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Favorites albums of 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by quartertonality

(Originally posted on Tympanogram.com on December 22, 2011) It’s hard to tell whether this was a really great year for music or if I was just paying attention more than last year. That sums up my feelings at the end … Continue reading →

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Video: RACES – “Big Broom” (live)

Posted on December 26, 2011 by quartertonality

(Originally posted on December 20, 2011 on Tympanogram.com) One of the tracks that I kept coming back to this year was “Big Broom” by RACES. At the time when I first came upon it there were only, from as far … Continue reading →

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Album review: Chad VanGaalen – “Diaper Island”

Posted on October 5, 2011 by quartertonality

As a musician, and as someone that listens to a ridiculous amount of music, sometimes I am listening just for sounds. Sometimes the melodies and whether or not they are catchy take a backseat to the atmosphere that an album … Continue reading →

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Album review: Wild Flag – “Wild Flag”

Posted on October 4, 2011 by quartertonality

The much anticipated album from indie rock “super group” Wild Flag has finally arrived, giving everyone something to shout about. One could practically hear the reviewers proclaiming the, at that point unnamed project, “Best of the Year” after Carrie Brownstein … Continue reading →

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Album review: Wooden Shjips – “West”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by quartertonality

Wooden Shjips’ drone of ultra fuzzed out guitars aligns them with the trend of retro sounding new-music that seems to have exploded in the past couple of years. They are taking the psychedelic/early hard-rock sound and very much running with … Continue reading →

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Album review: White Hills – “H-p1″

Posted on June 22, 2011 by quartertonality

Heavy, unrelenting drones of guitar riffage that are spread out over an extended jam. That is how I would sum up the sound of White Hills’ “H-p1″ in one sentence. It isn’t totally fair to sum things up in one … Continue reading →

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Album review: Psychedelic Horseshit – “Laced”

Posted on May 17, 2011 by quartertonality

For those of you out there that feel like White Fence’s release “Is Growing Faith” was a little too “mainstream” and accessible, you’ll be happy to know that Psychedelic Horseshit’s latest release, “Laced” is neither of those things. Psychedelic Horseshit … Continue reading →

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Album review: Joan of Arc – “Life Like”

Posted on May 16, 2011 by quartertonality

The Chicago based math-rock outfit with steady lineup changes, Joan of Arc, adds to their already frighteningly prolific repertoire with their latest effort, “Life Like”. You know that you are in for a serious journey when an album begins with … Continue reading →

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Album review: Radiohead – “The King of Limbs”

Posted on March 29, 2011 by quartertonality

We can always count on Radiohead to change the game from album to album. Because of this I feel that their latest album, “The King of Limbs”, deserves something beyond the usual track by track review. Everything that Radiohead does, … Continue reading →

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EP review: Grand Lake – “Leaves Ellipse”

Posted on March 23, 2011 by quartertonality

Grand Lake are following up last years exacting, skilled and expansive album “Blood Sea Dream” with an EP that plays their hand a little closer to their chest. “Leaves Ellipse” features intimate, homespun, heartfelt melodies brought to life with the … Continue reading →

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