The World is Crazy
Ah: Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino has fun when she’s with Ronald McDonald. Hmm. Here’s the video for Best Coast’s “When I’m With You,” directed by <a href="http://www.peteohs.com/">Pete Ohs</a>:
LATEST ADDITIONS
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Eskuche Headphones
The <a href="http://www.eskucheme.com/">Eskuche</a> 33-1/3 headphone. On May 3, buy a pair of these and get a limited-edition <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_world_is_crazy/">Best Coast</a> 7” single. <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/38483-best-coast-new-video-new-single/">Pitch…; told me, via <a href="http://twitter.com/stereophilemag">Twitter</a>.
The Arrangement
This week only, we can <a href="http://soundcloud.com/subpop/beach-house-the-arrangement">stream new music</a> from Beach House. “The Arrangement” comes from the A side of Beach House’s “Zebra” 12-inch, made special for <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">Record Store Day</a> (this Saturday, April 17!).
Neko Case
<I>Photo:Jason Creps</I>
Music is All Magic
Longtime <i>Stereophile</i> contributor and well-respected child psychiatrist, Larry Greenhill, is a fan of Insane Clown Posse.
The Tallest Man On Earth: The Wild Hunt
Comparisons to a young Bob Dylan are inevitable. There’s the same sort of defiance, the odd insouciance, the long lines of poetry squeezed out and hacked out and blown out like kisses, too. The guitar work is very good—scintillating at times and always passionately wrought—but it’s the voice that gets you. The voice—childlike but crotchety as hell, delicate but yearning, beautiful but completely wrong. The voice is what gets you. Kristian Matsson is The Tallest Man On Earth; he plays rock and roll, and plans to be forgotten when he’s gone.
Big Top Hi-Fi
Have you guys seen “Date Night,” the new comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey? I’m thinking about going to check it out because: 1., Steve Carell is <a href="http://www.moviemaker.com/images/uploads/steve_carell_40_year_old_virgi…;; 2., Tina Fey is <a href="http://thezaz.nationallampoon.com/files/2009/12/tinafey_21313.jpg">hot<…;; 3., Parts of the film are set in my college town of Teaneck, NJ; and, 4., There are scenes featuring a hi-fi made up of Meridian’s DSP7200 Digital Active loudspeakers, Reference 800 DVD player, and G68 surround controller.
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Recording of April 2010: Piazzolla and Beyond
<B>London Concertante: <I>Piazzolla and Beyond</I></B><BR>
Works by Astor Piazzolla, David Gordon, Adam Summerhayes<BR>
London Concertante; Adam Summerhayes, dir.<BR>
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907491 (CD). 2009. Chris Grist, prod.; Matt Butler, eng. DDD. TT: 52:01<BR>
Performance ****<BR>
Sonics ****
Mutton in Wolf's Clothing
I was visiting a high-end audio manufacturer several years back, and as the chief engineer and I talked about speaker design, the company's president popped her head around the door and told him that she was sending MacroVision their annual five-figure check.
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What is the source component you use most in your home system?
As we transition from one format to another, some components hang on as our main source of music. What is the source component you use most in your home system?