Feature: Rediscover “Gone Glimmering” October 23, 2021 In the mid-1990s, while math rock’s Don Caballero moved forward a modus operandi of the complicated, inverted time signatures culled from Slint’s Spiderland, others were… Continue Reading
Holy Hell: ‘Standards’ is 20 June 24, 2021 A standard reveals a specified level of quality, and is used to measure or model, to compare, to connote. In musical terms, it’s a… Continue Reading
Review: Slint – “Breadcrumb Trail” b/w “Good Morning, Captain” February 12, 2021 It will take a pair or two of solid elephant’s ears to hear the microscopic distinctions between Slint‘s Spiderland, post-rock’s mighty Rosetta Stone, and the 1990… Continue Reading
Review: Meeting With Hans – “Genius Loci” August 8, 2019 Multi-instrumentalist Tomas Svoboda is clearly out to toy with listeners’ expectations of recording fidelity. The Czech musician’s third LP as Meeting With Hans –… Continue Reading
Justin Vellucci’s Top Ten Records I Reviewed This Year — 2018 Edition December 16, 2018 Well, here it is, Mr. December, yet another year, yet another year-ending list. And what more can be said? We want to be free…. Continue Reading
Review: Papa M – “A Broke Moon Rises” August 29, 2018 Talk about a phoenix rising from the ashes of it all, am I right? Consummate post-rock guitarist David Pajo returns to excellent form on… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Papa M – “Highway Songs” January 18, 2017 At first blush, Papa M’s Highway Songs LP is a mess or, at best perhaps, unbalanced. But first blushes, like a journalist’s first drafts… Continue Reading
