Sonic Reducer: Barb Wire Dolls This third Barb Wire Dolls release is a continuation of their Flipper meets Ramones LA-bound formula and while they maintain that sloppy polish [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jun 23, 2016 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Consilience Here’a an album that gets better with repeated listening, as the musical intricacies and lyrical mysteries reveal themselves, much like the band name [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jun 16, 2016 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Hooded Fang • Used Cassettes • Kwesi Foraes Snapback-tight, yet suffused with an easy-going confidence, Toronto, Ontario’s Hooded Fang has released another collection of tunes that will make both fans of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jun 09, 2016 Read More
Aural Fixation: Aj Woods And The Fence Cassette Release Party At Guild Cinema I’m rummaging around the Plant basement looking for something specific, coming across forgotten, half-finished projects, artifacts from the past. Some of the broken [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Apr 07, 2016 Read More AJ Woods (Via Youtube)
Show Up!: For Realz, Show Up! Reality Features Concerts This Week All Fool’s Day can be perilous. The risk is high that at some point on this day, you will find yourself surrounded by [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 31, 2016 Read More Taryn Miller, Your Friend (Courtesy of the artist)
Sonic Reducer: Holy Wave • Arthur Vint & Associates • Hit Bargain Sonic Reducer: Holy Wave • Arthur Vint & Associates • Hit Bargain This is boring, ’80s-tinged pop-rock somewhere between shoegaze and the paisley underground sound—but with the worst part of the ’80s overdone, especially the [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 24, 2016 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Katherine Farnham • Living Hour • Adult Books Not sure what to make of this one. Hey, how about a stage name. Farnham sounds like someone that fell off the turnip [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 10, 2016 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Rampant Egos The men behind this lengthy recording—75 minutes lengthy—are seminal New Mexican electronic musicians Dwight Loop, Arnold Bodmer and Justin Parker. As part of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 03, 2016 Read More
Music Interview: It’s All About You “Party Prog” Quartet Progresses Self described “party prog” quartet YOU has their listeners’ minds in mind. The outfit’s new release is a limited edition, color vinyl, split [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Feb 25, 2016 Read More YOU (L-R): Eric Lisausky, Austin Morrell, Hiram Camp and Alec Wilkes (Courtesy of the artist)
Aural Fixation: Dave Payne Will Not Admit Defeat Local singer-songwriter Dave Payne just released a collection of songs distinct from the more upbeat tuneage of The Saltine Ramblers, the Americana-bluegrass outfit [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jan 28, 2016 Read More Dave Payne (Courtesy of the Artist)
