Jul 20, 2009 | Elisa Luu Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “There is a balance of songness and sound, of an experimentalist’s emphasis on texture and a composer’s on tone, that makes Elisa Luu’s Floating Sounds (Phantom Channel) one of the most immediately awarding and arresting netlabel releases of the year thus...
Jul 20, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Apricot Rail succeed where so many other post-rock bands fail because they’re able to get to the point. What genre-defining bands like Explosions In The Sky take eight or nine minutes to do Apricot Rail are capable of in three and a half. This impeccable sense...
Jul 17, 2009 | Reviews, Tarcutta Reviews
Excerpt: “Tarcutta ‘you’ve gotta crawl before you walk before you waltz’ (hidden shoal). Released as something of a teaser heralding the imminent arrival of their debut self titled full due in July, we’ve a sneaking feeling that once ’you’ve gotta crawl before...
Jul 16, 2009 | Reviews, Tangled Star Reviews
Excerpt: “more of Tangled Star’s sympathetic mixture of mid-tempo, mellow indie pop/rock with a slight, slight touch of alt country/Americana… Quality songs. Solid material. In fact, music for bigger masses, without being too mainstream. Just catchy...
Jul 16, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Apricot Rail do sound a bit like Mogwai meets Múm… This is a song growing in intensity, and a song growing on you every time you spin it. File under ‘happy-sadness’. Skip ‘post’, let’s just say ‘modern...
Jul 16, 2009 | Down Review Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Okay its gorgeous, in fact frankly its sublime… A beautifully snoozing dream woven treasure that had us here recalling in an instant the likes of Gnac, Landshipping and Boards of Canada, all crunchy beats, heart caressing tenderised electronic...
