Posts Tagged: Hidden Shoal
ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
What is an album cover? The answer seems obvious, but it’s not. For years, an album cover was a 12″ x 12″ image that graced the front of a record sleeve. Once in a while, the cover was obscured by
ACL 2020 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
What is an album cover? The answer seems obvious, but it’s not. For years, an album cover was a 12″ x 12″ image that graced the front of a record sleeve. Once in a while, the cover was obscured by
Liminal Drifter ~ Connected
We sat on this album for an entire season ~ it remained on the outskirts of our consciousness, struggling to find its way to the top like a buried daydream. But here it is, summer, and the recent heatwaves have
Liminal Drifter ~ Connected
We sat on this album for an entire season ~ it remained on the outskirts of our consciousness, struggling to find its way to the top like a buried daydream. But here it is, summer, and the recent heatwaves have
Markus Mehr ~ Liquid Empires
Markus Mehr may be fascinated by the aural properties of water, but Liquid Empires is no nature album; neither is it placid. The tape surprises from the start: “Kissing” launches with a head-nodding pulse that leads into a senses-scattering drone, then recedes
Markus Mehr ~ Liquid Empires
Markus Mehr may be fascinated by the aural properties of water, but Liquid Empires is no nature album; neither is it placid. The tape surprises from the start: “Kissing” launches with a head-nodding pulse that leads into a senses-scattering drone, then recedes
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Experimental
This may be where music is headed ~ but then again, maybe not. These artists are iconoclastic in their approach to sound. From radio waves to distortion, puppetry to improvisation, they blaze their own trails, and those who can’t keep
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Experimental
This may be where music is headed ~ but then again, maybe not. These artists are iconoclastic in their approach to sound. From radio waves to distortion, puppetry to improvisation, they blaze their own trails, and those who can’t keep
Battlestations ~ Vixit
Is it live, or is it Memorex? The tagline comes to mind when listening to the third album from the purposely elusive Battlestations. If the first album was the prog album and the second the ambient album, the third is the
Battlestations ~ Vixit
Is it live, or is it Memorex? The tagline comes to mind when listening to the third album from the purposely elusive Battlestations. If the first album was the prog album and the second the ambient album, the third is the
Markus Mehr ~ Dyschronia
Dyschronia is an album eerily aligned with its time, as it addresses technology, surveillance, wiretapping and the disconnected plight of the modern era, while exuding an aesthetic appeal. Today’s industrial societies are approaching total technological immersion. Our words are recoverable even after they have been
Markus Mehr ~ Dyschronia
Dyschronia is an album eerily aligned with its time, as it addresses technology, surveillance, wiretapping and the disconnected plight of the modern era, while exuding an aesthetic appeal. Today’s industrial societies are approaching total technological immersion. Our words are recoverable even after they have been
Todd Tobias ~ Gila Man
Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records promise a “psychedelic sci-fi western adventure”, and that’s what they deliver. Arriving at around the same time as HBO’s remake of Westworld, the timing couldn’t be better. The album starts with electronic horse trotting, and
Todd Tobias ~ Gila Man
Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records promise a “psychedelic sci-fi western adventure”, and that’s what they deliver. Arriving at around the same time as HBO’s remake of Westworld, the timing couldn’t be better. The album starts with electronic horse trotting, and
Markus Mehr ~ Re-Directed
What’s going on inside all those disc drives, cellphones and computers? We’ve grown accustomed to obvious sounds: the whirr of a burning disc, the start-ups and shut-downs, the overheating hum of internal fans. But what about all the data stored,
Markus Mehr ~ Re-Directed
What’s going on inside all those disc drives, cellphones and computers? We’ve grown accustomed to obvious sounds: the whirr of a burning disc, the start-ups and shut-downs, the overheating hum of internal fans. But what about all the data stored,
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