eMusic Archives: December 2008
Powerplant, Electric Counterpo…
Powerplant is essentially the work of British percussionist Joby Burgess,… more »
Peter Bernstein Trio, Monk…
If ever there was a jazz composer whose work wouldn't seem guitar-fri… more »
Bright Eyes, Fevers and Mirror…
With his confessional, quavering delivery, ambivalent relationship with p… more »
Lukid, Foma
On his second album, London beatsmith Lukid doesn't significantly alt… more »
Breathe Owl Breathe, Ghost Gla…
Micah Middaugh, the gangly, loose-limbed lead singer and guitarist for Br… more »
Popnoname, Surrounded by Weath…
Cologne's Popnoname (Jens Uwe Beyer) is a regular contributor to Komp… more »
Eugene Drucker, J.S. Bach: Sol…
Eugene Drucker is, along with Philip Setzer, one of the two violinists in… more »
Do You Hear What I Hear? A Mir…
With the possible exception of the first one, all Christmas stories are a… more »
William Basinski
Since the early 1980s, William Basinski has been recording long, melancho… more »
2008 Innovators: Miles Cleret
Thanks in large part to Miles Cleret's Soundway label, music fans are enj… more »
Ida Bieler, CORIGLIANO: Works …
John Corigliano has always carved his own niche in the classical music wo… more »
Curtis Fuller, Four on the Out…
This has the capable, predictable feel of one of those classic Blue Note … more »
Lemonade, Lemonade
San Francisco's Lemonade make wildly eclectic, impossibly bright part… more »
Year in Electronic 2008
Every year, it's the same. November rolls around, and so do the requests … more »
The Tones, Dreamtalk
Bay Area hip-hop duo tones have shared the stage with everyone from Slum … more »
Love Gang, La Chica
Like much of the Eurodisco that plagued/enthralled (strike as appropriate… more »
Horsepower Productions, In Fin…
Horsepower Productions may not have invented dubstep, but they come as cl… more »
Skream, Skream!
A scene just isn't a scene without anthems, and Skream! is full of cu… more »
The New Sound of Scotland
Not since the revival of the 1960s has Scottish folk music been as strong… more »
Righteous Babe Dozen
Like many indie record labels, Righteous Babe offers an undiluted distill… more »
A User's Guide to Electro …
While Kraftwerk's legal team was busy trying to sue Tommy Boy Records… more »
Sprengjuhöllin, Bestu Kve…
Sprengjuhollin's debut, Tíarnir okkar (a version of which was … more »
Year in Hip Hop 2008
I know what you're thinking. It's barely December, and everyone is alread… more »