Bowery Electric: “Under the Sun” (Beat, Kranky 1996)Still an underrated classic by my own standards, Bowery Electric’s Beat is a long-time favorite. They never quite got their due, and I’ve always...
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Pan•American: “Right of Return” (The River Made No Sound, Kranky 2002)Mark Nelson’s Pan American project explores everything from slowcore post-rock (not unlike his other collaborations as...
Anjou: Epithymía (Kranky)Mark Nelson and Robert Donne, once two-thirds of legendary drone-post-rock project Labradford, find themselves once again collaborating as Anjou, here with their...
Labradford: “With John Morand and Assisted by Brian Hoffa.” (E Luxo So, Kranky 1999)Labradford’s penultimate release on Kranky, their last of the 90s, remains one of my favorites of theirs. It’s...
Ken Camden: Dream Memory (Kranky)The most noteworthy thing about Ken Camden’s latest is that for an album created by a guitarist (that’s his role in Implodes, at least), it doesn’t sound...
Christopher Bissonnette: Essays in Idleness (Kranky) Christopher Bissonnette’s first album for Kranky in seven years is fairly different from the more patient, pastoral ambient terrain...
Stars of the Lid: “Down 3” (The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid, Kranky 2001) For at least a full year, my roommate at the time and I would crank SOTL’s Tired Sounds album on high...
Birds of Passage: This Kindly Slumber (Denovali) Alicia Merz’s third album as Birds of Passage is haunting and ghostly, much like her faint voice murmuring through a wall of effects....
Tim Hecker: “Music For Tundra” (Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again, Alien8 2002) Considering the unusual level of snow in Portland this evening, this icy chill from Tim Hecker’s debut...
Tim Hecker: “Music For Tundra” (Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again, Alien8 2002) Considering the unusual level of snow in Portland this evening, this icy chill from Tim Hecker’s debut...
Tim Hecker: Virgins (Kranky) The first thing by which I’m struck on Tim Hecker’s latest outing is how much his real-time collaborations with Daniel Lopatin seemed to have...
Stars of the Lid: “Broken Harbors (Parts 1, 2, 3)” (The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid, 2002) One of my all-time favorite albums, stunning as ever.
Low: “Shots & Ladders” (Trust, Kranky 2002) Even though Trust was one of Low’s first real forays into pop songs, it’s this closing song that remains one of my very...
Loscil: Sketches From New Brighton (Kranky) The latest from Loscil is another gorgeous slab of warm ice. I say that because his music tends to be so warm yet so chilly at the same time....
Christina Vantzou: No. 1 (Kranky) The other half of The Dead Texan, an ambient duo that also included Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid, presents her first full-length of solo compositions....
A Winged Victory For The Sullen: A Winged Victory For The Sullen (Kranky) Adam Witzie of Stars of the Lid teams up with pianist Dustin O'Halloran for this elegant suite of beautiful...
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