Review: Steve Aoki: Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles

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The Daily Swarm - The Swarm found this 2/21/2008 on www.pitchforkmedia.com [flag]
Dim Mak label head and professional L.A. scenester offers a mix of, what do you know, modern-day post-punk and indie-approved dance tracks. [link]

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Urb vs. Pitchfork: The Great Steve Aoki Debate of 2008
Published 2/21/2008 at The Daily Swarm - The Swarm
... Pitchfork: 2.5 Urb: In Defense of Steve Aoki Pitchfork: This mix, the first (and hopefully last) from Dim Mak major domo Steve Aoki, kicks off with Refused’s “New Noise”, a 10-year-old track that mixes Fugazi-loving ruckus with the merch-friendly electronic ambiance now heard on the quiet moments of your average Linkin Park single. Urb: The final verdict? 2.5, and a written tirade so spiteful and unsubstantiated that it pretty much decimates any ...

Urb busts back against Pitchfork's takedown ... [Steve Aoki]
Published 2/21/2008 by Jess Harvell at Idolator
Urb busts back against Pitchfork's takedown of Idolator fave Steve Aoki's Pillowface mix CD with a screed that manages to zing the entire city of Chicago in the process. Urb's argument, such as it is, hinges on the idea that if Internet faves Justice had released a similar mix CD, Pitchfork would have been all up in that shit, but because of Aoki's rep as a trustafarian faux-celeb DJ, he gets an automatic bad rap. Perhaps. But then again, regardless of your feelings on its merit, Justice is also occasionally known to record and release ...

not okay
Published 2/22/2008 by D at DANCEBLOGGA: dance music news
... surrounding cool-kid Steve Aoki's rough-cut "indie DJ" style. Pitchfork grows a pair and slams Aoki's new mix-CD, Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles. The music on the comp represents "'new noise' of a 21st century American Apparelled rock/dance zeitgeist that's not at all played out in the slightest," states the 'fork's David Raposa.

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Published 2/22/2008 by sovietpanda at SOVIETPANDA
... as an embarrassing blog photo after a night of free Sparks: the Pitchfork thrashing of Steve Aoki's mix CD, Pillowface and His Airport Chronicles... TRASH MENAGERIE |Poster Art in Music - Helping to Bridge the Gap? Not that it's ever lost its luster, but I wondered if perhaps poster art could be one avenue for artists to explore to help place more tangible value on music? I got in touch with Stiles to ask some questions and get some insight. Steve Aoki: Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles: Pitchfork Record Review Dim Mak label ...