Nov 9, 2020 Music Demen’s Darkly Atmospheric Nektyr Embraces Gloom and Melancholy to Stunning Effect (Review) The enigmatic Swedish artist’s debut album is dark, shadowy, and veiled, the perfect music for long, lonely winter nights.
Mar 26, 2005 Music Let Us Never Speak of It Again by Out Hud (Review) The new disc is far less skronky and cacophonous, its melodies having been burnished to a chrome-like, Euro-chic sheen.
Mar 6, 2005 Music Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Review) This is true pre-millenial tension, folks.
Mar 6, 2005 Music F#A# Infinity by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Review) Nothing’s small in GYBE!‘s music.
Dec 4, 2004 Music Kompilation by Various Artists (Review) Full of examples of why Kranky is one of the most essential — and consistent — labels currently out there in indie-dom.
Jul 7, 2004 Music Quiet City by Pan•American (Review) The most emotional and affecting Pan-American album to date.
Apr 9, 2004 Music Pan-American by Pan•American (Review) It’s like Labradford remixing Seefeel remixing… Labradford!
Apr 9, 2004 Music 360 Business/360 Bypass by Pan•American (Review) As slow and mellow an album as you’re likely to hear all year.
Feb 1, 2004 Music Clear Horizon by Clear Horizon (Review) These songs rarely feel as compelling as it seems like they should be.
Jun 26, 2003 Music S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. by Out Hud (Review) Holy crap… did I just use “fun, funky vibe” to describe a Kranky release?
Mar 22, 2003 Music Mi Media Naranja by Labradford (Review) They’ve really created a beautiful piece here that manages to be sparse and minimal while remaining emotional and moving.
Mar 22, 2003 Music Labradford by Labradford (Review) It’s a beautiful work, glittering with ice and chilly atmospheres.
Mar 22, 2003 Music E Luxo So by Labradford (Review) Each unnamed track is slow and purposeful, solid and often quite beautiful.
Mar 21, 2003 Music Songs for a Dead Pilot by Low (Review) Low plays each song in a very deliberate manner, as if each song survives from one chord or brushstroke to the next.
Mar 21, 2003 Music Secret Name by Low (Review) Some tracks may leave the new listener bewildered, but I challenge anyone to not find the beauty ultimately contained in these recordings.
Dec 3, 2002 Music Submers by Loscil (Review) I could only fully appreciate Submers’ nautical-themed soundscapes once I listened to them over headphones.
Oct 25, 2002 Music Trust by Low (Review) An album that reminds me of why I loved, and continue to love, their music so much.
Oct 19, 2002 Music The River Made No Sound by Pan•American (Review) Mark Nelson is determined to minimize his albums’ accessibility as deliberately as he minimizes his sound.
Jun 17, 2002 Music Stenorette by Amp (Review) AMP has indeed changed their sound, and not managed to totally disappoint in doing it.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Even in Silence by Jessica Bailiff (Review) Haunting female-fronted atmospheric music in the vein of Flying Saucer Attack and Low.