Markus Mehr – Live In Bari (Hidden Shoals Recordings)
The proliferation of looping pedals has been both a blessing and a curse for improvising…
Author Adrian Elmer
Adrian Elmer
Adrian Elmer is a visual artist, graphic designer, label owner, musician, footballer, subbuteo nerd and art teacher, who also loves listening to music. He prefers his own biases to be evident in his review writing because, let's face it, he can't really be objective.
Danger Beach – Pacific (Dream Damage)
The whole nu-garage wave is starting to bum me out a bit. Don’t get me…
Absolute Boys – Heavy Flow (Bedroom Suck Records)
The first time I heard of Absolute Boys was a rather strange gig I went…
Take Berlin – Lionize (Mouthwatering Records)
Take Berlin come at us with an EP steeped in nostalgia yet which is, ultimately,…
Netherworld – Alchemy Of Ice (Glacial Movements)
Many musics have stylistic markers that become the signposts of their specific genres. These then…
Rotor Plus – Dust (Rotor Plus Bandcamp)
There’s a very specific phenomenon happening to me with Rotor Plus’ Dust album that I’ve…
Underground Lovers – Weekend (Rubber)
If you backed me into a corner and forced me to make the choice, I…
Inch-time – Myth And Impermanence (Mystery Plays Records)
There was a time a few years back where I became so obsessed with DIY…
The 15 Dead Minutes – Scheming Things (Trensmat)
When I first discovered a love of electronic music in the post-acid early ’90s, a…
Scissor Lock – Churn (Independent)
For the last few years, I’ve been listening to and reviewing Marcus Whale’s collaborations with…
Children Of The Wave – The Electric Sounds Of Far Away Choirs (Sensory Projects/Fuse)
There are artists whose sound borders on the ritual. Listening to an album requires letting…
Collarbones – Die Young (Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control)
I’m very glad that Die Young doesn’t quite live up to the hype of its…
Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille – I Wish I Didn’t Dream (Northern Spy Records)
Though they have long been a couple in the romantic sense, I Wish I Didn’t…
Fox & Sui – Taboo (Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control)
Sui Zhen’s vocals are an acquired taste and I know of many who find them…
Shoeb Ahmad – Watch/Illuminate (Mystery Plays Records)
Shoeb Ahmad is a chameleon. Contrary to popular belief, a chameleon does not change its…