Articles by Eric Hill
Black Dice
Repo
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2009
The hodgepodge collection that was 2007's Load Blown marked this Brooklyn crew's skip over to their Animal Collective buddies' label. The f...
Last Days
The Safety of the North
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2009
While there's a good portion of instrumental rock that gets ascribed the "cinematic" tag, Graham Richardson may be the only artist who embr...
Animal Hospital
Good or Plenty, Streets + Avenues
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
As a Boston area engineer, Kevin Micka has built his reputation as a first-rate loop guru. Guiding guitar, drums and other sound sources th...
Aughra
Proof of Dark Matter/Light the Lights
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
The dark ambient subgenre hasn't been so strong since the mid-'80s/early '90s, when creatures like Zoviet France and Rapoon slithered over...
Balmorhea
All is Wild, All is Silent
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
As on last year's Rivers Arms, this Austin outfit explore what is possible with a classical left-hand married to a folk rock right. This ne...
Tomasz Bednarczyk
Painting Sky Together
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
Simple melancholy, without the benefit of swelling strings or children's choirs, is a delicate thing to achieve in music. On his previous R...
Montag
Hibernation
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
Clearing the cobwebs off his desktop before the release of his new full-length, Antoine Bédard, who is a Quebecer once again, explor...
Various
Pop Ambient 2009
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009
A growing trend in the ambient world towards Erik Satie-like neo-classical minimalism is confirmed on the newest instalment of Kompakt's po...