“Music” Archives

Deep’s music was more accessible than that of any Bauhaus records, but it keeps the same quality that characterizes them.

The Billions can write indie-pop odes to unrequited love that know all of the right ways to tug at the heartstrings.

It’s a rare thing to find music that’s as delightfully mopey as this, without becoming overbearing and overwrought.

I’m sure you’ll find plenty of fascinating things wading through Jetenderpaul’s sonic collage.

I hear a band with the talent and skill to be more than what they are, but instead, settling for a sound that doesn’t do their lyrics justice.

This is a work of art of an artist whose creative spark doesn’t seem to sell out regardless of the circumstances.

Before the disc is even out of the case you expect to have your speakers blown to bits under a barrage of nose-bleed techno.

It’s not a dull listen, because one never knows just how a song is going to end up.

The territory that Jurado explores is not for those seeking easy answers wrapped up in pop melodies.

In the end I couldn’t enjoy this for what it was, regardless of whether I ever figured out what that was.

A nice blend of accessibility and ambiguity reminiscent of Boards of Canada or Autechre’s less complex pieces.

Every song here could be a single.

It’s not all bad but there are far more interesting examples of this genre to be discovered.

It’s a riveting experience throughout and disturbs and entices in equal measure.

Asha Vida do wake up echoes of early Verve in a couple of the songs on Nature’s Clumsy Hand.

The soundtrack is a great sampler of some of the best acts on the Australian music scene.

Simply put, this disc is all over the place, jumping from dub to hip-hop, drum n’ bass to club-friendly downbeat.

Let these two releases be a lesson to the kids; you don’t need a record deal to make records.

Integrates industrial elements into a high voltage, easily recognizable Seattle modern rock sound.