STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about. Our Twitter feed keeps you apprised of reviews as they're published. It's kept locked and private, because with a name like @stillsingle, everyone thinks it's a dating site. Approvals happen whenever they happen.

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June 3, 2012

Raven Chacon – At The Point Where The Rivers Crossed, We Drew Our Knives LP (Anarchymoon Recordings)

Performed with a nylon string guitar, a resonated snare and a bone-whistle, the A-side of this Emperor-Wears-No-Clothes style of noise album sounds like two contact mics inside any running household appliance of one’s choosing, a couple of pedals, and an overloaded practice amp. And that’s it. No creepy or emoting feel from a minimal two or three tone-notes underneath the caterwaul, no feel at all, really…just the same sound that barfed out of what seems like hundreds of small-press LP’s that flew in and out of my life pre-1998 or so, when I was trying to navigate that era’s noise scene in a quest to find music that made me FEEL something, anything….anything at all. More-or-less a failed quest, survived by a handful of artists I revere to this day, it was one that I have no desire to recall. When a record makes me do so, I just get that gesticulating energy and repeat “THIS IS STILL HAPPENING?!?” until my fit wears out its welcome around the house. One of the two tracks on the B-side of At the Point… was commissioned and performed by the University of Mary Washington Wind Ensemble, adding that ever-so-crafty shield of officialdom provided by an academic association…nothing a bullshit-detector set on ‘3’ can’t slice right through, though. Pressed in an addition of 200. Out of print, which defies logic, but if any used copy is demanding over $5, someone needs to be arrested. (http://anarchymoon.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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