Review: Murder for Girls – “Done In The Dark” April 22, 2020 When I reviewed Murder for Girls’ last LP, All The Pretty Stars, for the SWPA-based zine Punksburgh back in 2017, I cited as the… Continue Reading
Review: Talking Book – “Talking Book II” April 22, 2020 The best film scores are symbiotes, feeding off developments on the screen as much as their notes and flourishes contribute non-diagetic narrative elements such… Continue Reading
Review: Clara Engel – “Hatching Under the Stars” April 17, 2020 “To Keep the Ghost at Bay” opens Clara Engel’s new LP – their 28th release on Bandcamp, out digitally on 5 April – and it… Continue Reading
Review: Sir Richard Bishop – “Oneiric Formulary” April 14, 2020 “Oneiric”, as Merriam Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary might note, applies to content whose narratives are dream-like or packed with the stuffing of… Continue Reading
Review: Gaelynn Lea – “Rebuild” April 7, 2020 Man, Gaelynn Lea knows how to wring the sentimentality out of an Electro Harmonix. The Duluth, Minnesota-bred composer/songwriter, who won the NPR Tiny Desk… Continue Reading
Review: Helen Money – “Atomic” April 6, 2020 The Chicago-based cellist Alison Chesley is accustomed to providing the sonic equivalent of accent marks and highlights on other people’s statements of intent. She… Continue Reading
Review: tetema – “Necroscape” April 3, 2020 Melbourne-based electro-acoustic musician Anthony Pateras has a way with words. Take, for example, the colorful context he sets in advance/press materials for “Haunted on… Continue Reading
Review: Ryan Rumery – “And, Apart” March 24, 2020 Multi-instrumentalist Ryan Rumery’s emotive music always has traded in a kind of nuance, with even his most emphatic statements – which often are bookmarked… Continue Reading
Review: Cabane – “Grande Est La Maison” March 14, 2020 There are only so many tablespoons of sugar you can put into your tea or coffee before it’s just sugar, with a spot or… Continue Reading
Review: Magnetic Ghost – “Pixels” March 13, 2020 There are many spots where one can enter Pixels, the new LP from Magnetic Ghost, the nom de guerre of Minneapolis multi-instrumentalist Andy Larson. I… Continue Reading
