Apr 30, 2004 One by Small Life Form (Review) On One, Brian John Mitchell explores drone to its fullest, bathing the listener in huge swaths of pure sonic drifts and tides.
Apr 21, 2004 Seasonal LP by Dudley (Review) The word pleasant sums up this CD quite nicely — and I mean that in every good way imaginable.
Apr 21, 2004 Parthenay EP by Melodium (Review) Melodium attempts to take purely electronic arrangements and make them sound organic and natural.
Apr 21, 2004 Simples Visions by Harpagès (Review) Melodium attempts to take purely electronic arrangements and make them sound organic and natural.
Apr 9, 2004 360 Business/360 Bypass by Pan•American (Review) As slow and mellow an album as you’re likely to hear all year.
Apr 9, 2004 Pan-American by Pan•American (Review) It’s like Labradford remixing Seefeel remixing… Labradford!
Apr 7, 2004 Flaxen by Bethany Curve (Review) Clocking in at just over 26 minutes, the 6 songs on Flaxen represent some of the finest shoegazer/dreampop I’ve heard in God knows how long.
Apr 7, 2004 Supra Argo by Supra Argo (Review) Listening to the album reveals a kind of dark electronic pop that now sounds ten years out of time.
Apr 7, 2004 Pants Control by Lil Pocketknife (Review) I’m flabbergasted as to how something like this made it out the door without someone crying foul.
Apr 7, 2004 The Invisible EP by Invisible (Review) Clocking in at half an hour, it’s the perfect length and a good introduction for a promising new band.
Apr 7, 2004 Broken Lamp EP by Maduro (Review) In a way, it’s nice and refreshing to hear something so simple, unpretentious, and as honest as Maduro.
Mar 24, 2004 Ten by Clouddead (Review) More focused and concise then their debut, but still as out there as you’d expect from cLOUDDEAD.
Mar 20, 2004 The Incomplete Triangle by Lansing-Dreiden (Review) One of the most original and compelling albums, all artistic obscurity and nonsensical double-speak aside, that I’ve heard in a long time.
Mar 20, 2004 The North Shore (Bliss Out, Volume 20) by Manual (Review) From the very first delicate wisps of sound to the last atmospheric that fades over the horizon, The North Shore rarely disappoints.