Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 38 'Survey Time Again'
12/06/02
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Greetings faithful Epitonians. We've been mulling over our
future once again, and consequently we're considering making
some serious changes to the way our web site works, but we'd
like to get your feedback before we do anything rash. So we've
prepared a survey for you all, explaining what we're thinking
and asking for your opinion on our ideas. We'd really appreciate
it if you'd take a few minutes to fill it out. We think of
Epitonic as a collaborative enterprise, the product of your desires
and our efforts, and this survey gives you the opportunity to
do your part.
ARTIST RADIO
In other news, we've got a simple but terrific new feature on all
the artists' pages. Scroll down below an artist's songs and you'll
see something called "Artist Radio." Click the "Play" button and
you'll get a stream of all that artist's songs and all the songs
available on the site by artists listed in the "Similar Artists"
box. It makes discovering new music you're going to like that much
easier. We're all hooked on it! Major thanks go out to loyal Epitonic
fan Eric Hallstrom for suggesting this simple but ingenious feature.
APOLOGIES...
Finally we'd like to apologize for any inconvenience our server
problems may have caused to those of you who were trying to use
the site over the holiday weekend. All should be back to normal.
Thanks for bearing with us and enjoy all the great new music!
"Greenlander"
by
Pavement
Stockton, CA's Pavement may well have been the second most influential rock band of the early '90s (after Nirvana), ushering in a new era of convoluted musical structures and rock and roll irony.
"Complex Person"
by
The Pretenders
With her band the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde rewrote the rules for women in pop music, churning out some terrific records that employed punk, new wave, and hard rock to generate their uniquely powerful emotive impact. After a quarter century, the Pretenders continue to rock like no other band around.
"Fuck the Pain Away"
by
Peaches
You might think you've heard everything, but you ain't heard anything quite like Peaches' raw, punk-flavored...hip hop? This Canadian dynamo raps slow hypersexual come-on lyrics over the primitive, slightly ominous beats of her Roland MC505 Groovebox, creating twisted little songs that are as in-your-face as they are difficult to categorize.
"Siren Sounds"
by
Roni Size
As the main man behind Breakbeat Era and Reprazent and the co-owner of Full Cycle and Dope Dragon Records, Roni Size is at the forefront of Bristol's drum and bass movement. His slick fast-forward breaks and swooping bass tones are the mainstay of the world's top DJs.
"Do You Believe?"
by
Derrick Carter
Besides being one of the most prolific "real" house DJs in the world, Derrick Carter is also a respected producer, a partner in the Classic Music Company, and a renowned party animal. Enter his wibbly-wobbly world of music.
"Downtown Venues"
by
Broken Spindles
Broken Spindles is a demonic force of industrial electro that will have you gnashing your teeth and begging for more. They sound a bit like a bad trip someone might have had at a Nitzer Ebb concert circa 1986.
"Heavenly"
by
Scuba
Under his Scuba alias, King Britt slides into dreamy atmospheres, downtempo beats, and seductive vocals for the ultimate aural massage.
"Interstices"
by
Fontanelle
Borrowing elements from improvised jazz, this Portland foursome uses two guitars, keyboards, and drums to shape gentle, elegant sound compositions full of hypnotic rhythms and playful melodies that soar and dip like a bird aloft on trade winds.
"Through The Eyes Of A Child"
by
her space holiday
A beguiling mixture of dreamy pop and subdued electronics. Listening to her space holiday is like taking a brilliant Sunday afternoon drive through your favorite bit of countryside without a care in the world.
"Landscapes"
by
The Black Sea
Featuring members of Frodus and Fugazi, The Black Sea offers a darkly minimal, powerfully rhythmic new permutation of the classic DC hardcore sound.
"Mr. Kennedy"
by
The Soft Boys
The seminal jangle-pop quartet that launched the career of whimsical neo-psychedelic bard Robyn Hitchcock has returned after a two-decade hiatus with crisp and joyful new material that compares favorably with the classic albums they recorded at the beginning of the '80s.
"Mish Fadilak"
by
Natacha Atlas
Natacha Atlas blends the music of her North African/Middle Eastern heritage with slick Western production, resulting in sultry wisps of exotic mid-tempo beats, colored by evocative strings and her own distinctively plaintive vocals.
