April 2012
8 posts
LIGHTSWITCH Lit Zine →
Taylor Burgess and his cooperative, technicolor literary zine. Check it on Do the Dada.
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Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds (SomeOthaShip...
Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Seeds is an organic stew of jazz, soul and hip hop. Opening with a golden-era backbeat that could score a Blaxploitation flick, and followed by the syncopated chatter of Wind, Muldrow injects a cosmic energy to tracks with her signature free-form flow. Aiding in the sonic odyssey are Stones Throw regulars Madlib and Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime MC, also Muldrow’s BF), who...
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Old Time Machine - Old Time Machine (File Under:...
Joining labelmates Dan Mangan and Kathryn Calder, Whitehorse’s Old Time Machine is another strong addition to the FU:M roster. With Ryan McNally on banjo, mandolin and ukulele and Kyle Cashen on vintage electronics, the “duo of one-man bands” works dreamy folk to perfection. Bringing in junkyard blues and melodic tones, tracks have that creaky, well-worn feel, but with a modern touch...
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Dumb Angel - Eight Moments of Spring (Clamour...
Eight Moments of Spring is a collection of meditative tunes that channel its panoramic namesake. Saskatchewan-born Shaun Mason has performed solo under the Dumb Angel moniker since 2006, but with Mason’s relocation to Montreal, the project has since expanded into a four-piece. Produced by fellow Prairie ex-pat, Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes, the third release for Mason is ethereal guitar folk...
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Eight and A Half - Eight and A Half (Arts &...
The debut LP from Eight and a Half is an electronic opus, replete with hazy beauty and dark, enveloping atmosphere. There is blissful synth-pop done through a Tron lens (Scissors) and splotches of pop gravitas that could rival Coldplay (Took a Train to India). The side-project of Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil (both former members of The Stills) and Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff,...
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Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land (Barsuk Records)
Wisconsin-born Alex Schaaf was making sweet lo-fi folk jams in his bedroom two years ago, and then he released his debut The Mistress to a wave of critical praise, moved to New York and his one-man show became a three-piece band, adding multi-instrumentalist Jon Natchez and drummer Michael Tapper to the mix. The effect is spectacularly noisier. Atop Schaaf’s wanderlust-inspired vocals, Up in the...
