When I was a child, one of my favorite pastimes during the waning months of the year was watching the seasons change. My grandparents resided on a few acres of beautiful farmland upstate and my family used to visit several times a year; Mom always called it a chance to ‘refill our batteries’, a phrase [keep on readin', baby...]
William Orbit — ‘Pieces In A Modern Style’ Maverick Records Released Feb 22, 2000 If you had told most of my friends that I was making a section to dedicate to my favorite things, I venture to assume that many of them would expect this record to be one of the first, if not the [keep on readin', baby...]
#16 Johann Johannson – ‘Fordlandia’ 4ad Records Released November 3, 2008 Oh the beautiful sounds of classical music. Iceland native Johann Johannson is a modern composer, who, much like his contempory Max Richter, infuses electronic elements into his classical orchestrations. I wanna say this is probably the 4th Johannson cd that I’ve listened to over [keep on readin', baby...]
Thrice – ‘The Alchemy Index Vols 3&4: Air & Earth’ Vagrant Records Released April 15, 2008 Oh my gosh. I loved the fire/water volumes of this little series that came out last year (especially the water cd, that one was tremendous), they really forged into some new territory as a band. If Thrice were a [keep on readin', baby...]
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