Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "THE VALERIE PROJECT's expanded line-up spins appropriately baroque melodies into eerie figure eights for bells and strings."22.13726
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Alternative Press (3/95, p.58) - "...Drag City is home to many of low-fidelity rock's maestros and on this fifteen-track sampler they bestow some of their best (and most obscure) material....one of the best label comps you'll ever hear..."NME (Magazine) (10/29/94, p.46) - 8 - Excellent - "...The cheeriest thing about this compilation is that it's thoroughly listenable and witty, when one might have anticipated the...obscurity knocks approach..."19.40831
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Alternative Press (3/00, p.80) - 4 out of 5 - "...much less the introverted beast [than] they once were....FSA create the perfect soundtrack for watching slow-motion lightning with the thunder turned off..."The Wire (4/00, p.51) - "...Adding some propulsive beats to half the album....The album works best where the samples are toned down, and the ebb and flow of the feedback itself provides a more subtle sense of rhythm...'Star City' approaches the brooding, thrilling density of [their] best work."CMJ (1/31/00, p.22) - "...some of Dave Pearce's folkiest acoustic compositions....revisiting the luminous space drone and wonderfully blown-out fuzz-rock of [his] past....lending an uncharacteristic, urban vibrancy to portions of the work..."NME (Magazine) (2/14/00, p.44) - "...gentle washings of sound from which songs don't so much announce themselves as emerge. Nice one, Dave."12.01091
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Magnet (p.60) - "[P]ensive songs about existence and longing....It's the duo's acoustic guitars and Ambrogio's decidedly sober-sided singing that dominate the sound field."The Wire (pp.67-68) - "The arrangements are subtle and lovely....Intricate acoustic parts transmute simple melodies into something more via temporal shaping and well-chosen filigree."11.96733
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Spin (p.70) - "[W]ith the demented trashing of a Beatles melody on 'The Masks' and the snotty sneer of 'Can You Give Me a Thrill???' abutting stoned instrumentals and solo noodling."CMJ - "Death existed outside the usual punk evolution, meaning that it also took cues from blues-rock and heavy metal..."Uncut (magazine) (p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'People Look Away' is raw, primal R'n'B..."11.96288
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Uncut (12/01, p.101) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...It's messy, raucous, happily unstudied stuff that'll smash a few old stereotypes....Almost as much fun to hear as it was to make, remarkably..."Alternative Press (11/01, p.83) - 8 out of 10 - "...A laid-back, rollicking good time...'The Wire (10/01, p.59) - "...Gloriously stupid....It's a fantastic mess...Hagerty's ultra-weird bass playing forces vocalist Callahan to shake his narcolepsy..."11.93621
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Rolling Stone (No. 983, p.107) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...[S]oulful, synth-colored Americana..."Spin (p.140) - "TANGLEWOOD roars back to life with a massive band, a detailed sound, and a voice that sounds ravaged but right."Entertainment Weekly (No. 847, p.84) - "...Twanging guitar lines tangle with lush strings and...saccharine harmonies..." - Grade: B+Magnet (p.109) - "The heartrending aspects of Berman's vocals and lyrics are intact. Malkmus' guitar still perforates the most poignant, aching moments and one-liners like a bayonet to the gut."Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[U]tterly unique....His lyrics are full of poetic searching, whether musing on the feelings of animals or the clumsiness of our amorous advances..."11.93621
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The Wire (p.47) - "This project brings the best out of both participants whilst postulating a parallel world folk hybrid with uncertain geographic coordinates and an eerily ancient vibe."Dirty Linen (p.55) - "'Beneath Halo' is a quiet, lovely duet between Bartoh's fluid acoustic guitar and Espval's spectral cello, while 'Bicinium' is a medieval melody for harp and bells."11.93621
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Uncut (p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Chasny's raga picking, deep-pile carpets of fuzz-guitar fudge and vocal incantation belies his more hardcore contributions to sludge-rockers Comets On Fire."Alternative Press (p.118) - 5 out of 5 - "[A] series of sparse ruminations on barren landscapes and cosmic coincidence that comprises weird sound effects, acoustic finger-picking, tape loops and spectral vocal incantations."Magnet (p.53) - Ranked #20 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[K]notty guitar rambles, jazz fusion, tranquil raga and murmured hymnals coalesce to create a perfect measure of midnight psychedelia."The Wire (p.41) - Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."The Wire (p.59) - "[T]heir most beautifully conceived and ambitiously extended work to date."Mojo (Publisher) (p.64) - Ranked #48 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Neither weird nor folk, but definitely new."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[B]eginning as a relatively calm sounds-of-the-universe drift through gamelan chime before things start to unravel."11.93621
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Magnet (p.99) - "All but devoid of percussion, IT'S A GAME mixes Frost's voice right up front, making her sound more vulnerable and more confident than she ever has."The Wire (p.70) - "[A] beautifully crafted collection....Frost's avant rock roots are impeccable..."11.93621
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Uncut (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] splinters '70s FM radio rock, adding dissonant guitar and folky hollering. As the work of a compulsive individual, it's an occasionally uncomfortable - but ultimately rewarding - listen."The Wire (p.59) - "Hegarty's guitar imagination is too mercurial ever to nail a riff in on place - they shift and evolve through each song..."11.93621
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Alternative Press (6/01, pp.86-7) - 3 out of 5 - "...Calculated, subtle and challenging....These guys are King Crimson with head trauma. We're talking about a world where unrelated instrumental banter becomes track 2 on the release..."The Wire (5/01, p.72) - "...Unpredicatble, unnervingly energetic and full of smart sonic ideas..."11.93621
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Magnet (9-10/01, p.94) - "...A charming torch-song masterpiece from this non-chirpy chanteuse...recallign the golden days of the pre-Lilith era..."The Wire (8/01, p.66) - "...Her distracted, wandering voice dominates...The results are always engaging..."CMJ (7/30/01, p.5) - "...A pop album even your NPR-listening mother would love."No Depression (9-10/01, pp.142-3) - "...Intricately austere..."11.93621
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Entertainment Weekly (p.84) - "By combining math-rock complexity with raw power, songs like 'Tower' and 'Black Rock Man' hypnotize as they pulverize."Uncut (p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he youthful Pearls And Brass convincingly recreate the early-'70s heyday of the denim-clad power trio....THE INDIAN TOWER is enhanced by an admirable lack of posturing."Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Pure gonzo blues-rock boogie that cooks it up and blasts it out like the long distant glory days of The Groundhogs, Blue Cheer and Cream..."11.93621
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Rolling Stone (p.146) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[She] trills gorgeous melodies with poetry..."Spin (p.63) - Ranked #40 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "With her pint-size voice and full-size harp, Newsom baffled and charmed indie-folk fans this year..."Uncut (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "So freshly individual is the 22-year-old Newsom, it's like decoding a Picasso or retracing Escher's op-art illusions."Mojo (Publisher) (p.78) - "Her songs sound ancient and childlike, part Appalachian folk reverie, part Roald Dahl yarn."Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Over and above her gorgeous, spare arrangements for harp, piano and harpsichord, it's Joanna Newsom's voice that really steals the show....This is a weird, dark record."11.93621
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The Wire (5/03, p.74) - "...ENANTIODROMIA largely consists of soulful, fraught piano ballads....For the most part, it works superbly..."The Wire (p.68) - "[Azita] gives hers songs some welcome individuality....Never less than interesting."Mojo (Publisher) (5/03, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Azita's solo debut is a sit-up-and-take-notice kind of record..."11.93621
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Uncut (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Walnut-inlaid arrangements nicely set off Thompson's perverse, riddlesome lyrics, smacking of philosophical texts or art criticism."The Wire (p.63) - "[I]t just rocks -- unashamedly so. Thompson's enquiring mind is always complemented by an instinctive knowledge of precisely when to cut loose."Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "With songwriterly values to the fore, and Thompson's characteristic quirkiness reduced to an occasional walk-on part, INTRODUCTION carries a strong echo of Ray Davies at his most playful -- warm, witty and full of stylistic twists."11.93621
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Magnet (4-5/01, p.76) - "...Referencing touchstones of the past, from classic new wave to brightly hued Krautrock to minimalist psychedelia....NMH turns out to be a gas."Mojo (Publisher) (5/01, p.106) - "...Weird, exploratory and self-indulgent...his riffy virtousity is offset against tootling organ/vocal melodies for a garage sound that ranges from '60s psychedelic pop to full-blown prog..."NME (Magazine) (4/7/01, p.43) - 7 out of 10 - "...As far from conventional rock'n'roll as ever - rhythms are arhythmic, songs are dominated by deceptively clumsy, reverb-heavy guitar solos..."11.93621
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Spin (9/99, pp.199-200) - 8 out of 10 - "...[TALKER] is addictive....when you actually hear rules being crushed altogether and the results still...'swing', then attention must be paid....outstanding..."Alternative Press (8/99, p.96) - 4 (out of 5) - "...the only honest way to play rock in the late '90s without sounding corny..."Magnet (8-9/99, p.94) - "...TALKER is the sort of somber discussion best set in a dank basement with a whiff of death in the air."The Wire (8/99, p.59) - "...US Maple can possibly stake a legitimate claim to being true heirs of early Red Krayola....the album is in a league of its own."CMJ (6/14/99, p.26) - "...Awash in barbed-wire knots of treble and shot through with Al Johnson's extroverted, husky grunt, TALKER is the most cohesive of the group's three albums....for the first time ever, the quartet's carefully sharpened chaos makes perfect sense."11.93621
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Spin (p.89) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he sextet marches to scrawled noise, communal chants, distorted yowls, and insistent percussion, creating an ecstatic, angry, gorgeously mournful manifesto."Uncut (p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he intense grandeur of the Tokyo band's eighth album, IN STORMY NIGHTS, is still a shock. Batoh designed it in response to the international climate of war."Magnet (p.98) - "IN STORMY NIGHTS is Ghost's most ambitious achievement yet."The Wire (p.50) - "[T]he group's absorption of a wide breadth of styles and influences is quite often breathtaking, with an ability to be both intelligently grandiose and loosely intimate."Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "IN STORMY NIGHT rips away the dreamy facade and throws us into 'Hemicyclic Anthelion', a 28-minute gothalyptic epic of electronic squall jazz."11.93621
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Q (p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a touch of Soft Machine added to his Brian Wilson and Steely Dan fixations....Largely pastoral English whimsy at its best."Uncut (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese articulate odes to pop's past strike the right balance between carefully studied craft and melodic inspiration."11.93621
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Spin (p.95) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Newsom plays her part with total, unblinking conviction, luxuriating in the lovely imperfections of her voice....The album functions as one long suite, a spellbinding poem."Spin (p.62) - Ranked #06 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "Newsom is an eccentrically voiced experimenter who follows her nonconformist muse wherever it may lead."Entertainment Weekly (p.109) - "[C]o-producer Van Dyke Parks and a gorgeous full orchestra have an ameliorating effect....Lovely..." -- Grade: B+Q (p.141) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[U]tterly entrancing...Part Renaissance poetry, part fairy-tale."Alternative Press (p.190) - "[T]he beating heart of Newsom's tales, at turns whimsical and melancholic, enchant with a simple calculus: A woman, a harp and a story to tell."Magnet (p.102) - "[T]echnically flawless and masterfully executed....Her harp rings mellow and silky..."Dirty Linen (p.59) - "[T]he patient listener will be rewarded with music that is singularly beautiful."Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "YS sees Joanna Newsome rapturously create her own crepuscular, unsettling world, riper than a full-bellied pomegranate."11.93621
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Alternative Press (p.150) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Callahan's dark baritone, rich with observational languor, echoes classic wordsmiths like Leonard Cohen and Lee Hazlewood while retaining the micro-operatic immediacy that's been his career trademark."The Wire (p.49) - "[A]n invaluable addition to his prolific discography, which continues to subtly evolve without ever quite tracing the same steps..."CMJ (p.4) - "Mr. Callahan has reclaimed his real name, found true love and crafted a beautiful, simple record flush with all the forthright honesty and inviting ambiance of a campfire sing-along."11.93621
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Uncut (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] sees Baby Dee switching to piano and adding extroversion to her songcraft....The result demands your atttention -- it may well be one of the first great albums of 2008."The Wire (p.41) - "[A] confident and engaging album from Cleveland singer Baby Dee....A set of richly entertaining and often very touching songs."CMJ - "Baby Dee has created a perfect intimate orchestra to flesh out her interpretive cabaret."No Depression (p.73) - "When Dee fully unleashes her theatrical voice, ripe with plumy enunciation and bizarre shifts of tone, the lurching 'The Earlie King' and 'The Dance Of Diminishing Possibilities' vibrate with idiosyncratic glee."Q (Magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The songs reveal vulnerability, longing and alienation, but as when 'A Compass Of The Light' equates the miracle of existence with bees, the result is life-affirming."Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] mini-masterpiece in visionary, virtually outsider music.....There's a rich mix of ragtime piano and '60s sunshine groove..."11.93621
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Spin (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] low-key treat, country-inflected folk rock goosed by melodies that conjure both the Velvet Underground and Johnny Cash."11.93621
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The Wire (p.55) - "Even at his most experimental, O'Rourke is drawn towards melody. The three pieces on Tamper are all based on drones. However, in each case he adds compositional elements that gives overall structure."11.93621
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Clash (magazine) (p.98) - "An ambitious remastered collection of tracks make up this double CD set, harking all the way back to Six Organs Of Admittance's humble beginnings."Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.64) - "Throughout the album's three sections Chasny returns to a few central themes, cloaking them in different shades of beauty and -- for one of the first times on a Six Organs recording -- violence."11.93621
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Magnet (7-8/97, p.67) - "...Her subtly echoed, multi-tracked singing recalls Patsy Cline but substitutes the the hue of an introspective folk singer for Cline's honky-tonk brass..."Melody Maker (6/7/97, p.48) - "...CALLING OVER TIME re-maps the darkest of territories, recalls the most poignant of moments and listened to under the right circumstances is...levitational. Can't recommend it enough."11.93621
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Spin (p.76) - "'Demons' and 'Ten-Speed' show that Higgins' amber vocals and crisp guitar skills remain..."11.93621
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Spin (p.87) - "[H]er cagey wit on 'Duke of Anxiety' shows that she's in total control."CMJ - "With songs like 'I.B.D.' and 'Bargin,' Niblett keeps things low-key while successfully retaining her intensity, a feat that not many singer/songwriters can pull off."11.93621
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Pitchfork (Website) - "At their best, Major Stars combine tight riffs and chips with a deep, abiding love for joyous guitar slop."11.93621
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Lyrically she leaps forward, spitting archaic, colloquial, funny and profound on the difficulty of love..."Spin (p.90) - "[S]he simply delves deeper and gives what few artists can deliver: a self-contained world of warmth, crystalline detail, and intimacy..."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "[H]er melodies have become cleaner, her arrangements less mannered, and her singing more straightforwardly heartfelt." -- Grade: A-The Wire (p.37) - "[A] monumental triple album of fabulist balladry, Edenic elation and introspective, Laurel Canyon-infused songsmithery..."CMJ - "[T]hough she remains deeply rooted in Celtic instrumentation and classical music structure, the harpist/songwriter now touches on everything from Indian music instrumentation to surprisingly funky country-music blues."Billboard - "The most powerful tracks combine sparseness and excessive instrumenation....HAVE ONE ON ME is a spacious artistic statement too original to pass up."Mojo (Publisher) (p.56) - Ranked #13 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "Bold and subtle, engrossing and bewildering, it was the work of a master."Paste (magazine) (p.63) - "It's like tumbling into her world and getting lost for weeks....HAVE ONE ON ME is packed with magic."Pitchfork (Website) - "Her voice has gained depth and she sing with more force and clarity....The bigger difference seems to be the overall mood, which is expansive and welcoming."Uncut (magazine) - "HAVE ONE ON ME is suffused with space, invention and playfulness....It's also exceptionally beautiful..."Uncut (magazine) (p.37) - Ranked #1 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "The songs -- all 18 -- were impeccably wrought, packed with epiphanies."11.93621
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Pitchfork (Website) - "[A]s a self-contained document of a lightning-quick, pretension-free moment in time, THE ENDTABLES is pretty spot on."Uncut (magazine) (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's frenetic punk-rock steeped in The Stooges and Pere Ubu..."11.93621
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The] enrapturing finale `Plain Of Jars' vivifies raga-rock classicism over 16 blissful minutes."Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]ntense concentration and muscular effort course through these escalating jams."Uncut (magazine) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] heat-exchange of volcanic proportions....On 'Serrated Edges' Bishop and Chasny's blazing guitars rage out of control."11.93621
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Faun Fables do gothic folk with admirable vigour and this is an incontrovertible force of nature."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music, a tapestry of harmonica, bass and clarinets and bamboo flutes, is a florid, textured joy."11.93621
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "NAPA ASYLUM houses close-miked garage nuggets, hiss'n'static balladry and brittle sunshine-pop."Uncut (magazine) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] feels like a step-up in terms of songwriting, a cocksure blend of Dylan blues, Haight Ashbury psych and early Pavement."11.93621
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The Wire (p.56) - "There's a sparse but fluid lyricism to Chasny's tumbling, post-Takoma guitar style..."Q (Magazine) (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Here he returns to a home studio hoping to free up time and space, an ambition achieved with bells on....Captivating."Uncut (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "'S/Word And Leviathan' hinges around a repetitive, scratchy banjo, building to a powerful crescendo with a violent bust of buzzing electric guitar."11.93621
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