High and mighty 6.5/10 FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT Chicago post-rockers Pit er Pat’s latest for Thrill Jockey was largely recorded live in the studio, with raw production embellished by an arsenal of exotic instruments including a bobo balaphone (!), Burmese temple gong and a vibraslap – to cite a few favourites [...]
Album Review: Pit er Pat – High Time
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Ambient, Music, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia
Tags:dub·Experimenal·jam·kalaedoscopic·post-rock·Prog·Psychedelia·Retro
Matmos – The Civil War
March 13th, 2004 · No Comments · Electronica, Music
The Struggle Against Unreality Begins 7/10 I bought this album unfamiliar with Matmos, perhaps unwisely, as this is not music for the uninitiated. The more you listen to it though, the more strange and wonderful parts of it seem. Unusually for the glitchy end of electronica, the music is amazingly evocative and narrational, whole epics [...]
Tags:Electronica·Experimenal·IDM