Jackie McDowell is the “lone wolf” creative spirit known as Inez Lightfoot. Currently residing in Portland, OR with hubby Matt and their cat Toody, Jackie keeps herself busy with a wide variety of endeavors, ranging from collaborating with Belgian experimentalist Felicia Atkinson (Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier), to continuously developing her own line of handmade...
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Best Album To me this year Eli Keszler’s “Oxtirn” (ESP-Disk) stood out among all the proper albums I heard. Keszler’s depth of vision and prodigious technique are remarkable, and on this LP the diverse elements of his sound form an intricate mosaic. Small motors flicker and cackle against piercing notes from bowed metal, while...
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2011 was overflowing with amazing sounds. Here’s a snapshot of some things that entered into and stood out in my own little musical universe. Best Album Lee Noble “Horrorism” (Bathetic) I’ve been quite fond of everything I’ve heard from Lee Noble over the past few years. His previous releases tended to compartmentalize specific aspects...
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This high quality release by the duo of Mike Haley and Dave Doyen runs a course between serene, long-drawn-out synth parts to harsh discord.
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Here are some things I enjoyed in 2010: Best Album Sun City Girls, “Funeral Mariachi” (Abduction) Part of the Sun City Girls’ appeal for me was always their unpredictability, their total refusal to play by anyone’s rules but their own. So it was fitting then, not only as a tribute to the late Charles...
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Stunned Records has in recent times developed a reputation for some of the most refined, elliptical and hermetic drone releases out there.
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Los Angeles-based musician Seth Kasselman has been recording under the Warm Climate moniker for over a decade now. During this time, his project has undergone various stylistic and personnel changes, but the last few years have seen him craft arguably his most accomplished and boldly inventive work to date. His past two releases on...
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