For those readers who think electronic music is a racket, you might stop reading now. To wit: Indian Wells, the Italian "tennistronic" outfit, whose roster lists Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and Andrè Agassi, among many others....
The first half-minute, indeed the first ten seconds set the terms. This whitewashed chorus is the sound of inner dissonance, nothing really to do with the external world of instruments or processing. This...
One of our most frequently-revisited songs from 2009 is "02," track #6 from the fydhws release Impresii. The artist behind fydhws identifies himself only as "R" and the song truly is a six-minute continent,...
Black Swan is back in the news: a one-track collaboration with Dennis Huddleston's alias 36. It's lush, ringing, and over far too soon. Both artists are referring to this as a one-off, but...
"Critics who expect you to write the same album over and over again are also fun." We're getting ready to ask you a favor, the financial kind. But first, an explanation: there is no question....
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Buy it here on a name-your-price basis. Stream it just below. Caveat emptor: bands who use “explosions in the sky” and “mogwai” tags on Bandcamp usually don’t wander too far off from that reservation. But the roast is dark and flavorful, while the brew is expertly balanced.
(Note to self. No more coming up with metaphors during morning coffee.)
