May 23, 2016 Music Slow City by Liz Janes (Review) A wonderfully direct and captivating album, though it’s somewhat hampered by some muddled production.
May 12, 2016 Music Hyper Light Drifter (Original Soundtrack) by Disasterpeace (Review) Disasterpeace’s evocative soundtrack is reason enough to play “Hyper Light Drifter.”
Apr 2, 2016 Music Deafcult by Deafcult (Review) You get the sense that Deafcult’s members love making this music, and they love making it as loud and raucous as possible.
Jan 14, 2016 Music Thirty by Irezumi (Review) Irezumi crafts ambient soundscapes with such elegance that they never feel insufferable or too consumed by their own gloom.
Aug 30, 2015 Music Floaters by Lightning Bug (Review) It’s not often that an album comes from out of nowhere and immediately charms and enchants you. This is one of those albums.
Dec 7, 2012 Music Sleep Experiments by Sleep Experiments (Review) The trio’s debut album is lovely ambient folk-pop perfect for the coming winter.
Sep 7, 2012 Music When Ominous Red Sailing Stones Sleep Beneath Fire Rainbows by Jay Tholen (Review) The album continues Tholen’s streak as a fine purveyor of weird, fascinating music from the fringes of Christendom.
Aug 6, 2012 Music Flight Takes Thought EP by Sleep Experiments (Review) Sleep Experiments’ delicate, unassuming take on ambient dreampop and slowcore consistently conjure up autumn’s chillier climes.
Apr 10, 2012 Music Either/Orwell by Either/Orwell (Review) RIYL Hammock’s guitar-based ambience, Robin Guthrie’s solo recordings, and Stars of the Lid.
Jan 18, 2012 Music Ghost Colored Halo EP by lovesliescrushing (Review) A fascinating paradox has been at work in the heart of lovesliescrushing’s music for two decades now.
Sep 16, 2011 Music Vainglory EP by Jay Tholen (Review) Tholen’s latest is another fine example of his “Christ-centered chipwave.”
Feb 10, 2011 Music Rattle the Windows by Melaena Cadiz (Review) Cadiz’s self-released debut conjures up June Carter Cash and Patsy Cline as much as Joanna Newsom.
Nov 6, 2010 Music Black Trees Among Amber Skies by Altus (Review) Carss’ compositions are quite evocative and even occasionally intimate.
Aug 24, 2010 Music Gold Standard is “Instrumental Rock” in the Truest Sense (Review) The trio perform “instrumental rock” in the truest sense of the word: without vocals and fully intent on melting your face.
Jun 5, 2010 Music The Sun Rose in a Different Place by Echodrone (Review) In the end, this feels very much like a “transition” record to me.
Mar 31, 2010 Music Slow Motion Breath Forward by Talik (Review) Talik creates a warm, relaxing ambient/electronica sound that works quite nicely for late night listening sessions.
Feb 3, 2010 Music Kairos by Caul (Review) For those of you who have always found Massive Attack to be too poppy and upbeat, Kairos might be just the thing.
Dec 2, 2008 Music Tri EP by Lansing-Dreiden (Review) Three all-too-short tracks that show off Lansing-Dreiden’s music in all of its glorious and maddening facets.
Dec 5, 2007 Music Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be by The Kleptones (Review) A madcap pastiche that’s everything you’ve come to expect from The Kleptones.