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Actually not really. Sure, there hasn’t been even a peep from us One Louder folks for awhile now. But that’s not because nothing is happening. 2007 has been great for music so far. Come on, I’ve nearly filled up a top 20 best albums already and it’s just the start of Q2. But life goes [...]

Do you have 20 minutes to spare? Rosy Parlane‘s “Part 3″, the denouement of his second album Jessamine, is time well-spent. In over a quarter of an hour, Parlane moves the track from the blissful sound of the pop and crackle of a needle on a dusty record to a menacing storm of sound. It’s [...]

Here are my picks for Information Leafblower’s “top 40 bands in America” list. A few quick thoughts: – Making a list like this makes me realize, like Jason, how much non-American stuff I listen to. Between the omitted bands from abroad and the mostly European electronic stuff I’ve been into lately, a list like this [...]

Here’s my submission to Information Leafblower‘s Top 40 Bands In America. Feel free to hate on me for my picks, or just ignore them. Now, back to my Brian Eno collection! My list: “Before I list my picks, first let me say that my lack of submissions is not meant to indicate a dislike for [...]

Pure Language, an easily digestible six-track mini-album, is Leeds resident Keef Baker‘s follow-up to 2004′s The Widnes Years. Baker is an expert at balancing opposing temperaments. Angelic vocals are weighted with snarling attitude, dark machine noises are leavened with serene light. Stop one on Baker’s journey, the opener “Straw Overcoat” is an apt example of [...]

Has it really been over a month since I last surfaced on here? Yikes. Busy times, what can I say, but here’s some of what I’ve been digging of late: Rickard Jäverling – Two Times Five Lullaby. This gently meandering record, the Swede’s debut, is remarkably coherent and cinematic, a perfect soundtrack to a lazy [...]

When I first set about ordering my outlook towards music blogging (see part one here), I had just finished reading Simon Reynolds‘ history of Post Punk, Rip it Up and Start Again. A few minor criticisms aside (a post for another day I assure you), I thoroughly enjoyed the book and learned quite a bit [...]

What more can be said about Bobby Zimmerman and his new record? This man sneezes and gets a Mojo cover. Personal disclosure: I wear Bob Dylan blinders – the man’s phlegm is worth discussing in my opinion. So I’m predisposed to receive his albums as messages from on high. Is Modern Times a Rolling Stone [...]

(Disclaimer: These are just my opinions and are not meant to speak for anyone else who posts on this site) One of the reasons my contributing to this site has slowed considerably are my general feelings of annoyance and discontent with the state of music blogs today. I can’t spend more than 10-15 minutes reading [...]

So my blogging “vacation” went a few weeks longer than Jason’s, thanks to a few things in the mix. The more interesting half was a trip to Prague (which was a blast) and Budapest (which was flat-out *amazing* – making the current state of affairs there a bit unsettling). Then school started back up again, [...]