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

Posted on July 28, 2010 by quartertonality

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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Object Permanence Pt. 2: Crowd Control

Posted on July 23, 2009 by quartertonality

How much control does an artist have then is another question. The painter can fill up the canvas and decide how the work is going to be framed. How much control does an artist have over how the work is … Continue reading →

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Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

Posted on June 5, 2009 by quartertonality

Dirty Projectors probably have the most easily identifiable and unique sound in Indie Rock today. Dave Longstreth is the man behind the band, which now includes Angel Deradoorian, Amber Coffman and Brian McComber as principal members. Stylistically they are glitchy, … Continue reading →

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Sonic Youth – The Eternal

Posted on June 3, 2009 by quartertonality

Sonic Youth has been my favorite band since I first heard Dirty in the summer of 1993. I was immediately attracted to what I thought was a very much “anything goes” mentality. The music was (and remains, to a certain … Continue reading →

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DRAM playlist from June

Posted on August 23, 2008 by quartertonality

I realized that I only mentioned that I wrote a playlist/blogpost for DRAM (the Directory of Recorded American Music) but I never posted it here. I remembered this when I was asked by them to do another one in October … Continue reading →

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