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Michael Lightborne ~ Sounds of the Projection Box

What a great record.  And thank God it’s vinyl, because this is the only way to hear Sounds of the Projection Box, which is at once an homage to antiquated technology, a requiem for days gone by and a reflection of

Michael Lightborne ~ Sounds of the Projection Box

What a great record.  And thank God it’s vinyl, because this is the only way to hear Sounds of the Projection Box, which is at once an homage to antiquated technology, a requiem for days gone by and a reflection of

Bus Gas ~ Immortal Yeller / Amulets ~ Mountains Past

Spring Break Tapes‘ double cassette is the type of release that makes one happy to own the physical product.  A series of cards, some die-cut and others clean, are included in the snug case so that one may create one’s

Bus Gas ~ Immortal Yeller / Amulets ~ Mountains Past

Spring Break Tapes‘ double cassette is the type of release that makes one happy to own the physical product.  A series of cards, some die-cut and others clean, are included in the snug case so that one may create one’s

Max Cooper ~ One Hundred Billion Sparks

Max Cooper is already having a great year.  Fresh from the success of his multi-media Emergence album and tour, he’s released his first mix compilation, Balance 30, and contributed a remix to one of the year’s finest albums, Floex and Tom Hodge’s A Portrait of

Max Cooper ~ One Hundred Billion Sparks

Max Cooper is already having a great year.  Fresh from the success of his multi-media Emergence album and tour, he’s released his first mix compilation, Balance 30, and contributed a remix to one of the year’s finest albums, Floex and Tom Hodge’s A Portrait of

Drifting in Polar Seas

Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition.  Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they

Drifting in Polar Seas

Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition.  Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they

Less Bells ~ Solifuge

Solifuge is a sweet surprise, a debut album that seems to emerge out of nowhere and makes an instant impact.  During its live debut at a sunset concert in Joshua Tree, California, Less Bells (Julia Carpenter and friends) was paired with a stop-motion

Less Bells ~ Solifuge

Solifuge is a sweet surprise, a debut album that seems to emerge out of nowhere and makes an instant impact.  During its live debut at a sunset concert in Joshua Tree, California, Less Bells (Julia Carpenter and friends) was paired with a stop-motion

Father Howl ~ Wayward Doctrine

The little ghost from the band’s self-titled debut may be gone, but it’s been replaced by a host of new terrors, portrayed in the Crumb-like cover design from Aaron Guadamuz: drugs, mass media, scornful adults.  Inside the disc are other

Father Howl ~ Wayward Doctrine

The little ghost from the band’s self-titled debut may be gone, but it’s been replaced by a host of new terrors, portrayed in the Crumb-like cover design from Aaron Guadamuz: drugs, mass media, scornful adults.  Inside the disc are other

Fall Music Preview ~ Electronic

Our Fall Music Preview comes to a close with the largest of our five articles.  Together, we’ve listed an average of four albums a day for the next two months.  And since we’ve only included pre-September announcements, we’re expecting the

Fall Music Preview ~ Electronic

Our Fall Music Preview comes to a close with the largest of our five articles.  Together, we’ve listed an average of four albums a day for the next two months.  And since we’ve only included pre-September announcements, we’re expecting the

Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

Tired of hearing the same old stuff?  The fall experimental schedule includes a collection of unearthed Soviet treasures, a boxed set of field recordings, a debut album of gothic theremin, art books, free jazz, improvisation and an industrial opera.  Originals

Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

Tired of hearing the same old stuff?  The fall experimental schedule includes a collection of unearthed Soviet treasures, a boxed set of field recordings, a debut album of gothic theremin, art books, free jazz, improvisation and an industrial opera.  Originals