A true gem that shines gracefully with a cinematic sense and provides an absorbing forty-minute long listening experience. Nowadays it’s always nice to bump into […]
Tag: Shoegaze
Illustration Sonore / Paul Nelson :: Double review (Medical)
With their latest two releases Seattle’s Medical Records is making a new. As the label grows Troy Wadsworth is continuing his examination of the past […]
Figure Study / Max + Mara :: Double review (Dark Entries)
The temperature may be dropping but this hasn’t hindered Dark Entries productivity. Josh Cheon’s fervent release rate is being maintained with two LPs from two […]
V/A :: Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol 1 (Medical)
Medical Records, since the label’s inception, has been a two record at a time imprint. Now it’s time to buck the trend. Medical have three, […]
AUN :: Alpha Heaven (Denovali)
Retro-futuristic, shamanic, nocturnal. Alpha Heaven is an evocative multidimensional piece of music best consumed as a whole. Take it as you want, seems to be […]
Figure Study / Inhalt :: Double review (Dark Entries)
2013 looks to be the most productive year to date for Josh Cheon’s Dark Entries. Alongside a spread of superb re-issues is an exploration of […]
Laugh Clown Laugh / Play :: Double review (Medical)
It is releases like Laugh Clown Laugh and Play which have made Troy Wadsworth’s imprint the respected global label it has become. Medical Records is […]
Isinglass :: One 3 Four (Anna Logue)
One 3 Four melts with an emotionless disregard married with a synthesizer absorption that captured much of the New Wave spirit. I sometimes feel that […]
Conquering Animal Sound :: On Floating Bodies (Chemikal Underground)
A seminal second record by the Scots, full of interesting detail and powerful songwriting. It’s hard not to feel that if Björk were to start again, […]
Algebra Suicide / Los Microwaves :: Double review (Dark Entries)
Whereas Algebra Suicide employed drum machines to create a laconic monologue, Los Microwaves used electronic equipment to drive experimentation. Two disparate LPs exploring different avenues […]
4PLAY :: Multi-review for Aquarelle, Ekin Fil, Secret Pyramid, John Davis (Students of Decay)
Below are considered and passing thoughts on four submissions from Alex Cobb‘s ever-diligent Students of Decay (previously on igloomag here and here). Two recent: an update […]
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