Review: Soft Plastics – “5 Dreams” June 5, 2020 Carey Mercer is back! Just two years after the glorious art-rock ensemble Frog Eyes dissolved into the ether, Vancouver’s favorite troublemaker surfaces today with company as… 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
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: Frog Eyes – “Violet Psalms” May 22, 2018 Frog Eyes’ frontman Carey Mercer has said Violet Psalms – the band’s goodbye record, out late last week on Paper Bag – was written… Continue Reading
Review: Saleeha – “Come Wander Through The Pale Dark” April 19, 2018 As Saleeha, the Australian-born, Vancouver-based Max Buchanan makes meditative, slowly unfurling soundscapes that, surprisingly enough, do not echo or mime fellow Vancouver-based ambient artist… Continue Reading
REVIEW: High Plains – “Cinderland” March 3, 2017 Soundscape master Scott Morgan (better known by his working name, Loscil) and the cellist Mark Bridges have birthed and produced, as the duo High Plains, a debut record… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Rachel Grimes (2014) December 22, 2014 Rachel Grimes knew how to play the piano before she learned to walk. “My dad and grandmother played, so I was always sitting beside… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Loscil – “Sea Island” November 21, 2014 I’m starting to become convinced that you haven’t heard a pulse dissolve or a measure replicate off-time quite right until you’ve heard Loscil, which,… Continue Reading
