Review by Francis D “Look To The East, Look To The West” Camera Obscura Indie pop from Glasgow, Scotland. The revered band’s 6th album, first since 2013 — and most importantly, first s...
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Review by Gary Lemco BLANC is a symbol of the purity and serenity Dubeau sought as a result of her cancer diagnosis. The selected compositions by diverse composers in diverse styles has provide...
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Review by Gary Lemco This collection features chamber music by Finnish composer Ilari Kaila (b.1978), with the Aizuri Quartet joined by pianist Adrienne Kim. The compositions were written 2003-...
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Review by Francis D “Hovvdy” Hovvdy Indie folk rock, Americana and alt country from the Austin-based duo of Charlie Martin and Will Taylor. Band name is pronounced ‘Howdy.’ 5th album. ...
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Review by Francis D “Light Verse” Iron & Wine Indie folk singer-songwriter, Sam Beam. 7th solo studio album, and the first since 2017’s “Beast Epic.” While Beam is known for his hush...
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Review by Adam Pearson Slowcore / melancholic indie rock. Mostly slow-mid tempo; simple drumming; dreamy, delayed, or clean guitar parts; and newly prominent synths. The second wave slowcore gr...
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Review by Francis D “Revelator” Phosphorescent 8th studio album for indie folk/Americana singer-songwriter, Matthew Houck. Houck’s albums have often been somewhat raw and contemplative, ...
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Review by DJ Aporia Shoegaze / dream pop. Latest LP of the ’90s English shoegaze legends, the follow up to 2017’s excellent self-titled record and their second on Dead Oceans. It’s very d...
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Review by DJ Aporia Alternative rock with industrial and darkwave tendencies. Chelsea Wolfe is a genre-spanning artist whose previous records have encompassed gothic folk, doom metal, darkwave,...
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Review by Francis D “Only God Was Above Us” Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend returns with its 5th studio album. The title is taken from a news article about an airliner whose roof blew off ...
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Review by Stanford Storytelling For: Shygirl’s Club Shy Blane Muise, an English DJ and singer-songwriter better known as Shygirl, captures the lively and authentic essence of early 2000s el...
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Review by fatnat FCC Clean :) 1 (6:49) - A fun disco-esque electronic track. It feels very much like the start of a hotel pool party in the late Spring. 2 (7:38) - A medium-level energy trac...
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Review by fatnat FCC Clean 1 (5:42) - starts faint with looped gitchy crunchy samples. Bass is dry with some light reverb. Somewhat cerebral and experimental...feels like a grey dusty day par...
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Review by fatnat FCC Clean! Producer/DJ based in Oakland, CA. Resident Advisor says that they produce "darkside jungle and 4-on-the-floor breakbeat-hardcore." I have no idea what this means but...
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Review by Gary Lemco By the late 60s, California-born composer Terry Riley (b. 1935) was celebrated in experimental musical circles. Since 1964, he had become a cult figure on the West Coast sc...
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Review by Gary Lemco Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) are a set of six works from 1720 but published in 1802 by Nikolaus Simrock in Bonn. The German violinist ...
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Review by Diego Aguilar-Canabal UK-based glitchy acid-y house, chopped disco samples and groovy tropical keyboards to keep that booty shakin’ from night till noon. Chill and soulful sample-ba...
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Review by Diego Aguilar-Canabal Loud industrial / rhythmic harsh noise from Barcelona, Spain’s feedback guru. Distorted beats and earsplitting air raid sirens drop you in the heart of a sonic...
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Review by Diego Aguilar-Canabal Harsh noise duo from Finland with industrial overtones. Dense broken mic feedback, clanging chainsaw rhythms, radio static, all that good stuff. RIYL Merzbow, To...
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Review by Diego Aguilar-Canabal Heavy art-rock / dream-metal-gaze with ambient/noise shoe-polish-remover from Brooklyn, NY. Lead singer / baritone guitarist Brendan Landis (see Hey Exit) brings...
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Review by Diego Aguilar-Canabal Heavy gameboy-driven drum & bass / IDM from Tokyo’s prolific breakcore auteur Tsunematsu Hikaru. Raw, stripped-down amen break samples get crammed into a compr...
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Review by fatnat RIYL: Soulwax, Rustie, Four Tet, Lone, Zomby, Caribou FCC VIOLATION in Track 5 (f bomb) 1 (3:24) - melodic vibraphone entrance, super airy bass and synth backing 2 (3:43) -...
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Review by fatnat Dub techno FCC Clean! 1 (7:28) - feels like a lower bpm, maybe 110ish. It's a slow burn starting with a boiler room esque sound. It's pretty much the same throughout the son...
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Review by fatnat FCC Clean! House and techno 1 (5:38) - pretty classic boiler room techno track...think undisclosed basement filled with people wearing black, sunglasses, smokeables and lase...
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Review by Elly Artist: Matilda Lyn Album: A Bowl of Unripe Fruit Overall: Really cool, almost squeaky, soft female voice. Lyric heavy, very poetic, lots of plucky guitar. It’s giving Clair...
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Review by Elly Artist: Quannnic Album: Stepdream Overall: Emo album that is a fun listen with mid vocals that are often drowned out by the instruments. Reminds me of some live bands I’ve se...
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Review by Gary Lemco Recorded in 2015, this collection celebrates the chaconne, which like the passacaglia, is a procedure evolving from a single, repeated harmonic sequence perpetual in the ba...
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Review by Gary Lemco Brooklyn-born Michael Shapiro (b. 1951) assembles a suite of his compositions, of which the Archangel Concerto occupies pride of place. The piece, set in two mvmts, conform...
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Review by Gary Lemco Recorded in 2017, this compendium of contemporary, Alabama-born, chamber music composers presents a diverse range of musical styles, with several compositions having been d...
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Review by Francis D “Daniel” Real Estate Sixth full-length album from the indie soft rockers. Originally from New Jersey, now based in Brooklyn. Pleasant, catchy jangle pop rock. Sunny, tu...
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Review by Francis D “The Past Is Still Alive” Hurray For The Riff Raff Indie folk rock, Americana and singer songwriter tunes from Alynda Segarra. Originally from the Bronx, they left home...
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Review by Be Sharp COUNTRY A big 1970s star, Tanya Tucker had nearly disappeared before her 2019 album While I’m Livin’ launched a comeback. Now here’s the follow up. While good, IMO t...
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Review by Francis D “The Returner” Allison Russell Allison Russell’s sophomore release. Weaves blues, gospel, roots and jazz into ten “genre-fluid” tracks. Following the raw, cathart...
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Review by Be Sharp CONTEMPORARY FOLK / COUNTRY FOLK / AMERICANA On this tribute album, a mostly all-star group of artists interpret songs of Nanci Griffith who passed away in 2021. Griffith ...
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Review by Francis D “Faith Crisis Pt 1” Middle Kids Alt rock and synth pop trio from Sydney, Australia — fronted by multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist, Hannah Joy. Also in the band ...
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Review by Be Sharp CONTEMPORARY FOLK / SINGER-SONGWRITER This record of Joni Mitchell’s surprise live appearance at the Newport Folk Festival won the Grammy award for best folk album. Joni...
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Review by Be Sharp FOLK-ROCK / SINGER-SONGWRITER Joan Osborne’s 12th studio album since her breakthrough nearly 30 years ago has a dozen new, good songs, all of them written or co-written ...
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Review by Alex Strong Very cool blending of Electronic methods and traditional instruments. Feels like you are OF musical culture with all the blending. Background synthetics play very well wit...
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Review by Alex Strong Mia Joy is from Illinois and started making music in 2016. Album (really a short EP) consists of 4 songs. Ambient and slow; Lots of reverb, vocals are very light, like hav...
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Review by HYPRK Bold and unafraid third release from indie folk / Americana artist and Stanford alum, Lizzie No. Alternates between harp and guitar led ballads, with razor-sharp (and often hear...
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Review by HYPRK Speedy, textured, trance-tinged techno from Oslo duo (and Flux Collective labelheads) Skodde. BMP ranges from 146-151, so we’re getting there fast. All tracks have a nice shee...
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Review by HYPRK Sizzling organic techno from Austrian newcomer, Conntex. Recently co-founded COMO records. Great percussion-forward sound that creates a robust, driving, backbone. Serious stuff...
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Review by Francis D “Blue Raspberry” Katy Kirby Katy Kirby is Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who originally hails from Nashville via Texas. Her indie folk-rock style is relaxed and intim...
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Review by Be Sharp This folk music "opera" was produced by Alan Lomax and recorded as a radio program in 1945 in support of WWII. - Notable actor/singers include Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, Pet...
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Review by Francis D “Thank You!” The Real Numbers San Francisco-based power pop band with its 4th album (and first since 2015). Eight years in the making, with a long and winding road to r...
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Review by fatnat Melodic techno with a huge Latin American influence. Feels like one long summer dance party in various stages in one album. RIYL: Sofi Tukker, Black Coffee, Nicola Cruz, Nicol...
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Review by fatnat Bold, fun, colorful electronic music (although some tracks are a little boring) RIYL: Laurence Guy, Bicep, Elkka, TSHA, Fred again.., Jayda G, Jungle !!!FCC VIOLATION in Trac...
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Review by fatnat Rooftop, beachside summer party vibes. Like other Polo & Pan albums it's super groovy techno disco house music. All the tracks are great. RIYL: L’Impératrice, Lewis OfMan, ...
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Review by Be Sharp INDIE FOLK POP Here’s a new trio from the Seattle area. Their website says they released a debut EP in February 2023 then another in November. This “deluxe” edition ...
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Review by Be Sharp INSTRUMENTAL PSYCHEDELIA / EXPERIMENTAL KZSU Day of Noise veteran Ernesto Diaz-Infante plays fretless electric guitar with effects produced by digital modeler. He is joine...
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