I really like two thirds of this record – I really like the incredibly disturbing circuit howling that comes towards the end of track 5 . I adore the tight as barbed wire Electrolyte which flashes and pops rawness while rusted corrugated iron and arabesque guitar lines battle for your attention. The rhymic stabs are [...]
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The Resonance Association – “Failure Of The Grand Design”
Posted in Album Review, Music, post rock, tagged , drone, experimental, goth, idm, industrial, noise, post rock, sludge on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
Posted in Album Review on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A very short but very sweet review of this long and of course, bitter album (It’s yer man Aesop after all!) What can I say? – Well – This is an awesome album, full stop. It grooves, it swings, it’s rough, it’s smooth, it bites and it tickles your funny bone – Who can hold [...]
Calexico – Toolbox : Reviewed
Posted in Album Review, Music, post rock on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The latest release from Tucson’s magic men see’s another all instrumental album in the vein of several previous tour accompanying releases. After what myself and some other ‘diehard’ Calexico fans viewed as an off colour release with Garden Ruin, it’s nice to here them step away from the more poppy sensibility of that album – [...]
Eric Bachman: To the races
Posted in Album Review, Music on August 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Particularly eagle eyed indie kids will spot that this blog’s name take some inspiration from the name of an Archers of Loaf b-side. It’s fair to say I love the Archers as much as any other indie rock guitar band, in fact more than most, if not all. The solo work of singer Eric Bachman [...]
Aesop Rock – Coffee: Reviewed
Posted in Album Review, Music on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to gretchen robinette for the Aesop photo.
So yer main man Aesop is back with a 12 inch single and boy, it doesn’t disapoint. Huge bass crunches your speakers, but it’s set back far enough to allow Aesop’s slick patter to come to the fore. The beat is funkadelic, spiraling and slinking, like one [...]
Magik Markers – Boss: Reviewed
Posted in Album Review, Music on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Starts with screeching then does that lovely lazy dischordant not quite singing half talking too cool but a bit paranoid but forgetting it all just now spacious groove thing that yer main men Sonic Yoot are so good at. Lee Ranaldo is on the desk and playing various things so I’m allowed that reference point [...]
Grinderman – Grinderman
Posted in Album Review, Music on August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An album that’s got loads of hype, largely I suppose on the basis that Nick Cave is in the habit of making really good albums. Joined by some other famous types he has again made a very good album. All scuzzy dirty vibes and scowls, this is an awkward, strangely adolescant sounding record (given that [...]
Density of Sound recomends: Jah Wobble – Shout at the Devil
Posted in Album Review, Music on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Though not a new album, this is new on me and it grooves like a big groovy groovy thing on grooves would if it was feeling particually groovy. Aside from the fact that the word groovy hasn’t been permisable since 1968, and even then, I don’t reckon anyone actually said it, that should signify to [...]
