Oct 28, 2010 | City of Satellites Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “I’ve often found that the best time to appreciate music is late at night, after a long day of hustle and bustle. For some reason, my brain is usually at it’s most peaceful state in the late hours, and I’ve found that I’m more accepting and open to new...
Oct 28, 2010 | Liam Singer Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Dislocatia is Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist Liam Singer’s third album. His first on Hidden Shoal. It is produced by Scott Solter, as were his second album; Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All), and features Wendy Allen on...
Oct 28, 2010 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Created using synths, processed guitars, distortion pedals, and computer (supplemented by additional sound sources including electric shavers, ventilators, electric tooth brushes, and field recordings), Markus Mehr’s Lava presents nine dark...
Oct 28, 2010 | City of Satellites Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “I like to think of this tune as an exercise in the sublime, with its gorgeous shoegazey shimmer (if all exercise was like this, obesity would be a forgotten dream in the pre-formed brain of an unborn child.) From the Australian duo’s engrossing...
Oct 28, 2010 | Liam Singer Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Regular readers will know that if it’s chamber pop, I’m there. Even for the converted though, this is thrillingly beautiful music, from the Brooklyn-based composer…. The 16 tracks include one mini-symphony after another, most of which...
Oct 28, 2010 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
Except: [Translated] “A monolithic body [of] sound sometimes waving [like] a giant environment, like a kaleidoscope, granting a few colors in pictures [the] are always different, this is “Lava” first album of German musician Marcus Mehr. The strong...
