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XLIII

Mark Abraham
:: Enjoy your breathless anticipation of Sharpay's newest evildoings to the sounds of: Perfect, Build, AGF, Callers, HEALTH, Buff1, Gang Gang Dance...
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XLIII

Mark Abraham
:: Enjoy your breathless anticipation of Sharpay's newest evildoings to the sounds of: Perfect, Build, AGF, Callers, HEALTH, Buff1, Gang Gang Dance...
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XXIX

Mark Abraham
:: Featuring: The Field, Black Milk, Radicalfashion, ZMF Trio, Mark Templeton, Kite Operations, Inbreds, Shining...
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XXV

Mark Abraham
:: Featuring: Luomo, Humcrush, Amanda Jo Williams, Alexander Tucker, Susumu Yokota, Fond of Tigers, Xela, Giddy Motors...
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XXIX

Mark Abraham
:: Featuring: The Field, Black Milk, Radicalfashion, ZMF Trio, Mark Templeton, Kite Operations, Inbreds, Shining...
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XXV

Mark Abraham
:: Featuring: Luomo, Humcrush, Amanda Jo Williams, Alexander Tucker, Susumu Yokota, Fond of Tigers, Xela, Giddy Motors...
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XIII :: Country I (Post-1960s)

Mark Abraham
:: Grr. I'm an outlaw! Quiver in fear at my laid-back banjo playing!
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XII :: Industrial and its Ancestors

Mark Abraham
:: "Sorry, Trent. But you're kinda lame."
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XI :: New Jack (& Jill) Swing

Mark Abraham
:: "Ever wish the other guys would let us sing more?"
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X :: Prog I (R.I.O. & Avant-Prog)

Mark Abraham
:: Psychoalphadiscobetaudio- aquadoloop sound, eh? Sounds dirty.
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IX :: New Wave I (Grab Bag!)

Mark Abraham
:: I hope Gwen Stefani doesn't exploit this column like she's exploited the music it's about.
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VIII :: Post-punk

Mark Abraham
:: In fact, the only bad thing about post-punk was that it seemed for a brief moment to make the moustache okay again.
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VII :: Be-Bop, Cool, & Hard Bop

Mark Abraham
:: "Dude. Quit fucking around. I already told you this joint was in ALT double-double-flat 6/7!"
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VI :: Prog I (Art, Symphonic, Space)

Mark Abraham
:: "You'd think it was the costume that makes it hard for me to sing into the mic, but actually it's my castration anxiety."
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V :: Seventies Folk

Mark Abraham
:: Controversy abounds as Mark totally snubs John Martyn.
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IV :: Classic Rock

Mark Abraham
:: It’s all about the necktie!
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III :: Free Jazz & Free Improvisation

Mark Abraham
:: That plastic saxophone is so cute!
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II :: Roots Reggae & Dub

Mark Abraham
:: Plus, a dub-hole is way less bad than a k-hole.
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I :: Minimalism

Mark Abraham
:: "Eat it, Stravinsky! The revolution will not be over-orchestrated!"
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Features:XIII :: Country I (Post-1960s)

Mark Abraham
:: Grr. I'm an outlaw! Quiver in fear at my laid-back banjo playing!
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XII :: Industrial and its Ancestors

Mark Abraham
:: "Sorry, Trent. But you're kinda lame."
Column /
XI :: New Jack (& Jill) Swing

Mark Abraham
:: "Ever wish the other guys would let us sing more?"
Column /
X :: Prog I (R.I.O. & Avant-Prog)

Mark Abraham
:: Psychoalphadiscobetaudio- aquadoloop sound, eh? Sounds dirty.
Column /
IX :: New Wave I (Grab Bag!)

Mark Abraham
:: I hope Gwen Stefani doesn't exploit this column like she's exploited the music it's about.
Column /
VIII :: Post-punk

Mark Abraham
:: In fact, the only bad thing about post-punk was that it seemed for a brief moment to make the moustache okay again.
Column /
VII :: Be-Bop, Cool, & Hard Bop

Mark Abraham
:: "Dude. Quit fucking around. I already told you this joint was in ALT double-double-flat 6/7!"
Column /
VI :: Prog I (Art, Symphonic, Space)

Mark Abraham
:: "You'd think it was the costume that makes it hard for me to sing into the mic, but actually it's my castration anxiety."
Column /
V :: Seventies Folk

Mark Abraham
:: Controversy abounds as Mark totally snubs John Martyn.
Column /
IV :: Classic Rock

Mark Abraham
:: It’s all about the necktie!
Column /
III :: Free Jazz & Free Improvisation

Mark Abraham
:: That plastic saxophone is so cute!
Column /
II :: Roots Reggae & Dub

Mark Abraham
:: Plus, a dub-hole is way less bad than a k-hole.
Column /
I :: Minimalism

Mark Abraham
:: "Eat it, Stravinsky! The revolution will not be over-orchestrated!"
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Reasons that You (the Non-Phish Fan) Should Be Excited and Not Excited About the Very Likely Phish Reunion

Mark Abraham
:: How will North America be able to face this music?
Article /
Top 10 Worst (Fictional) Supergroup Albums

Mark Abraham
:: Somewhere, Wes Borland...still exists.
Article /
Established and Committed Hard Rock Band Seeks...

Mark Abraham
:: ...drummer.
Article /
Top 10 Up-and-Coming Contenders for the Throne of Most Overused Animal Moniker for Band Names

Mark Abraham
:: The year in post-Cambrian Explosion identity politics.
Article /
Recently Unveiled Vintage MIDI Controllers

Mark Abraham
:: Mmm. Synergy.
Article /
Reppin' with the ACARR

Mark Abraham
:: Rick 1: "Damn." Rick 2: "Double Damn."
Article /
Top 10 Anagrams of "Animal Collective"

Mark Abraham
:: Many of which feature...animals
Article /
Top 10 Best Entries from Dom's Childhood Diary

Mark Abraham
:: No, for reals. I actually stole it.
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XIV :: Fusion I (Early '70s)

Mark Abraham
:: Play this in your elevators.
Column /
XIII :: Country I (Post-1960s)

Mark Abraham
:: Grr. I'm an outlaw! Quiver in fear at my laid-back banjo playing!
Column /
XII :: Industrial and its Ancestors

Mark Abraham
:: "Sorry, Trent. But you're kinda lame."
Column /
XI :: New Jack (& Jill) Swing

Mark Abraham
:: "Ever wish the other guys would let us sing more?"
Column /
X :: Prog I (R.I.O. & Avant-Prog)

Mark Abraham
:: Psychoalphadiscobetaudio- aquadoloop sound, eh? Sounds dirty.
Column /
IX :: New Wave I (Grab Bag!)

Mark Abraham
:: I hope Gwen Stefani doesn't exploit this column like she's exploited the music it's about.
Column /
VIII :: Post-punk

Mark Abraham
:: In fact, the only bad thing about post-punk was that it seemed for a brief moment to make the moustache okay again.
Interview /
Huntsville

Mark Abraham
:: It's true: Ingar knows many middle class people, and they all love his band.
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VII :: Be-Bop, Cool, & Hard Bop

Mark Abraham
:: "Dude. Quit fucking around. I already told you this joint was in ALT double-double-flat 6/7!"
Column /
VI :: Prog I (Art, Symphonic, Space)

Mark Abraham
:: "You'd think it was the costume that makes it hard for me to sing into the mic, but actually it's my castration anxiety."
Column /
V :: Seventies Folk

Mark Abraham
:: Controversy abounds as Mark totally snubs John Martyn.
Column /
IV :: Classic Rock

Mark Abraham
:: It’s all about the necktie!
Column /
III :: Free Jazz & Free Improvisation

Mark Abraham
:: That plastic saxophone is so cute!
Column /
II :: Roots Reggae & Dub

Mark Abraham
:: Plus, a dub-hole is way less bad than a k-hole.
Festival /
And Pitchfork Brought Us Together

Mark Abraham & Conrad Amenta & Chet Betz & Peter Hepburn & Dom Sinacola & Edgar White
:: Only the bestest festival in the universe could unite us as one.
Column /
I :: Minimalism

Mark Abraham
:: "Eat it, Stravinsky! The revolution will not be over-orchestrated!"
Epic Journalism /
The Other Side of Mt. Thunderegg: CMG vs. Open Book

Thundermark Abraham & Thunderdom Sinacola
:: Slip into your best pair of clean thunderwear: you may lose control.
:: / [collapse↑]
Reasons that You (the Non-Phish Fan) Should Be Excited and Not Excited About the Very Likely Phish Reunion

Mark Abraham
:: How will North America be able to face this music?
Article /
Top 10 Worst (Fictional) Supergroup Albums

Mark Abraham
:: Somewhere, Wes Borland...still exists.
Article /
Established and Committed Hard Rock Band Seeks...

Mark Abraham
:: ...drummer.
Article /
Top 10 Up-and-Coming Contenders for the Throne of Most Overused Animal Moniker for Band Names

Mark Abraham
:: The year in post-Cambrian Explosion identity politics.
Article /
Recently Unveiled Vintage MIDI Controllers

Mark Abraham
:: Mmm. Synergy.
Article /
Reppin' with the ACARR

Mark Abraham
:: Rick 1: "Damn." Rick 2: "Double Damn."
Article /
Top 10 Anagrams of "Animal Collective"

Mark Abraham
:: Many of which feature...animals
Article /
Top 10 Best Entries from Dom's Childhood Diary

Mark Abraham
:: No, for reals. I actually stole it.
Column /
XIV :: Fusion I (Early '70s)

Mark Abraham
:: Play this in your elevators.
Column /
XIII :: Country I (Post-1960s)

Mark Abraham
:: Grr. I'm an outlaw! Quiver in fear at my laid-back banjo playing!
Column /
XII :: Industrial and its Ancestors

Mark Abraham
:: "Sorry, Trent. But you're kinda lame."
Column /
XI :: New Jack (& Jill) Swing

Mark Abraham
:: "Ever wish the other guys would let us sing more?"
Column /
X :: Prog I (R.I.O. & Avant-Prog)

Mark Abraham
:: Psychoalphadiscobetaudio- aquadoloop sound, eh? Sounds dirty.
Column /
IX :: New Wave I (Grab Bag!)

Mark Abraham
:: I hope Gwen Stefani doesn't exploit this column like she's exploited the music it's about.
Column /
VIII :: Post-punk

Mark Abraham
:: In fact, the only bad thing about post-punk was that it seemed for a brief moment to make the moustache okay again.
Interview /
Huntsville

Mark Abraham
:: It's true: Ingar knows many middle class people, and they all love his band.
Column /
VII :: Be-Bop, Cool, & Hard Bop

Mark Abraham
:: "Dude. Quit fucking around. I already told you this joint was in ALT double-double-flat 6/7!"
Column /
VI :: Prog I (Art, Symphonic, Space)

Mark Abraham
:: "You'd think it was the costume that makes it hard for me to sing into the mic, but actually it's my castration anxiety."
Column /
V :: Seventies Folk

Mark Abraham
:: Controversy abounds as Mark totally snubs John Martyn.
Column /
IV :: Classic Rock

Mark Abraham
:: It’s all about the necktie!
Column /
III :: Free Jazz & Free Improvisation

Mark Abraham
:: That plastic saxophone is so cute!
Column /
II :: Roots Reggae & Dub

Mark Abraham
:: Plus, a dub-hole is way less bad than a k-hole.
Festival /
And Pitchfork Brought Us Together

Mark Abraham & Conrad Amenta & Chet Betz & Peter Hepburn & Dom Sinacola & Edgar White
:: Only the bestest festival in the universe could unite us as one.
Column /
I :: Minimalism

Mark Abraham
:: "Eat it, Stravinsky! The revolution will not be over-orchestrated!"
Epic Journalism /
The Other Side of Mt. Thunderegg: CMG vs. Open Book

Thundermark Abraham & Thunderdom Sinacola
:: Slip into your best pair of clean thunderwear: you may lose control.
:: / [collapse↑]
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:: Staff
Mark AbrahamManaging Editor, Sparkles
e-mail: mark@cokemachineglow.com
I got so excited when I heard the Spice Girls were coming to Toronto that I almost puked…and that’s really all you need to know about me.
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ADULT. :: Why Bother?
AGF :: Words are Missing
(NBH)
AGF :: DANCE FLOOR DRACHEN
Christina Aguilera :: Back 2 Basics
Ellen Allien & Apparat :: Orchestra of Bubbles
Ellen Allien :: Sool
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake :: From the River to the Ocean
Angel :: Kalmukia
Annuals :: Be He Me
Apparat :: Walls
Basement Jaxx :: Crazy Itch Radio
Beirut :: Gulag Orkestar
Various Artists :: Black Stars: Ghana's Hiplife Generation
Comp
The Blow :: Paper Television
Bobby and Blumm :: Everybody Loves Bobby and Blumm
Booka Shade :: Movements
Boredoms :: Super Roots 9
Peter Broderick :: Float
Buff1 :: There's Only One
Butcher/Müller/van der Schyff :: Way Out Northwest
Don Byron & Bang on a Can :: A Ballad for Many
Caribou :: Andorra
Brent Cash :: How Will I Know If I'm Awake?
(NBH)
Charalambides :: A Vintage Burden
The Chicago Underground Duo :: In Praise of Shadows
Kelly Clarkson :: My December
Clipse :: Hell Hath No Fury
Clogs :: Lantern
Coup :: Pick a Bigger Weapon
DarkBlueWorld :: Dark Blue World
(NBH)
Deerhoof :: Friend Opportunity
Deerhoof :: Offend Maggie
Diableros :: You Can't Break the Strings in Our Olympic Hearts
The Drones :: Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
Ermine :: The Murra
(NBH)
Espers :: II
Dominik Eulberg :: Heimische Gefilde
Dominik Eulberg :: Bionik
Fanfare Ciocărlia :: Queens and Kings
The Field :: From Here We Go Sublime
Figurines :: Skeleton
FM3 & Dou Wei :: Hou Guan Yin
Fond of Tigers :: A Thing to Live With
(NBH)
Fond of Tigers :: Release the Saviours
Gang Gang Dance :: Saint Dymphna
Giddy Motors :: Do Easy
Glissandro 70 :: Glissandro 70
Grouper :: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Gultskra Artikler :: Kasha Iz Topora
Chihei Hatakeyama :: Minima Moralia
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid :: The Exchange Sessions, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Herbert :: Scale
Ezekiel Honig :: Scattered Practices
Hot Chip :: Made in the Dark
François Houle :: Aerials
Various Artists :: How Low Can You Go?: Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941)
Box
Humcrush :: Hornswoggle
Huntsville :: For the Middle Class
Invincible :: Shapeshifters
(NBH)
Iron & Wine :: The Shepherd's Dog
Islaja :: Ulual YYY
Anna Järvinen :: Jag Fick Feeling
Jan Jelinek :: Tierbeobachtungen
The Joe Beats Experiment :: Indie Rock Blues
Jóhann Jóhannsson :: IBM 1401, A User's Manual
Kammerflimmer Kollektief :: Jinx
Kemialliset Ystävät :: Kemialliset Ystävät
Kite Operations :: Heart Attacks, Back to Back
(NBH)
KK Null :: Fertile
Justus Köhncke :: Safe and Sound
KTL :: KTL
L. Pierre :: Dip
Les Savy Fav :: Let's Stay Friends
Les Savy Fav :: Let's Stay Friends
Loscil :: Plume
Love is All :: Nine Times That Same Song
Lupe Fiasco & DJ E Nyce :: Touch the Sky
Mixtape
Magik Markers :: A Panegyric to the Things I Do Not Understand
Magik Markers :: BOSS
Malajube :: Trompe-L'oeil
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks :: Real Emotional Trash
Mastodon :: Blood Mountain
Melt Banana :: Bambi's Dilemma
Melvins :: Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust
Michele :: Saturn Rings
Reissue
MoHa! :: Raus Aus Stavanger
MoHa! :: Norwegianism
Mouse on Mars :: Varcharz
Róisín Murphy :: Overpowered
Joanna Newsom :: Ys
OOIOO :: Taiga
Opsvik & Jennings :: Commuter Anthems
Morgan Packard & Joshua Ott :: Airships Fill the Sky/Unsimulatable
Pantha Du Prince :: This Bliss
Perfect :: Giddimani
Phonophani :: Phonophani
Reissue
Pig Destroyer :: Phantom Limb
Pinch :: Underwater Dancehall
Kelley Polar :: I Need You to Hold On While the Sky is Falling
Prodigy :: Return of the Mac
Mixtape
Professor Murder :: Professor Murder Rides the Subway
EP
Protest the Hero :: Fortress
Rhymefest :: Blue Collar
The Roots :: Game Theory
The Roots :: Rising Down
Jessica Rylan :: Interior Designs
Shapes and Sizes :: Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner
Shining :: Grindstone
Shinjuku Zulu :: Various Chimeras
Shogun Kunitoki :: Tasankokaiku
Dani Siciliano :: Slappers
Soft Circle :: Full Bloom
Spoon :: A Series of Sneaks
(OF)
Sun :: I'll Be the Same
Susanna :: Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra :: Melody Mountain
Svalastog :: Woodwork
T.I. :: King
T.I. :: T.I. vs. T.I.P.
Tape :: Rideau
Tape :: Luminarium
Various Artists :: Total 7
Comp
Touane :: Figura
Various Artists :: Touch 25
Comp
Alexander Tucker :: Furrowed Brow
Various Artists :: Until Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown
Box
Ricardo Villalobos :: Achso
EP
Scott Walker :: The Drift
Amanda Jo Williams :: Yes I Will Mr. Man
(NBH)
Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer
Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice :: Gypsy Freedom
Xela :: The Dead Sea
Susumu Yokata :: Wonder Waltz
Tom Zé :: Estudando O Pagode
ZMF Trio :: Circle the Path
(NBH)
Co-authored ::
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AGF :: DANCE FLOOR DRACHEN
(AGF Producktion; 2008) / Rating: 90 / Combined Rating: 83
Gang Gang Dance :: Saint Dymphna
(Social Registry; 2008) / Rating: 89 / Combined Rating: 87
Invincible :: Shapeshifters
(NBH)
(Emergence; 2008) / Rating: 87 / Combined Rating: 83
Wolf Parade :: At Mount Zoomer
(Sub Pop; 2008) / Rating: 87 / Combined Rating: 84
Various Artists :: Black Stars: Ghana's Hiplife Generation
Comp
(Out Here; 2008) / Rating: 85 / Combined Rating: N/A
Deerhoof :: Offend Maggie
(Kill Rock Stars; 2008) / Rating: 83 / Combined Rating: 79
Ellen Allien :: Sool
(Bptich Control; 2008) / Rating: 83 / Combined Rating: N/A
Butcher/Müller/van der Schyff :: Way Out Northwest
(Drip Audio; 2008) / Rating: 83 / Combined Rating: N/A
Kelley Polar :: I Need You to Hold On While the Sky is Falling
(Environ; 2008) / Rating: 80 / Combined Rating: 79
AGF :: Words are Missing
(NBH)
(AGF Producktions; 2008) / Rating: 79 / Combined Rating: N/A
Brent Cash :: How Will I Know If I'm Awake?
(NBH)
(Marina; 2008) / Rating: 78 / Combined Rating: 78
Peter Broderick :: Float
(Type; 2008) / Rating: 76 / Combined Rating: N/A
Justus Köhncke :: Safe and Sound
(Kompakt; 2008) / Rating: 76 / Combined Rating: N/A
Anna Järvinen :: Jag Fick Feeling
(Häpna; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: N/A
Bobby and Blumm :: Everybody Loves Bobby and Blumm
(Morr; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: N/A
Tape :: Luminarium
(Häpna; 2008) / Rating: 73 / Combined Rating: 76
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks :: Real Emotional Trash
(Matador; 2008) / Rating: 73 / Combined Rating: 75
Buff1 :: There's Only One
(A-Side Worldwide; 2008) / Rating: 72 / Combined Rating: 72
Angel :: Kalmukia
(Editions Mego; 2008) / Rating: 72 / Combined Rating: N/A
Grouper :: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
(Type; 2008) / Rating: 71 / Combined Rating: 69
