“Music” Archives
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Long drives through midwestern nowheres have become forever linked to Hood’s 1999 masterpiece.Holding On by Peter James (Review)
Melancholic dark ambience that is as good as anything I’ve purchased from the likes of Projekt, Cold Meat Industries, Manifold, Soleilmoon, etc.Time Is On My Side by Tobias Lilja (Review)
The first important album of 2007.La Stanza Di Swedenborg by Vanessa Van Basten (Review)
A welcome shot in the arm for the world of intelligent metal.Friend Opportunity by Deerhoof (Review)
Deerhoof’s experimentation often seems to serve no other purpose than to show off that the band can, indeed, experiment.We Know About The Need by Bracken (Review)
Those expecting to hear the pastoral soundscapes that Hood meanders through on their albums might be a bit surprised.Caught and Lost by Loss Of A Child (Review)
Loss of a Child have yet to arrive at a sound that conveys the power they’re straining so hard to communicate.City Island by The Artificial Sea (Review)
A solid debut whose restraint leaves the listener wanting more — in a very good way.Shades of a Vast Moment by Void’s Anatomy (Review)
Jorge’s songs pirouette on the edge of an abyss, her delicate voice seemingly quite outmatched by the long, dark night of the soul that she faces.Best of Bootie 2006 by Various Artists (Review)
You’re struck by the thought that perhaps some higher power had always intended for the components to be mashed together.The Night’s Bloom by Pinetop Seven (Review)
A vital collection of everything that’s beautiful and evocative in the group’s spooky, forlorn music.Aerial Days by Songs of Green Pheasant (Review)
Aerial Days is full of tiny shimmering moments of beauty.So This Is Goodbye by Junior Boys (Review)
Every single note, melody, and beat on So This Is Goodbye has been streamlined and polished as much as possible.Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens (Review)
I’ve heard most of the songs on here before, countless times. But I had never heard them like this, in such a sublime context.