I wish there was a nicer way to say this, but Aidan Baker's newestrelease just isn't very good. It's disappointing because I trulyenjoyed a live set I caught of his in Toronto last year, and his recordwith Mnemosyne as part of last year's Piehead series was pretty solid.
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I only had to read a few of the song titles from Icelandicsinger-songwriter Blindfold to know I was in for music that would putme to sleep.
Stan Ridgway's solo albums have been getting more relaxed over the years. Whereas his early post-Wall Of Voodoowork sounded heavily structured and painstakingly produced, his recentwork has become looser...the edges are getting rougher, his lyrics andmusic are getting both darker AND sillier (often during the samesong).
Opening their latest album with "Hot Stenographer" communicates a clear message: this Seattle quartet is bent on blowing up stereo speakers and washing their musical style with a new approach.
Autonomous Addicts seems set up in every way to be yet anotherdisposable compilation of computer dance music that pads discographies,but it winds up being something much more interesting and essential.
The new EP from Andy Cabic’s group Vetiver is a subdued affair.Cabic and Vetiver are best known for their Devendra Banhart connection(Banhart performed on Vetiver’s self titled album and Cabic is now partof Banhart’s band, Hairy Fairy).
Witha list of remixers like Prefuse 73, Four Tet, and Danger Mouse as theprinciple selling point, I expected this single from Pedro to beindulgent or repetitive, but thankfully it is neither.
Though nowhere near as willfully experimental as some of hisearlier releases, Resilience promises to be an album that will find aprominent place in Kid 606’s body of work as his most meditative and(egads!) mature.
On his first solo release, Tamburo’smastery of the guitar is on clear display. The five tracks arebeautifully resigned compositions which explore not just the musicalpossibilities of the acoustic guitar, but also its ability to—pardonthe cliché—speak to the soul.
Likea sweet and sour sauce that's been haphazardly whipped together, KFC Coremanages to balance its hard, aggro side with its silly, playful side,despite the lack of effort that seems to have gone into some of theconstruction.
