Julie Sokolow doesn't need much to express herself. To record Something About Violins, she used nothing more than her voice, an acoustic guitar purchased for $28.99, and the built-in microphone on her Macintosh G4 Powerbook. In doing so, she has turned on its head the old adage that lofi is the provenance of analog fetishists. She has also created a work of great and unusual beauty.

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Julie Sokolow doesn't need much to express herself. To record Something About Violins, she used nothing more than her voice, an acoustic guitar purchased for $28.99, and the built-in microphone on her Macintosh G4 Powerbook. In doing so, she has turned on its head the old adage that lofi is the provenance of analog fetishists. She has also created a work of great and unusual beauty. Using contrasting melodies and vocal textures, she rehashes the most painful, disappointing, and embarrassing episodes of ...   [ read more ]

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Comprising two years of writing and recording, David Bernabo + Assembly's Happener-Magicker presents a sweeping concoction of pop, jazz-rock, and modern classical, all with a subtle anarchist twist. The 25-piece Assembly includes Julie Sokolow (Western Vinyl), Will Dyar (ex-Oakley Hall), and the core Assembly live band of guitarist Daniel Gene Newman II, drummer Owl Barns, bassist Christopher James, and saxophonist Brandon Masterman. The shape-shifting group collaborates through a maze of harmonically i...   [ read more ]

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