Grooves are important to John Talabot – they’re pivotal. That’s the case with most dance-music producers, but there’s something especially sleek about the Spanish producer’s debut album, ‘fIN.’ Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Since reuniting in 2002, Mission of Burma has become the triumphant story of a band that time forgot. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
For more than 10 years, Daniel Snaith has been playing mad scientist with pop and psychedelic music. As Manitoba, and more recently as Caribou, he’s pushed the genres’ limits with electronics and studio trickery. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Justin Broadrick’s career isn’t widely celebrated, but it’s still shockingly uncompromising. From his place at the beginning of grindcore with Napalm Death to his role in Godflesh’s expansion of industrial metal, the U.K. musician specializes in artistic hairpin turns. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Let’s Wrestle would rather poke fun than point fingers, even if there’s a problem that needs fixing. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
The U.K. trio Let’s Wrestle doesn’t make music for its art, but for its attitude. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Girls’ strength lies in its diversity, and its members have walked in a lot of borrowed shoes to make it that way. ‘Solitude’ is a bold and sweet example of inspiration trumping originality. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock ‘n’ roll, and its members carried that tradition into their first album after a 19-year hiatus, 2004’s ‘ONoffON.’ Anthony Fantano Read Quote
In terms of sound, it’s nothing huge, but when it comes to passion, The Tallest Man on Earth can be spotted from miles away. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Every week, I’m faced with, and aware of, 10-14 different reviewable albums that, in a perfect world, I’d be able to pop a review out of. But I’m just one person who, while maintaining my sanity, can only do 5-6 reviews per week. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
