Tuesday, October 5 2010
Fennesz Daniell Buck: Knoxville
An experiment between experimental musicians? The trio sound like strange tinkers under power lines, cobbling together these songs under constant drone, wavering dissonance.
Monday, March 8 2010
Pimmon: Smudge Another Yesterday
Australian sound artist smudges, snaps, crackles, pops, and sprinkles the warm glowing remains all over.
Wednesday, November 18 2009
Cracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction by Caleb Kelly
Kelly's study provides access to some fascinating theories of, and experiments in, the "wrong" uses of technology as explored by some important sound artists of the phonographic era.
Wednesday, August 5 2009
Kid606: Shout at the Döner
Master of the musical pun, Kid606 still lives up to his puerile namesake and brings us all down to his level for an amazingly fun journey through wonky-synth dance music.
Tuesday, July 21 2009
Machinedrum: Want to 1 2?
Most of Travis Stewart's fourth Machinedrum album sounds noisy, and it is hard to tell how much of the distortion is purposeful glitch-hop or generally lazy. It's not his best work.
Friday, July 10 2009
Jim O’Rourke: I’m Happy, and I’m Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4
Not a straight-up masterpiece, but a thorough and thoughtful exploration of the possibilities of glitch music though the ears of a true sonic master.
Thursday, April 30 2009
Prefuse 73: Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
Heron's best work since One Word Extinguisher is a true album experience, meant to be played start to finish in one uninterrupted session for maximum enjoyment.
Monday, April 6 2009
Spoonbill: Zoomorphic
One of the quirkiest and funkiest folk-glitch albums ever made.
Thursday, September 11 2008
Pole: 1 2 3
Pole exists in minimalism's ghetto and its grotto, impoverished and sparse but never lacking in appreciation of its personal surroundings.
Wednesday, May 30 2007
Yvat: Chroma
Yvat's new EP Chroma sounds at least as "designed" as it does composed.
