in 'Made In The Dark'. With somuch to process, it's an album that will reveal its more subtleelements on repeat listens.
Music for sound-tracking times of bliss and glee. By Nick Christie myspace.com/hotchip
Ah Presets, you haven't let us down. When a pre-release copy of The Presets new album 'Apocalypso' landed on the Coolhunter desk last week, it was with great anticipation that we gave it a first spin. And Bam! straight away, it hit us - that crispness of sound, Julian Hamilton's semi-comatose delivery and the wailing synths - it was indeed The Presets we have come to know and love. 'Apocalypso' is a more complete album than its predecessor 'Beams', the songs more fully formed and subtly layered.
With the pounding 'My People' a club staple for months now, the album's second single 'This Boy's In Love' has all the hallmarks of glittering synthpop classic with its rising verses and dream-like chorus backed by tear-drop piano keys. Elsewhere, 'If I Know You' sails by on skittering hi-hats and while Hamilton croons atop pulsating bass. On the album closer 'Anywhere', The Presets get emotional as sparse four-to the floor drums and empty vocals get overtaken by bouncy synth stabs and a New Order-esque, lighters-in-the-air crescendo.
The new album 'Apocalypso' drops on April 12, followed by a world tour. It's going to be a monster year for The Presets. By Nick Christie.
You're in a difficult position when you find a new band and are ready to swear your undying love to them but you find out they've released one solitary song. You don't know where they'll go from here, you don't know if you'll even like it when they do because of you listened to that one little tune around fifty times already. Undeniably, you're in a quandary. I know the feeling. For the last month we've been playing to death a track called Look At Me by UK synth-poppers Mirrors. It's filled with pillow-soft synth bubbles, chilly atmospherics and glumstruck vocals which result in a resolutely stunning three and half minutes. But it's not enough. As is common with such cases of new-band fixations, we had to know more about this enigmatic four piece.
As it turns out, Mirrors are as shrouded in mystery as their music, with scarcely little about the band yet to be revealed other than that they came together following the unfortunate conclusion of Mumm-Ra. "Since the growth of the Internet as a promotional tool, bands have become extremely accessible, and the mystique has vanished," Mirrors says. "Mirrors aim to preserve that sense of mystery. Everything about us is presented subject to our vigorous aesthetic. What might be expected with other bands, we do not expect from ourselves."
Beginning with such a bold and ambitious declaration as that makes it clear. Mirrors know what they want. Call it calculated, but I'd call it considered. They're constructing an environment around the band itself, which, like Look At Me, is frighteningly easy to become immersed in.
"Our aspirations are to make a sort of electronic soul music," Mirrors reveals. ". Individually, we had all come from a background of traditional pop music, and each of us felt as though we had taken it as far as we wanted to. Gradually we started falling in love with the seemingly limitless possibilities of electronic music as well as those artists that have managed to imbue stark electronic sounds with emotion and feeling."
From here, Mirrors confirm that their next move is to reward the faithful and get out some new material. "We're currently working towards an album's worth of material. The process is very slow as we effectively build our songs in the studio, piece by piece until we have something that fits the band aesthetic. It's very methodical, but it works. We want to alter the way people approach commercial/pop music. We want pop music to be an experience, not just a song." Sounds like a plan. – Dave Ruby Howe
Alan McGee, the man who gave the world Oasis and The Libertines, has found the latest diamond in the rough. Scottish band Glasvegas are a four-piece that manages to combine all that was good from the Ronettes-era with all that is bad from modern-day Glasgow to brilliant effect.
Despite their obvious influences that range from Phil Spector to Elvis, what they come up with is so remarkably unique that they sound like The Jesus & Mary Chain getting drunk and having a go at covering the Grease soundtrack.
They draw you in with euphoric and unbreakable walls of sound but there is something so unmistakably bleak - something so unmistakably Scottish - about their sound that, in 2008, they manage to say a hell of a lot more about the state of things than sweaty, prepubescent boys with guitars ever could.
Lead singer James Allan has done for a thick Glasweigan accent what Alex Turner did for Sheffield and what Mike Skinner did for Mockney. And singing along in cod-Glaswegian is all part of the Glasvegas experience, as it is live where they excel. - Rob Facey
What springs to mind when you think of actors making music? Likely you're confronted with horrific images of Russell Crowe and Keanu Reeves belting out their 'hits' in earnest, followed by the faint smell of bad ideas. But there are exceptions to the rule. Jason Schwartzman has impressed over two Coconut Records, uh, records, as has indie pinup Zooey Deschanel as half of She & Him. Well, now you can add to that list Donald Glover.
As well as being a writer on 30 Rock and starring in fellow NBC sitcom Community, Glover's also been exploring his other creative outlets under the moniker Childish Gambino, releasing his latest album Culdesac for free online last month.
Yet unlike fellow network TV funnymen like Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island crew, Glover's turn on Culdesac is completely straight-laced and serious, and all the more entertaining for it. Although it isn't a great surprise, this dude can rap, throwing out tight-wound verses that have enough bravado and charisma to make any rapper jealous, particularly on tracks like Hero or the grandstanding swagger-fest Let Me Dope You. Elsewhere, something like Put It In My Video races along with frantic beats and These Girls is a sombre crooner's jam.
It's a twisted hip-hop fantasy made real with the effortless cool of guys like Wale and Pharrell, mixed with a bit of Eddie Murphy's forays into music. And it's all good. - Dave Ruby Howe
Two Door Cinema Club inhabit a curious position in the current musical landscape. On the surface they're a typical indie-pop band, that's obvious from the haircuts right down to the masterful knack for melody that these three Irish lads posses. But there's more to it than that. The group's energetic guitar blasts that riddle debut album Tourist History betray some serious punk leanings, not to mention the trio's connection with French hipster den Kitsune has made them crossover stars with the dance and electro crowd. Indeed, the trio laid down parts of Tourist History with club stalwart Philippe Zdar of Cassius, an experience treasured by the trio.
"He is the best producer working in dance music right now, hands down," says Kevin Barnes from Two Door Cinema Club down a crackling phone line from Northern Ireland. "And he was great to work with, he just wanted us to try out all his toys in the studio," he says, adding that the current musical climate helped facilitate the hook-up with Zdar. "Now those genres have really blurred and the label you put on the music doesn't matter so much anymore."
Indeed, the melting pot of styles found on Tourist History only serves to enhance the accessibility and sheer fun of Two Door Cinema Club. It's an intensely listenable record, and its thoughtful simplicity is something to be cherished in an age of grand designs and high pretension in indie rock. "We just wanted to make something that was true to the music that we have all been influenced by, and this is what we came up with" Barnes explains. "We did our best to ignore all the hype and just focus on doing what we love." Dave Ruby Howe
In the digital age of music, Turntablism has long remained a bastion of the analogue, a smoky backroom where arguments over white labels, pick-ups and the merits of the 'S'-shaped tone arm are the order of the day. Only recently has the turntable been dragged into the digital spectrum, beginning with the CD models ten years ago and being followed now by the emergence of hard-drive based decks.
The recent Picasso & His Collection exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA ) of Brisbane, Australia, managed to take the digital deck another step further. A significant part of Pablo Picasso's genius was the posthumous influence he had on modern Europe following his death in 1973, something GoMA's curators were excited to capture in their Contemporary Media Lounge, the centrepiece being the introduction of a touch screen turntable.
Co-ordinated by GoMA's Multimedia Designer, Aidan Robertson and calling on the skills of both the gallery's exhibitions team and post production company Cutting Edge's Interactive Designer, Dan Treichel, the brilliance of the turntables lies in the linking of a platter taken from a Numark HDX deck with an intuitive touchscreen. As the platter spins, the user is able to manipulate a range of adjustable filters onscreen to build, rearrange and reinvent the MP3 songs on the drive. While relatively easy to pick up and play, the turntables also possess a steady learning curve, letting the more committed and ambitious users create works of intimidating aural dexterity.
Thus Robertson, Treichel and their collaborators managed to weave together the practicality of both old and new, keeping the tactile response of the high-torque HDX platter but matching it to the easy access of media and filters provided by a touchscreen. By doing so, they created a compelling experience and in the process made the touchscreen-turntables an unexpected star of the exhibition. By Matt Shea
It's hard to imagine any band that's able to utilise the studio as effectively as Grizzly Bear. The Brooklyn-based quartet seamlessly weaves instruments into textures, rendering music that is almost irrelevant to discuss in traditional terms of rhythm and arrangement. But Grizzly Bear's art is not something to be thought about, it's something to be felt; it sweeps through you, feathering imagination and unlocking emotion. While this is prodigiously modern music, the cleverness of its coordination and restraint of delivery makes it seem of a porous and playful past, leaving the listener lying on a hardwood floor in the 60s, reading Kerouac and smoking Lucky Strikes. A spectacular triumph, Veckatimest is as absolutely enchanting as it is thoroughly impressive. - Matt Shea
There's something uniquely Danish about Fagget Fairys; an aggressive modernity stirred to a potent beat that marks the duo (that's MC Ena and DJ Sensimilla) as being distinctly of the Jutland, a place where political, social and artistic progressivism is the norm rather than the exception.
It's in Feed the Horse that the duo has produced a dexterous debut album. Built on Sensimilla's filthy, sweat-smeared bass lines, Fagget Fairys' brand of ghetto-funk churns, pumps, wrestles and writhes. Feed the Horse is almost salacious in its intent, and you can't help but listen without feeling either bizarrely elated or subtly violated, or perhaps just both.
"I think the album worked out in a really good way," explains Ena in her signature elastic style, her mind occasionally tripping over her tongue in a torrent of engaging verbosity. "Everything happened at the right time, because we had our EP out last year with two tracks on it that became very popular on the music blogs, so we already had a good basis on which we could then produce. When we did the album, we did it half in New York and half in Copenhagen, so we were working in these lots of two weeks at a time, where we would go into the studio and not come out for two weeks basically."
Perhaps the biggest coup with Feed the Horse was the recruitment of Grammy award-winning Danish producer, Rasmus Bille Bähncke. Sensimilla has plenty of experience shaking clubs across Denmark, but working with Bähncke was a whole new experience entirely.
"He's a really, really amazing guy and I think it was a bit like love at first sight for all of us," Sensimilla explains. "You have the perfect match personally and you have the perfect match professionally and I think he was our perfect match in a professional sense. He has a good ear for what's catchy in the pop genre and I have a really good ear for the underground thing, so the combination on the album is really interesting I think."
Fagget Fairys may be destroying sound systems worldwide, but they're simply the sharpened spearhead of what's turning out to be a gang busting groundswell in Danish popular music.
"There are so many really interesting sounds coming out of Denmark," says Sensimilla. "I think it's being recognised in a few places in the world that we have some strong names now and that's really exciting!" Exciting doesn't even begin to describe the surge in great Danish music that Fagget Fairys are leading, with a bustling and dynamic community of artists in the pack, the scene is on the verge of a musical triumph of truly epic proportions. – Matt Shea
"Kipling" is the title of a hauntingly melancholic yet somehow beautifully hopeful music video created for the Finnish indie rock band, Magenta Skycode, by Miikka Niemi and his Lapland-based team at Flatlight Films.
We love the way the open space, sparse nature and mythical plot leave room for the viewers' own interpretations. The airiness and subdued light are perfect reflections of the chilly beauty of Lapland where this was filmed in Kemijärvi and Salla.
The voice and the music are those of Jori Sjöroos, Magenta Skycode's founder and main man. The other band members are Niko Kivikangas, Kalle Taivainen, Valtteri Lipasti, Mitja Kiviluoma, Niina Sinkkonen and Jessika Rapo.
We especially love the rhythm that seems to recall a yoik (joiku), the Lapps' ancient form of storytelling by singing. Combined, the video and music bring out thoughts of shape-shifters and shamans, tragic fates and dramatic lives, fear and hope. The man and dog (a white Swiss shepherd) never appear together. Are they the same?
Kipling gained its name from a Rudyard Kipling quote: "Of all the liars in the world sometimes the worst are your own fears." The song ends with a beautiful verse: As your sadness leads you home, will you turn the scene around, moving closer to the stage where your fear ends up afraid?
Kipling is part of Magenta Skycode's second album, Relief, that won the 2010 Finland Emma Award (Finnish equivalent of Grammy) for the Best Indie Album. In 2006, the Turku-based Magenta Skycode's debut album, IIIII, became Finland's Record of the Year. - Tuija Seipell
Adele is back with a new single and album - turn up the volume and enjoy 'Rolling in the deep'. We can't get enough of this dark bluesy gospel disco tune. Here's also a dance remix.
What is it that makes Australian electro duo Tim & Jean so special? That's not meant as a corny opening line for this feature, that's a genuine question. We really want to know what kind of magic potion is running through the water in their hometown of Perth or how many virgins one needs to sacrifice in order to have what they have.
With just one song circulating around at the moment, the blissful synth-pop jam Come Around, Tim & Jean have already blown bloggers and industry types away. Indeed, after wowing Australian audiences as part of Triple J radio's Unearthed competition, the duo has found itself in the middle of a major label bidding war in the US, cementing its buzz as the next big thing set to go supernova in 2010.
On Come Around the kids, and yes I do mean kids as the two are are just 15 and 18 respectively, show off a surprisingly masterful knack for melding mirror-ball electronics with stomping choruses and irresistible hooks. With more gold like this on the way now's the ideal time to fall for Tim & Jean as you can bet you'll be hearing a lot of them very soon. Listen below. - Dave Ruby Howe
See also 21 yr old Australian Jonathan Boulet
Great animated music video for the band Danger Beach. Their album Milky Way can be downloaded here:
Directed by Ned Wenlock
Character animation by Rodney Selby
I hate the term 'comeback'." That's Casey Spooner, one half of Fischerspooner, the iconic electro duo who've just released their third album (Entertainment) after a four-year gap in recording. "It's not a comeback because we didn't actually leave," implores Casey. He's right too. Fischerspooner haven't been hiding after their last album, Odyssey, failed to ignite in the same way that electroclash touchstone #1 did, they've just been busy working on other facets of the Fischerspooner universe. "Releasing albums isn't all we do, we're performance artists so we could be working on stage shows, theatre pieces, ballets or installations."
Yet for a duo that can work (successfully) in so many different creative arenas, there is something appealing about the musical side of Fischerspooner that lured Casey and creative partner Warren Fischer back for Entertainment. "I often wonder why we do it," Casey remarks with a pause for contemplation. "This job can be terrible. I haven't had a day off since the beginning of the year," he moans. "But I think, in the end, Fischerspooner as a musical entity offers us a chance to incorporate a lot of different elements and open things up for collaborations. For us, it's never just an album. There's a stage show we've got to think about and with that comes choreography, costuming, design as well as art and image direction. We're always thinking of new stuff to do and who we can do it with to make it work right."
Whatever they've done in the last four years has worked, as Entertainment shows off a charismatic and invigorated Fischerspooner. One minute they're swanning through some pulsating electro (The Best Revenge), the next it's brooding dance music for androids (Money Can't Dance) or fractured and futuristic pop (the stunning Danse en France). Entertainment is an album filled with unbridled imagination, but more importantly it's an album that sees the realisation of all these ideas. "We worked really hard on this record, and we're proud of it," Casey says grinning. "I guess I don't mind too much if people see it as a comeback. It just means that we've been through it all. First we were loved by everyone, then hated and now people are excited to hear from us again. I quite like that feeling."
It's good to have them back. – Dave Ruby Howe
Speaking to Elly Jackson, the flame-haired singer and focal point of UK duo La Roux, on the eve of her ascent into the realms of pop-stardom - that being the pinnacle reaches of the pop charts - is interesting in that it's an incredible achievement for an electro duo, who regardless of their enormous potential don't fit the mold of conventional chart-darlings, and also because Jackson doesn't see herself popstar yet.
"Yeah, it's very weird in a way. I never expected us to do well on the pop charts like we have done, but yeah, it's nice anyway," Elly says, referring to La Roux's two most recent singles, In For The Kill and Bulletproof, hitting number 2 and 1 on the UK pop charts. "When In For The Kill first entered the charts we were chuffed about it, but then it started to climb and it reached number 2, so we were sharing space with genuine pop stars," she explains from the back of La Roux's tour van. "I was just happy because it meant that people were listening to our music. That's the important thing."
But despite the double-act's runaway success La Roux aren't a flash in the pan, as Elly states emphatically. "A lot of people think that we've just kind of appeared over night, but that's not the case at all. We've been doing this for years. It took a couple of years of recording and writing together to find out what we liked and what we didn't like, and then last year we started taking that around to labels and people who wanted to work with. It's been a long time coming for us, so if people think we've just sprung up out of nowhere, they're wrong."
As Elly suggests, the La Roux project has been developing and gestating for a number of years before taking off. The singer explains that the years leading up to their self titled album were spent "struggling" with songs. "It started out very different to what you hear now. We were doing things in an organic kind of way. It wasn't strictly folk music, but there were a lot of acoustic instruments involved. I grew up listening to a lot of folk music so I guess that was a big influence at the time," she says fankly. "But our songs weren't working. It was difficult for us. Like, the songs were good, but there was just something that wasn't 100% right. So we took a break from things for a little while and I started listening to a lot of electronic music, a lot of synthpop and stuff. Ben ([Langmaid], the other side of La Roux) and I got together again and decided to try things out with some electronic sounds, and it just clicked. The songs finally made sense."
La Roux by La Roux is out now. Hit the band's website for a free download pack. - Dave Ruby Howe
There's no question rap music is in the midst of a major sea change. The jeans are getting tighter, the hoodies brighter. Gangsta is out, hipster is in, and those who don't adapt are told they're becoming obsolete. The fresh wave is young and ambitious, full of entrepreneurial spirit whilst spitting about SEGA and sneakers.
But away from the bum rush of hipster rap is a cleaner, more precise alternative.Throughout its reinventions, hip hop's party trick has been its continued relevance as a medium for social and personal commentary, and it's in this realm that 5 0'Clock Shadowboxers exist. This is soul-searing music, full of coiled aggression and biting humor. Shadowboxers' rapper, Zilla Rocca, will laugh about the absurdity of it all one moment, and king hit you for not caring enough the next.
And he careens over some of the most carefully deployed sampology this side of a RJD2 record. Blurry Drones has grafted enough vinyl ammunition for three rap records and then crammed it all onto one. But this isn't scattershot producing – throwing licks until one sticks – it's precision work, carefully folded together for maximum effect. This is hip hop front-end loaded with killer instinct and a desperate perspiration. 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers are trapped in the dark corners of soul and society, and have just offered you a front row ticket as they fight their way out. – Matt Shea
The Cool Hunter looks ahead to the feast of new music on the horizon, bringing you what look like some of the early standout releases for 2010.
Goldfrapp - Head First
Having pitched a seriously beguiling curveball with their fourth record, 2008's ambiguous Seventh Tree, UK electronic boffins Goldfrapp have seemingly stepped back onto the dancefloor for new LP, March's Head First. From the first taste of the album, coming in the form of new single Rocket, the band have rediscovered their love of electro, festooning the radio jam with neon-embossed hooks and Atari-aping synths. We like this a lot.
The Sound Of Arrows - TBA
Thus far Sweden's The Sound Of Arrows have given us just a handful of songs, released on labels like Labrador and Neon Gold, and whilst quantity is (unfortunately) not their thing, quality surely is. The Scandinavian duo have managed to breath life into whatever they touch, lacing their singles with widescreen pop sensibilities, buoyant synthesisers and un-ironic slices of Euro-pop. With a full length finally at hand it's time for The Sound Of Arrows to truly shine.
She & Him - Volume Two
Just like our album forecasts, good things come in twos, right? It's therefore fitting that the indie nerd's dream-come-true collaboration of Merge stalwart M Ward and Zooey Deschanel as She & Him would return for a second round of twee-pop loveliness. Set for a staggered March/April release, Volume Two will pick up where the duo left off, namely making boys and girls in cardigans swoon
The Drums - TBA
With every music sheet in the world teetering on the verge of delirium over The Drums and the surf-pop resurrection found on their debut EP, Summertime, from last year, the band were an easy shoe-in for this list. But beyond the deafening buzz that The Drums are stirring up as they march ahead to their first full length the group manage to back it all up, delivering lean and polished indie-rock tunes with style, accessibility and intelligence.
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Having brought afro-leaning indie sensibilities and boat shoes back into the mainstream with their irrepressible debut album way back in 2008, New York prepsters Vampire Weekend essentially set themselves up as the poster boys of the difficult second album. After all that hype and crossover success, how could they better themselves? From the first tastes of their follow up disc, Contra, due in January, not much has changed, with the band still rocking polos and summery hooks, but it's clear their charm hasn't faded in the slightest with the band now rocking more self-assured playfulness than ever.
Uffie - Sex, Dreams & Denim Jeans
Bursting onto the electro scene with over-sexed raps and over-dosed electro beats courtesy of the Ed Banger crew, Miami-via-Paris MC Uffie seemed poised to take a lofty position as the middle ground between Peaches and M.I.A., but, uh, she just never really released anything. That's going to change when she finally drops the delightfully titled Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans LP next year. With hook ups from Mr Oizo, SebastiAn and Mirwais she's definitely in good company, but time may've passed her by. Whatever the result, we'll definitely be listening.
Delphic - Acolyte
Sounding like the spiritual heirs to New Order's brand of immaculate electronic pop, young Machesterites Delphic have been making all the right moves in their short career. Already they've partnered up with the tastemakers behind labels like Modular and Kitsune, not to mention scoring the coup of having golden-touch producer Ewan Pearson helm their debut album Acolyte. Packing an arsenal of soaring vocals, champagne synthesizers and driving hooks, get ready to hear a hell of a lot about Delphic. - Dave Ruby Howe
Opening with just a billowing piano refrain and acoustic strumming, you get the immediate feeling that there's something pretty interesting about The Gadsdens' breakthrough single The Sailor Song. After that initial hook, the UK quintet completely ensnare you with some witting strings and slurred vocal coos from singer Jody Gadsden, sounding like he's had one too many drinks and far too many sleepless nights. Expect to see these guys gobbled up by the Greys Anatomy crowd in no time. - Oliver Queen
Electro has always been the bread and butter of the Western crowd. France kicked off the distortion explosion with Justice, DatA and the Ed Banger sound, while the US set have been high balling with crunchy jams courtesy of the Los Angeles party set, including Steve Aoki's Dim Mak crew as well as Classixx and the late great Guns N Bombs. But over in Japan, Shinichi Osawa has been making plenty of noise with his relentless output of forward thinking, super-sized bangers, beating his Western contemporaries at their own game.
Having already unleashed a celebrated artist album back in 2007 (The One), Osawa's latest masterpiece comes in Teppan Yaki, and despite its dubious title, the oversized package collects all of Osawa's biggest remixes to date, including main-room reworks for the likes of Boys Noize, Cazals, Van She and Bag Raiders, as well as an extra disc of the producer's remixes for Japanese artists like De De Mouse, becoming a primer of sorts for far-out Japanese club culture. – Dave Ruby Howe
Shinichi Osawa's Teppan Yaki is out now.
We've recently stumbled upon 'We Don't Eat, a single by Irish singer and songwriter James Vincent McMorrow. Now we cannot stop listening to it and we keep debating whether our attraction is about his high, halting, smoky voice, or the eerie aura of something very old, something we've heard a long time ago, something written by old men.
Whatever the main attraction, this piece evokes the damp darkness of the Irish landscape itself, and makes us think of Irish immigrants entering New York in the 1800s. It is cool. Literally and figuratively. We Don't Eat is available for US readers here for free:
James Vincent Morrow released his debut album in 2010 and he's just finished his first North American tour.
San Francisco duo Girls are masters of simplicity. From their love of stripped back and fuzzed-out garage rock tunes to their deliberately direct album title (it's literally just called Album) Girls keep everything simple and immediate, and it really works for them.
On Album, the duo of Chris Owens and Chet White traverse through a set of sun drenched San Fran tales, from top-down roadtrips, to hazy trip-outs and wistful bust ups. While that might come off as a bit scattered, Album never feels ill-considered, and really Girls are just in a rush to move onto their next creative spark, never fussing over their production credentials or instrumentation.
As it stands, Album is pretty much perfectly of the moment. Whether you're in the Southern Hemisphere and starting to head into the warmer months or you're in Northern Hemisphere and are already feeling nostalgic for the fading summer moments, this is for you. – Dave Ruby Howe
September is always a busy month in the world of hip-hop and rap music, and this year's calender month marks another landmark period for the booming genre, with a host of big releases attracting attention. Amongst the release schedule, three records in particular standout, namely, Kid Cudi's debut LP Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day, Jay-Z's star-stuffed The Blueprint 3 and Wu-Tang mainstay Raekwon's long-awaited Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II. Yet although those first two records are securing the bulk of press hype, it's Raekwon that's seemingly walked away triumphant from this rap battle royal, delivering an album of blazingly fierce rap.
Whilst Raekwon's competitors have been focussing on dressing up their records with head-scratching concepts (Cudi's Man On The Moon is divided into five acts with Common narrating the action, go figure) and an overload of big name guests (Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, Young Jeezy and even Empire Of The Sun make appearances on The Blueprint 3), Raekwon gets down to business on OB4CL2. The infamous Wu-Tang rapper sounds entirely uninhibited on the record, letting loose some serious lyrical fire throughout. Of course, there's a few hook-ups with producers like Dr. Dre and the late great J Dilla, but beyond that, the record is a reminder for all who'd forgotten that Wu-Tang Clan and especially Raekwon are as potent and essential as ever. - Dave Ruby Howe
Hot on the heels (or rather casually surfing behind) the success of psychedelic pop acts like MGMT, Animal Collective and long dormant sample-masters The Avalanches comes this new wave of blissed out artists with an affection for skewed pop-music and windswept psychdelica. Already the victim of a host of silly genre names – including no-fi, dreamwave and the piss-taking chillgaze – the emergence of this scene has been dominated by the likes of Washed Out, Emil & Friends and unquestionably, mystery-clad US duo Neon Indian.
The brainchild of former Ghosthustler and current VEGA mainman Alan Palomo, Neon Indian have already kicked up whirlwind of hype in their relatively short career and it's easy to see why. With their debut LP, the appropriately named Psychic Chasms, Neon Indian successfully build this sprawling, psychedelic landscape of misshapen samples and bottomed-out synthesizers that feels like the perfect mixtape for a spontaneous cross-country roadtrip, twisting and turning through desert roads and star-clad night skies.
Whatever we're calling this genre it is all sorts of fantastic. – Dave Ruby Howe
With rap mixtapes and DJ sets springing forth on blogs and Facebook accounts like an over-ripe harvest of late, it's refreshing to find that someone isn't sticking to the stock standard formula. With his new mixtape project Pianist Envy - yes, that really is the title -, Canadian piano genius Gonzales has flipped things, offering up a collection of quasi-covers in which Gonzales restrings populist jams from the likes of 50 Cent, Beyonce and Lil Wayne as ivory-thumping epics.
After past work with Feist and Jamie Lidell, cover work for Daft Punk and Boys Noize and turns as an MC and electro artist, Pianist Envy is Gonzales cementing his reputation as pop music's artful chameleon, shifting from one idea to the next with not only swiftness but perfect execution. - Dave Ruby Howe
There's gotta be something in the water, right? First it was Jonathan Boulet and his gift for Technicolour indie, closely followed by fellow Australians Tim & Jean who blew our minds with their perfectly realized synth-pop splendor. And now we've got Melbourne-dwelling twosome Gypsy & The Cat who despite their young age have already got a firm mastery of classic pop.
Yes, we know that's a big wrap for these relative unknowns, but the proof is in the pudding, or in this case the luscious pop gold of Gypsy & The Cat's breakout tune Jona Vark, which distills their love of electronic tweaks, Fleetwood Mac-tutored songcraft and soaring hooks into three perfect minutes. - Dave Ruby Howe
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The night scene in Phuket, Thailand, changed permanently last fall, when SOUND Phuket night club opened. The launch night audience included the who-is-who of local and international jetset elite, and the vibes have only improved since.
Located on the third floor of the Jungceylon shopping and entertainment complex in the Patong resort, SOUND can accommodate an impressive 700 clubbers.
It is part of the stable of upscale boutique hotels, destination restaurants, clubs and bars conceptualized and operated by the Bed Management Company, the group behind the popular Bed Supperclub in Bangkok that opened seven years ago.
SOUND's design theme, realized by Orbit Design Studio (Bangkok, London and Tokyo) in association with Bed Supper Club, is the human ear in all of its super-human awesomeness, so everything in the interior is rounded, curved and tubular. While mimicking the human body, the SOUND environment with its intense audio and visual effects offers a surreal, out-of-body sci-fi experience.
The walls and décor contribute integrally to creating a superior acoustics and audio environment. The fantastic lighting, designed by Inverse (London and Bangkok) uses the latest club lighting technology. One of the central attractions is the bar lit by a stunning 19-meter graphic equalizer LED screen that is synchronized to the music that ranges form electronic music, hip-hop and R n' B to house depending on the DJ and the theme of the night. - Tuija Seipell
We're completely obsessed with Margo from L.A - Wicked, original songs, videos and overall style. She holds her own, doing her own thing and totally OWNS it. Very Sheila E/Prince meets Cindy Lauper back in the day.
Born in Toronto, now based between L.A/new York, she's got the sexy, disco diva looks, individuality, talent, rockstar style, and performance skills to really make it big. Will keep an eye on Margo for now. Talent can only take you so far - we do hope she has good management behind her. Watch below
With fuzzed out guitar swells, biscuit tin snare drums, drowsy, shuffling vocals, and a Google-defeating band name, Portland's 1,2,3 have everything a day-dreaming indie rock romantic could hope for. Already courting both blogs and indie radio waves, this duo will be on repeat for the rest of the year without question.
With just one track to their name - the epic synths and vocoder frenzy named Futuretapes - it's probably too early to proclaim Philadelphia based collective CSLSX the best new act we've heard in 2010. But screw it, we're going to say it anyway. Because what we've heard so far is bordering so close on perfect that it'd be scary if we weren't too busy dancing.
Hailing from a seriously chilled hideaway in Australia's Queensland, Flight Facilities are two young dudes causing a big stir with their smoothed-out house tracks. Already grabbing the attention of heavies like Aeroplane and the Bang Gang, these guys are making sax solos in dance tracks cool again. And that can't be a bad thing.
The next heiress to the pop princess crown, Florrie has been making all the right moves towards chart domination, including star hook-ups with bonafide hit-makers like Fred Falke and Xenomania, the same team that made Girls Aloud and Sugababes so inescapable. That's a very tight pedigree, but of course it always comes down to the tunes, and so far it's looking as though has a knack for hooky, delirious pop tunes. Expect big things.
With every rapper with a mic rallying to be a part of the next crop, 2010's break out star seems to unanimously be North Carolina's J. Cole. Having already impressed hip hop big guns like Wale, No I.D. and Jay-Z (who signed the 25 year old to his Roc Nation label) and a debut album (Cole World) due to drop in a matter of months you can expect be hearing a lot from him at every turn.
With a knowing nod to '80s smoothies like Toto and Hall & Oates, Sydney tunesmith Matt Van Schie has brought the pop back to synth-pop with his Balmy Nights EP from earlier this year. He's got another run of tunes due before he settles back into his fulltime band Van She, so lovers of seriously smooth music should get their fill while they can.
Mixing pounding tribal drums with glowing neon synths for some twisted 'calypso-electro' sounds kind of terrible on paper, but one listen to New York production team Tanlines and their infectious tracks and we promise you'll be converted to the gospel. - Dave Ruby Howe and Oli Queen
Former jazz singer Lana Del Rey defines her genre as Hollywood pop/sad core and says she hopes her music can be the "sonic equivalent of a Vincent Gallo film". The 24-year old New Yorker also describes herself as "gangsta Nancy Sinatra", putting into words the surprisingly coherent mix of the classic 60s round sound, the gloomy, grown up lyrics and the strong, convincing presence. Owing to Marianne Faithfull as much as she does to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones, this promising newcomer contrasts dark references with her fresh face via a series of DIY Youtube videos.
Her yet-to-be-released album is still being produced with a little help from a very cool production team including Liam Howe, Chris Braide and Emile Haynie. The foregoing teasing Youtube offerings seem to be all instant hits despite the poor production value of the videos: this is definitely the most awaited release of this autumn (Lana has signed with Stranger Records on June 30th and Video Games and Blue Jeans will be available on October 9th).
Befriend her on Facebook and keep an eye on those updates: 14k of fans before the album release can't be wrong! - Andreea Popa
I am a very stylish video clip. It's Bros meets Robert Palmer meets Tom Ford.
Steed Lord is a musical performance art project from Iceland working on the frontiers of pure creativity and music-making with impressive and energetic live performances, experimental filmmaking, photography, fashion design and styling, art direction, graphic design and other visual media.
The threesome, KALI, MEGA and DEMO, all hail from Iceland where they grew up in the entertainment and art world, learning their craft at an early age in their fathers' studios.
Drawing their raw inspiration from their Icelandic background, they have managed to create a world of their own that they call New Crack City where they create their art and write their music.
Steed Lord have since early 2006 been a 100% DIY project, and toured all over the world with their music, performing for thousands of fans and being featured by numerous magazines, music and fashion blogs, TV shows and radio. They even designed a clothing line for retail giant H&M.
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Australian swimwear brand Seafolly leads the 2014 call of summer by collaborating on a music video with Australian artists, Panama. In a brand first, CEO Anthony Halas chose to launch the Seafolly summer collection in an original, distinctive format showcasing international ambassador Martha Hunt in a music clip directed by Daniel Askill.
The music video for Panama's new single "Stay Forever" follows Martha Hunt and a number of girls living in colder climates who are suddenly drawn to water and the irresistible Australian summer. The girls make a magical underwater migration to a secluded Australian beach paradise where they relish in the sun of the soft, white sand.
We are giving our vote of confidence to any brand that has the guts and skill to launch a new product the way Seafolly is doing it.
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I love decks that are super fun, even if they're not necessarily very good.
I love decks that are super fun, even if they're not necessarily very good.
Originally Posted by Seref
My Gruul deck has the potential to be very
obnoxiousfun with all the bloodrush.
(Oh you take 4? Oh I'm sorry I mean 10 /w doublestrike, hexproof & unblockable GG. Oh Magical Christmasland.)
The Gruul Champion in DTM Ruric Thar is gonna make this deck even more fun too, I cannot wait.
And my monogreen deck, if allowed, can go ALL THE MANA Primal Surge really early, or ALL THE MANA Worldspine Wurm, or NOT ENOUGH MANA Sylvan Primordial + Conjurer's Closet. How
Yeah, I like
obnoxiousfun decks.
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I have a reanimator deck I've been thinking about, Griselbrand on T4 with Unburial Rites. But my favorite deck was probably my Junk Tokens or my really old mono-black Vampire deck. and EDH my Darigaaz the Igniter deck.
So, Serebii-ers, who's planning on attending their local FNMs tonight?
With a brand new month comes a brand new promo. April's FNM Promo is Call of the Conclave. A card that's seeing a bit more play in recent Bant Delver decks.
Are you going? What will you be playing? What decks to you suspect you'll be up against this week?
Me? I'll be on the Naya Midrange warpath tonight. Testing a few changes to the deck in anticipation of tomorrow's 1K event. I expect to see quite a bit of Aggro tonight, and definitely some Reanimator too. I'm going to try and shore up all my matches for tomorrow's event and make the appropriate tweaks between the two.
Yeah, a friend of mine is buying the shops last Avacyn box, so if he gets any Griselbrand I will be getting those from him. But I sadly can't attend FNM tonight as I have a competition early in the morning and can't stay up until 12 or 1 when I have to be at my school at 7.
Maybe next week I'll be able to go, but last night I had a concert so I couldn't.
Originally Posted by Seref
Hi! I am a very new player getting into the game and just starting visiting FNM with a friend to watch and learn the game. For the most part I know all of the rules and basics and can play.
But I can't really get myself into Standard..thankfully there are other alternatives just not as commonly played I hear. So I was hoping to get some advice on the other formats besides Standard and Decks I could think of playing. I know quite a few decks and I have some favorites I have played just not sure how they fair.
Play EDH/ Commander it's probably one of the best multiplayer formats. But anyway, I'm still working on Naya Aggro. There are a few things I'll be getting when I go to my shop. I'll also be preordering a Dragon's Maze booster box with my money left over from NYC.
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Went to a draft on Friday. Didn't too too well. Won the first game with almost no problems, but the other games were a challenge. I wasn't getting many good cards in any of the packs I opened or was passed. A good rare or two at most, but nothing else of note that helped me. I came in about 6/8 in my pod, but I got the promo Firemane Avenger, so that was alright. I also bought some packs and got Assemble the Legion which I love.
So what do you guys think of the Dragon's Maze previews so far? I'm personally enjoying them. I love most of the champions (though I'm not really feeling the Rakdos or Azorius ones) and the Selesnya mythic really has my attention, as well as the Simic and Rakdos ones. Ral Zarek is pretty cool to me, so I'd like one of him at least but I won't go out of my way to get him.
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So my LGS had a free Pack Wars tournament yesterday, and the people participating was me and 3 friends, rules of the turnament was, you couldn't look at your pack before the tournament and you got 3 of each basic land.
R1-Aganist a friend that in Constructed we share a very similar playstyle.
He manged to get a one drop out. My turn I played a land (nothin I could play). Followed this way until T3 when I got something out, and on his 4th turn he One-Thousand lashed my guy. My turn nhothign special waiting to hit a green mana source for something, then on his turn hw got out a Skyknight Leggionaire. Got me to 10 life, then I hit an Angelic Edict to get rid of his Legionnare. Then ended up winning a few turns after that.
Nothing really big until about T6when I hit a Ripscale Predator and he only had one creature, so won pretty quick.
R2 G1: Ended up playing a friend who is really good at the game.
Had to mulligan down to 5 because lack of spells. But anyway he only hit Basilica Guards, while I played Ripscale Predator T6. Since he couldn't block adn only had a defender out, I won pretty quickly.
Kept my hand at 7 with 4 lands, a creature (Biovisionary), and 2 Sorcerys (Angelic Edict and Sheilded Passage). He hit a creature on T2. While I wasn't stuck utnil about T6 because lack of Green. So finally I was able to hit Biovisionary at 14 life. Then hit Ivy Strret Denizen.
Then as normal Ripscale later in the game. Took my opponent down to 2 life, then a removal spell got ris of Ripscale, but a Massive Raid hit when I had 2 creatures. So won and got a pack. Pulled the White Primordial guy completing my set of the Primordials.
Friday again!
It's been a while since we've talked about our FNM plans. Who's going? What are you playing? Any cards you're looking forward to casting tonight? Any weird brews? Any cards you can't wait to build with when Dragon's Maze is legal?
Let us know!
Izzet is getting the shaft again. Bad. Its like, their cards all suck... While the other guilds have at least a few redeeming cards even if they as a whole arent the best (Dimir, for example), Izzet is getting the shaft left and right. High costs for crap cards and crappy, situational effects.
Leaves me angry, since I love the UR color combo... And Izzet is lore-wise one of my fav guilds
I mean, they even got the ONE Planeswalker of this set, and they're still boring.
On Ral Zarek itself: Too soon to pass judgement. His +1 doesn't really fit with the Standard environment as is, though, does it?
The other cards, though, are awesome. Warleader's Helix is... straight out bad when compared to its progenitor, but in this environment it does its job without making Naya even more OP.
Simic, Rakdos and Golgari, though?
Those guilds are making me fall in love with them. And Selesnya, too, especially with its WG Elemental.
And of course, there is a bunch of "lol fun build around me!" cards. Make ALL the decks!
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You don't need to Bloodrush Master of Cruelties he has First Strike and Deathtouch but he can't deal combat damage. So after opponents life hits one he become essentially a dead card except for some spot removal in blocking. And on your fullback if you Gruul your alley can be Izzet, Golgari,Selesnya, and Rakdos. Your allied guild pack is a guild that shares a color and is from the other set. set So Gruul from Gatecrash can't be allies with Boros, Sonic and of course Gruul. The ally is from Return to Ravnica, I wish it was the ally pack could be from the set, since I'm going Boros and Orzhov and may be attending a 3rd event and going Rakdos.
Just as a question, but I'm building an Izzet-colored deck at the moment, getting some spells and dragons. I got Epic Experiment in a booster, luckily enough, but I was wondering; if you have Goblin Electromancer out on the field when you play a spell card, such as EE, that has an "X" for a cost, does Electromancer's ability technically boost it by 1, or no?
Also, any suggestions for additional cards?
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What is the deck, incidentally? Izzet-colored doesn't really say very much.
Mmhmm I'm talking to some friends, senior prom is next Saturday so a bunch of us going will probably go and get our cards then leave to go get ready for prom. But I may stay and compete in an round or 2
I'm trying to make a deck for Mountain, Island, and Mountain/Island cards. Anything blue and red would work, like this Chandra card I have my eyes on at the moment. But other than maybe a planeswalker or two, I'm working on getting some spell cards that would work with some Electromancers.
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You need to be able to get more costly spells out faster with Aggro being so rampant in the meta. Run 4 Goblin Electromancer to make your non-creature spells cheaper. 4 Mizzium Mortars for some spot removal and if you get the overload off can be a possible board wipe (especially against aggro). 4x Guttersnipes, at least 2 Chandra, the Firebrand. A few Dual Castings, maybe a few Increasing Vengeance. Searing Spear is great for removal. Try Izzet Charm for some counter and it can help with Cycling. Dissipate is counter, Syncopate can help with things like Sphinx's Revelation, Bonfire of the Damned and other things with X in mana cost. Try Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius as a nice ping or card draw, but a 5/5 Flyer is always nice.
Yeah, for spell-heavy decks, I'd go:
16-18 Creatures
4x Goblin Electromancer
2-4x Guttersnipe
2x Talrand
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Snapcaster Mage
18 Instants/Sorceries
3x Think Twice
3x Izzet charm
4x Searing Spear
3x Dissipate
1x Syncopate
2x Cyclonic Rift
2x Mizzium Mortars
2 Planeswalkers
2x Chandra, the Firebrand
22 Land
4x Sulfur Falls
4x Steam Vents
2x Izzet Guildgate
1x Desolate Lighthose
7x Island
5x Mountain
Okay, thanks for the help! Also, two more ideas that may help...
Would adding a couple Epic Experiments (since I have them) and Elixer of Immortality's be a good idea? With Electromancer(s), I can intensify it's effect and make a bunch or spells at once, then go and reshuffle them into my deck with anything else I may need.
Again with the Electromancers (I know, it's getting annoying), can they be used for effects like Overload, Flashback, etc. as well?
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It works with both since your casting them, Overload is just a alternative cost with a generally better effect. and Flashback is recasting the spell so any Guttersnipe abilities will trigger but I'm not sure about Electromancer.
and Elixir of Immortality is almost a staple in sideboards in decks that isn't aggro. It gains life, and protects against decking out unless it gets milled. and I can't remember Epic Expirement's effect and deckbuilding is my weak point (especially in control). So I'm going to give you the best advice I can think of. Ask Kamotz.

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Salerian, the controversial former chief psychiatrist at the FBI, believes that pain causes actual physical damage to the brain, and prescribes pain medication in a less conservative fashion than many other physicians, who disagree with his judgement.
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I did take the meat to the butcher yesterday, I decided to have him do it this year because of the amazing chorizo he made with a doe I took last year. Plus not much time these days to butcher it up myself.
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My family loved it. I thought it was great. It made great leftovers for lunches, too. It felt good knowing all those veggies were tucked away inside. A keeper!
From EatingWell: September/October 2007, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook (2008)
Very finely chopping onion, mushrooms and carrots in the food processor is not only fast—it makes the vegetables hard to detect for picky eaters. They also form the base for the sauce of this ground beef skillet supper. Make it a meal: Serve with a green salad.
My family loved it. I thought it was great. It made great leftovers for lunches, too. It felt good knowing all those veggies were tucked away inside. A keeper!
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(KSDK Sports) -- On Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Musial family announced plans for the funeral and public visitation for Cardinals Hall of Famer, Stan Musial who died on Saturday at the age of 93.
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The funeral mass will be held at the Cathedral on Saturday, January 26th at 11 A.M. His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York and long-time friend of the Musial family, will join the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, and Bishop Richard Stika in celebrating the Mass.
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Several months ago, the ISU Athletics Department asked for uniform and helmet design concepts from its fans, students, professional designers or anyone else who felt they had a vision of what the Cyclones should wear on gameday. Many individuals submitted concepts and a committee of department and campus officials poured over the ideas, tweaked them and chose three "finalists" for consideration to be the new look for Iowa State football."We received lots of terrific concepts," Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard said. "Although no one design was chosen, our final three options are a compilation or hybrid of several of those suggestions."
Pollard noted that each option represents a distinct name associated with the university – "Cyclones", "Iowa State" and "ISU".
(Clicking on the helmets above will open separate windows for each design showing the helmet, uniform and some descriptive text.)
"It is our goal that the option chosen will allow us to more clearly define our athletics program on a national level," Pollard said. "These three concepts emerged after thorough discussions with a number of individuals and each of the ideas ties back to our history in its own unique way."
The Athletics Department will collect input, via online voting, until Friday, Aug. 31. Fans can also vote in person during the department's annual Cyclone FanFest in the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility (1-3 p.m.) on Sunday, Aug. 19. The vote of the fans is a factor that will be weighed in the final decision. The athletics department will announce its final choice later this fall so that production schedules can be met for the 2008 season.
"Asking for input from our fan base is an important part of the design process," Head Coach Gene Chizik said. "In a political year, you might compare this to a straw poll."
When the design contest was announced last spring, Chizik and Pollard said that a return to the school's colors – cardinal and gold – was critical. In researching the history of Iowa State's two primary colors, the actual colors have varied on gameday uniforms from year to year.
"The true cardinal and gold colors are richer than what we presently wear," Chizik said. "In looking at the throwback uniforms we're wearing this fall, I couldn't help but notice how much our color had changed over the years. The darker colors are much classier and more dramatic."
In addition, the white helmet is a first in Cyclone history. The light background color will make the cardinal and gold stand out as the helmet icon and that was of critical importance.
The "ISU" mark has the most familiarity, "Cyclones" is the most distinguishable since Iowa State is the only Division 1A school in the nation with that nickname and "Iowa State" brands our school as the state school.
"Making a conscious effort to review our historical roots in terms of uniform colors and brand concepts is most appropriate during the celebratory year of the school's 150th birthday," Pollard said. "This initiative ties in nicely with the sesquicentennial for Iowa State University.
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SI's Tony Pauline cites sources that say Clemson junior WR DeAndre Hopkins will declare for April's Draft.
Horns Digest's Chip Brown reports that the Baylor board of regents has fired school president Ken Starr.
Utah graduate transfer DL Stevie Tu'ikolovatu visited Alabama and Nebraska.
Pittsburgh redshirt junior RB James Conner (Hodgkins lymphoma) tweeted that he is free of cancer.
FSU HC Jimbo Fisher told the Palm Beach Post that the possibility of coaching in the NFL is "not something that drives me."
Boston College redshirt sophomore WR Troy Flutie has been suspended following his Saturday morning arrest for operating under the influence of alcohol.
Cal graduate QB Davis Webb defended his decision to transfer to Cal over Colorado, telling FOX Sports' Bruce Feldman, "I only have one year to do this."
An NFC scout told the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson that he does not view Miami junior QB Brad Kaaya as a first-rounder at this juncture.
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. ranked Cal graduate QB Davis Webb the No. 1 senior quarterback prospect for 2017.
Four-star 2017 ATH DeeJay Dallas committed to Miami.
Stanford junior RB Christian McCaffrey believes that some downgrade his athleticism because of the perceptions about white athletes.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron tallied in the
third period as the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders, 4-2, at TD
Garden. Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell also scored for the Bruins, who
improved to 3-0-1 this season and recovered from an overtime loss to the
Rangers on Wednesday. Tuukka Rask made 24 stops to remain unbeaten in
regulation in the early going. Keith Aucoin potted both goals for the
Islanders, who couldn't sustain momentum from a 7-4 win in Toronto on
Thursday. Making his first start since Dec. 3, 2011 thanks to a continually
bothersome groin issue, Rick DiPietro allowed four goals on 27 shots.
Final Score: Carolina 3, Buffalo 1
Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Jay Harrison scored the deciding goal with 4:50
remaining in the third period as the Carolina Panthers completed a home-and-
home sweep of the Buffalo Sabres with a 3-1 decision at First Niagara Center.
Alexander Semin and Jeff Skinner also tallied in the final session for the
Hurricanes, while Dan Ellis stopped 40 shots in a sharp first start of the
season to help Carolina build off Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres. Ryan
Miller made 39 saves for Buffalo, which began the 2012-13 campaign with
victories over Philadelphia and Toronto before last night's defeat in Raleigh.
Thomas Vanek recorded the Sabres' lone goal of the evening.
Final Score: New Jersey 3, Washington 2 (OT)
Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - Ilya Kovalchuk's goal with 21 seconds left in
overtime lifted the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Washington
Capitals at Prudential Center. Kovalchuk received a pass from Marek Zidlicky
on the end line and beat Capitals goaltender Michael Neuvirth with a wrister
for the win. Zidlicky had two assists and Patrik Elias and Stephen Gionta each
added a goal for the Devils, who improve to 3-0 on the lockout-shortened
season. Martin Brodeur stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced in the victory.
Mike Ribeiro and Mike Green each scored one goal for Washington (0-3-1), which
has gone winless in its first four games.
Final Score: Tampa Bay 6, Ottawa 4
Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Ryan Malone scored the game-tying goal early in
the third period and then provided the go-ahead goal with just over seven
minutes remaining, as the Tampa Bay Lightning handed the Ottawa Senators their
first loss of the season with a 6-4 decision on Friday at Tampa Times Forum.
Steven Stamkos registered a goal and two assists, while Matt Carle, Victor
Hedman and Tom Pyatt also lit the lamp for the Lightning, who have won two
straight. Anders Lindback recorded 32 saves in the victory. Kyle Turris
tallied a goal and an assist, while Erik Condra, Jason Spezza, and Erik
Karlsson each scored once for Ottawa, which had won four straight against the
Lightning. Ben Bishop was charged for five goals on 30 shots in a losing
Final Score: Detroit 5, Minnesota 3
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Todd Bertuzzi scored twice in his first game of
the season, while Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and two assists as the Detroit
Red Wings posted a 5-3 decision over the Minnesota Wild at Joe Louis Arena.
Henrik Zetterberg and Damien Brunner also lit the lamp for the Red Wings, who
had dropped two of three to begin the season. Jimmy Howard stopped 23-of-26
shots for the win. Zach Parise posted a pair of goals for the Wild, who have
lost two in a row. Josh Harding was tagged for all five scores on 27 shots.
Final Score: Winnipeg 4, Pittsburgh 2
Winnipeg, MB (Sports Network) - Andrew Ladd's wrister capped a three-goal
second period, as the Winnipeg Jets took down the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2, on
Friday at MTS Centre. Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien added a goal apiece in
the second stanza, while Blake Wheeler added an empty-netter late in the third
to help the Jets earn their second consecutive victory. Ondrej Pavelec turned
away 33 shots in the triumph. Sidney Crosby, playing in his first career game
in Winnipeg, recorded both Pittsburgh goals in the first period and Tomas
Vokoun was charged for three goals on 31 shots for the Penguins, who have
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not the best quality, but it took a few minutes to make, and not much more to edit. I should really use my video camera instead of a point-n-shoot. next time. -tom
sumatra cultivar cupping test
I just finished pouring over 30 samples from an interesting text conducted in Aceh Sumatra. The idea was to identify the best cultivars for cup quality, in a place where there is little attention payed to such things. It was part of a project by an Australian coffee consultant, Anthony Marsh. Unfortunately, I didn't know about it when the REAL experiment occurred, so I received samples that are a bit old and baggy. One of the brilliant things here is that each cultivar is available as a wet-process and a wet-hulled (the Indonesia method) sample. In this, I get the chance to taste the cultivar in a more direct, undistorted way with the wet-process, and then with the flavors imbued by the wet-hull method usual to "Mandheling" coffees and such. I made a table of my results, but it is not of great use since all I have right now are the codes, not the cultivar names these represent. The results were tainted by the older samples, and by a couple mis-roasts on my part. But I could cup through these problems and there were 5 cultivars that were definitely superior (including a couple interesting longberry types) and 3 that were absolute duds. Many others were average or below average, with scoring range for all between 76 and 85. Nothing fabulous, but that's not the point with a test like this.
kenyas and konas kupping
I wasn't kidding ... I am going to start using this blog for real certified blogging chatter. Now is your chance to unsubscribe, to cancel your RSS, to bail out. Anyway, I recupped the very first Main Crop Auction Lot Kenyas today, with mixed results. I am always suspicious about early offerings. They tend to be from lower altitudes. But I was impressed how many Nyeri region lots there were. Familiar names were Karagoto, Kagumoini, Kieni and .. ugh... Deep River. What's with that? Not too sad about the fact that Deep River ended up with my lowest score. I would be embarrassed if that name made our offer list. There were nice lots, but nothing I felt I absolutely "must have" so we didn't enter any prices into the auction. There's always next week, and the next, and the next. Also was cupping Kona arrivals today, that should be on the list next week. Skip and Rita Cowell are tops again: Kowali Farm is really excellent. My City+ roast was so floral and sweet. Really sweet, delicate and sweet. The new offering from Lehuula farm came in really nice too, very happy with it. Lehuula was a finalist in the Kona Competition this year too (Kowali won 1st place in the so-called "larger farms" category). Moki's is cupping really well too, and we should have that later. Roger (Moki's) made the finals as well this year. Also cupped some unrequested samples: a Papua New Guinea from a Bahai faith community grown at 400 meters! Groan ... And a Laos coffee that has some promise, but not right now and that's for sure. It's from a whopping 800 meters but cupped really baggy. Trying to get time to work on the new "coffee glossary" database (more on that later). But I am on Dad duty with Ben now, so everything comes to a halt! -Tom
getting back to blogging the blog.
Boy, isn't blog an awful word. Then again, blogs can be kind of awful. I've been thinking a bit lately that this weblog isn't what i wanted it to be. I have been using it to announce new coffee arrivals, which is fine. But with our new site improvements, i feel like that is a redundant use, and not very exciting anyway. So I am going to return to the original idea - the day-to-day at sweet maria's ... and just post what I am doing here and thinking about on a routine basis. The good thing about my role here is that it changes, and some of it can be mildly interesting. For example, today I am roasting samples from a Sumatra cultivar experiment, the work of a coffee researcher named Tony Marsh. He painstakingly went through the Aceh area to identify unique tree types, many at an existing but abandoned government research station in Bener Mariah area. Then they produced 2 samples from each cultivar they found, aq wet-hulled sample and a wet-process sample. So I am roasting them all (I have nothing but codes to cup by - it's a fully blind experiment) and will log my cupping results. I'll write more about it later. We also have been testing some SO coffees as espresso, including the dry-process Centrals we roasted for our Coffee Pairing this week. The Mex Nayarit Dry Process was nice - the Guat Oriente DP as espresso was too, too fruity. That coffee really sits on the edge of fruity and over-fruity, an interesting lot to taste, if nothing more than to define where that line (fruity-overly fruity) lies according to your palate. For me, it depends on the roast. A bit darker and it is positive fruity chocolate; but lighter and it has the sourness of overripe fruit. After I finish roasting, I am going to Costco. Woo Hoo. After that I will be cupping the first Main Crop Kenya Auction samples, not expecting too much though... Tom
Roast Pairing #4: Noncomformists
Is it right for a coffee buyer to ask producers who have traditionally Wet-Processed their coffees to suddenly Dry-Process small lots? The results from this week's pairing would indicate that it is right, to a point. The wonderful Wet-Process Centrals that we know and love should continue to have success but changing tastes and greater awareness about coffee processing in the coffee shops and roasters around the world clear a path for flavor profiles like these two coffees. The Mexico Nayarit was roasted to around 437 degrees which took about 16 minutes on the Probat while the Guatemala Oriente behaved quite differently in the roaster with first crack coming on later (around 420 degrees) and finally being dumped at 442 degrees at about 16:30 minutes. One thing is that these coffees achieve the right balance between fruit and chocolate when taken darker than their wet proccessed brethren, so both were roasted to Full City levels. Both coffees have a wonderful appearance in the green state with amber skins on a few beans and when roasted have a fruited berry dry fragrance and sweet chocolate flavors in the cup. Here at Sweet Maria's we try to think outside what is normally done for one purpose: outstading quality in the cup. When Tom and I cupped the results from these two roasts we were both smiling at the strange experience of drinking Central American coffees with distinctly African and Indonesian flavor characteristics, we think this kind of dismantling of "received wisdom" is an important part of understanding the wonderful crop that coffee has become. As long as the Dry-Processing of coffee is done in the proper manner with great attention to detail and storage there is no telling what new flavor profiles might emerge. As we all know, quality begins at the farm level and as home roasters we can ensure that each lot we purchase can reveal the hard work of the farmer and miller. This pairing proves you can teach new regions old tricks with fantastic results. –Josh
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|RRWCD board meets in Holyoke Thursday
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
The Board of Directors of the Republican River Water Conservation District will hold its regular quarterly meeting in Holyoke Thursday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Phillips County Event Center Biesemeier Room.
Agenda items include the 2012 audit report and engagement letter for 2013 audit, report by state engineer/attorney general's office on negotiations with Kansas regarding the compact compliance pipeline resolution and Bonny Reservoir Resolution and updates on the compact compliance pipeline by Tracy Travis.
Public comment is scheduled at 1 p.m.
The Holyoke Enterprise July 4, 2013