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the legendary underground after-hours club that served as the pre-release audio testing grounds for the Transmat

The xx producer and percussionist Jamie Smith takes a stab at recontextualizing Gil Scott-Heron's excellent 2010 album

Gladstone Anderson

a singer from Spain's Basque country -- who would influence his later work

Garbage - No Gods No Masters (Neon Green Vinyl) Ash "On Texas SunAlternative modern rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Shirley Manson vocals, keyboards, guitar Duke Erikson bass, guitar, keyboards Steve Marker guitar, keyboards, loops Butch Vig drums, loops, noise, fx In the early 1980s, rock producers Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) and Marker founded Smart Studios, a recording studio in Madison, Wisconsin. Vig and musician friend Erikson formed the group Fire Town in the late 1980s, an offshoot from their