Melody days from the artist formerly known as Manitoba 8/10 It took me a long time to get over how mediocre Caribou’s last album ‘The Milk of Human Kindness‘ was. After the psychedelic onslaught of ‘Up in Flames‘ (recorded under previous moniker ‘Manitoba’), his sophomore record was an exercise in plodding 60s-infused futility. I tried [...]
Caribou – Andorra
January 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Best of 2007, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, MP3s, Music, Psychedelia, Shoegaze
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ooioo – Feather Float
January 4th, 2006 · No Comments · Ambient, Music, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia
Featherweight 5/10 This was a massive dissapointment to me. I took a gamble on this after buying (and loving) ooioo’s album from 2000, ‘Gold and Green’, which was only released in the UK in 2005. Oddly, that older album is far superior to this in every way. Of course, ‘Gold and Green’ has its moments [...]
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ooioo – Gold and Green
December 9th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Alt-rock, Best of 2005, Music, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia
Ooh Yoshimi! 9/10 What a fantastic discovery. It is easy to see why the Flaming Lips should dedicate a whole album to Yoshimi P-We, one half of Japanese space rockers The Boredoms and ringleader of OOIOO. What they share with the Lips is a wonderous innocence and awe-struck playfulness, creating experimental music that is neither [...]