Pop-Up, Psych-Out
Blonder Crystal Ball EP Cool World Records, 2020 Review by Kent Manthie This new EP, Crystal Ball, by Blonder (Constantine Anastasakis) is the third album by this one-man band. Crystal Ball finds Constantine starting […]
Month: April 2020
FUN FUN FUN
of Montreal UR FUN Polyvinyl Records, 2020 Review by Kent Manthie So, yeah, I just had to write the review, below, for of Montreal’s 2018 White Relic/Irrealis Mood because it was just so […]
DETROIT PEOPLE MOVER
Squarepusher’s “Detroit People Mover” video is an apt pic for the near emptiness of parts of American cities. Here is a look at it… ENJOY!! –KM.
Outer Space Dance-Club Party
of Montreal White Relic/Irrealis Mood Polyvinyl Records, 2018 Review by Kent Manthie There’s something about the 2018 release by of Montreal, White Relic/Irrealis Mood that is just irresistible – somehow, with so […]
Mardi GRAND
Slow Pulp Big Day EP Winspear Records, 2019 Review by Kent Manthie Hailing from Madison, WI, Slow Pulp’s core is three long-time close friends, Alex Leeds, Henry Stoehr and Teddy Matthews. The three go […]
Lush Life
Papertwin Family Portrait Druyan Records, 2019 Review by Kent Manthie Papertwin is made up of three friends from Brooklyn; Max Decker (vocals, guitar, synthesizers), Francis Cardinale (drums, programming) and Nick Shopa (synthesizers, vocals). Their latest […]
End of the World As We Don’t Know It
Thurlowood Discontinue Normal Program Cobra Side Records, 2020 Review By Kent Manthie What an apt record for right now; re the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, though, more commonly referred to as “COVID-19”. Andrew T. Wood, whose musical moniker is Thurlowood, conceived of, wrote and recorded Discontinue Normal Program before this viral pandemic panic sweeping the […]
“Peel Back and See…”
Peel Dream Magazine Agitprop Alterna Slumberland Records, 2020 Review by Kent Manthie Peel Dream Magazine is the brainchild of New Yorker Joe Stevens. Stevens is one of those perfectly suited to be a one-man band. Being a multi-instrumentalist and having his own home studio laid out in his NYC apartment gave him the perfect opportunity […]
Blissful Gloom
Thrill Me Records, 2020 The Gloomies Are We Getting Better? Review by Kent Manthie Formed by Andy Craig in a Southern California “surf-town”, there’s nothing “gloomy” about The Gloomies. Since their single, “LSD” which catapulted The […]
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