Impose Magazine
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Harmony Korine's A Crackup At The Race Riots
The auteur's "novel" from '98 is the ravings of a lunatic visionary. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Skiggy Rapz, Eksi Ekso, The Kingsbury Manx
From art pop inspired by serial killers to Dutch rappers on Texas labels. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Airstrip, The Howling Hex, Cy Dune
Hipshaking obscure R&B comps, mockeries of "Best Of..." comps, and messy EPs. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Indian Handcrafts, Dream Boat, Rory Black
Our correspondent in Wisconsin returns with a dedication to his wife, a cancer survivor. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Grape Soda, The History of Panic, The Memorials
Winners in Grape Soda and Lilly Hiat. Concerns for maybeshewill maybereconsideringthename. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: The Hague, Bailter Space, The Cringe
Former Flying Nuns turned New Yorkers, Texas honkey tonk, and dud that fails hard. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: The Dandelion War, Mission of Burma, Jesca Hoop
A journo's desk in Wisconsin gets less cluttered. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: The Inner Banks, Marriages, Redgrave
But first, our man in Wisconsin airs out his grievances with VP candidate Paul Ryan. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Efren, Ape School, The Shrouded Strangers
Back from hiatus, AMH makes sense of the record pile on his desk. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: CFCF, John Singer Sergeant, Frank Lenz
Pondering Montreal's Weight in Glass and avoiding songs titled "Bad Tattoo". #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Rusko, Anenon, Siddhartha
Appeasing ravers, slanging "genius" epithets, and quirky pop cheers. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Said The Whale, Yukon Blonde, Caltrop
From North Carolina's stoner-ish rock to AC/DC memoirs. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Isidore, Orcas, Jenny Ownen Youngs
From slow-core to singer/songwriters channeling PJ Harvey. #Black Orchid
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Wisco-Politricks & 5 Reviews
From Gov. Scott Walker (R) to re-issues from Peru. #Black Orchid
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A Gathering of Tomes
Three essay collection for the scholarly mind and one for the funny bone. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Cardinal, Casiokids, Loney Dear
A look at legacies and lingerers from yesteryears old and older. #Black Orchid
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2011 Wrap Up
Toasting goodbye with four reviews and a top 25 list. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: The Portraits, Rags & Ribbons, The Lower 48
This week's CD pile ranges from Grammy nominees to re-issues of 60's Milwaukee bands. #Black Orchid
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Review: Richard Grossman's The Animals
A book of poetry written in animal voices. Find out what pandas are thinking. #Black Orchid
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Film Review: The God Who Wasn't There
Brian Flemming's fundamentalist turned atheist turned Mel Gibson's bloodlust scholar film. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Yukon Blonde, Touch People, People Get Ready
Greetings from the Recall Elections State with album criticism. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: And So I Watch From Afar and 3:33
From the anti-concept album to the secret society record. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Bottle Rockets, Mandolin Orange, Savaging Spires
From North Carolina alt-country to England's freak folk and psyche for good measure. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Mick Barr, Owen, Moholy-Nagy
From the experimental and nomadic to the improvisational and prodigious. #Black Orchid
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Review: Howard Zinn's On Race
A collection of articles, speeches, and interviews to read at Occupy Wall Street. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Hella, Film School, Dan Mangan
Polishing off the summer stack. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Mr. Gnome, Crock, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
From the God-related 10" that contradicts to an Icelandic songstress. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Brilliant Colors, Astronautalis, The Island of Misfit Toys
Rounding up pale rap, lo-fi pop and bathroom reading material. #Black Orchid
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Review: Fat Shame in America
From fat and sassy to fat mockery, this book breaks it down. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Braid, Remora, The Static Minds
But first, the Wisconsin Senate race vs. the World Champion Green Bay Packers. #Black Orchid
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Review: Why College Students Drink Too Much
8 vanilla vodka shots? #Black Orchid
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Reviews: DMZ/Lyre split, Prophets & Kings
Wailing and screaming and loving the freaks. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Halloween, Alaska, Sleeping Bag
Let the trumpets roar! #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Dave Cloud, Efren, Little Horn
Not starring any of the questionable electronica landing in the mail. #Black Orchid
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Review: John Martyn, September 11, 1948 – January 29, 2009
Johnny Too Bad rides again. #Black Orchid
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Review: Why You Won't Get the College Education You Paid For
A lefty take on a Fox News-friendly anti-college system diatribe. #Black Orchid
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Review: L-VIS LIVES!
A little poetry reading. #Black Orchid
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Where did all the lefties go?
Is there anybody out there? #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Cassettes Won't Listen, Son Lux, Kissing Cousins
Throwin' reviews, bemoaning the Governor from hell. #Black Orchid
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Reviews: Le Butcherettes, Howe Gelb, Fan Modine, more
Some damn good showings, and a little sonic masturbation. #Black Orchid