Authors: Ryan Hall
Review: Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa, Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, and...
Tanbou Toujou = DJ Kicks + Nuggets + A Rough Guide To …
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Review: Wolf Eyes – I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces
Wolf Eyes = Hair Police + Sightings + Wretched Worst … read more
Review: Zorch – Zzoorrcchh
Woah. The profundity in which I used the F-word to describe this band just blew my Mormon brain. But, it works. … read more
Reviews: Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest
As a record, Tomorrow’s Harvest falls back into familiar sounds that have made them a touchstone in contemporary music: decaying, VHS transfer textures, drawn-out synth melodies, understated beats, the occasional guitar line or serrated arpeggio and obscure sampling of robotics long gone by. … read more
Review: Wildest Dreams – S/T
Wildest Dreams = Obscured by Clouds–era Pink Floyd + Dungen + Circle … read more
Review: Wax Fang – The Astronaut
While you may roll your eyes at the pretense of a concept album about an astronaut emerging from a black hole as a limitless superbeing, it is hard to fault the ambitious scope of this project—two musicians from Louisville, KY scoring these massive, soaring, 10-minute-plus epics with symphonic scores, brawny psych guitar work and droning atmospherics. … read more
Review: Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco
The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco = Giorgio Moroder + Donna Summer + Gloria Gaynor
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Review: Various Artists – A Rough Guide to Psychedelic India
Various Artists = Ray Spiegel Ensemble + Asha Bhosle + The Bombay Royale … read more
Review: Various Artists – I Can’t Give You The Life...
I Can’t Give You The Life You Want = Clandestine Mixes + SMM: Opiate + 4AD’s Lonely is an Eyesore compilation … read more
Review: Various Artists – Senegal 70
Senegal 70 = Tinariwen + Lagos Disco Inferno + Orchestre Bawobab … read more
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Review: Various Artists – SMM: Opiate [Ghostly International Comp.]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Noveller, Celer, Black Swan and Pjusk (plus many more) breathe life into their structured explorations of softened noise and white, foamy swells of feedback and elongated tones. Concentrated as this compilation is, there is a surprising amount of variety running through the curated contributors. … read more
Review: Various Artists – Trilogy Part I, Heaven; Part II,...
Heaven is the first of a trilogy of Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Montenegran and Macedonian artists who, as the name suggests, play in a vein of subdued electronic music. … read more
