Feb 16, 2012 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews
“Getting into the zone for The License To Interpret Dreams is difficult at first. Opener A Fragile Acceptance sets the rulebook right away; there are no hooks or choruses to speak of. Just a lone piano, striking as if it were a clock at noon, fading in and out...
Feb 16, 2012 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
“Kramies is a Colorado-based artist who has been releasing music under the supervision of Todd Tobias, the famed producer and collaborator of Guided By Voices and other Robert Pollard endeavors. The music of Kramies is quite a far cry from anything in the...
Feb 16, 2012 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews, Slow Dancing Society Reviews
“We Don’t Look Back For Very Long is Antonymes (a.k.a Ian Hazeldine) going to the slow dance club, as he has reworked and re-titled (not remixed, mind you) 4 tracks by fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society (a.k.a. Drew Sullivan). It starts with...
Feb 13, 2012 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“In is the first of a so-called ‘triptych release’ including the forthcoming albums On and Off, scheduled over the next 12 months, by German experimental ambient artist/composer/musician Markus Mehr. Mehr’s elegance have been presented before,...
Feb 13, 2012 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Markus Mehr ‘s new album “In ” is the promising first part of a trilogy: it will be followed by “On” (june 2012) and “Off” (january 2013), so the entire trilogy will take an exact year to complete. “In”...
Feb 2, 2012 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“One’s enjoyment of this album will likely hinge on one’s regard for repetition. When a loop changes timbre yet repeats for 25 minutes, is this a good thing or bad? Is the intricate process behind such tweaking fascinating to the ear, or tedious? A curious...
