Review: Loscil – “Clara” June 10, 2021 With Clara, the sound sculptor Scott Morgan continues to astound. Morgan’s latest LP as loscil – short, for the record, for “looping oscillator” –… Continue Reading
Review: Less Bells – “Mourning Jewelry” August 18, 2020 There is a visible, conscious process of decision-making, maybe even a brand of self-reflection, behind the constructions on Mourning Jewelry, the sophomore outing by post-classical… Continue Reading
Review: Pan-American – “Kidnap!” b/w “Casino” (Reissue) July 26, 2019 The typewriter appearing in “Kidnap!” is initially misleading but oddly apropos. The track, from an early Pan-American cassette recording re-released online this month, is… Continue Reading
Profile: Loscil (2019) July 19, 2019 Scott Morgan doesn’t listen to his work as Loscil after it’s been released. The Canadian avant-ambient sound-sculptor has little concrete sense of his discography…. Continue Reading
Review: Grouper – “Grid of Points” April 26, 2018 Grouper’s new LP – Grid of Points, out tomorrow via Kranky – is no Ruins, but its sparse pairing of multifaceted, ghostly voices with… Continue Reading
REVIEW: The Greatest Hoax – “Expiration Compositions” June 19, 2017 Expiration Compositions – the sophomore outing by composer Taylor Jordan, a.k.a. The Greatest Hoax – is a perfectly okay record. The synth work is… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Demen – “Nektyr” May 17, 2017 The opening track – fragile and damaged, haunted and haunting – is so, so, so good, all lulling, breathy vocals, skittering drums and imprecise… Continue Reading
PROFILE: High Plains (2017) May 5, 2017 For those who haven’t been paying attention, Cinderland — the debut LP from Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges, the duo known as High Plains… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Monument Builders” January 5, 2017 A melancholy pall hangs over much of Loscil’s Monument Builders, a mysterious little nugget of an LP out since November on Kranky Records. Musician’s… Continue Reading
