Jimmy Tamborello — aka Dntel, aka James Figurine, aka 1/3 of Portal Service — will be present on the Sinking w/ Sylvia (and Sometime Todd) Show on Little Radio tomorrow (5/1/08) from 11 AM to 1 PM PST. They'll be playing only 7"s, so it will definitely not be your normal radio show. If you can […]
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Ola Podrida
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7.2
/11}On first listen, Ola Podrida — David Wingo's self-titled solo project — sounds like your typical singer/songwriter album, complete with simple acoustic guitar arrangements backlighting understated vocal lullabies. While it would be easy to throw Ola Podrida into the bottom of a dusty box with the rest of today’s acoustic balladeers, it would be a […]

A Mix of New Music Found While Clearing Off Erik Gonzalez's Desk
By Erik Gonzalez on January 22, 2007 in Astralwerks, Black Fiction, Blood Meridian, Hot Chip, Howell’s Transmitter, Imaginary Scoop, James Figurine, Plug Research, Reprise, Secret Machines, The Concretes, The French Kicks, V2
(Somewhere deep within the TIG Fortress) Ah, there is nothing like that feeling you get when you have it all under control. Finally, I can sit back, relax and really start to enjoy 2006. Sure, it took a little while to get things under control but now I can focus on writing quality reviews of […]