Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Last Days ~ Fragments

If you’ve ever made a mixtape or playlist, you’ve likely encountered the same problems as Graham Richardson (Last Days).  Sometimes there are too many tracks to shove into a small space.  Sometimes a track you love doesn’t match the timbre

Last Days ~ Fragments

If you’ve ever made a mixtape or playlist, you’ve likely encountered the same problems as Graham Richardson (Last Days).  Sometimes there are too many tracks to shove into a small space.  Sometimes a track you love doesn’t match the timbre

Simon Scott ~ Soundings

Where were you when Slowdive was formed back in 1989?  NOT BORN YET?!!  Thanks a lot, you’ve just made Simon Scott and I feel old.  But there’s a huge difference between old and irrelevant and old and vital, and Scott lands firmly on the

Simon Scott ~ Soundings

Where were you when Slowdive was formed back in 1989?  NOT BORN YET?!!  Thanks a lot, you’ve just made Simon Scott and I feel old.  But there’s a huge difference between old and irrelevant and old and vital, and Scott lands firmly on the

Teeth of the Sea ~ WRAITH

Ten years have passed since Orphaned by the Ocean, and Teeth of the Sea is still going strong.  (Having formed in 2006, the band is now a teenager ~ look out, world!). So why don’t the musicians look happy?  It’s partially due

Teeth of the Sea ~ WRAITH

Ten years have passed since Orphaned by the Ocean, and Teeth of the Sea is still going strong.  (Having formed in 2006, the band is now a teenager ~ look out, world!). So why don’t the musicians look happy?  It’s partially due

Snow Palms ~ Everything Ascending

Here’s a fun one, as Snow Palms returns with a new lineup and a new sound.  At first, Snow Palms was a solo venture for mallet instrumentalist David Sheppard with friends; Origin and Echo made a big impact when it was released in

Snow Palms ~ Everything Ascending

Here’s a fun one, as Snow Palms returns with a new lineup and a new sound.  At first, Snow Palms was a solo venture for mallet instrumentalist David Sheppard with friends; Origin and Echo made a big impact when it was released in

Yodok III ~ This Earth We Walk Upon

This Earth We Walk Upon has a lot in common with last week’s Super Bowl.  Nothing happens for quite a long time, leaving the highlights bunched up at the very end.  But after analysis, we realize that a lot was happening

Yodok III ~ This Earth We Walk Upon

This Earth We Walk Upon has a lot in common with last week’s Super Bowl.  Nothing happens for quite a long time, leaving the highlights bunched up at the very end.  But after analysis, we realize that a lot was happening

Hugh Marsh ~ Violinvocations

The first thing people will ask upon hearing this album is, “Where’s the violin?”  Trust us, it’s there.  But Hugh Marsh has spent decades defying expectations, and he’s not about to change now ~ especially because it’s been a decade

Hugh Marsh ~ Violinvocations

The first thing people will ask upon hearing this album is, “Where’s the violin?”  Trust us, it’s there.  But Hugh Marsh has spent decades defying expectations, and he’s not about to change now ~ especially because it’s been a decade

bvdub ~ Explosions in Slow Motion

One doesn’t listen to a bvdub album as much as one experiences a bvdub album.  Brock Van Wey’s releases tend to be expansive in sound and generous in length.  Explosions in Slow Motion fills four sides of vinyl and at 77:32, pushes the edge of

bvdub ~ Explosions in Slow Motion

One doesn’t listen to a bvdub album as much as one experiences a bvdub album.  Brock Van Wey’s releases tend to be expansive in sound and generous in length.  Explosions in Slow Motion fills four sides of vinyl and at 77:32, pushes the edge of

Silmus ~ Laaksum

If Google Translate is correct, laaksum is the Frisian word for salmon, a metaphor for swimming upstream through the challenges of life.  The title is apt; in the opening moments of “Laaxum” (the track), we can even hear the water.  Netherlands musician Silmus continues to release

Silmus ~ Laaksum

If Google Translate is correct, laaksum is the Frisian word for salmon, a metaphor for swimming upstream through the challenges of life.  The title is apt; in the opening moments of “Laaxum” (the track), we can even hear the water.  Netherlands musician Silmus continues to release