Time Room – Something New (Album Review)
Hailing from Minneapolis, Time Room are a post punk outfit who use frantically changing time signatures, a brash and bright guitar sound, and sense of carefree immediacy to create wonderfully playful rock music. Their latest album “Something New” has a stylistic cohesion across its eight tracks. Blending garage rock withContinue Reading
Interview: BallinaPunx release “The Last Gig at Emmett’s” by Shithatt
Ballina, County Mayo, population ten thousand, used to be the biggest town in the county. In the early twentieth century, that distinction was transferred to the growing Castlebar, some forty kilometres away. Today, Ballina is a known destination for salmon fishing and attracts anglers from around the country. It isContinue Reading
Evan J Cartwright – bit by bit (Album Review)
Birds and bells sound for different reasons. Where birds sing for territorial and nesting purposes, bells knell for the passing of time. Yet they are both auditory fixtures of our human existence, sound symbolisms conjuring up memories and cultural experiences. The melody of birds and rhythm of bells orchestrate dailyContinue Reading
Interview: Jane Bruckner
Jane Bruckner is a Nova Scotian ambient musician and visual artist whose economic sense of environment imbues her work with a refined edge. Inspired by the artist Agnes Martin, her debut collection Agnes was released in March 2022 and features five blissfully compelling tracks. There’s an elegant charm to Bruckners’Continue Reading
Minm are Creating a Grassroots Solution to Ethical Streaming
Daniel Ek, founder, and CEO of Spotify has always put forward that Spotify values growth over profits. This yarn reminds me of the exploits of Gregor MacGregor, a nineteenth-century Scottish con man who made a fortune by getting people to invest in his fictional country of Pioyala. MacGregor duped theContinue Reading
Hulm – Do you have a minute? (Album Review)
Given that this collection was released on April 1st, one might mistake it for a practical joke. A general lack of seriousness is communicated throughout, from the comically absurd cover art to the track titles that spell out “A MINUTE”, “Do you have a minute?” sees Hulm create bastardisations ofContinue Reading
Single Reviews: April 10th 2022: Skinny Dippers, Courting, Joe Holt, Flagman, The Heart Attack-Acks
Photo by Armin Wedding Ring by Skinny Dippers indie rock “Wedding Ring” is a peachy slice of innocent indie rock from New York via Skinny Dippers. The single uses the melodic elements and sentimentality of Midwestern emo rock a la American Football and strips them back to a more straightforward folk-rockContinue Reading
Kyiv by Hania Rani
This touching release from Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani was recently released in aid of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Somber and compelling notes play over mournful strings and atmospherics. There’s a feeling of powerlessness in the track’s slow and thoughtful approach, as though nothing can be done aboutContinue Reading
Consumed in Key – Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales (Album Review)
Consumed in Key – Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales In 1998 Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, released Consumed, an IDM album that is widely considered to be his defining work and which the New York Times said was too tense to be considered New Age; they are/were right. Consumed In Key is a collaboration betweenContinue Reading
Interview: Marc Kellaway
Experimental ambient musician Marc Kellaway makes atmospheric soundscapes inspired by swimming pools. I’ve always appreciated a good swimming pool. Not only do they provide the space for aquatic exercise and leisure, they provide of a feeling of being caught between times; the modern and the ancient. They represent humanContinue Reading