Henry Smith

Henry Smith is a senior Music History major at Bard College. He currently balances his time between reviews for various publications, a thesis on John Cage's 4'33," and his band Herons.

Henry Smith's website is here.

latest reviews by Henry Smith....
Henry's lifetime average review-rating is 7.62
Towering Heroic Dudes "Bad Old Daze" Nice and destroyed... rated 8/10 (7 April, 2010)
Various Artists "Utmarken" Awesome vinyl-only compilation... rated 9/10 (31 March, 2010)
Julian Lynch "Orange You Glad" Delightful... rated 8/10 (24 February, 2010)
Dylan Ettinger "Fruit Bats" Such a great tape... rated 8/10 (11 November, 2009)
The Dovetail Consort "East & West" A great little three-inch... rated 7/10 (2 September, 2009)
Rusted Shut "Dead" Putrid, in a good way... rated 7/10 (2 September, 2009)
Tarab "Take All the Ships from the Harbour, and Sail them Straight into Hell" A really dense record... rated 7/10 (2 September, 2009)
Various Artists "Up All Night: 20 Heavy Nuggets from the Golden Age of Hard Psych" Nice stuff... rated 7/10 (20 August, 2009)
Anonymeye "The Disambiguation of Anonymeye" A unique and solid effort... rated 7/10 (5 August, 2009)
Nadja "Numbness" Another Nadja record... rated 5/10 (5 August, 2009)
Sutra Wonderful... rated 7/10 (5 August, 2009)
Blues Control "Local Flavor" I can't even begin to tell you how good this is... rated 9/10 (22 July, 2009)
Locrian "Plague Journal / Apochryphal City, Portents Fallen" Locrian rips it again... rated 8/10 (15 July, 2009)
Sunshine System Sometimes "Celestial Shimmer" Doesn't really deliver... rated 5/10 (15 July, 2009)
Tsukimono "Time Canvas" An exquisitely done LP release... rated 9/10 (4 June, 2009)
 
 
26 September, 2010
The New Foxy Digitalis Check out the new site.... feature :: by Brad Rose

8 September, 2010
Ernesto Diaz-Infante Since the mid-nineties, composer/guitarist Ernesto Diaz-Infante has been releasing some of the most boldly unclassifiable and uncompromising music that spans an unbelievably wide range of sounds... feature :: by David Perron

Horaflora Horaflora is San Francisco-based musician Raub Roy. .. feature :: by Mike Pursley

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird
15 September, 2010
Lucky 13 Jani Hellén's 13,000,000th dream.. podcast :: by Jani Hellén

10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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