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Christopher Alexander
:: Featuring: Fiery Furnaces, Calexico, Band of Horses, Quasi, Mogwai, Black Angels, Neko Case, the Gossip, Old Haunts, Tarkio, Mendoza Line...
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The Obligatory Violent Death in Toph's One Act Play Award
Christopher Alexander
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The Stan Marsh Award for an Album so Beautiful that Talking About It Made me Want to Throw up, So Instead I Shut up
Christopher Alexander
:: Runners-up: Alex pounding in Kate's belly, shit was like a Boredoms concert or something
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The Most Famous and/or Contentious (on the Internet) Album Made by People I Kind of Halfway Know (on the Internet) Award
Christopher Alexander
:: Runners-up: Dominique Leone, Tila Tequila
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The Second Annual American Gangster Award...
Christopher Alexander
:: Runner-up: Metallica's Death Magnetic. But it's a distant second.
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Top 60 Minutes (and Worst 5 Songs) of Use Your Illusion
Christopher Alexander
:: If you're Duff McKagan, you might wanna skip this one. Who are we kidding, Duff McKagan can't read.
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This Article is a Mess But So What? -or- The Year in Fuck-You Art Rock
Christopher Alexander
:: “Oh man, the kids are never going to know what hit them when we bust out this shit!”
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Timeline of a Cokemachineglow Record Review
Christopher Alexander
:: 10:12 – Beg for reconciliation; hands off genital region
Concert Review /
Ladyfest/Mirah
Christopher Alexander
:: A grassroots and passionate alternative to the corporate-sponsored and politically shallow Lilith Fair, Ladyfest has since become something of an international force.
Concert Review /
Iron Composer: Wayne Kramer vs. Jello Biafra
Christopher Alexander
:: Another hallmark of post-modernity is a sort-of deconstructive ambivalence: having your cake and eating it, too.
Interview /
Eluvium
Christopher Alexander
:: Toph thinks every album is about alien abduction.
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The Obligatory Violent Death in Toph's One Act Play Award
Christopher Alexander
::
Awards /
The Stan Marsh Award for an Album so Beautiful that Talking About It Made me Want to Throw up, So Instead I Shut up
Christopher Alexander
:: Runners-up: Alex pounding in Kate's belly, shit was like a Boredoms concert or something
Awards /
The Most Famous and/or Contentious (on the Internet) Album Made by People I Kind of Halfway Know (on the Internet) Award
Christopher Alexander
:: Runners-up: Dominique Leone, Tila Tequila
Awards /
The Second Annual American Gangster Award...
Christopher Alexander
:: Runner-up: Metallica's Death Magnetic. But it's a distant second.
Article /
Top 60 Minutes (and Worst 5 Songs) of Use Your Illusion
Christopher Alexander
:: If you're Duff McKagan, you might wanna skip this one. Who are we kidding, Duff McKagan can't read.
Article /
This Article is a Mess But So What? -or- The Year in Fuck-You Art Rock
Christopher Alexander
:: “Oh man, the kids are never going to know what hit them when we bust out this shit!”
Article /
Timeline of a Cokemachineglow Record Review
Christopher Alexander
:: 10:12 – Beg for reconciliation; hands off genital region
Concert Review /
Ladyfest/Mirah
Christopher Alexander
:: A grassroots and passionate alternative to the corporate-sponsored and politically shallow Lilith Fair, Ladyfest has since become something of an international force.
Concert Review /
Iron Composer: Wayne Kramer vs. Jello Biafra
Christopher Alexander
:: Another hallmark of post-modernity is a sort-of deconstructive ambivalence: having your cake and eating it, too.
Interview /
Eluvium
Christopher Alexander
:: Toph thinks every album is about alien abduction.
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Staff
Christopher AlexanderStaff Writer
e-mail: christopher@cokemachineglow.com
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A Silver Mount Zion: Horses in the Sky
(2005)
Lily Allen: It's Not Me It's You
(2009)
Band of Horses: Everything All The Time
(2006)
Baroness: Blue Record
(2009)
Belle and Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
Comp
(2005)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Tortoise: The Brave and the Bold
(2006)
The Black Angels: Passover
(2006)
Black Mountain: In the Future
(2008)
The Blow: Poor Aim: Love Songs
(2004)
Carla Bozulich: Evangelista
(2006)
Broken Deer: Displaced Field Recordings
(NBH)
(2006)
Cat Power: The Greatest
(2006)
Chemtrail: Terminals
(NBH)
(2008)
Vic Chesnutt: Skitter on Take-Off / At the Cut
(2009)
Billy Corgan: TheFutureEmbrace
(2005)
Elvis Costello: King of America
(1985)
Elvis Costello: Live at the El Mocambo / Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
(2009)
Dinosaur Jr.: Farm
(2009)
Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
(2007)
Dntel: Dumb Luck
(2007)
Paul Duncan: Above the Trees
(2007)
East of the Wall: Farmer's Almanac
(NBH)
(2008)
Eluvium: When I Live by the Garden and the Sea
EP
(2006)
Eluvium: Talk Amongst the Trees
(2005)
Eluvium: Copia
(2007)
Erase Errata: Nightlife
(2006)
The Evens: Get Evens
(2006)
The Ex: Turn
(2004)
Fiery Furnaces: Bitter Tea
(2006)
The Fiery Furnaces: Widow City
(2007)
The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away
(2009)
B. Fleischmann: Angst is Not a Weltanschuung!
(2008)
Matthew Friedberger: Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School
(2006)
The Gossip: Standing in the Way of Control
(2006)
Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
(2008)
Harvey Danger: Little by Little
(2005)
Head of Femur: Hysterical Stars
(2005)
Isis: In the Absence of Truth
(2006)
Isis: Wavering Radiant
(2009)
Talib Kweli and Madlib:
(2006)
LCD Soundsystem: 45:33
(2007)
Cass McCombs: PREfection
(2005)
The Mendoza Line: Full of Light and Full of Fury
(2005)
Metallica: Death Magnetic
(2008)
Mogwai: Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003
(2005)
Mogwai: Mr. Beast
(2006)
Mogwai: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
(2006)
Mogwai: The Hawk is Howling
(2008)
Mono / Mono and World's End Girlfriend: You are Here / Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain
(2006)
Mono: Hymn to the Immortal Wind
(2009)
Thuston Moore: Psychic Hearts
(1995)
The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely
(2006)
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree
(2005)
Nina Nastasia: On Leaving
(2006)
Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
(2008)
Nirvana: Live at Reading
(2009)
Nodzzz: Nodzzz
(NBH)
(2008)
Of Montreal: The Sunlandic Twins
(2005)
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
(CP)
(2008)
Out Hud: Let Us Never Speak of it Again
(2005)
The Paper Chase: Now You Are One of Us
(2006)
Portugal. The Man: Censored Colors
(2008)
Propagandhi: Supporting Caste
(2009)
Quasi: American Gong
(2010)
Rainer Maria: Catastrophe Keeps Us Together
(2006)
Serena-Maneesh: Serena-Maneesh
(2005)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band: 13 Blues for 13 Moons
(2008)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Kollaps Tradixionales
(2010)
The Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist
(2007)
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (Deluxe Edition)
Reissue
(1988)
Sonic Youth: Sonic Youth
Reissue
(1982)
Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch
(2003)
Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope
(2006)
Regina Spektor: Far
(2009)
Vivian Girls: Everything Goes Wrong
(2009)
Wavves: Wavves / Wavvves
(2008 / 2009)
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
(CP)
(2005)
Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade
(2009)
X / John Doe: Live in Los Angeles / Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
(2005)
Neil Young: Tonight's the Night
(OF)
(1974)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Live at Fillmore East 1970
(2006)
Neil Young: Living With War
(2006)
Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall 1971
(2007)
Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy / Jump in the Fire / The Envoy
Reissue
(1978 / 1981 / 1982)
Co-authored:
Do Make Say Think: Other Truths
(2009)
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Quasi :: American Gong
(Kill Rock Stars; 2010) / Rating: 78 / Combined Rating: 77Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra :: Kollaps Tradixionales
(Constellation; 2010) / Rating: 72 / Combined Rating: N/A
