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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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A Music Monday Mixtape

Posted on December 6, 2010 by quartertonality

I recently made this mix for some friends. I burned a few copies and sent them off, hoping that it doesn’t just end up collecting dust in some corner of their place, or thrown on the passenger seat of their … Continue reading →

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Sonic Youth Exegesis 1: “Hey Joni”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by quartertonality

I started doing this on twitter where periodically I would take a line from a Sonic Youth tune and expound upon it. The idea just came out of me being goofy and bored while listening to Daydream Nation one night. … Continue reading →

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Album review: Pepper Rabbit – “Beauregard”

Posted on November 19, 2010 by quartertonality

Pepper Rabbit, with their most recent release, “Beauregard”, have produced a stripped down, folky version of ethereal dreampop with a bit of honky-tonk barstool blues added to the mix. The music has a familiar sound that is quite inviting, like … Continue reading →

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Album review: Motorifik – “Secret Things”

Posted on November 8, 2010 by quartertonality

Motorifik seem to be wasting no time with their debut album, “Secret Things”. Normally one would expect it to take a band at least a few albums to develop a unique and well formed sound. This is not the case … Continue reading →

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Album review: Deerhunter – “Halcyon Digest”

Posted on October 16, 2010 by quartertonality

Deerhunter truly lives up to the hype with their much anticipated “Halcyon Digest”. This latest release takes a sharp left turn from previous work, like the album oriented “Cryptograms”. Where that album relied much more heavily on ambiance, spacious sounds … Continue reading →

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Album review: Wonder Wheel – “Brave New World”

Posted on October 12, 2010 by quartertonality

Los Angeles’ Wonder Wheel is back with their trademarked brand of pulsating rock music that stands somewhere between a dream-like haze, drugged out reality and a hallucination. The music shimmers with retro keyboard sounds amongst the swirl of delayed guitars … Continue reading →

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Album review: Women – “Public Strain”

Posted on September 27, 2010 by quartertonality

Women’s latest release, “Public Strain”, is artier and more experimental than much of what is out  there right now. The album leans towards an early Sonic Youth aesthetic with its use of ambiance, noise, feedback drones and aggressive guitar attacks … Continue reading →

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Working for a Nuclear Free City – “Jojo Burger Tempest”

Posted on September 20, 2010 by quartertonality

Every once in a while an album comes along that can only be described as “massive”. Working for a Nuclear Free City’s double-disc “Jojo Burger Tempest” is one of those albums. Eighteen tracks that clock in at nearly an hour … Continue reading →

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New Hurricane Bells video and EP

Posted on September 7, 2010 by quartertonality

Hurricane Bells is the latest project from Steve Schiltz, of Longwave fame. After releasing their album “Secrets are Sinister” in 2008 Schiltz began working on some songs by himself at his home with nothing but a Macbook and an M-box. … Continue reading →

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