Brainiac: Transmissions After ZeroIn the mid 90's the Dayton, OH music scene became a hot spot generating worldwide buzz from the influential indie rock being produced there (The Breeders, Guided by Voices). Arguably the most innovative of them all was the band Brainiac, led by musical genius and insanely charismatic front man Tim Taylor. The band was opening for Beck and slated to sign a major label record deal when Taylor was tragically killed in a bizarre auto accident leaving his

the American star from New York City in the title role (Minnie)

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Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system

There's even a little high camp in the form of Julie London's Saddle The Wind and two rare vocal performances from the big screen's biggest stars

François Lazarevitch has conceived this wildly swirling programme that mixes Telemann (Concerto Polonois) and eastern European Romani music of the eighteenth century

There's a dense narrative to the album that explores personal upbringing - and the potential untrustworthy memories that come with such reflection - along with the industrial

As composers

Wayne Cook and Rich Aronson (strings)

precise math rock and intense ambient electronica

and Tex-Mex music

Marcos Valle and Ian Carr re-issues

calls for a pianist wholly responsive to their fervent Romanticism