::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: [a]pendics shuffle :: Helicopter Hearts (Orac, CD) From the collection of the many eclectronic guises of Kenneth James Gibson (including Eight Frozen Modules) comes […]

(11.05.05) Off-Centre is a nice companion to At The Centre, Jack Dangers’ entry into the new-jazz series that Thirsty Ear is putting out. Off-Centre collects […]

(11.01.05) A collaboration between Robert Andrew Scott and Jacen Kemp, Flatline Skyline is a strange little flower growing in the noisy wasteland of Mechanoise Labs’ […]

(11.01.05) Tight as hot pants on Pam Grier. Smokin. Slick. Mod. And as advertised, groovy as a corrugated roof, shaking hips like a cronked belly-dancer: […]

(10.31.05) When Scatterheart came out it gathered a lot of attention, but my reaction was a bit tepid. I recognized Hecq’s talent, but I was […]

(10.22.05) A couple years ago I went to a friend’s studio where he had dozens of vinyl lying around. I noticed a record by Frog […]

(10.28.05) Be prepared for a serious contender for the Album of the Year award, no matter what you’re used to listen to. Either you’re a […]

(10.27.05) Combative Alignment’s first full-length CD release, after an LP and a couple of smaller vinyl releases, is the sonic ritual of …And Outside Glows […]

(10.26.05) The first release on Hive Records’ new imprint label, Suspicious, Leaf’s Made Into Itself tracks across slumbering hip-hop and dreamy trip-hop as it merges […]