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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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Shellac at the Ninth Ward at Babeville, Buffalo, NY (September 2, 2010)

Posted on September 7, 2010 by quartertonality

I have been waiting to see Shellac for several years now. The opportunity came and I seized it. I didn’t even have to go to Chicago, like I planned on doing back in 2007. Shellac came to Buffalo on their … Continue reading →

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Video: Wonder Wheel – “After Dark”

Posted on August 18, 2010 by quartertonality

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”

Posted on August 17, 2010 by quartertonality

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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