Album Review: Sleep ∞ Over – Forever Josh Becker·October 3, 2011Austin, Texas bedroom-dream-pop outfit Sleep ∞ Over began as a trio. After releasing a self-titled cassette and the...Album Reviews
Album Review: Twin Sister – In Heaven Josh Becker·September 29, 2011In Heaven open with a solitary space-age vibraphone. It’s the kind of familiar yet otherworldly sound you might...Album Reviews
Album Review: CAVE – Neverendless Josh Becker·September 22, 2011Chicago-based psychedelic quarter CAVE has been floating just under the radar for the past few years. The band’s...Album Reviews
Album Review: Trouble Books and Mark McGuire – Trouble Books and Mark McGuire Josh Becker·September 1, 2011Trouble Books, the dream pop husband-and-wife duo of Keith Freund and Linda Lejsovka, describe themselves on their last.fm...Album Reviews
An Introduction to Skweee Josh Becker·August 31, 2011Born in Sweden and Finland back in the mid-2000s, Skweee is an emerging new electronic-based genre slowly expanding its traction.
Track Review: Grouper – “Water People” / “Moving Machine” Josh Becker·August 31, 2011Recorded at Texas’s non-profit gallery and studio Ballroom Marfa, Grouper’s latest single “Water People” recalls the intimate guitar...Track Reviews
Album Review: Sun Araw – Ancient Romans Josh Becker·August 25, 2011Guess which Sun Araw release I’m describing: syrupy guitars, dubbed-out bass stabs, echoing keyboards, chanting vocals, and tribal...Album Reviews
Album Review: Maria Minerva – Cabaret Cixous Josh Becker·August 9, 2011Estonia is a little country in northeastern Europe that just so happens to sit at a variety of...Album Reviews
Album Review: Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Luminaries & Synastry Josh Becker·August 3, 2011Rachel Evans has been pulling an Emeralds all year. During the latter half of the previous decade, the...Album Reviews
Album Review: Higuma – Pacific Fog Dreams Josh Becker·July 21, 2011It’s tricky to review a drone album, because so much of the music is visceral. Sure, I could...Album Reviews
