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Features

GSL, Burgeoning Vanguard


Staking his label's claim in 1993 with funds from a college tuition loan, GSL's Sonny Kay has released some of the most genre-defying punk records of the last decade. Dusted's Tom Roberts caught up with Sonny to discuss notions of influence and performance, the independent label juggernaut, and the relative (in)significance of Band X.

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Interior Clouds: Black Dice's Beaches and Canyons


Challenging the parameters of genre, the syntax of experimentation, and the capacity of emotional response, Black Dice brings noise ambiance to a state of celestial perfection on Beaches and Canyons.

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Occasional Environs (Tom Roberts)


Reveling in distraction, Tom Roberts explores achievements in atmospheric sound from 2002, as well as some nice corresponding landscapes.

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Reviews

Nice Up the Dance


Artist: Black Dice

Album: Cone Toaster

Label: DFA

Review date: Aug. 7, 2003

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Tradition Transfigured


Artist: Chicago Underground Duo

Album: Axis and Alignment

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Apr. 9, 2002

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Resplendent Evening Treble


Artist: Dianogah

Album: Millions of Brazilians

Label: Southern

Review date: Apr. 22, 2002

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Casa>Head>Casa


Artist: Dino Felipe

Album: Dino Felipe as Flim Toby

Label: Schematic

Review date: Jun. 18, 2002

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Eastern Excitation


Artist: Arnold Dreyblatt and The Orchestra of Excited Strings

Album: The Adding Machine

Label: Cantaloupe

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Sheer Sonic Irreverence


Artist: Kevin Drumm

Album: Sheer Hellish Miasma

Label: Mego

Review date: Aug. 19, 2002

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Drops Disco Bombs


Artist: GoGoGo Airheart

Album: Real Live Kill.../Ripe from the Vine 7"

Label: GSL

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Champions of the Polemical Dancefloor


Artist: GoGoGo Airheart

Album: Exitheuxa

Label: GSL

Review date: Jul. 2, 2002

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Plundering the Still-Warm Rock Enthusiast


Artist: Tim Hecker

Album: My Love is Rotten to the Core

Label: Substractif

Review date: Sep. 19, 2002

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Emotional Decomposition


Artist: Illusion of Safety

Album: In Opposition to Our Acceleration

Label: Die Stadt

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Esoterica Geographic


Artist: Interpol

Album: Interpol

Label: Matador

Review date: Jun. 10, 2002

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Time's Ironic Ritual


Artist: Lambchop

Album:

Label: self-released

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Ambient Indiscretion


Artist: Landing

Album: Seasons

Label: Ba Da Bing!

Review date: May. 21, 2002

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Transient Anthropology


Artist: The Mountain Goats

Album: Ghana

Label: 3 Beads of Sweat

Review date: Jul. 29, 2002

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Maneuvering an Architectural Valentine


Artist: My Cat Is An Alien

Album: Landscapes of an Electric City/Hypnotic Spaces

Label: Ecstatic Peace!

Review date: Mar. 13, 2003

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Libidinous Clamor, Much Noise


Artist: Neon King Kong

Album: Mix Up the Mix / Jerks Are Creeping 7"

Label: GSL

Review date: May. 29, 2002

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Verse Reverb


Artist: Pan•American

Album: The River Made No Sound

Label: Kranky

Review date: Apr. 16, 2002

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Of Noise and Inebriation


Artist: Pink and Brown / Death Drug

Album: Load Split 12

Label: Load

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Artist: Stars of the Lid

Album: The Tired Sounds Of Stars of the Lid

Label: Kranky

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Emotional Aptitude is a Foregone Conclusion


Artist: Rafael Toral

Album: Early Works

Label: Tomlab

Review date: Apr. 30, 2002

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Gomma's Anti NY Compilation


Artist: V/A

Album: Anti NY

Label: Gomma

Review date: Mar. 31, 2002

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Solo Antics Turned Solitary Problems


Artist: Erlend Øye

Album: Unrest

Label: Astralwerks

Review date: May. 15, 2003

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