May 2, 2011 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Ambient is term which can be thrown about a little too readily these days. But how do you define it? Simple song structures? Sparse instrumental arrangement? Pace? Or a combination of these things? One’s thing’s for sure: if you were to add beauty to...
Apr 1, 2011 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Antonymes has swiftly built a strong following with emotive music which is melancholic but never morose… At a time when mainstream music has lost much of its value with the average consumer, a work such as The Licence To Interpret Dreams reminds...
Apr 1, 2011 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “a minimal explanation of discovery, borne out of travels that extended around Europe. A certain inspiration that gives perspective for wider observations from distances of every measure, but also capped with a certain amount of isolation… It’s...
Apr 1, 2011 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “If Europa isn’t quite a whirlwind tour around the world in eighty days, it’s at the very least a journey through Europe in forty-five minutes—and very much a scenic one at that… An attempt to distill personal memories of eleven...
Apr 1, 2011 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “With its third album, On the Casino Floor, Seattle’s Hotels have fashioned a concept album set in an outer space gambling den that relates the story of a secret agent who is trying to save the universe from an evil galactic prince. If that sounds...
Apr 1, 2011 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Their style of music is… style. The lines of demarcation between glamour and kitsch begin to blur just as quickly as Hotels guitars sharpen. They are ‘Julee Cruise meets Kraftwerk‘, part dream pop, part surf, part electro post-punk. Even the name...
