Author Archives: Levi Fuller

Review Revue: The Beastie Boys – Cooky Puss

By Levi Fuller | Published: May 10, 2012

The past several days have been filled with tributes to Adam Yauch, aka MCA. There’s very little that I can add to that outpouring, except to say that I, like so many, was incredibly shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. As I stopped by KEXP yesterday to look through the stacks for moreRead more…

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Review Revue: Jane Siberry – The Walking

By Levi Fuller | Published: May 3, 2012

In doing a little research on Jane Siberry and this album, I was pleased to find that I am not the first KEXP blogger to share her works with the masses. About a year and a half ago, DJ El Toro sung her praises in his “Weird at My School” column. He also mentioned thatRead more…

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Review Revue: Fudge Tunnel – Hate Songs in E Minor

By Levi Fuller | Published: April 26, 2012

With a band name like “Fudge Tunnel” and an album title like “Hate Songs in E Minor,” you might think this early ’90s Nottingham band would be dark and heavy, somewhere on the metal/proto-grunge spectrum, probably with a twisted and edgy sense of humor. And you’d, um, be totally right. I missed the boat onRead more…

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Review Revue: Unrest – Malcolm X Park

By Levi Fuller | Published: April 19, 2012

Washington, DC’s Unrest was always a strange band. One minute they would be throwing layers of sloppy weirdness at you, and the next they’d be be slaying you with the perfect pop beauty of something like Perfect Teeth‘s “Makeout Club.” Perfect Teeth (along with much more music out of DC) was a very important partRead more…

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Review Revue: Babes in Toyland – Spanking Machine

By Levi Fuller | Published: April 12, 2012

I will be honest: I never really got into most of the more aggressive, female-led bands of the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s (whether Riot Grrl bands or those who, like Babes in Toyland, inspired them). As a young male in his teens, I probably just found them too intimidating, if not downright terrifying, whichRead more…

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Review Revue: Royal Crescent Mob – SNOB

By Levi Fuller | Published: April 5, 2012

As someone who, at a certain time in his life, was totally into the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone, two of the bands namechecked in connection with the Columbus, Ohio-based Royal Crescent Mob, I can’t believe I never heard about or got into these guys. (I think I even had a tape or twoRead more…

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Review Revue: David Sylvian – Gone to Earth

By Levi Fuller | Published: March 29, 2012

David Sylvian originally became known to the world as the lead singer of ’70s/’80s new wave band Japan. Like many pop stars, before too long he wearied of making “fun,” “popular” music and, under his own name, started releasing much more “serious” work, collaborating with such musical luminaries as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, and RobertRead more…

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Review Revue: The Entropics – Spagga!

By Levi Fuller | Published: March 22, 2012

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Amy Denio is yet another brilliant talent I used to geek out over in my late teens/early twenties (based on her affiliation with some of the NYC Knitting Factory crowd) who I was amazed to find living in Seattle when I moved here (see also my recent gushing over Bill Frisell andRead more…

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Review Revue: Shonen Knife – Shonen Knife

By Levi Fuller | Published: March 8, 2012

Happy International Women’s Day! While I tend to agree with a (female) friend of mine who said, “it’s depressing that we need a day to honor and recognize half of the globe’s population,” the sad fact remains that, as a planet, we kinda do need that day. And the fact that the world was ableRead more…

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Review Revue: Richard Thompson – Hand of Kindness

By Levi Fuller | Published: March 1, 2012

As we come to the end of this pledge week, the phrase “Hand of Kindness” seems to have particular resonance. As KEXP extends its kindly musical hand to you, we hope you will extend your hand into your wallet, and then kindly extend said money-filled hand in our direction. Richard Thompson is one of myRead more…

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