Matmos ~ Plastic Anniversary

We’ve always known that Matmos could be fun, but we never knew how funny they could be ~ until we watched the video, “How To Turn Your Plastic Into Audio Gold.” The couple is entertaining enough to host their own TV show.  They’ve been

Matmos ~ Plastic Anniversary

We’ve always known that Matmos could be fun, but we never knew how funny they could be ~ until we watched the video, “How To Turn Your Plastic Into Audio Gold.” The couple is entertaining enough to host their own TV show.  They’ve been

Meitei ~ Komachi

We last reviewed Hiroshima’s Meitei in our 2018 article, Music for Haunted Houses.  The new album preserves the nostalgia while replacing ghosts with memories.  Komachi is a work of unique beauty, a time-spanning mix of influences old and new, a celebration of the

Meitei ~ Komachi

We last reviewed Hiroshima’s Meitei in our 2018 article, Music for Haunted Houses.  The new album preserves the nostalgia while replacing ghosts with memories.  Komachi is a work of unique beauty, a time-spanning mix of influences old and new, a celebration of the

SP* Episode 2: DANCING ON THE HYPHEN – with Phillip Johnston

Phillip Johnston moved to Australia over a decade ago, but NYC still feels like his home turf. We were both back in town last November for Thanksgiving, and we met to discuss memory, music, media, the (not-so-silent) history of silent

SP* Episode 2: DANCING ON THE HYPHEN – with Phillip Johnston

Phillip Johnston moved to Australia over a decade ago, but NYC still feels like his home turf. We were both back in town last November for Thanksgiving, and we met to discuss memory, music, media, the (not-so-silent) history of silent

Euglossine ~ Coriolis

You know how Pop Art tricks you into thinking it’s very simple while in fact being extremely complex? How all those images of comics expanded into huge canvases allude to certain forms of abstraction, or how those reproductions of publicity

Euglossine ~ Coriolis

You know how Pop Art tricks you into thinking it’s very simple while in fact being extremely complex? How all those images of comics expanded into huge canvases allude to certain forms of abstraction, or how those reproductions of publicity

Old Solar ~ SEE

We can’t remember the last time we heard three great post-rock albums this early in the year.  MONO set the bar high, but now we have California’s Wander and North Carolina’s Old Solar to add to our list.  We’re overdue, as in

Old Solar ~ SEE

We can’t remember the last time we heard three great post-rock albums this early in the year.  MONO set the bar high, but now we have California’s Wander and North Carolina’s Old Solar to add to our list.  We’re overdue, as in

Bernard Rands ~ Chains Like the Sea

We love a unified thematic release.  Chains Like the Sea places its planets in alignment.  Robert Henry Harrison‘s cover art is the entry point.  This oil painting, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, is angular yet measured, a taming of wave and architecture, a fluid representation

Bernard Rands ~ Chains Like the Sea

We love a unified thematic release.  Chains Like the Sea places its planets in alignment.  Robert Henry Harrison‘s cover art is the entry point.  This oil painting, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, is angular yet measured, a taming of wave and architecture, a fluid representation

*Press A* ~ Pikuniku, She and the Light Bearer, Fated Era

Masdito Bachtiar, Pathetic Experience & Christabel Annora ~ She and the Light Bearer Hailing from Surabaya, Indonesia, composer Masdito Bachtiar and neo-folk group Pathetic Experience have created an uplifting soundtrack in She and the Light Bearer, full of cute and

*Press A* ~ Pikuniku, She and the Light Bearer, Fated Era

Masdito Bachtiar, Pathetic Experience & Christabel Annora ~ She and the Light Bearer Hailing from Surabaya, Indonesia, composer Masdito Bachtiar and neo-folk group Pathetic Experience have created an uplifting soundtrack in She and the Light Bearer, full of cute and

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė ~ In Search of Lost Beauty …

The latest work from New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is a gorgeous, slowly-building suite that invites listeners to lose track of time.  The tracks range from a minute to a quarter hour, but the transitions are virtually invisible: segues

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė ~ In Search of Lost Beauty …

The latest work from New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is a gorgeous, slowly-building suite that invites listeners to lose track of time.  The tracks range from a minute to a quarter hour, but the transitions are virtually invisible: segues