Reviews of the Jess Trio, Beethoven's music for piano and cello, Duke Chapel's salute to Rodney Wyknoop, the second installment of Mozart sonatas from pianist Michael Zenge and more. Mr. Bungle's absurd world of pop. By Greg Barbera, Rick Cornell. By Fred Mills, Rick Cornell. By Michael Kramer Stereolab David Cowlard S omething is wrong with Stereolab's new album.
Dissonance intrudes upon the soothing sounds for baby.
Someone has removed the crown from confident Emperor Tomato Ketchup, the title of a previous album. Static mars the transmission of Dots And Loops, the name of Stereolab's most recent full-length recording. It makes me nervous. The group's sound used to summon a sort of order from chaos. It didn't rage against the machine so much as play with it.