Noise

2005: The year in music.

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Apocalypse, and how
Do bad times really make for great music?
By Kimberly Chun

Sensurround
Or, the sounds of catastrophic disaster.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Return from Oz
The confessions of an ex-pat wannabe fleeing the reign of George and the rains of Katrina.
By Gabriel Mindel

ApocaChic™
Fashion disaster? You couldn't be more in line with the shaky times.
By Marke B.

A music writer departs
By these albums we shall remember Mike McGuirk.
By Jay Boronski

When the levee broke
Whom does hip-hop speak for in 2005?
By Oliver Wang

Retreat!
When the world closes in, one writer finds music for chameleons and homebodies.
By Peter Nicholson

Déjà vu
DualDiscs, dualities, and a chilly year of yesterdays.
By J.H. Tompkins

Death comes to Dannyland
Deeply human ruminations and dark laughter emanate from mystery man Danny Cohen.
By Will York