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Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II

Nowhere on the cover does it actually say it, but this is indeed the second Lunatic Soul, a follow-up to the first, which was released a couple years ago. In essence, it is the solo project of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Mandibulbe - Praxis

This French instrumental quartet brings a lot of influences to the table, although refined and presented in a fresh and progressive way. The band’s main composer is guitarist Guillaume Fenoy,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Roman Stolyar - Missa Apocryph

This release in no way fits the standard mold of Electroshock music (though they’ve been breaking that mode a lot lately, so maybe we should stop remarking on it!), being essentially a...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Born into a family of musicians and artists, Stefan Poetzsch started studying classical violin at music school in Magdeburg, East Germany in 1970. In the mid-70s he heard a radio broadcast of music...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2011-06-01)

Odyssice - Silence

Dutch band Odyssice’s new album has been several years in the making, but it was worth the wait. The band has gone though some changes since 2000’s Impression, most notably the...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Fra Fra Sound - Dya So

It’s a big world, and many people are free to move around it, so something like a “Dutch Afro-Caribbean” jazz band shouldn’t be too unexpected, I suppose. And given this...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Henry Gwiazda - Claudia and Paul

This audio-visual work is constructed from hyper-realistic depictions of populated and empty urban landscapes. Repeated stills with captions and numerals or replays of simple events seem like a...

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(Posted by Alan K. Lipton 2011-06-01)

Half Past Four - Rabbit in the Vestibule

This is Toronto quartet Half Past Four’s first full-length album that isn’t a movie score (2007’s The Mad). A variety of genres are melded here, including art,...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2011-06-01)

Happy Birthday Secret Weapon - Ground Floor Coming Up

This Seattle-based band takes an interesting turn away from standard guitar power trio sounds. Certainly more complex (especially rhythmically) than your standard rock fare, they haven’t...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Hey Marseilles - To Travels and Trunks

Seattle may be most famous for its noisy rock, but there seems to be a crop of bands with expanded instrumentation and more melodic intentions. Case in point: Hey Marseilles. Their brand of...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

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