Review: Graham Costello’s STRATA – “Obelisk” January 18, 2019 It’s a calculated and unbelievably addictive kind of descent into madness. Obelisk — the (wait for it) BRILLIANT debut full-length from Scottish sextet Graham… Continue Reading
Review: Perch- “No Step” January 8, 2019 Call it math rock with more hooks than a tackle box. The new LP from the U.K. quartet Perch — No Step, self-released and out… Continue Reading
Review: Tenchio – “Bedroom Chaos of The Inner Noodle” December 4, 2018 Manuel Tenchio, who often just goes by the nom-de-guerre Tenchio, is a Uruguayan teenage guitar whiz who plays a kind of mutant math-thrash with… Continue Reading
Review: Rob Ford Explorer – S/T April 19, 2018 Just wow. The new self-titled LP from Reno’s Rob Ford Explorer, out earlier this month, is a potent gem, a heady amalgamation of jazz… Continue Reading
Review: Counterweight – S/T March 16, 2018 Compositions like the enigmatic “Time Is A Sphere,” with its marriage of modern jazz and math-rock, are enticing stuff but, ultimately, Counterweight’s new, self-titled… Continue Reading
REVIEW: BATTLES – La Di Da Di October 8, 2015 It’s been a handful of weeks since Warp Records released BATTLES’ La Di Da Di, the experimental outfit’s third full-length LP proper, and we should… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Zu – “Cortar Todo” May 13, 2015 Want a quick hit summary on an interesting record? Zu’s Cortar Todo, out now on Mr. Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records, is a mind-bending mélange of… Continue Reading
