Posts by Alex

Normally, when I write a post here, it’s (somewhat) well thought-out, (somewhat) long, and about me. This is not one of those posts. For anyone that doesn’t read Achewood, this may be less funny, but: Chris Onstad (writer of Achewood) and Zach Kanin (writer of stuff in The New Yorker) are currently having a “sandwich duel” on The Cartoon Lounge, a New Yorker blog. If you’re into food and humor, you should read it, because I think it’s currently the greatest thing on the internet.

Those who know this album are probably not surprised that I’m writing about it, since I took the domain name for this site from the title of track one. Autechre were for a long time my favorite band, their Confield being the first album I really independently liked. As I am now intimately familiar with almost their entire discography (and their work as Gescom), I think I’ve come to the final conclusion that LP5, their untitled fifth album, is their high point. While I haven’t heard this album as many times as I’ve heard some others, I think this is probably my all-time most listened album, and it continues to be great. More… »

For some of these great albums, I’m going to have to listen to them a bunch of times before writing to get my thoughts together. Aphex Twin’s Come To Daddy EP is absolutely not one of those. Released at around the height of his popularity (I think “Windowlicker” takes that crown, though), this is not only an amazing sampler of most of Aphex Twin’s styles (only really missing the ambient work of his early career), but also possibly his best release, or, at least, the most consistent. More… »

This “great albums” project is getting back on track. I’m going to try to do one of these per day for a while. First, Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko’s 28.

I heard this album before I had heard any Tujiko Noriko, and initially I wasn’t all that impressed. Later, I listened to (and enjoyed) Shojo Toshi, and so I returned to this. Aoki Takamasa I’m still not independently familiar with, but here he takes Noriko’s voice and does wonderful glitchy things with it while completely avoiding the cheese she occasionally lapses into in her solo work. More… »

The new one is all about long, quiet, slow songs (with an exception or two). It features Yura Yura Teikoku, Murcof, Coil, Muslimgauze, Slowdive, Global Communication, Burial, and Gescom. A million other artists got cut, I’m sure there will be more muxtapes happening soon. Go listen! (And, I swear, I’ll get back on track with the 50 Albums thing.)