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Monday, January 19, 2015

Fuse Album Review: "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper" " It Ain't Pretty by Austen R. Walsh

I don't doubt Noah Lennox's sincerity, but I really think he might have missed the point of his own album.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AM[SHARE]

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Fuse TV Commentary: Farewell, "Korra" and "Colbert" by Austen R. Walsh

Two brilliant television programs made their final broadcasts last week " "The Legend of Korra" and "The Colbert Report."

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:55PM[SHARE]

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Fuse Album Review: "Soused" " Scott Walker and Sunn O))) Take a Bold Excursion into the Impossible by Austen R. Walsh

Soused is such an impressive album because of its attempt to reconcile opposing aesthetic ends.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:10AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Fuse Album Review: B L A C K I E " Conflating the Barbaric and the Beautiful by Austen R. Walsh

Imagine Yourself in a Free and Natural World finds B L A C K I E reaching an ambitious artistic high, delivering potent pieces of jazzy discord that impressively conflate the barbaric and t…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AM[SHARE]

Monday, July 28, 2014

Fuse CD Review: Shabazz Palaces' "Lese Majesty" " Out-of-This-World Hip-Hop by Austen R. Walsh

Some listeners are undoubtedly going to dismiss Lese Majesty as a collection of vignettes or motifs, formless for all intents and purposes. That would be a shame.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:26AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Fuse CD Review: Underground Music Round-Up by Austen R. Walsh

Here are a handful of underground/alternative music releases worth your consideration.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:08PM[SHARE]

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Television Review: "Louie" at Season Four " Art House TV by Austen R. Walsh

Louie is a difficult show to advertise because it is the only example of art-television at the moment.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Fuse Music Round-up: The Year in Alternative Music … So Far by Austen R. Walsh

There have been three pop LPs this year that I've really been digging: they are gloriously wacky.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:46AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Fuse Rock Review: Two Neo-Psychedelic Oddities " Outlandish Sonic Journeys Worth Taking by Austen R. Walsh

These challenging LPs offer opposing, but equally thrilling, aural/cinematic adventures: one is an overblown grindhouse flick, the other a wondrous fantasy feature.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52AM[SHARE]

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Fuse CD Review: Swans " "To Be Kind" is Some Kind of a Masterpiece by Austen R. Walsh

I love an album that ends with a bang " and The Swans' To Be Kind ends with four.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:07PM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Fuse Music Review: The Proud Evolution of Liars " from "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top" to "Mess" by Austen R. Walsh

The dazzling LP "Mess" proves that the band Liars has not half-heartedly made the switch to electronic music.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:21PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Fuse Album Review: Two Recent Examples of High Grade Black Metal by Austen R. Walsh

The two best black metal LPs of the past few months come from the Netherlands' An Autumn for Crippled Children and Poland's Behemoth.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37AM[SHARE]

Monday, February 10, 2014

Fuse Album Review: Two Ace Post-Rockers Return in a Big Way by Austen R. Walsh

Exciting new LPs from two leading practitioners of post-rock -- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Have a Nice Life.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:41PM[SHARE]

Monday, February 3, 2014

Fuse Music Review: "Angel Guts : Red Classroom" " Indispensably Edgy Art Pop by Austen R. Walsh

I cannot express my love for "Angel Guts : Red Classroom" strongly enough. At the very least, it's necessary listening for anyone with an interest in "no wave" and avant-garde music.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:06AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Fuse Music Review: Favorite Albums of 2013 by Austen R. Walsh

The greatest album of the year isn't even an album per se. There is a lot of hoopla surrounding the leak of what might be the debut album of elusive British lo-fi R&B artist Jai Paul.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:17PM[SHARE]

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