Category Archives: Drone
The Helen Scarsdale Agency: Fire and Ice
“Some say the world will end in fire,” writes Robert Frost, “Some say in ice.” A pair of new albums from The Helen Scarsdale Agency represents both viewpoints: Jim Haynes‘ Scarlet the former, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson‘s So Long the latter. As I write
The Helen Scarsdale Agency: Fire and Ice
“Some say the world will end in fire,” writes Robert Frost, “Some say in ice.” A pair of new albums from The Helen Scarsdale Agency represents both viewpoints: Jim Haynes‘ Scarlet the former, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson‘s So Long the latter. As I write
Abre Ojos ~ Fracture
We open on the shot of a priest, but it doesn’t remain benign for long; the head splits in two, a demonic voice erupts, and the entire screen fractures, reflecting the title of the DVD. Abre Ojos clearly has a bone to
Abre Ojos ~ Fracture
We open on the shot of a priest, but it doesn’t remain benign for long; the head splits in two, a demonic voice erupts, and the entire screen fractures, reflecting the title of the DVD. Abre Ojos clearly has a bone to
Logan McBroom ~ Orchestra Death
The eye is drawn to Iris Childres’ intense cover art: a woman is dangled and decapitated, and yet there’s no blood. She seems resigned, even defiant; no scream escapes her lips, no contorted mask of pain. She seems alive and
Logan McBroom ~ Orchestra Death
The eye is drawn to Iris Childres’ intense cover art: a woman is dangled and decapitated, and yet there’s no blood. She seems resigned, even defiant; no scream escapes her lips, no contorted mask of pain. She seems alive and
Isobel Ccircle~ ~ The House in the Harbour
Once one gets past the name of the duo, a moniker that defies spell checking, one is freed to enjoy the music: in this case, a haunted house tape based on a detective’s personal journals. Coffin bells ring, specters glide
Isobel Ccircle~ ~ The House in the Harbour
Once one gets past the name of the duo, a moniker that defies spell checking, one is freed to enjoy the music: in this case, a haunted house tape based on a detective’s personal journals. Coffin bells ring, specters glide
Ricardo Donoso ~ Saravá Exu
‘There was no power in the world that could prevail with me to go through the mortal terror of another encounter with myself, to face another reorganization, a new incarnation, when at the end of the road there was no
Ricardo Donoso ~ Saravá Exu
‘There was no power in the world that could prevail with me to go through the mortal terror of another encounter with myself, to face another reorganization, a new incarnation, when at the end of the road there was no
Maxime Corbeil-Perron ~ KATHARSIS
ACL’s first review of the new year! Our readers were introduced to Montreal’s Maxime Corbeil-Perron last year as part of Le Pélican Noir, and were introduced to KATHARSIS when it was featured as one of our Best Album Covers of 2014. Now we turn to the
Maxime Corbeil-Perron ~ KATHARSIS
ACL’s first review of the new year! Our readers were introduced to Montreal’s Maxime Corbeil-Perron last year as part of Le Pélican Noir, and were introduced to KATHARSIS when it was featured as one of our Best Album Covers of 2014. Now we turn to the
ACL 2014: Top Ten Drone
The extended tones of drone can undulate and loop or attack like disturbed bees; they can lull one to sleep or startle one awake. Both types of drone are represented in this year’s picks. Some familiar names are present, joined
ACL 2014: Top Ten Drone
The extended tones of drone can undulate and loop or attack like disturbed bees; they can lull one to sleep or startle one awake. Both types of drone are represented in this year’s picks. Some familiar names are present, joined
Drunken Sufis ~ Fiber Optic Tap
A beautiful oddity from Bad Friend Records, Fiber Optic Tap is a keepsake cassette, each copy featuring a frame from the video. Great attention has been given to this release, so much that one wonders if the bad friend might be a
Drunken Sufis ~ Fiber Optic Tap
A beautiful oddity from Bad Friend Records, Fiber Optic Tap is a keepsake cassette, each copy featuring a frame from the video. Great attention has been given to this release, so much that one wonders if the bad friend might be a
a closer listen 