"Spielerfrau is the band of Michael Idov, from Brooklyn, N.Y.-via-Russia, whose songs, filled with cosmopolitan references and writerly turns of phrase, display a casual (one is tempted to reach for an easy cliche and say Nabokovian) mastery of his adopted language. On "Meringue" Idov, singing over a cold and menacing new wave backdrop, sounds like a Slavic Nick Cave, both spooked and spooky. "Social Call" is a real treat for those of us who pine for the mordant dramatic monologues that Jarvis Cocker perfe...   [ read more ]

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