Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

Lewtrakimou & Adam More ~ Fascinating Everything

The title is apt: Fascinating Everything is indeed fascinating.  This beguiling release goes in every direction save the expected; when it is over, one asks, what did I just hear?  The product of a former Arkansan (now in South Korea) and a Canadian,

An Illuminated Paths Quintet

Cape Canaveral is not only the launching pad for the Illuminated Paths cassette label, but a perfect metaphor for the city’s most active venture since the space shuttle.  The label has already released over 75 tapes this year alone, including half a

An Illuminated Paths Quintet

Cape Canaveral is not only the launching pad for the Illuminated Paths cassette label, but a perfect metaphor for the city’s most active venture since the space shuttle.  The label has already released over 75 tapes this year alone, including half a

Fall Music Preview: The Next 150

Our biggest preview yet, featuring over 150 albums scheduled to be released in the next three months, plus our top picks in every major category!  The best art, best tracks, and best upcoming albums can all be found right here.

Fall Music Preview: The Next 150

Our biggest preview yet, featuring over 150 albums scheduled to be released in the next three months, plus our top picks in every major category!  The best art, best tracks, and best upcoming albums can all be found right here.

Oskar Schuster ~ Tristesse Télescopique

Oskar Schuster has staked out a specific niche which has often been compared to the aural world of Amelie.  Music boxes, clocks, cameras and typewriters are fed into the mix, but where other artists incorporate such sounds, Schuster goes all-out.  Children tend

Oskar Schuster ~ Tristesse Télescopique

Oskar Schuster has staked out a specific niche which has often been compared to the aural world of Amelie.  Music boxes, clocks, cameras and typewriters are fed into the mix, but where other artists incorporate such sounds, Schuster goes all-out.  Children tend

M. Mucci ~ Don’t Be Afraid

We’ve always enjoyed the guitar playing of Ontario’s M. Mucci, but Don’t Be Afraid takes his sound to a higher plane with an expanded roster of piano, bass, pedal steel and drums.  On this album, his band moves into the territory of Do

M. Mucci ~ Don’t Be Afraid

We’ve always enjoyed the guitar playing of Ontario’s M. Mucci, but Don’t Be Afraid takes his sound to a higher plane with an expanded roster of piano, bass, pedal steel and drums.  On this album, his band moves into the territory of Do

Peter Kris ~ Rim of the World

Spring Break Tapes does something a little different on its latest release, which chronicles urban blight in the San Bernardino area.  Peter Kris (German Army) wandered through bleak neighborhoods and barren outposts, collecting images to chronicle the decay of once-proud structures

Peter Kris ~ Rim of the World

Spring Break Tapes does something a little different on its latest release, which chronicles urban blight in the San Bernardino area.  Peter Kris (German Army) wandered through bleak neighborhoods and barren outposts, collecting images to chronicle the decay of once-proud structures

An Oligopolist Trio

Inexpensive tapes, free downloads and a DIY ethic set Portland, Oregon’s Oligopolist Records apart from the pack.  Now in their 5th year of existence, the little label that could is continuing to make an impact in the industry.  The latest tapes from Live

An Oligopolist Trio

Inexpensive tapes, free downloads and a DIY ethic set Portland, Oregon’s Oligopolist Records apart from the pack.  Now in their 5th year of existence, the little label that could is continuing to make an impact in the industry.  The latest tapes from Live

In the Light of Air: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottír

Less than a month after Anna Thorvaldsdottír’s inclusion on Nordic Affect’s Clockworking, a new collection of her work has been issued.  This four-movement work (plus a concluding piece) premiered only a year ago, and is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.  At the

In the Light of Air: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottír

Less than a month after Anna Thorvaldsdottír’s inclusion on Nordic Affect’s Clockworking, a new collection of her work has been issued.  This four-movement work (plus a concluding piece) premiered only a year ago, and is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.  At the