Album Reviews

The Breakfast: Real Radio

Brian Gearing June 22, 2005 No Comments

The Breakfast have been painting aural gems on Midwest audiences for years, but their instrumental gifts aren

Dub Gabriel: Bass Jihad

Simon Cohn June 22, 2005 No Comments

Like Bill Laswell, whose Material project served as an early inspiration, Dub Gabriel makes trance music in the most traditional sense.

DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo : Drums of Death

Scott Peace-miller June 21, 2005 No Comments

DJ Spooky is no stranger to experimentalism or pushing the boundaries
of genre. Drums of Death creates a successful fusion of diverse
styles, a risky proposition which lives up to his ambition to create a
“rhythm dialog, building bridges between styles.”

33Hz: 33Hz

Kyle Connors June 14, 2005 No Comments

New York-based 33Hz quartet openly embraces the years, somewhere between 1979 and 1982, when disco shed its cheese and began its transformation into a full-bodied, danceable pop.

Slow Dazzle: The View from the Floor

David Eduardo June 13, 2005 No Comments

Considering their (our) Athens, Georgia roots I

The Books: Lost and Safe

Suzanne Asprea June 10, 2005 No Comments

With Lost and Safe, Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto of The Books turn in another loopy-dreamy collection of melodic narratives made up of snippets of found noises, spoken-word samples and acoustic instrumentation that carries on the

Emiliana Torrini: Fisherman’s Woman

Glen Levy June 10, 2005 No Comments

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: yes, the half-Italian, half-icelandic Emiliana Torrini sounds like Bjork. Just without the squeaking. Or high pitched sounds there for the benefit of dogs and – yes! – music critics. But hold on a minute, there surely can be room for both singers in this ever crowded world where, like London buses, you wait ages for one and then, well, two come along jostling for passengers? And if that doesn’t mix your metaphors, then who knows what will?