To start this review with the obvious, the ‘70s turned Detroit into a musical hotbed of all things innovative. Motown, garage rock, punk, some of the more amazing music was being conceived, setting up the foundations for what we accept today. But before Bad Brains, before the New York Dolls, before
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Turning Inanimate Matter into the Animate World of Wand
Wand is the instrument that becomes the catalyst for the magic that its power presents. The Los Angeles band adheres to the ideology behind this concept of the name's device. Sometimes magical, sometimes mystical, but always mysterious, this band has concocted albums that will stream through your consciousness and out into
Six Organs of Admittance – Hexadic (Drag City)
If Hexadic is any indication of how Ben Chasny’s mind works then you are in for an intense ride, exploring the dense catacomb of aural senses through well-contemplated yet seemingly sporadic works of art. Chasney’s way of altering reality through tonal qualities and avant-impressionistic directives. Links: Official Site Twitter Out with the old and
Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
Sir Richard Bishop has given us hope for the classicist in all of us. Tangier Sessions builds mysticism in the way that film has done to places like Morocco, spinning an exotic angle to a sense of ancient fundamental history in the tones of time. Links: Official Site Facebook Twitter When you listen to Tangier
Dan’l Boone – Self-Titled (Drag City)
Ambarchi, O’Malley, Dunn – Shade Themes From Kairos (Drag City)
An incoming storm, the voices running at random bursts from a metronome only haunt like the shadows of the city. “The Space Between” is everything that encompases this trio and the experience that surrounds Shade Themes From Kairos becomes equally important to the experience that make up this song. Urban noir. Link:
