Authors: Ryan Hall
Review: Loop – Array
Loop = My Bloody Valentine + Hookworms + The Black Angels … read more
Review: Kassé Mady Diabaté – Kiriké
Kassé Mady Diabaté = Sidi Touré + Toumani Diabaté + Bassékou Kouyaté … read more
Review: Jon DeRosa – Black Halo
Jon DeRosa Black Halo Rocket Girl Street: 05.25 Jon DeRosa = Jens Lekman + The Magnetic Fields + Beat Happening When I listened through this record a time or two, generally enjoying the 1950s pop of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison filtered through the skewed lens of Stephin Merritt’s fey, minor-chord subversiveness, I had to
Review: Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
Jóhann Jóhannsson = Carter Burwell + Hans Zimmer + Swans … read more
Review: KILN – Meadow:watt
KILN’s exploration of the juxtaposition of the natural and the manmade is extended beyond the title and into the music of meadow:watt. KILN combine various guitar and bass lines with programmed beats and hefty amounts of post-production editing to create something wholly organic and wholly crafted. … read more
Review: Imam Baildi – III
Imam Baildi = Thanasis Papkonstantinou + Ozomatli + Napalma … read more
Review: Iron Mountain – Unum
Iron Mountain = Grails + *shels + Russian Circles
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Review: Jalilah’s Raks Sharki – Stage Cuts
Jalilah’s Raks Sharki = Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack + Shankar Jaikishan … read more
Review: Holy Fuck – Congrats
Holy Fuck = Tussle + !!! (Chk Chk Chk) + Liquid liquid
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