Articles by Matt Harrison
Mt. Sims
Happily Ever After
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2008
While L.A. certainly breeds an orgiastic, narcissistic and ephemeral view of the Western world, Berlin could, perhaps, be its antithesis. F...
T.Raumschmiere
I Tank U
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008
Berlins T.Raumschmiere (aka Marco Haas), one of three Shitkatapult label heads, releases his third album, I Tank U, to some disappointment...
The Chemical Brothers
Brotherhood
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2008
Since Exit Planet Dust, Chemical Brothers albums have been presented more or less as continuous pieces of art, much like a DJ set. If any o...
Four Tet
Ringer
PUBLISHED May 20, 2008
A bit like Latin, techno is a genre term that no longer has meaning. Made redundant when electronic music splintered into a thousand sub-ge...
Sally Shapiro
Remix Romance Vol. 1
PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2008
With Sally Shapiros sweetly nostalgic debut, Disco Romance, it was love at first listen. Similarly seduced by her unpretentious but glamor...
Atra Aeterna
Epoch
PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008
Admittedly my review of Atra Aeternas (aka Zach Mitchell) first album, Blackgrounds, mightve been a tad harsh. To his credit, the bedroom...
Atra Aeterna
Blackgrounds
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008
Most musicians are artists first and therefore have little interest in the business side of things, which is too bad, since Zach Mitchells...
Martin Tétreault and Kid Koala
Phon-O-Victo
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2008
Despite Martin Tétreaults sound explorations wandering further afield than Kid Koalas the Kid being far more rooted in traditional stru...