Apr 1, 2011 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Hotels mainman Blake Madden is on record as describing this album as (deep breath) ‘ a spy epic set in a casino in outer space’… Ry Cooder with a Morrissey quiff and a set of effects pedals, the echoing, Bigsby twisted riffs that were...
Mar 25, 2011 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Much like Fat Cat’s enigmatic Hauschka and found applying a similar ear for the harnessing, manipulating and choreographing of space and silence as additional instrumentation to enhance both mood and texture as Jon Atwood nee Yellow6, Antonymes dapples...
Mar 25, 2011 | Antonymes Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “For the past two years, Antonymes has been working hard to make an impact, which seems an odd thing to say about a man whose music is so quiet. And yet, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, it often takes more talent to play fewer notes: to know when...
Mar 25, 2011 | Liam Singer Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Sublime cut from last year’s great Dislocatia album. A rushing, tacked piano opens like silent film accompaniment, then a ghost story with a spectral female backing vocal (Wendy Allen of labelmates Boxharp) carries the plot, finishing with a...
Mar 24, 2011 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Definitely one of the best new pos-rock bands, APRICOT RAIL hails from Perth…. The music of APRICOT RAIL is a unique mix of guitar-lead classic post-rock a la MONO and MOGWAI, extra percussion and, surprisingly maybe, a wind section consisting of...
Mar 21, 2011 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “In an interview with yours truly for [sic] Magazine, Hotels’ frontman Blake Madden revealed the band’s next project would be a “a spy epic set in a casino in outer space”…. ‘On The Casino Floor’ is a sprawling and enigmatic work of art. No doubt...
