Be Your Own PET! – Get Awkward

Those crazy kids from Tennessee are back! With their second album! Why all the exclamation marks?! Why, because that’s the kind of effect this lot has on you! But what’s this – they’ve expanded their sonic palette? Oh. But we’ll get to that later; all you need to know right now is that their debutContinue reading “Be Your Own PET! – Get Awkward”

Boris – Smile

Another six months, another Boris album, or so it seems. Since late 2005, we’ve had collaborations with sunnO))), Merzbow and Michio Kurihara, as well as the Japanese version of Pink, the western version of that album, two separate releases of Vein (one fast and hardcore, the other slow and droney), Dronevil Final, split releases withContinue reading “Boris – Smile”

13&God: Men of Station E.P. (2005)Akimbo: Jersey Shores (2008) (Initial Thoughts)An Albatross: The An Albatross Family Album (2008) (Initial Thoughts)Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) (Initial Thoughts)Asa-Chang & Junray: Minna no Junray (2005)Ascoltare: B E A M, Part 1 (2007)Be Your Own PET: Get Awkward (2008) (Initial Thoughts)Beirut/Realpeople: March of the Zapotec/Holland (2009) (Initial Thoughts)Björk:Continue reading