CD Review: Arbouretum “The Gathering”
Dishonesty isn’t laudable, but it’s certainly understandable. We’re confronted with the prospect of facing wave upon wave of pitiless appraisal if we stand firm by […]
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CD Review: Faust “Something Dirty”
Surprises: we claim to love them, perhaps to project a ‘just go with it’ posture and free spirit spontaneity, and they are truly cherished when […]
CD Review: Asobi Seksu “Fluorescence”
Whoever claims it’s best to shrug off the past and peer solely at the road ahead is a mendacious son of a bitch. All we […]
CD Review: Wire “Red Barked Tree”
When Wire’s Colin Newman and Graham Lewis unleashed the brunt of their experimental proclivities through Dome in the early ’80s, it came as quite a […]
CD Review: Ducktails “Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics”
When Howard Moskowitz was commissioned to concoct the ideal Diet Pepsi, he felt the wrong approach had been tabled. Aspiring to create the perfect Diet […]
CD Review: Disappears “Guider”
One wouldn’t need to be particularly astute to pick up on Disappears’ fondness for NEU!, from the ’75-copping album cover for last year’s Lux to […]
CD Review: Stereolab “Not Music”
Much of the attention surrounding this release stems from the notion that it was penned during the recording sessions for 2008?s fulsome Chemical Chords. While […]
CD Review: Film School “Fission”
San Francisco noise/dream-pop outfit Film School must have felt confronted with the “go big or go home” locution prior to its fourth full-length, as it […]
CD Review: Lower Dens “Twin-Hand Movement”
Given the glut of bands who employ noise as an instrument in and of itself, it’s crucial that its role be played with purpose. Baltimore […]
CD Review: Sun Kil Moon “Admiral Fell Promises”
Mark Kozelek loosens his tie on Sun Kil Moon’s third LP. He certainly hasn’t adopted an easygoing ethos, he simply writes with a seamless ease […]
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