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About quartertonality

A recent (May 2009) graduate of the Masters program in Classical Guitar Performance as well as Music Theory/Composition at the State University of New York at Fredonia Adam is active as a performer, composer, educator and copyist. He is currently working on research concerning the guitar works of Leo Brouwer and Anton Webern, has recently completed a new edition of Webern's Op. 18 and is working as an assistant of a colleague that is researching works of Arnold Schoenberg. Formerly a member of the Ethos New Music Society which is responsible for the promotion of new music on the Fredonia Campus and elsewhere in Upstate New York (and beyond) through the production of student concerts of newly composed music, guest lecturers, symposia and concerts by new music ensembles like "eighth blackbird", "Auros" and "Continuum". I have a lot to say about music. I am constantly thinking about it. This site will be the culmination of all the other litter that I leave around teh interwebz. I am hoping to make this the central location for all of my rants and thoughts, mostly on music, but I'm not afraid to wander into other things.

Album Review: of Montreal – “False Priest”

Kevin Barnes and company are back with another album full of arty, psychedelic tunes. This time out they have employed the help of producer Jon Brion to bring us 13 over the top tracks that showcase an affinity for funk … Continue reading

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Video: Wonder Wheel – “After Dark”

I’m doing what I can to spread the word about Paul A Rosales and all of his projects. This video was done for his Wonder Wheel project, which is a band that recently finished their 23rd (yes, you read that … Continue reading

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Album Review: Grand Lake – “Blood Sea Dream”

Oakland’s Grand Lake have presented a debut full-length that is fully formed in its sound, with variance from song to song but without taking huge leaps in genre in an attempt to please everybody. This clearly developed sound is obviously … Continue reading

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Song in too much detail: The Burning Hell – “It Happens in Florida”

I just want to write something, hopefully brief, about a single song. The song in question is by a band from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada that goes by the name The Burning Hell. The band’s personnel changes from album to album … Continue reading

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Album review: Titus Andronicus – “The Monitor”

When it comes to Titus Andronicus’ “The Monitor” there is no such thing as hyperbole. There simply isn’t a way to describe this album well enough to get across the point of how amazingly complete, perfectly executed, and complex it … Continue reading

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The beginners guide to Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt, on the surface, seems simple enough. Two guys, Brian Gibson on Bass and Brian Chippendale on drums, are responsible for making enough noise to fill stadiums. Their music is an all out aural assault, yet it’s not all … Continue reading

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Show review in brief: The Flaming Lips at the Lewiston Artpark (July 22, 2010)

I see this show as a conclusion to the just about 2 weeks of insanity that I put myself through that started with Titus Andronicus in Buffalo on the 13th and continued through Pitchfork in Chicago. What a way to … Continue reading

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More Love for Tokyo Police Club

Since listening to Tokyo Police Club’s latest album “Champ” and reviewing it here I have only grown to love the album more. For a few days I had to listen to it first thing in the morning and then just … Continue reading

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Album Review: Paul A. Rosales – “Wonder Wheel I”

With his debut solo album Paul A. Rosales creates a complex sound world that completely envelopes the listener from first track to last. With an understated guitar pushed to the background behind ever present vintage sounding synths and vocals treated … Continue reading

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Show review in brief: Real Estate with Zola Jesus at the Subterranean, Chicago (July 18, 2010)

What is one to do after 3 days of attending a major music festival? The answer is clearly to catch one of the bands that you saw at the festival in a small club setting. Real Estate played the Pitchfork … Continue reading

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