Oct 28, 2009 | City of Satellites Reviews, Reviews
“The City of Satellites ’stranger than fiction’ (hidden shoal). Last venturing these pages way back at missive 181 wherein we were sent to swoon heaven courtesy of the silken electro retro sounds found on their sumptuous three track ’the spook’ EP debut. The duo...
Oct 22, 2009 | Down Review Reviews, Reviews
“It’s difficult to listen to Down Review’s debut instrumental EP, From Here, For Anyone, without being reminded of early Broken Social Scene. It’s not as if these guys are offshoots from the Toronto indie collective or anything. Rather, the EP manages to...
Oct 22, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “So how exactly do you improve on near perfection…Entrusted with such an unenviable task of enhancing something without need of tinkering, Manzano pulls out the stops hooks the track up to his workbench and armed with his productive spanners...
Oct 8, 2009 | Reviews, Stray Ghost Reviews
Excerpt – “Of all the daring new punks giving old ambient stalwarts a run for their money, Saggers is at the top of the heap, a prime example of the refreshing and beautiful ambient renaissance of the past few years… At the forefront of his scene, Saggers...
Oct 6, 2009 | Down Review Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “The EP’s material can be characterized as wide-screen, richly-textured electro-acoustic sound design underlaid by laid-back rhythms inflected with subtle shadings of funk and hip-hop. Commendably, Down Review opts for understated elegance, with...
