Articles by Kevin Hainey

Michael Columbia

These Are Colored Bars

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

Even though there’s not actually anyone named Michael Columbia in this Chicago-based duo, there’s definitely enough human feeling inherent...

Six Organs of Admittance

School of the Flower

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

The idea of Six Organs of Admittance’s main man Ben Chasny recording in a proper studio for a well-known indie label seems a bit frightenin...

Tarentel

Paper White EP

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

There must have been a lot of heavy electricity in the air when post-rock five-piece Tarentel were recording last year’s highly lauded and...

Tarentel

Big Black Square EP

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

There must have been a lot of heavy electricity in the air when post-rock five-piece Tarentel were recording last year’s highly lauded and...

Thomas Fehlmann

Lowflow

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

Thomas Fehlmann has a techno track record that reads like a history lesson on the genre itself: he’s a sometime member of the Orb who has r...

Dälek

Absence

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

Perhaps one of the most furiously uncompromising acts in underground hip-hop, Dälek have built a respectful following (and critical accolad...

Lab Waste

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

Imagine if Blackalicious and Beans decided to collaborate on an album for Def Jux. Chances are it probably wouldn’t work out well, but Lab...

Breather Resist / Suicide Note

Breather Resist / Suicide Note

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

Neighbours don’t always make the best houseguests, but this split EP from two of hardcore’s most powerful and promising forces, Breather Re...