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LA-by-way-of-Jacksonville’s C. R. Matheny (better known as Emperor X) lays nasally, youthfully fresh vocals over a boisterousy skewed pop and folktronic aesthetic, his cockeyed turns at songwriting ranging from a melancholic break-up ode named ironically for a denial-of-service attack application (“Low Orbit Ion Cannon”), to the BTU-wasting air conditioner of “Compressor Repair” that the narrator keeps trying to fix because, he implores, “I want you to be cool.” Both are featured on Fourteen Live Recordings, a new Emperor X release due out later this year. You might remember his 2005 LP Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractal Dunes better; it landed in the top three of CMJ’s New Music charts and got high marks from Pitchfork and Tiny Mix Tapes, among others. He also got the blogs buzzing about his geocaching art project, The Blythe Archives (a series of EP releases containing hidden clues, codes, or hints directing listeners to geocached master tapes that unlock even more material), and for his habit of burying his master tapes, one-off songs and lo-fi demos at sites around the world while he’s on tour, blithely posting the geocache coordinates on his site and unconcerned about whether or not they’ll be found (check out NPR’s 2010 story). His performances have been described as ‘half Billy Bragg-inspired anarcho-electric sing-alongs, half Lee “Scratch” Perry lo-fi dub live sessions.’ Also performing: Alexander Charos, The Other Ryan Willis
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