Of all the celebrity deaths in the past few years, the death of Billy Mays seems to have affected Foxdye the most.
Read More »
Archive for February, 2011
Foxdye, “Monsters Of Meme”
DTV, “Volkshaus” 3″ CDr
A resident of Berlin by way of Bristol, musician Anton Maiof has his hands in a plethora of projects.
Read More »
Nin Kuji, “Sayonara”
Proving that there is still a lot of life left in Noise, Nin Kuji’s latest shows not only a mastery of the form, but also of it potential future uses.
Read More »
Suzanne Langille/Neel Murgai, “Wild and Foolish Heart” LP
Suzanne Langille and Neel Murgai recorded most of this LP live at Brooklyn’s Issue Project Room in 2008.
Read More »
Daily Life, “Necessary and Pathetic”
Creepy synthpop: vaguely 1980s, vaguely British-sounding.
Read More »
Sealings / Lois Magic split tape
Sealings start this cassette off with what I at first took to be a blast of blown-out, primitive black metal. I couldn’t have been further from the truth, except for the blown-out part.
Read More »
The Secret, “Solve et Coagula”
If proof was needed that the CEOs of Digitalis Industries have a distinguished sense of humour, then this is it: Just a few weeks after I had nominated the fact that “Southern Lord keep releasing pointless hardcore albums” in my look back at 2010, the Rose couple includes “Solve et Coagula” by The Secret...
Read More »
Sunol, “Ohlone”
This CD from California artist Sunol features gentle folk-pop melodies and plenty of multi-tracked, reverbed harmony vocals.
Read More »
Kevin Drumm
Fact 1: Necro Acoustic was one of the best records of 2010. Fact 2: Sheer Hellish Miasma is maybe the best noise album ever. Fact 3: It’s way easier to see Kevin Drumm play live these days. So 10 questions for Mister Kevin Drumm.
Read More »
McCormick Percussions Group, “The Music of Gui Sook Lee”
While not technically minimal, the music of composer Gui Sook Lee does allow for a lot of silence to permeate his pieces.
Read More »
V/A, “Saigon Rock & Soul – Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974″ 2xLP
Every time I expect the cover to be sealed on that great well of late ’60s-early ’70s psych/rock/pop/etc, a straggler sneaks out.
Read More »
