Cex “Being Ridden Instrumentals” (Temporary Residence) This is tough to review because I haven’t heard the “non-instrumental” version of this album. Standing alone, it’s a pretty good batch of IDM with some ambient hints and plenty of Chicago-y indie-rock bits…
Lazarus ““Songs For and Unborn Son”” (Temporary Residence) Solo work by Trevor Montogmery of the Drift and Tarentel. This is really mellow, melancholy, singer-songwriter stuff given a kind of electro-ambient, post-rock treatment. Think Elliot Smith, if he was from Chicago.…
Parlour “Googler” (Temporary Residence) This new Tortoise album has a real throwback feel to it. Mixing a few new sounds and switched-up tempos with the solid avant-instrumental jazz-rock stylings of ‘Millions Now Living’ helps to take their now tried and…
Howard Hello “Don’t Drink His Blood” (Temporary Residence) I feel a little drunk listening to Howard Hello. A little like I had one beer and someone slipped something into it. I feel like a hand is steadily moving down my…
Eluvium “An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death” (Temporary Residence) Eluvium, as defined in the dictionary, means “residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the action of the wind”. This is a piano-only album; no vocals,…