Man Forever featuring Laurie Anderson: “Twin Torches” (Play What They Want, Thrill Jockey 2017)This epic sprawl is worth every minute of your time.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Colleen: A flame my love, a frequency (Thrill Jockey)I remember when I first heard the opening strums of Cecile Schott’s lo-fi debut, Everyone Alive Wants Answers (Leaf, 2003). It all felt...
Microstoria: “Endless Summer NAMM (Remix by Violent Onsen Geisha)” (Reprovisers, Thrill Jockey 1997)As was so often the case around this time 20 years ago, Violent Onsen Geisha’s “remix” of...
Microstoria: “Endless Summer NAMM (Remix by Violent Onsen Geisha)” (Reprovisers, Thrill Jockey 1997)As was so often the case around this time 20 years ago, Violent Onsen Geisha’s “remix” of...
Mouse on Mars: “Spezmodia” (Spezmodia, Thill Jockey 2014)Mouse on Mars continue to evolve and delight. This EP from 2014 was the most recent until their recent Lichter release, but they are fairly...
Jan St. Werner: “Feed Opener” (Blaze Colour Burn, Thrill Jockey 2013)While St. Werner has a new album out this year (Miscontinuum Album, also on Thrill Jockey), I’m still partial to the purely...
Jon Porras: Light Divide (Thrill Jockey) Jon Porras is perhaps better known as one half of the drone post-rock project Barn Owl. With Light Divide, Porras shifts his focus away from the...
Oval: “Motif” (Szenariodisk, 1999 Thrill Jockey) Markus Popp’s Szenariodisk felt like pop music after the subtle ambient manipulations of his dok collaboration with Christophe...
Isotope 217: “New Beyond” (Utonian Automatic, Thrill Jockey 1999) Isotope 217’s first EP was my favorite of theirs, but this follow-up album is still solid. Quintessential Chicago...
Lithops: “Uni Umit 04” (Uni Umit, 1998 Moikoi) Jan St. Werner’s debut as Lithops is probably still one of my very favorite things he’s recorded. It’s so understated but...
Jan St. Werner: Blaze Colour Burn (Thrill Jockey) Jan St. Werner is perhaps best known as one half of Mouse on Mars, but he’s also the man behind Lithops in addition to collaborating...
High Places: “Sophia” (Original Colors, Thrill Jockey 2011) I never got a chance to give props to High Places’ last album, which earned a slot in my admittedly bloated and not very...
“Noiseroom Video” by Lithops (Sonig Boxset Thing, Sonig 2011) Cool noisy sounds from Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars. I’ll be writing soon about his latest with Andi Toma as MoM,...
Mouse on Mars: “Twift” (Twift, Thrill Jockey 1997) Very excited about Mouse on Mars’ newest album, just released this week on Modeselektor’s Monkeytown label. I didn’t...
Mountains: “Sewn Two” (Sewn, Apestaartje 2006) I really wanted to post a clip of “Bay” from this same album by Mountains, but I couldn’t track it down online and...
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