Music Reviews
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MV and EE with the Golden Road Drone Trailer
Drone Trailer is the kind of record that could easily be shelved as a “nice enough” roots rock exercise, but the more it spins, the more it reveals itself as a rich emblem to the signature alloy of poise, wonder, and itching expansion that has typified MV and EE's post-Tower Recordings work.
Tom Whalen heads out toward the drone... -
Bon Iver Blood Bank
Melancholy gives way to shades of optimism as Bon Iver delicately expands his sound on his new EP, while retaining a sense that these songs were created in a time forever ago.
Apart from a subjective opening paragraph, Cara Nash reviews objectively… -
Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna
Slipped out by Warp during the tail end of 2008, the Brooklyn experi-mentalists have struck gold on their most compulsively engaging album yet.
Jody White gets all starrey-eyed... -
Maus Haus Lark Marvels
Lark Marvels, debut album from San Francisco's experi-sextet, Maus Haus, could be a response to the challenges imposed by Battles a couple years ago. Or, it could just be a really good album.
Sean Caldwell marvels... -
Geskia Silent 77
Mixing organic-sounding yet assumed electronica with hip hop and technical breakbeat, Geskia stands among Minotaur Shock, Four Tet, Autechre, cLOUDDEAD and Boards of Canada as one of the leading artists in the alternative electronica genre.
Miguel Morelli reviews... -
Plush Fed
Destined to be a lost classic?
Brett Oronzio determines... -
White Lies To Lose My Life...
Could White Lies be the best British guitar band since, er, Bloc Party.
David Coleman confronts the first hyped UK release of 2009... -
Zero Boys Vicious Circle / History Of (Re-issues)
During hardcore's hey-day, while all eyes were fixated on the coasts, Indiana quartet Zero Boys cracked the country down the middle with their now classic slice of rock n' rage, Vicious Circle. Record label, Secretly Canadian, is putting Vicious Circle back into circulation, along with their unrealized follow-up History Of.
Sean Caldwell knows the big rockstar who made a lot of money... -
Remember Remember Remember Remember
Released last November, Remember Remember might not have captured the imagination of a music press more preoccupied with compiling its end of year lists than unearthing the next great Glaswegian musician, but that's not a reflection on the quality of Glasgow musician Graeme Ronald's creation.
David Coleman reviews... -
APSE Spirit
Beware the ravaging hordes!
Alan Shulman reviews...
