Feb 15, 2013 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
“New stuff from Perth’s Apricot Rail is always a good thing, particularly when it sounds like this. “Basket Press”, the first single from the second Apricot Rail record, Quarrels, is a typically restrained track that starts whisper-quiet and builds to something...
Feb 15, 2013 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
“Damn, but latter-day post-rock bands can be dour. Something renders so many of them dry, or scrunched up into a kind of passive-aggressive melodrama. Too many of them belong to the post-Mogwai/Explosions In The Sky faction – increasingly hackneyed building...
Feb 15, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Marcus Mehr‘s Off is the concluding element in an ambitious trilogy. In and On, reviewed here in 2012, are vastly different in style, but set the stage for a grand finale. Now that all three pieces have been released, listeners can see how and where they...
Feb 15, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Off, the final installment in Markus Mehr’s ambient noise triptych which also includes the luminous releases In and On, dropped last week at Australia-based Hidden Shoal Recordings. The single, 42 minute long form piece mixes new samples and loops with...
Feb 15, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Markus Mehr is often compared to and grouped in with ambient composers like Tim Hecker and Fennesz for his use of timbre, bass, and unusual sound sources. But his collected works—In, On, Lava, Hubble, and now, Off—display an artistry and forethought that are...
Dec 30, 2012 | Slow Dancing Society Reviews
The wonderful ambient blog Hypnagogue has a great review of Slow Dancing Society’s fifth release, Lanterna Magica. Here’s an excerpt: “Sullivan’s cool pizzicato playing, like rain drops on guitar strings, forms the base of several tracks. “A Few...
