AltWeeklies Wire
Sonic Window Dressingnew
Don't be unduly burdened with some concern about "authenticity" when it comes to the contemporary electronic lusciousness of the tracks on Putumayo's Lounge series.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Asian Lounge
Full Speed Aheadnew
It starts out innocently enough. A radio announcer introduces the band, which then eases into a spry and full-bodied improvisation; the tune is built upon a quick-moving bass line and tonal structures reminiscent of the group's previous work.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Soul-Thumping Dubnew
Listening to Prince Far I is like listening to reggae with your head wrapped in cheesecloth.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Resurrectionnew
A new, single-disc compilation from Dead Can Dance is not exactly a stop-the-presses moment, but Memento is nonetheless an interesting document.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Can Dance, Memento
Opening Doorsnew
Mr. Lif says the music and concepts on his group's first album are significantly toned down from the fiery politics of his solo LPs.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Global Villagenew
The delicious irony of this wonderful compilation of anti-globalism music and texts is that, without the acceleration of globalization over the past decade, the very logistics of uniting artists and writers from first- and third-world countries would have been nearly insurmountable.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-05-2005 |
Reviews
A Middle Pathnew
You haven't heard Isaac Hayes until you've heard Isaac Hayes sing "Baby I'm-A Want You."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Inverse Americananew
While the fluid collective of Chicago musicians known as Pinetop Seven has never exactly produced the happiest music around, this is their darkest and most moving record to date.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pinetop Seven, The Night's Bloom
Funky Stewnew
The best thing about Belize City Boil Up isn't the fact that it shines a light on a woefully underdocumented (and equally underappreciated) music scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
A Rustic Personality Returnsnew
Although it's been 35 years since Vashti Bunyan last recorded an album, it doesn't sound as if a day has passed between that first disc (Just Another Diamond Day) and the new Lookaftering.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering
A Playful Spiritnew
This full-length debut from Swedish ambientologist Henrik Jonsson is perplexing for a number of reasons.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
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Making Kanye West Seem Quaintnew
P.O.S. knows how to catch you off-guard. You never know if he'll be swinging his ass off Twista fast, speaking asymmetrically in asides, jarring you with things said under his breath, or teasing you with long silences.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Give a Damnnew
Hip-hop personas of pimps, drug dealers and thugs have become the modern-day blackface, MC Big Pooh says.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Review of Work: Portrait-Robotnew
There are moments on Portrait-Robot – near the end of "Ma Boîte à Musique," for example – that find French electronicist Bertrand Burgalat locking into a beat-centric Euro-funk that could have been nicked from Fatboy Slim or Beck.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bertrand Burgalat, Portrait-Robot
Maximo Parknew
"Apply Some Pressure" is how you've heard of Maximo Park, if you've heard of Maximo Park at all. The song is that odd confection known as "the perfect single"; it's as catchy and uniquely memorable as it's perfectly representative of today's sonic-zeitgeist.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Maximo Park, A Certain Trigger
