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Noah Levine

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Twitter: @noahdj40

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A writer, DJ, photographer and designer currently based in Chicago, Noah does his best to stay on top of local, national and international music of all types. Besides regularly contributing to the pages of Urb (both physical and virtual), his words about music (and occasional concert photography) can be located among the pages of publications such as Remix, BPM, Newcity Chicago and Chicago Innerview. While currently defunct, for a time his AptCoot blog provided an outlet for writing on political and social topics. As DJ 40oz. Noah spins hip hop, funk, soul, downtempo, uptempo and anything else he feels like at spots around Chicago and beyond. He keeps in shape playing ultimate frisbee and works out of it drinking his homebrewed beer.

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Mar09

These New Puritans – Hidden (Review)

These New Puritans

Hidden

Released by Domino


If at times their aspirations outstrip their execution, it’s not by much, and Hidden, the sophomore disc from Jack Barnett and his band, These New Puritans, is certainly a grand display of both ambition and precision. With richer compositions and a broader orchestral palette, Barnett builds on the insistence and mystery that powered the band’s debut, but moves well beyond that disc’s guitar-driven post-punk core. The disc captures the present through evocative compositions and echoing rhythms, but it stands just as strongly as a portent to what this band’s substantial vision may yet achieve.

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Mar08

YSP! WSD! bringing their XXXX back to the states.

On the eve of their first US tour in four years, Becky Ninkovic, lead singer for Canadian dance-punk outfit You Say Party! We Say Die! phoned in to talk about the upcoming trip, the making of the band’s third album XXXX and how they’ve embraced the X’s that keep following them around.

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Nov10

DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek – Solar Life Raft (Review)

DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek

Solar Life Raft

Released by The Agriculture


Dub always has a curious way of rattling loose the connections between disparate entities and then binding everything together in viscous bass. New York natives DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek bring that approach, if not always those exact sounds, to the selections they threw together while dreaming up Solar Life Raft. Coming together as a DJ mix, but showcasing the two artists’ production skills in numerous ways, this three-turntable odyssey starts and ends in warm echoy places. Along the way Rupture and Shadetek highlight an array of fellow ...

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Oct27

Junk Culture – West Coast (Review)

Junk Culture

West Coast

Released by Illegal Art


The Illegal Art imprint has always celebrated judicious use of the sample, so Junk Culture’s soundscrap beats fit in that regard. But while labelmate Girl Talk flaunts well known sources in uncomfortably terrific contexts, this project from Portland resident Deepak Mantena resurrects bits of noise captured on a hand recorder for a glitchier and less straight ahead take on things. A lighting paced nine songs in 19 minutes, Mantena’s first offering is a blast to the headphones that brings to mind the off-kilter breaks of Flying ...

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