Monthly Archives: February 2011

New Wonder Wheel on the way…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by quartertonality

Friend of the blog, Wonder Wheel, has dropped a line to inform the internet public (that’s you) that their first proper full-length release is coming via a cassette release available through Burger Records in the coming months. Said release will … Continue reading →

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Album review: Colin Stetson – “New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges”

Posted on February 8, 2011 by quartertonality

Colin Stetson is a saxophonist that is clearly out of his mind. Sax players, in my experience, are a divided lot. They usually either stay on the side of jazz or classical and never the twain shall meet. More accurately, … Continue reading →

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Album review: Chikita Violenta – “Tre3s”

Posted on February 4, 2011 by quartertonality

Chikita Violenta is a Mexican indie rock band that is trying to make waves in a very crowded scene right now. They have the sound and the songs and, mostly, the production backing them up. Unfortunately they are about 6 … Continue reading →

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Album review: Deerhoof – “Deerhoof vs. Evil”

Posted on February 3, 2011 by quartertonality

Deerhoof, the ultra-quirky indie math rock/pop/irony heavy band is back with an album cheekily titled “Deerhoof Vs. Evil”. To me Deerhoof is a band that I am constantly curious about. They seem to be combining things that one wouldn’t necessarily … Continue reading →

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Album review: Sonic Youth – “SYR 9: Simon Werner a Disparu”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by quartertonality

I should start this post with a full disclosure: I am just about the biggest fan of Sonic Youth that there can be. This is not to say that I instantly love everything that they do. Even I can admit … Continue reading →

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Album review: The Insane Warrior – “We Are the Doorways”

Posted on February 1, 2011 by quartertonality

Music has the ability to take on a character of its own and often the musicians that are creating it feel that they are a different person while in the studio. This much is quite true for hip-hop producer RJD2 … Continue reading →

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