Album
Pit Er Pat The Flexible Entertainer
After a couple of albums of drab post-rock, Chicago's Pit Er Pat blossomed into a much more interesting proposition on its 2008 full-length High Time, and that bloom continues on The Flexible Entertainer.… Read more »
Pick
Anthony "Shake" Shakir Frictionalism 1994-2009
Real Detroit techno heads have long been repping Anthony "Shake" Shakir's work, but only a few outside of that small scene have given him his proper due, if only because his profile's rise has been restrained by health issues and limited-run releases… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, House / Techno
- 03/18/2010
Liars Sisterworld
Maybe it's the two members with art-school backgrounds, but Liars have a knack for taking clichés to sublime places.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Rock / Indie
- 03/17/2010
Emptyset Emptyset
A hybrid project based in Bristol, England, Emptyset is grimy and cryptic, driven from within by the region's body-buzzing bass culture, inspired from without by minimal techno innovations in Berlin and Detroit.… Read more »
Kasper Bjørke Standing on Top of Utopia
The sophomore solo LP from Danish producer Kasper Bjørke, Standing on Top of Utopia, is a collection of solid, if unremarkable, songs on the hfn label.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, House / Techno
- 03/12/2010
White Hills White Hills
White Hills' last album, Heads on Fire, flared and throbbed in the peak-era Hawkwind/Comets on Fire vein of robust space rock that appeals both to stoners and acid acolytes.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Rock / Indie
- 03/11/2010
Josiah Wolf Jet Lag
Siblings hate being compared to one another, but it's impossible to listen to Josiah Wolf's debut effort without thinking of Yoni Wolf, WHY?'s master wordsmith and Josiah's brother/band mate.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Rock / Indie
- 03/10/2010
Bomb the Bass Back to Light
Plenty of people have mentioned the supposed tropical influence on the new Bomb the Bass album.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, House / Techno
- 03/09/2010
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Leftfield / Experimental
- 03/08/2010
Zelienople Give It Up
Somewhat confusingly described in their press materials as a "jazz trio," Zelienople may share Bohren & der Club of Gore's fixation on Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks music, but they cut that dreaminess with wandering clouds of guitar-nourished despa… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Leftfield / Experimental
- 03/05/2010
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