Syrinx, a collective of four talented noisemakers, creates extremely intricate and brilliant drones over two tracks and 1 hour.
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Archive for September, 2011
Syrinx, “Hunted: Without Tears In Their Eyes”
Mangled Bohemians, “At The Edge of Earth”
Driven by a placid intensity, ‘Mangled Bohemians’ drain folk and psychedelic music of its collective connotations, their hushed sound instead relying upon repetition and loose ambience to evoke wary joy and noncommittal sublime.
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Ladies Auxiliary, “My Side of the Mountain” CDr
Colin Pate of Remote Islands has a new crew that is sending out shocks from the epicenter of their hometown of Philadelphia.
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James Blackshaw, “Holly” EP
Above everything else, it is the near mastery of interlocking chord progressions, melodies, and synthesis of style and content that make “Holly” an important release.
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Land Of Blood And Sunshine, “Into The Mystery” LP
I can only imagine that if there was a pop-psych band playing in the background of some scene from Deliverance, It would have been Land Of Blood And Sunshine.
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Baldruin, “Schatten & Lichter” tape
“Schatten & Lichter” is German for “shadow and lights” (at least this is what a handy internet translator tells me).
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Hobo Cubes, “Perceptive Pulses” tape
A sonic passage through transient mindscapes.
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Nernes/Skagen, “Confession” LP/tape
This album comes from deep in Norwegian sludge and experimental metal territory, and therefore is both very recognizable and quite mysterious.
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Two Men In A Boat: An Interview with Walls
In 2010 Sam Willis of London DJ duo Allez-Allez came together with Alessio Natalizia of bedroom pop project Banjo Or Freakout to release the first, self-titled Walls album. Released on Kompakt, the über-slick German label best known for records by The Field, Gui Boratto and it’s founder Wolfgang Voigt, WALLS was a short, sweet...
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