M. Mehdi “Sijjin Illiyin” (Out Records) Hard driving melodic trance isn’t something I’ve heard much of lately so it’s nice that this came along. M. Mehdi has packed this release full of tightly produced tracks that show a knowledge of music…
Mochipet “Randbient Works 2002” (BTrendy Records) Mochipet creates dense works of breakbeats and soundbites. There is a real absurdist quality to the music. Some of the soundbites appears so unexpectedly and briefly, only for a syllable, to be humorous as…
Moe ““Wormwood”” (Fatboy Records) This sounds more like a live album than any studio album I have ever heard. I mean sure there is the obvious overdub of sound to round out the tracks, but the Jackson Five once redid…
Ms. Led “Afternoon in Central Park”” (Fish The Cat Productions) At first glance one might put their mind on autopilot while listening to ms. led, but this is definitely user error. Sounding like Hole’s underground, garage rock counterparts, but actually…
Nate Ashley “”Darker Corners of Your Heart”” (Left Handed Label) I would have to agree with Nate that for best sound quality you should listen to this album with a glass of wine. I’m drinking a glass right now and…
New Folk Implosion “The New Folk Implosion” (IMUSIC) Productive indie pop songwriter Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) returns with, literally, The New Folk Implosion as a follow-up to the immensely successful One Part Lullaby (Interscope, 1999). Here, Barlow is without…
Long Since Forgotten “All the Things You Said…” (RocketStar Recordings) So here is the new Get Up Kids album and I really like it because…wait, this is Long Since Forgotten. Could have sworn…well, anyway, “All the Things You Said…” is…
The Ken Woodman Sound “Town Talk!” (RPM) Volume Six of RPM’s Mood Mosaic series documents the bold-stroked ’60s orchestral pop of UK producer Ken Woodman. Contemporary “orch pop” exhibits a schmaltzy neo-romanticism that more to do with America Middle Of…
King Missile III “The Psychopathology of Everyday Life” (Instinct Records) Not suitable for radio airplay but outrageously funny, King Missile III’s new album is more vulgar language and vivid, surrealist imagery spoken and screamed over punk and indie pop, as…
Kinski “Airs Above Your Station” (Sub Pop) In the same vein as Bardo Pond and the dearly departed Tristeza, come fresh from the underground, Kinski. They are one of the few instrumental bands to actually achieve success amongst a staunchly…